Missing Sundays at the library? New DIY branch is stepping in
In an ideal world, the printed word would still be treated with respect and not kicked around like some pesky…
Category: News
Oh what a week it’s been!
It's good to be back. While we were off chiseling an unsuspecting resort owner in Lake George, Jennifer Connelly said…
Brokelyn is going on vacation!
Yep, you heard it. No posts here for a week. Crickets, my friends. No blog posts, Twitter feeds or Facebook…
Movie-snack security alert: UA Court Street doing bag checks
Fair warning to all ye cinephiles trying to save some money on snacks while savoring some sweet revenge on the…
How to avoid hand-me-down bedbugs
Earlier this week, when we wrote about couch surfing, a wary reader—the Flatbush Gardener, as it happens—commented with one word: 'bedbugs."…
Meet Brooklyn’s newly minted scratch-off millionaire
Who doesn't love a good lottery story? Today's big winner is 19-year-old Brooklynite Waquas Mazhar, who just won the New…
From networking to notworking: duo makes art from old business cards
They call it discarded, we say "temporarily liberated from office slavery." But there's a new project that aims to put…
Are waitresses really hotter in a recession?
Over at NYMag, Hugo Lindgren theorizes that the worse things get economically, the better looking your server is likely to…
The creepiest vintage ads of all time
If this link hasn't made it to your Facebook page yet, take a few minutes to check out Retro Comedy's…
Time mag flips out over hipsters, Farrah hair
There's a "hipster history" today on Time.com that was clearly designed as Brooklyn blogger bait. In a well-written but overly…