Writer proves you can use crowdfunding to pay your rent. Would you?
Early this month, an unemployed North Carolina writer proved crowdsourcing can work for people in need, and that it can…
Category: News
You can already use Bitcoin in Brooklyn
Earlier this week we learned a Brooklyn native is planning to install New York's first bitcoin ATM machine in an East Village…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Don't bother browsing family planning sites at Au Bon Pain [sherights] Will plans for Beastie Boys Square be sabotaged? [Bedford + Bowery]…
Help make this LEGO version of the Brooklyn Bridge a reality
We know that "put a bridge on it" is the Brooklyn version of "put a bird on it," but this…
Now you can check L train arrivals on your smartphone
As if L Train riders weren't spoiled enough already, with their consistently low wait times (at least, compared to those…
Tuesday lunchtime links
Jemima Kirke swears her character Jessa is not a sociopath [NY Mag] Jon Stewart roasts DeBlasio over Forkgate [Gothamist] GIFs of…
Monday lunchtime linkage
Bed-Stuy honored as dirtiest neighborhood in the city [DNAInfo] Vintage clothing is apparently a thing in Brooklyn? [NY Times] New York's getting…
Please welcome your guest editors for the week, Kate and Camille
Hi guys! By the time you read this, I will be hiking/on a spirit vision quest in the middle of…
Friday lunchtime linkage
A native declares: Stop moving to New York [xoJane] Brooklyn is actually poor, not rich #slatepitches [Slate] The strange time…
Exclusive: Inside the Mellow Pages/Exxon Mobil stunt
The Brooklyn and internet literary scene was recently suckered (including Brokelyn) by a strange prank by a small member-supported library…