The Week in Broketown, 10/27 – 10/31
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The Triplets of Kings County had a spooky Halloween adventure
http://youtu.be/WjAGLMfAQPk When it comes to spooky lives, obviously every day in the lives of haunted Williamsburg apartment dwellers the Triplets…
Help a Flatbush food kitchen buy 500 Thanksgiving turkeys for 500 families
We know, we know, Halloween is barely over and you've barely even started on your candy coma. With that being…
Can’t afford a brand new gravesite? There’s a secondhand grave market!
So you were all set to make sure that one day you were going to be a New York City…
Friday lunchtime linkage
The story behind the world's best Halloween video [Sideshow] What killed 3rd Ward? A rush to get investors, mostly [CulturalWeekly]…
When Renting Might Be More Stressful Than Buying
Welcome to your new apartment | Jennine Jacob via Flickr [sponsored_by name="Gotham Brokerage Co., Inc" url="http://gothambrokerage.com/" logo="http://brooklynbased.com/app/uploads/2014/01/Gotham-Logo-Final1.png" byline="Let Gotham show you how…
5Pointz’ logo is going, going gone
http://youtu.be/4F8zPUHbN2U?t=4m If you're still in mourning over 5Pointz, you might not want to watch the above video of it's five-pointed…
Here’s your playlist of the best NYC anthems ever
Taylor Swift was elected mayor of Times Square last week and we don't remember voting for her but whatever. Despite…
Sunshine Laundry’s all-day free pinball marathon is back Sunday
In case you were unaware, the marathon is this Sunday. No, we don't mean the New York City marathon, we…
Out-of-town investors buy rent-stabilized PLG building, betting on ‘influx of white-collar tenants’
Real estate speculation! Sometimes it takes the form of horrible arson. Oftentimes, it takes much more banal, but somehow more…