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Brooklyn is getting its first ever medical marijuana dispensary

New York State's medical marijuana program is still prohibitively restrictive, but at least we're inching towards a more accessible program.

Hannah Frishberg

A BK library card now grants you free streaming access to tens of thousands of films

NYPL cardholders can view 10 flicks a month while BPL cardholders only have access to 6, but it's still a…

Hannah Frishberg

French tourists are coming to Brooklyn to clean Basquiat’s grave

Plenty of Brooklynites aren't even aware that the late great street artist (who grew up in Park Slope) is buried…

Hannah Frishberg

Gowanus is flooding, Brooklynites subject dogs to anti-vax movement (and more links)

Gettin' wet and wild in Gowanus, fake peacocks, snakes on the train, MTA is sitting on money, the journey of…

Hannah Frishberg

Park Slope’s Pavilion did not have bedbugs, it has been posthumously revealed

One dog could change the storied theater's legacy. Kona, a bedbug sniffing dog, recently declared the Pavilion bedbug free,

Hannah Frishberg

Apartment glut could mean lower Brooklyn rents

With so many new rentals coming on the market, Brooklyn could see a drop in average rent as landlords compete…

Hannah Frishberg

The 20 best cheap things to do this weekend, Caribbean culture edition

Roller-skate the night away, listen to opera while drinking Bloody Marys, dance like you're in the tropics, and more ways…

Oriana Leckert

The owner of Gowanus’ Canal Bar, Louie Turco, has died

Rest in peace, Louie.

Hannah Frishberg

What is this whole Brooklyn drag renaissance, anyway?

An easy way to elicit an eye-roll from any drag queen in New York is to utter the phrase 'Brooklyn…

Eric Shorey

Photos: Open hydrants, stoop hangouts – relive old school Brooklyn

Relive 20th century Brooklyn through one Italian family's photos, and the lovingly annotated pictures of Anthony Catalano.

Hannah Frishberg