The real reasons you pay those service fees on every ticket
It's inescapable: no matter where you're buying your tickets online, the face value you're shown at first is never the amount you end…
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Someone is trying to sell Martin Shkreli an empty Diet Pepsi can for $25 million
It's hard to determine what could revive interest in pharma-bore Martin Shkreli as of late. Between his performance at Congress, his late-night Tyra…
The CDC’s new alcohol guidelines for women, updated for men
The CDC released new buzzkill guidelines last week, telling women basically not to drink ever because drinking can make you pregnant, give you…
The week in Broketown, 2/1-2/5
Like us in website form? You’ll love us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest, and don’t forget to sign up for our mailing list. Our 2016…
Valentine’s Day idea: Adopt a bunny that survived the Gowanus as a sign of your undying love
The Gowanus syphilis bunnies should be the mascots for Brooklyn: They're adorable, tough, hardened by city life, possibly full of…
Science says beer googles are a myth (and more linkage from around town)
Science says beer goggles aren't a thing (but what does science know) [Munchies] The Brooklyn to Staten Island migration has…
A desire named streetcar: Here’s what people think of the mayor’s East River trolley proposal
Brooklyn could finally be getting some new public transit! And it's going to be a ... trolley? The New York…
Wait, is Toronto trying to be the new Brooklyn now, too?
Last month, we half-jokingly suggested that you take a jaunt up to Canada while their dollar was in dire straits (it…
Forget your adult coloring books, help Broad City paint a new billboard and get free swag
We're all anxiously awaiting the first episode of Broad City's third season (premiering Feb. 17 at 10pm, FYI). Will Ilana lose more teeth?…
Keeping up with the Kartdashians: Scenes from the 2016 Idiotarod
In the world of New York City public spectacles, sure you've got SantaCon, which has become a public nuisance, and the No…