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The War Memorials of Brooklyn

Henry Stewart — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:08:00 -0400

Since at least the Civil War, Brooklyn residents have commemorated American wars by building long-lasting memorials to those who died fighting them. These sculptures and monuments are scattered throughout the borough, from Greenpoint to East New York to Bay Ridge, and visiting one in your neighborhood over the next few days might not be a bad way to pay tribute to the reason for the long weekend—to contemplate what it means to be a citizen of a country that sends people to war who die there, and to honor the sacrifice of those who go.…

6 Food-Related Memorial Day Activities We Wholeheartedly Endorse

Sarah Zorn — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:43:00 -0400

Memorial Day is the ultimate indicator that summer is just around the bend. The air is thick with BBQ smoke.…

In Memoriam: 10 Much Mourned Brooklyn Institutions

Kristin Iversen — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:03:00 -0400

Nothing lasts forever, right? Especially in New York.…

The 11 Best Ways To Spend Memorial Day Weekend In Brooklyn

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:30:00 -0400

God, finally. Waiting for Memorial Day to get here is like a grueling year-long equivalent of the antsy "Is it Friiiiiday yet???" thing we all do like every single week.…

The 5 Best Places to Drink Sangria in Brooklyn

Kristin Iversen — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:03:00 -0400

I've been thinking about The Sun Also Rises and, more specifically, Lady Brett Ashley a lot lately. Which, probably, haven't we all?…

Northside Film Tickets Are On Sale Now!

Mike Conklin — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400

Northside Film is quickly approaching (mark your calendars for June 17-20 if you haven't already) and badges are on sale now. What does a badge get you, you ask?…

Brooklyn Is "The New Manhattan" According to Realtors

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:00 -0400

We may still be just the second most expensive city in the entire country but hey, you know what? Brooklyn's doing ok. And, per a not-particularly-timely report from Fox Business, real estate here is not just "hotter than Manhattan," it's actually "the new Manhattan."

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Prospect Park After GoogaMooga: "No Longer a Meadow—An Abandoned Lot"

Henry Stewart — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:09:00 -0400

I felt conflicted about the Great GoogaMooga, the music and food festival that recently took over Prospect Park: on one hand, I live and write about Brooklyn everyday, and I feel like I should be present for large cultural events; on the other, I love Prospect Park and am sympathetic to the critics who say the damage incurred to it isn't worth the paltry sum the park nets from the festival. Luckily, I had been given tickets for Sunday, which was rained out, so I didn't have to confront this moral dilemma this year.…

Here's What the Inside of a $5 Million Dollar Brooklyn Home Looks Like

Kristin Iversen — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400

Everyone loves real-estate porn. For a few reasons, really.…

Which Mayoral Candidate Gets To Be The "Brooklyn" Candidate?

Virginia K. Smith — Wed, 22 May 2013 12:13:03 -0400

Today's been a pretty huge news day. Or at least, it has been if you're specifically interested in the democratic field for this year's mayoral race: Anthony Weiner officially announced his sort of inevitable candidacy, with a solid 64-point "action plan" and a video his campaign accidentally released a few hours early, while the New York Times published a glowing profile depicting Bill de Blasio as the face of "new Brooklyn."…

More Bands Added to the Northside Festival Lineup: Chance the Rapper, A Place to Bury Strangers, Bleached, Weekend and More

admin — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:44:00 -0400

The countdown to the Northside Festival has officially begun! In less than 30 days, more than 350 bands will descend on Williamsburg and Greenpoint for four long days and even longer nights.…

Hipsters Tired of "Hipsters" Ruining Williamsburg

Henry Stewart — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:08:00 -0400

People who recently moved to Williamsburg are angry that their favorite bars are now being overrun by bridge-and-tunnel tourists, DNAinfo reports. The worst blocks are those around the Wythe Hotel, residents report: you can't even go to Brooklyn Bowl, the Output Club, Kinfolk Studios or the hotel anymore without running into a bunch of phonies.…

The Rockabus Has Added Two New Routes

Virginia K. Smith — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:41:02 -0400

Just ahead of Memorial Day Weekend, the operators of Rockabus announced in a press release this morning that in addition to the usual pickup location in Williamsburg, this year's service will include two new routes from Grand Army Plaza, on Flatbush near the Brooklyn Public Library, and the Lower East Side, near the 2nd Avenue F stop. All buses will be traveling nonstop every hour to Rockaway Beach and Jacob Riis Park on Saturdays and Sundays.…

Is GoogaMooga Ever Coming Back? Should It?

