City to ban iconic styrofoam food containers
If there's one thing we've learned about Mayor de Blasio in his year and change in office, it's that he's…
Learn to throw a punch, plus 14 more things to do this weekend
1. Help singer-songwriter Alex Calder release his new record by partying at Cameo Gallery. (Friday) 2. Hopefully this exhibition featuring works…
Get a $3,000 grant for your neighborhood improvement plan (if it’s good)
As you've been looking around your neighborhood, have you been dreaming up a way to make it better? No, not…
Mayor Tall won’t be able to get groundhog blood on his hands this year
Before he was accused of having police blood on his hands, you might all remember that Mayor Tall first had…
It’s all downhill from here: Brooklyn’s 5 best sledding spots
Before we get started here, we first have to ask you a question: Why and when exactly have you become…
Bushwick Coffee Shop, whose owner called Jews ‘greedy infiltrators,’ closes
For all of the many, many places in Brooklyn that closed last year, there was one that remained open despite…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
One last goodbye to J.R. Smith, prince of New York [Grantland] If you mistakenly thought Kirin Ichiban was Japanese, you…
Southways: The Brooklyn Winery is expanding to Crown Heights
Winos of Crown Heights, unite. At least if you can afford a $10 to $16 glass of wine, unite, because…
Apartment Hunt: Tons of 4-bedrooms in Bed-Stuy, Ditmas Park
Happy 2015, y'all, and welcome back to the polar vortex. With the weather being what it is, and rent prices…
Sweet job alert: Midtown Comics needs a comics-loving strongman
The popular perception of the comic book fan is still one who isn't all that physically capable. More Bruce Banner…