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Category: Neighborhoods

Gird your loins, Sunset Parkers: Manhattan and the Garment Industry are coming for the neighborhood

"Sunset Park, Brooklyn: Not Quite Trendy," the New York Times wrote last January of the sprawling neighborhood that fills the…

Affordable housing lottery opens Downtown for 143 units with onsite dog grooming

In what marks the fifth affordable housing lottery to open in Brooklyn this year alone, a whopping 143 subsidized units are…

Beloved Smith Street bodega at center of mafia investigation now has its own T-shirt line

Carroll Gardens' 72-year-old Smith and Union Market now officially has its very own T-shirt line.

Apply now for an $833/month apartment in a Downtown Brooklyn glass monolith

The dystopian present is here, and the winners of this just-opened affordable housing lottery will be able to watch the…

The original artisanal: 6 old-school Williamsburg businesses that are still killing it

In the age of intense turnover in New York City, it feels like something is closing every week. Whole Foods,…

De-crease your ennui by joining the North BK Ironers Union and bring free ironing to the masses

The art of ironing is lost on most millennials, many of whom grew up with parents doing their laundry in spiffy…

We didn’t realize we needed a bike-themed, all vegan cocktail bar until Bar Velo came along

On the same unassuming Broadway corner under the subway tracks in South Williamsburg where the former Café Moto used to welcome…

Feast your eyes, ears and taste buds on Bed-Stuy businesses at this annual foodie crawl

The weather is finally cooling down, which means it's out with the jorts and in with the jackets. Mmm, sweata weatha.…

4 films to get excited about at this year’s Bushwick Film Festival

For a while there, Bushwick's reputation as a Brooklyn neighborhood was mostly infamous, its personality largely reduced to reports of cultural…

Coney Island’s famous Spookarama is now in VR

It pains me to say this but the days of many of our nation's beloved amusement rides are numbered. One way…