Virginia K. Smith — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:06:00 -0400

We've been known to poke fun at GoogaMooga over here, sure. But given the strenuous efforts on the part of the festival's parent company, Superfly, to make amends for all the things that went wrong at last year's inaugural event—refunding the cost of tickets to disappointed VIPs, adding more booths and an overall tighter ordering system to streamline things at this year's event—we were all really rooting for things to go right this time around.…

The Cicada Apocalypse!: or 5 Ways Brooklyn Has Changed In the Last 17 Years

Kristin Iversen — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:35:00 -0400

Perhaps you've heard of the cicada plague that is about to descend (or, rather, ascend... billions of these little suckers are going to be crawling up and out of the ground!) upon us all.…

Yet Another Reason Patrick Stewart Is Brooklyn's Finest Citizen

Virginia K. Smith — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:12:12 -0400

Listen, we all know that Patrick Stewart has proven himself to be a pretty superlative Brooklyn resident many times over, via his irritation with the Barclays Center (stars, they're just like us!), his excellent Twitter feed, mostly just his continued presence here.

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Hatchet Supply Wants To Teach Brooklyn How to Camp

Virginia K. Smith — Mon, 20 May 2013 10:28:00 -0400

Even if it's been a while (or a really long while) since you actually, say, pitched a tent, cooked your dinner over an open flame, or actively worried about wild animals interrupting your night's sleep, most of us still harbor quiet theories about our own (exceptional) abilities to survive in the wild, and all the efficient, good-looking gear we'll use to do it.

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Everything You Need To Know About The Brooklyn Half Marathon

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:05:00 -0400

Raise your hand (weirdly, at your desk, right now) if you enjoy running. Or friendly competition?…

What to Eat at The Great GoogaMooga

Sarah Zorn — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:07:00 -0400

In theory, the Great GoogaMooga sounds like the most mind-blowing food festival known to man. Free admission. Almost 200 of the city’s best restaurants, breweries, and wine purveyors assembled in the bucolic Nethermead Meadow in Prospect Park.…

7 Things That Will (Hopefully) Be Different At This Year's Googa Mooga

Virginia K. Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:22:27 -0400

For all the people who are feverishly excited about the return this year of the Great Googa Mooga, there are plenty of other people who are just kind of happy to turn the whole thing into a punching bag. And admittedly, aspects of last year's festival were, well, sort of a disaster.…

RSVP to the Third Literary Upstart Reading!

admin — Fri, 17 May 2013 10:47:00 -0400

You are cordially invited to the third semi-final reading of Literary Upstart: The Search for Pocket Fiction, The L Magazine's annual competitive reading series in which the city's finest unknown writers read and compete for an enormous novelty check worth $250 and publication in our Summer Fiction Issue.

We've changed locations!…

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Is It Actually Possible To File Complaints With The MTA?

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:30:33 -0400

I'd like to say this question came to me totally in the spirit of public service, but, I mean, of course it didn't. Of course I've spent the better part of the week trying to figure out this labyrinth (and the better part of Sunday afternoon sitting at a bar frantically jamming "HOW TO REPORT BAD BUS DRIVER MTA NYC?" into my phone) because this weekend, on the shuttle replacing the J train, I had what you could call a Very Bad Bus Driver.…
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After A Massive Fire, Oslo Re-Opens Today With Free Coffee

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:35:00 -0400

Some of the best news we've heard in a while: following a major fire that more or less ravaged the place back in January, the Bedford Avenue location of Oslo is officially back open for business, starting today. And with free coffee, no less.…
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Brownsville Just Might be the Next Williamsburg

Virginia K. Smith — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:52:32 -0400

With insanity like "East Bushwick" and and, uh, an East Williamsburg that includes part of Queens gaining real estate momentum, it's never too soon to speculate on what the next hot hot hot neighborhood for gentrification will be. So let's talk about Brownsville for a minute.…
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The Northside Festival Needs Volunteers!

admin — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:02:00 -0400

The Northside Festival is quickly approaching (mark your calendars for June 13-20) and early bird badges are totally sold out. Bummer!…
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