Free rides on Governors Island ferry may sail away forever
One of the great joys of the summer, aside from everyone dressing like clothes are poison and they need to…
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Captain Crook: Man attempts Bensonhurst robbery with a sword
Look, we don't want to parrot the idea that crime is about to go back to numbers we saw in…
Wednesday lunchtime linkage
Ray Kelly is getting that security detail he wanted [DNA Info] Atheists put up a Christmas billboard in Times Square…
Williamsburg is getting another shipping container house
Whether or not the owners of Williamsburg's first shipping container apartment were trying to be trendsetters, or they just really…
Ridgewood resident giving out free tattoos at his house parties
Tattoos are great, but tattoos are also expensive, which presents you with somewhat of a dilemma: how do you get…
Brooklyn, champion of homegrown artisan crap, led the city in retail chain growth in 2013
We all know about Brooklyn's reputation for handmade, locally-sourced artisan products. If that gin wasn't made in someone's bathtub, why,…
Tuesday lunchtime linkage
Fun fact about Peter Luger: It's not named after the founder [NewYork.com] And here's some fun facts about the Rockefeller…
The Prospect Park ice rink opens on December 20
If there were any residents of south Brooklyn who were bitter and jealous seeing pictures of magical Canadian Pat Kiernan…
Cops in San Francisco using Twitter to find stolen bikes
Last week we explained why people kept stealing your bike, and how there's nothing you can really do about it.…
Gentrification eats its own tail in Bushwick while landlords laugh it up
Old school vs. new school gentrifiers was a fight that was bound to come up at some point in neighborhoods…