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Target’s new Local Pride T shirt collection is not going over great

Target is known for being a big retailer that has the stuff you need, and also as a place you…

Tim Donnelly

Lei-man’s work: Get paid to do some chores and live in a rent-free cabin in Hawaii

There's a long and hallowed tradition of states that aren't New York offering artists long-term housing in cities that aren't New York…

Sam Corbin

What makes something a ‘Brooklyn book?’ The Brooklyn Public Library wants to find out

Brooklyn is probably second only to Manhattan when it comes to literary cachet -- though you'll find plenty who say…

Conal Darcy

Underground lit: You can now download free ebooks on subway station wifi

Subway wifi is a mixed blessing: some people are eager for more of it so they can never lose a…

Tim Donnelly

The 10 best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, summer sirens edition

1. Let the melodies carry you away at A Night of Composed and Decomposed Music, with the David Zakarian &…

Oriana Leckert

The week in Broketown, 8/22-8/26

Like us in website form? You’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list! We told you…

Kate Mooney

Brooklyn Wild: Meet Isa Del Bello, whose job is to reveal the secrets of the BK waterfront

Isa Del Bello, the director of education at Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, may have grown up in the desert, but…

Kate Mooney

Brokelyn comic: finally, a new backpack designed for the sweaty New Yorker

For more comics and illos from Brad Pearson, visit The Black Cone. For more sweaty advice, follow him on Twitter…

Brad Pearson

New Music Friday: What do you get when you mix Interpol and RZA? Meet Banks and Steelz

When you think "Odd Couple," you might think of this (and the theme song will probably get stuck in your…

Lilly Vanek

10 things you never have to pay for in New York City

New York City is expensive ... if you actually try to pay for everything you need. The city is a giving…

Brokelyn staff