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Broke-ing news: We’re hiring full-time editors!

Calling all wallet wizards, discount divas, saintly savers and kings of Kings County: Brokelyn wants you! We're hiring full-time editors for…

Brokelyn staff

Still need a ride to DC for the anti-Trump Women’s March? Here’s how to find one

Nov. 8 decided it, and this past Monday confirmed it: Donald Trump is going to be the 45th president of the…

Sam Corbin

I’m not throwing away my shot: The year in Brooklyn bar culture, 2016

This article appears as part of Brokelyn’s “Year in Review” series, which will continue throughout the week.  Drinking has gone from habit…

Sam Corbin

The 20 best cheap things to do this weekend, home for the holidays edition

1. Get in the (un-)holiday spirit with a screening of Bad Santa — and if you want to redeem yourself with a…

Oriana Leckert

Sleet gig alert: Be an emergency snow worker with the DOT for $15/hour

Well folks, it's officially winter. And while last week's snow didn't leave any stains, a 2017 polar vortex is definitely…

Sam Corbin

Are you a black-owned business in Brooklyn? Add it to this new map to help people find you

There's no scientific study we can cite off-hand to prove it, but we'll say it anyway: supporting black-owned business in Brooklyn…

Sam Corbin

A case of nostalgia: BookCourt is selling off its shelves on Craigslist for $500 each

The announcement earlier this month that BookCourt was closing its doors after 35 years in business came as a blow to book…

Sam Corbin

Warm your heart with this video of drag queens reading to kids at the Brooklyn Public Library

It's hard, even in this week before the holidays, to look at the news and the great undulating horror of…

Tim Donnelly

Cruelty free 2016! The best of vegan news in Brooklyn this year

This article appears as part of Brokelyn’s “Year in Review” series, which will continue throughout the week.  Here's a joke for…

Tim Donnelly

Meet Nivedita Kulkarni, creator of the biggest listserv for women in comedy

As this train chugs ever closer and more miserably toward Trump's America, Brokelyn's cool jobs series is focusing its energies on…

Sam Corbin