The week in Broketown, 3/14-3/18
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Category: News
Are real estate developers the ‘Trump fans’ of Brooklyn?
WNYC's new podcast about Brooklyn gentrification is only two episodes in but here's a trend you can expect to continue for…
Why do people keep trying to kill Republicans? A new Brooklyn play tries to find the answer
This 2016 election is coming down hard, and shows no signs of lightening up. Where the Democrats' cultural conversation remains even-handed in…
RIP Sunny: How Red Hook paid tribute to one of its greatest characters this weekend
To outsiders, I usually describe Sunny's, the venerable Red Hook bar that's slipping into the stuff of NYC tavern lore,…
The week in Broketown, 3/7-3/11
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Brian Wilson and a free Wolf Parade show will headline Northside Festival this summer
The sun is shining, the jorts are out and summer is charging at us full steam ahead. Today we got…
25 things millennials actually want from the MTA before USB ports on buses
Millennials are to blame for everything, even when we're getting things we never asked for. We're ruining the car industry,…
Consent in the key of C: Scenes from a rape whistle choir at City Hall this week
Rape whistles have long been mocked for their purported function. Not only are 82 percent of sexual assaults perpetrated by someone…
New WNYC podcast looks at the ‘violent economic process’ behind Brooklyn’s gentrification
Nobody likes to admit they're a gentrifier, but Kai Wright was definitely ahead of the recent wave of Bed-Stuy gentrification. The Indiana native…
The week in Broketown, 2/29-3/4
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