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Author: 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…

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

Rest in peace, Louie.

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.

Tour the Navy Yard’s rooftop vineyard (Brokelyn-reader discount code below)

Fun fact: the Brooklyn Navy Yard is home to the world's first commercially viable rooftop vineyard, and we've got a…

W’burg is for models, Park Slope Nitehawk opening delayed (and more links)

At least one block in W'burg has been overrun by professional attractive people, BK's anti-gentrification restaurant, Fort Tilden has $200-a-night…

Stoop is stage in Bed-Stuy this weekend at pop-up neighborhood art crawl

As if the stoop weren't already a perfect entity representing all that is good and holy about Brooklyn, not it…

Is subway modernization worth the cost of corporate rebranding?

If you could hack off part of the subway's soul and feed it to credit card companies in the name…

Ridesharing in the music industry: Sofar and the ticketed house show

Uber has demolished the taxi industry's ability to gate keep through medallions and, somewhat similarly, Sofar is opening up the…

Hollywood-style ‘Brooklyn!’ sign is trivializing, doesn’t belong in Watchtower icon’s place

Public art is nice, but there are so many ways to pay homage to Brooklyn, why reference a long gone…

J’Ouvert moved to daylight hours, Dodger-style ‘Brooklyn’ sign renderings (and more links)

Rats raise kittens in Brooklyn heights, free churro waffles in Bushwick, the Insta-hawk of McCarren park, thanks for screwing public…