Walt Whitman is the original Brooklyn bohemian
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Walt Whitman is the original Brooklyn bohemian

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Whitman wrote for the Long Island Star and became the managing editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle through 1848, where he editorialized daily life in Brooklyn, even advocating for public green space in Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene. 

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Where have all the lesbian bars gone? A guide to Brooklyn spaces for queer women
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Where have all the lesbian bars gone? A guide to Brooklyn spaces for queer women

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Lesbian bars have inexplicably disappeared, but the borough still has a number of decidedly safe spaces for gay women to socialize and chill.

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Before it was multimillion dollar condos, Red Hook’s 160 Imlay was a site for shenanigans
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Before it was multimillion dollar condos, Red Hook’s 160 Imlay was a site for shenanigans

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What’s now being marketed as a ‘Super Penthouse’ was once accessible only by a single rotted ladder – but what a view.

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Experience 7 minutes in an ’80s Brooklyn crew in ‘Bury Me With the Lo On’
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Experience 7 minutes in an ’80s Brooklyn crew in ‘Bury Me With the Lo On’

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Released in conjunction with a book by the same name, the film consists of home videos showing the Lo Life crew in their heyday, boosting Polo Ralph Lauren.

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60 years ago, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game
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60 years ago, the Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game

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They cheered let’s keep the Dodgers in Brooklyn, but now we recall how there used to be a ballpark. I never saw the boys of […]

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Park Slope’s Pavilion did not have bedbugs, it has been posthumously revealed
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Park Slope’s Pavilion did not have bedbugs, it has been posthumously revealed

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One dog could change the storied theater’s legacy. Kona, a bedbug sniffing dog, recently declared the Pavilion bedbug free,

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Photos: Open hydrants, stoop hangouts – relive old school Brooklyn
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Photos: Open hydrants, stoop hangouts – relive old school Brooklyn

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Relive 20th century Brooklyn through one Italian family’s photos, and the lovingly annotated pictures of Anthony Catalano.

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10 of Brooklyn’s weirdest places from ‘Secret Brooklyn: An Unusual Guide’
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10 of Brooklyn’s weirdest places from ‘Secret Brooklyn: An Unusual Guide’

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Brooklyn’s best kept secrets are often hidden in plain sight.

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Jay-Z references Dumbo on his new album and gets his historic real estate values wrong
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Jay-Z references Dumbo on his new album and gets his historic real estate values wrong

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Lyrical artistry aside, Jay-Z’s Dumbo real estate building appreciation estimations are a bit off.

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Win a special access tour inside the NY State Pavilion with Untapped Cities
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Win a special access tour inside the NY State Pavilion with Untapped Cities

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You know that crazy spaceship-lookin thing you occasionally drive past in Flushing? Now you can go inside.

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