Brooklyn Magazine

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A Boyfriend, a Dog, and a Boutique

• Tags: Slideshow

A Brief History Of Black Friday

• by Virginia K. Smith
Let's look at the origins of this terrifying shopping tradition.
• Tags: Black Friday, Thanksgiving, Wal-Mart, Macy's, Thanksgiving Day Parade, Cyber Monday, maybe we should all calm the fuck down and shop less

A Brief History of Toxic New York, In Pictures

• by Virginia K. Smith
The smell is not a coincidence, it turns out.
• Tags: public health, sewage, Andrew Cuomo

A Brooklyn Clothing Company with A Cause

• by Kristin Iversen
A playground grows in Brooklyn.
• Tags: Brooklyn Swag Shop, PS4, School Gardens

A Brooklyn-Born Necklace That’s Illegal to Wear

• by Rebecca Willa Davis
But it’s so cool looking, you’ll want to break the law.
• Tags: In God We Trust, Kaufmann Mercantile, Accessories, Jewelry, Collaboration, Gene Wiseman

A Brooklyn-Made Bracelet To Go With Your Peaking Lights Album

• by Rebecca Willa Davis
Band T-shirts are so 2011.
• Tags: Peaking Lights, Peppercotton, Accessories, Greenpoint, Jewelry

Slideshow

A Cabin, Inside a Loft, in Brooklyn

• by Catherine Lacey
It's a cabin! Inside a loft! Inside a building! In Bushwick!
• Tags: Terri Chiao, Adam Frezza, Cabin in a Loft, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Slideshow

A Coney Island Swan Song

A Corny Festival to Launch in Brooklyn

• by Cathy Erway
Live music, whiskey and corn. Lots of corn.

A Day in the Rockaways

A Flask, in a Sandal. Seriously.

• by Jamie Menaker
• Tags: Reef sandal, sandals, drinking, hiking, things we will never actually wear

A Fully Stocked Bar Washed Ashore In Brooklyn Post-Sandy

• by Virginia K. Smith
It is now operating on a BYOB basis.
• Tags: Hurricane Sandy, Sandy's Bar, Gerritsen Beach, NYPD

A Guide To Pitching In For Sandy's Cleanup [Updated x2]

• by Virginia K. Smith
How to help out if you made it through unscathed.
• Tags: Hurricane Sandy, NYC government, blood donation, Food Bank For New York City, Lower East Side Recovers, Red Cross, volunteering, American Airlines

A Guide To Surviving Straggler Thanksgiving

• by Virginia K. Smith
Staying in the city is the best way to celebrate, anyway.
• Tags: Thanksgiving, holidays, avoiding crushing loneliness, artfully mooching

A Guide to Your Longshot Mayoral Candidates

• by Henry Stewart
A lot of people are running for mayor. Very few have a real shot.
• Tags: mayor, nyc mayor, mayoral election 2013, longshot candidates, joe lhota, sal albanese, adolfo carrion, tom allon, cen alligator

A History of Brooklyn In 20 Objects ("Objects" Being Very Loosely Defined)

• by Kristin Iversen
20 things, people, events—"objects"—that are Brooklyn.
• Tags: Brooklyn, History, Hipsters, Brooklyn Dodgers, Macbooks, Brooklyn Bridge, War, the Dutch, Dreamland, Di Fara, Street Art, Biggie, Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, Water Towers, Ken-Tile Floors, Farrell's Bar, 1898, Prospect Park, Stoops

A History of Brooklyn Oscar Winners

• by Henry Stewart
Surprisingly few have won, and none in decades!
• Tags: brooklyn, academy awards, oscars, richard dreyfuss, shirley booth, susan heyward, barbra streisand, woody allen, james l. brooks, best actor, best actress, best director

A History of Disputes At The Park Slope Food Co-Op

• by Virginia K. Smith
Neither hummus nor Adrian Grenier are safe.
• Tags: Park Slope Food Co-Op, Greene Hill Food Co-op, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Israel, More Hummus Please, Boycott Divestment and Sanctions

A History of Local Ferry Accidents

• by Henry Stewart
150 years of fog, crashes, smashes, agroundings, falls and more.
• Tags: new york city, ferries, accidents, 19th century fog, staten island ferry

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