Real estate advertisement calls East New York as ‘The Next Frontier’
As spotted by Curbed, new apartments at 577 New Lots Avenue in East New York are being advertised as "the…
Win $455, fame in the McSweeney’s Student Short Story Contest
Hey you, struggling grad student trying to get your MFA. Tired of plugging away at story assignments only to have…
PotterCon, and 21 other ideas for a magical weekend
1. Head to Industry City for R100, a Japanese film about a guy who joins an underground S&M club and…
Get schooled on how to ace an affordable housing lottery application
Hey, remember how whenever there's an affordable housing lottery people FREAK OUT? Over the next three years, that's gonna keep…
Now Hiring in BK: Sports Illustrated, MoMA and more!
If you are currently on this website, then we can deduce three things about you: First of all, you have…
See shark happen at the South 4th Bar’s ‘Sharknado 2’ viewing party
Caught up in the Sharknado epidemic? We are too, and the only thing that's better than watching an awesomely bad…
2 bad: 2 train ranked city’s worst subway line by Straphanger’s Campaign’s State of the Subways
Here's a quick question: What's the worst subway line in New York? The answer is usually, "Whichever one you have…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Here comes a Prospect-Lefferts Gardens rezoning fight [Brownstoner] Economy allegedly grows [New York Magazine] Massachusetts grocery chain torn apart by…
‘Tip bomb’ flash mobs shower buskers with compliments (also money)
New York City is so tremendously competitive, even the street performers are have to jostle for a decent (and harassment-free)…