Find a bike or rent your spare with this Airbnb for bike rentals
While we're all waiting for the city's bike share program to launch (still no official date, btw), here's another alternative.…
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Commuter alert: Free subway wifi for you all summer
If your commute involves traveling through the west side of Manhattan, you will finally be freed from being forced to read…
Where to rent camping equipment to make roughing it a little less rough
We've all been there: wistfully admiring the cover of National Geographic Traveler at Barnes & Noble while waiting for a…
The heat is high, but your energy bills don’t have to be
Your windows are letting the air conditioning out, your light bulbs are wearing out too fast and your energy bills…
Occupy bike seat: OWS now offering free mobile bicycle repairs
The Occupy Wall Street movement has brought to the forefront the idea of community-based self-governing and a rejection of the…
Best brokester tips for smuggling booze into outdoor events
We're a little abashed that Jezebel scooped us on the very Brokelyn topic of how to smuggle booze into outdoor concerts.…
New BK volunteering site wants you to ‘Do Good Right Here’
Volunteering for things would be so much easier if there wasn't so much damn work involved, amiright?? The Brooklyn Community Foundation…
Young, broke, applying for food stamps: Who gets to be poor?
Karina wrote a piece for The Billfold that's worth your read, taking on a particular query that her generation of…
Win this American Idol-like contest to get a show in the BK Museum
Attention Brooklyn visual artists: Here's your chance to compete for a chance to show your work to your neighbors and…
Tattoo horror stories, from cheating exes to vaginas that bite
We go out of our way to save some money, but even we must admit there are those things that…