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The week in Broketown, 9/26 – 9/30

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Sam Corbin

Where to find free & cheap high holiday services in Brooklyn

If you don't have the dough to davin, here's our annual list of places where you can pray freely for…

Anna Jacobson

Brooklyn dog walkers recall their ‘high maintenance’ canine encounters

There are two relationships essential to every stressed-out New York City office drone: a reliable dog walker and a reliable…

Bobby Hankinson

The 20 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this weekend, art-splosion edition

1. It's practically October — say "Prost!" to the first Oktoberfest celebration of many this month, with Bavarian-inspired food and plenty…

Oriana Leckert

New Music Friday: Discover The Black Black, BK’s ‘garage party’ rock band

Sometimes the Brooklyn music scene is like its own small town scene in a big city. I don’t mean 'small…

Lilly Vanek

Skate over, boys: the Gotham Girls are holding tryouts for their 2017 season

This ain't your daddy's roller rink. The Gotham Girls, New York's all-lady roller derby league and a founding member of…

Hope Morawa

Buzz Off Lucille goes ‘balls deep’ in feminist comedy

In case you’re hearing for the first time, we happen to be in the middle of a pretty important election…

Eric Silver

She’s gotta have the part: Spike Lee is casting for his new Netflix series

"I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street!" No really, Spike Lee is really shooting down the street. The actor and…

Hope Morawa

BK is the ‘Most Unaffordable Place to Live’ in America

Well, that settles that. We already knew that way too much of our income was going to rent. Just last year,…

Sam Corbin

$20 buys you all-you-can-eat bacon at this Brooklyn cookoff

It's been a rough couple of years for bacon — the W.H.O. classified everyone's favorite meat as a Group 1…

Sam Weiss