Times data says the nonemployed spend a lot of time with their pals TV and the internet
Despite the fact that the economy has allegedly improved, unemployment is still a specter haunting America. It might even be…
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Party like it’s 1997: Drafts at The Gate are $5 this month
Ah, 1997, a much simpler time. The economy was humming along, built on a rickety claptrap of cheap money that…
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
You might be tipping your cabbie more than you think. Not the end of the world [IQuantNY] L train riders…
Get your ‘Broad City’ fix, see Ilana Glazer perform free at the Cake Shop tonight
We might be just starting the hopeless slog that is January, but there's reason for optimism: the second season of Broad…
Chocolate factory gentrified out of Manhattan accused of gentrifying Sunset Park
Brooklyn's been going through a lot of changes--some cool, some lousy--but we've always been able to take comfort in the…
How to keep riding your bike through the winter
Conventional wisdom in America holds that the only time for biking is when the weather is nice. Biking may be…
New study shows living near the subway get you jobs, makes you money
As New Yorkers, it's our god-given right to complain about the subway. It's late, smells weird, keep breaking down, smells…
Start writing that novel you said you’d write this year with free writing workshops this week
It's a new year, and you're promising a new you, just like last year. Except this year will be different,…
Boo-yah! You’ll be able to get ESPN without cable soon, for $20/month
Hey sports fan, are you too broke for cable but still want to see the big game in the privacy…
It’s 2015 Beer Book time! What are your favorite new BK bars?
2014 was a year of bummer closures in Brooklyn, but leave those negative thoughts in the trash bin because it's…