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Category: Neighborhoods

The Habana Outpost 2016 free summer movie schedule is here!

Of all the free outdoor movie series in Brooklyn every summer, the one at Fort Greene's Habana Outpost (757 Fulton…

The far-out story of Richard Lenatsky, the famed ‘succulent guy’ of McCarren Park

A customer decked out in leather and ripped jeans stood on line at McCarren Greenmarket's Far Out Cactus, between a…

RIP Sunny: How Red Hook paid tribute to one of its greatest characters this weekend

To outsiders, I usually describe Sunny's, the venerable Red Hook bar that's slipping into the stuff of NYC tavern lore,…

How a sports bar brokered a hipster/bro truce in Williamsburg that’s lasted 10 years

Mulholland's has always seemed like a bit of of an odd outlier in Williamsburg. It's a straight-up sports bar, with…

7 foolproof ways to keep luxury developers out of your neighborhood

New York City is a fickle beast — one day you’re living in your cheap apartment in a residential, under-the-radar neighborhood…

Coney Island is getting a 5,000-seat amphitheater for free concerts, comedy and more this summer

Coney Island has gone through some fits and starts of rebirth in recent years. Some parts are only exciting if…

New Music Tuesday: DIY one-woman band of Bushwick’s Emily Wells

Greetings! I, Lilly Vanek, am here with the triumphant return of New Music Tuesday, where we introduce you to the…

Musicians talk making It: Bushwick’s Fern Mayo says ‘It’s a sharing economy. Be kind to people’

It's our second installment of Musicians Talk Making It, where we sit down with a local Brooklyn musician to talk…

Meet the man who painted 100 portraits of Crown Heights neighbors (and get free ice cream too)

We've been following local artist Rusty Zimmerman's Free Portrait Project for a while now, which involves him painting 200 portraits…

Have a drink, write a letter and help save this Crown Heights community garden from going condo

Residents of Crown Heights have been fighting for years to save a community garden between Rogers Avenue and Park Place…