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Eat your way through Gowanus, for a good cause at Dive in Gowanus this Friday

Don't worry, you won't need a swimsuit, or more accurately a biohazard suit, to dive into Gowanus this Friday. Instead,…

Melissa Kravitz

Bars We Love: Fly high at Skytown!

Skytown     921 Broadway (Melrose St. and Arion Place) Bushwick 347-921-2911   Facebook Website Food, WiFi What it is: A self-described…

Bar Guide 2014

Thursday lunchtime linkage

Someone's writing "Obama sucks" on Brooklyn Heights mailboxes [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Mayor Tall does the right thing and blames Bloomberg…

David Colon

Pop some tags and save big on Friday, it’s National Thrift Store Day

It seems only appropriate that August 15, along with being my mother's birthday (once affectionately nicknamed the Coupon Queen by…

Melissa Kravitz

Build your sand kingdom, 19 more ideas this weekend

1. Turnip the Beet with some folk and bluegrass music at Brooklyn Grange. (Friday) 2. Escort is a (really) big ole "disco…

Camille Lawhead

Bedbugs officially take over subway, spotted ‘feeding’ on 7 train

Now, again, we're not here to gloat when we talk about how New York hasn't defeated the bedbug menace and…

David Colon

Tunes and dunes: Coney Island’s 24th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest is Saturday

It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating summer’s arrival, but believe it or not, it is almost over already!…

Nick Cardinale

Email subscribers: Win two VIP passes to the Brooklyn Beer and Wine Festival

Hey, remember the Brooklyn Beer and Wine Festival, that $20 extravaganza of beer and wine going down in Bed-Stuy on…

David Colon

Cops cracking down on cycling traffic violations

Cyclists beware! Your decision to bike instead of drive or take public transportation could be less economical if you’re not…

Nick Cardinale

Now Hiring in Brooklyn: ESPN, Rent the Runway and more!

You know what? You've been working at that old, dead-end job for too long! What's that? You just started it?…

Kenji Magrann-Wells