No-questions-asked amnesty for kids’ library fines
A good method to scare the impressionable youth of Brooklyn away from the library is to treat them like wanted criminals. Is…
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Too big to fail? Morgan Spurlock wants you to think again
You could get on TV by selling your teen-mom, fake-tanning soul for a gig feeding MTV's ever-hungry maw of reality…
Bikeshare coming to NYC; DC says ‘use it!’
Next summer, when you're in Park Slope and need to get to Greenpoint but you're slapped in the face with…
Smile and say ‘free!’ Scenes from our t-shirt launch party
On Friday, some uber cool Brooklynites, fashionistas, and other fabulous folk stopped by Mission Dolores for the launch of BK's…
Yelpers: Don’t narc on your favorite bars
After hearing that cops browse Yelp reviews to find lawbreaking bars, we searched the reviews and found that bargoers are…
Tonight: Will ‘Williamsburg’ wow CBS? Or will we see BS?
Tonight, we know you'll be turning on your CBS to catch the premier of the guy who invented the trucker…
Census data: living with your parents is the new red
New census figures show that the percentage of 25-to-34-year-olds living with their parents has risen to 14.2 percent, from 11.8…
Help Secret Science Club be even more nerdtastic
If there's anything that celebrates the ascendant victory of the Nerd Class — those who weren't invited to the parties…
Ikea betting against the future of the book
With all the recent hubbub about the fate of indie bookstores (especially the sniping over a petition to save the city's St.…
Kick back at the night: free self-defense classes for women
Reading about some of the nasty attacks against women in the Slope lately can make you nostalgic for when all…