Sail home to your new shipping container apartment!
We've all been privy to the sad sight of Williamsburg getting swallowed up by fancy waterfront condos, and it feels…
Category: Neighborhoods
Brokes populi: How’s the new Fairway working out for you?
Friday was a really big deal in Red Hook, given the re-opening of the Red Hook Lobster Pound, Red Hook…
Sweet: New Domino development doesn’t look horrible
We've spent plenty of time here bitching about the evils of real estate developers, not that we have anything to…
Fairway’s return is ‘not just the reopening of a store, but the reopening of a neighborhood’
What was life like after Sandy knocked Fairway out of commission? "I felt like a wandering Jew," said Brooklyn Borough…
Celebrate Red Hook’s rebirth today with lobster, wine
Today is a big day, not just because it officially marks the day we emerge from February. As we've gone…
Society pages: Gotham Girls introduce rookies to derby society
Ah yes, spring is almost here, which means it's nearly cotillion season, in which the young ladies of polite society…
Rhapsody in bloom: lot to become community garden/jazz club
Brooklyn has a plethora of empty lots. It's uh, not something that's gonna be mentioned in official Brooklyn tourism information,…
Tell your Sandy story and get a $20 Fairway gift certificate
If you were in Red Hook during Sandy, what were you going through? Was it scary? Did you think you…
Coney Island gets a 1940s shooting gallery back for the summer
Other than the good news about the New York Aquarium re-opening, stories about Coney Island are almost always sad ones…
For a taste of home abroad, head to Brooklyn-loving Moscow
News of Brooklyn's ultra-hipness made it overseas a while ago, with everyone from Parisians to Swedes trying to get their hands…