Non-suicidal man announces plan to swim Gowanus Canal Wednesday
Gowanus might be the night hot neighborhood in Brooklyn, but that hasn't done anything to fix its Canal, previously seen…
Author: David Colon
You can swim in a rooftop pool for just $15 this summer
Ah, the old "pool on the roof" bit. Great way to trick freshmen and other newcomers, but would also be…
Quite a tail: Activists accuse MTA of starving feral cat colony living in subway stop
The MTA isn't exactly on what anyone would call a winning streak. There's the frequent train breakdowns and delays during…
Monday lunchtime linkage
Drama at the NYPD as they search for a new bee cop to replace "Tony Bees" [New York Post] The City…
Snap the best shot of spring in the city and you could be NYC’s new Instagram Ambassador
Finally, after weeks of false starts, it looks like spring has finally got to sprunging around here, and not a…
The Week in Broketown, 4/13 – 4/17
Like us in website form? Then you’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, not to mention our mailing list -Everything you need to know about…
Mary’s Bar needs vendors for their new flea market
Summer is coming, and with the warm weather comes plenty of outdoor shopping opportunities. There's obviously the Brooklyn Flea, and…
Girl in a bar: See Kim Gordon chat with Kevin Corrigan at Over the Eight tonight, for free
Like a lot of late 80s/90s kids, you may have spent a whole lot of time listening to Sonic Youth…
Friday lunchtime linkage
The city has more cyclists than ever [CityLab] Racist NYPD message board is not helping things one bit [ProPublica] 2…
Ominous implications: Brooklyn Brewery building on sale for $50 million
The pace of change in a city eventually destroys most of, if not everything there that you once loved. For…