Scenes from the 2015 West Indian Day Parade
The West Indian American Day Parade is like no other in NYC. It's family friendly, as evidenced by the troupes of…
Category: Neighborhoods
A museum of food and drink is opening in, of course, Williamsburg
With all the meshugaas about New York's food scene dying out, we were a little worried that Brooklyn's culinary reputation might get wiped off…
Pulaski Bridge bike lane might get finished this year
Way back in 2013, which is really a year that happened we promise, we excitedly shared the news that the…
Bars We Love: Toast the rock gods at Rocka Rolla!
Rocka Rolla 486 Metropolitan Ave. at Rodney St., Williamsburg Facebook • Instagram What it is: A rocker joint with loud music, cheap…
Play hooky this afternoon with free pizza and comedy in Williamsburg!
The Brooklyn Comedy Festival wrapped last week, but we're sure as heck not done laughing at the world. And hopefully…
Bars We Love: Cool down at Brooklyn Ice House!
Brooklyn Ice House 318 Van Brunt Street (Pioneer Street and Visitation Pl), Red Hook (718) 222-1865 Facebook What it is: Red…
Bars We Love: Shuffle over to Royal Palms!
Royal Palms 514 Union Street, (Third Avenue and Nevins Street), Gowanus, (347) 223-4410 Facebook • Twitter • Website • Instagram What it is: All-things-Florida-themed shuffleboard court with a full…
Bars We Love: Find gold at Alchemy
Alchemy Restaurant & Tavern 56 5th Ave. (5th Ave. and Bergen St.), Park Slope Facebook • Twitter • Website What it is: A cozy, low-key…
Bars We Love: Peek behind The Gate
The Gate 321 Fifth Ave. at 3rd St, Park Slope 718-768-4329 Website • Facebook • Twitter What is it: Park Slope's original craft beer…
Williamsburg’s The West offering coffee discounts if you throw away Starbucks trash
When the first Starbucks in Williamsburg appeared, plenty of people grumlbed about trash coffee. What they hadn't counted on was…