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Author: David Colon

Amazing: ‘Spider-Man 2’ filming in Brooklyn tonight

In the world of unnecessary remakes, The Amazing Spider-Man just may top the list. After all, the first movie came out barely ten years…

An argument against condoms: you might go to prison for carrying one

We've made a number of arguments in favor of using condoms here on Brokelyn, from the fact that they're easy…

Are your Twitter skills poetic? Prove it, at the library’s National Poetry Contest

Poetry is probably the least respected of the language arts, at least in a financial sense. Are there even any…

Quit it! Free nicotine patch and gum program is back

Are you getting tired of smoking because of the years that it's taking off your life? Oh, wait, you're young,…

War! Where does Crown Heights end and Prospect Heights begin?

There's nothing better than watching neighborhoods scrap over a block here or a block there. Now that people are pouring…

W’msburg is getting the Urban Outfitters it’s been clamoring for

Obviously it's been a long time since Williamsburg was thought of as anything approaching edgy (unless you were making a…

Cargo Bike Collective makes yet another argument against cars

Brooklyn is home to plenty of cars, but do they ever really go anywhere? Anyone who's ever driven around here…

Brokes populi: How’s the new Fairway working out for you?

Friday was a really big deal in Red Hook, given the re-opening of the Red Hook Lobster Pound, Red Hook…

Free batteries to save your life, courtesy of the FDNY, this week only

  Daylight savings time is coming! What are you going to do with your extra hour of daylight? Just spend…

Monday lunchtime linkage

Trouble at home? Just kidnap yourself! [Gakwer] We're gonna have a TV party tonight [NY Post] Not everyone likes the…