Hannah Frishberg

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Queen Brokester, native Brooklynite. The F train is my soul animal.

Apartment glut could mean lower Brooklyn rents
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Apartment glut could mean lower Brooklyn rents

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

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The owner of Gowanus’ Canal Bar, Louie Turco, has died
Photos: Open hydrants, stoop hangouts – relive old school Brooklyn
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Photos: Open hydrants, stoop hangouts – relive old school Brooklyn

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

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

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Fun fact: the Brooklyn Navy Yard is home to the world’s first commercially viable rooftop vineyard, and we’ve got a discount for you to tour it.

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

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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 camping.

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

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As if the stoop weren’t already a perfect entity representing all that is good and holy about Brooklyn, not it is also being used as a performance venue.

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Is subway modernization worth the cost of corporate rebranding?
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Is subway modernization worth the cost of corporate rebranding?

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If you could hack off part of the subway’s soul and feed it to credit card companies in the name of functional public transit, would you?

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

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Uber has demolished the taxi industry’s ability to gate keep through medallions and, somewhat similarly, Sofar is opening up the world of music venues.

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

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Public art is nice, but there are so many ways to pay homage to Brooklyn, why reference a long gone baseball team in the name of the tourism industry?

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

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

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