Tunes and dunes: Coney Island’s 24th Annual Sand Sculpture Contest is Saturday
It seems like just yesterday we were celebrating summer’s arrival, but believe it or not, it is almost over already!…
Category: Neighborhoods
Sorry, Trader Joe’s probably isn’t coming to Prospect Heights
The rumor mill has ginned up something mighty frothy today, putting the idea in everyone's heads that Prospect Heights is…
Brooklyn Heights Cinema is closing at the end of the month
Everyone seems to be getting priced out around here, and apparently the city's oldest independent cinema is no exception. Brooklyn Heights…
Spike Lee’s Michael Jackson birthday party coming back to Brooklyn
Despite his death in 2009, Michael Jackson still lives on thanks to his music, celebrations of his legacy and the…
Groupon snags you $30 tickets for Arcade Fire show at Barclays
So you missed the Arcade Fire when they played Bushwick, and you've been regretting it ever since. Good thing you…
Boogie on down to Transportation Alternatives’ first-ever Bicyclists’ Ball
If you were too cool to go to your high school prom, congratulations on sticking to your story, but also,…
Those sketchy sidewalk donation bins are made of wood now
Evidently, it's become too much trouble constructing those sketchy fake clothes collection boxes out of metal. We spotted this rustic…
$20 beer and wine festival celebrating booze in Bed-Stuy Saturday
We all love booze (most of us anyway), and especially when we've got a ton of local booze lined up…
East River State Park has free wi-fi now
Despite the fact that people are always telling you otherwise, wifi is not like The Force. It's not an energy field…
Big indie book sale today: $1 paperbacks, $2 hardcovers at Melville House’s DUMBO office
Sometimes your tiny apartment gets a little too cluttered for your taste and you have a stoop sale. Brooklyn-based independent…