Last night at his swearing-in ceremony, Marty Markowitz introduced the talented Tina Chang, who was just named Brooklyn’s poet laureate. Chang, a Park […]

You can’t tell this from looking at the picture, but hidden in the glare of the spotlight is Borough President Marky Markowitz […]

Last weekend, Maggie Muldoon and Naomi Solomon won our Atlantic City guest-blogger contest and went on a freebie-filled overnight trip to Jersey’s […]

Continuing this week’s pop-culture jag, we report today on the sold-out Lost premiere last night at the Bell House. More than 200 people […]

With the Oscar nominations announced this morning, and just over a month until the big show itself, that leaves little time to […]

The Cocktail Compass from L Magazine and Night and Day Studios gives you access to a database of happy hour information for 866 bars (167 in Brooklyn, 662 in Manhattan).

We can’t resist any email with a subject line of “Help Me, Savior Brokelyn”—though we’re fine with “Bless Us, Your Eminence” too—and […]

It’s not the grueling race of sleds, dogs and their hard-driving masters through the frigid wilds of Alaska. It’s more like a […]

Brokelyn asks laptop surfers at a Greenpoint cafe: What’s on your laptop?

The Brooklyn-Port-au-Prince connection has been tight over the last couple of weeks, with heartfelt earthquake relief efforts all around the borough. Jimmy […]