Will the city stop post-Sandy rats from taking over?
If you've noticed the friendly family of rats living in your recycling bin has added a few extra members lately,…
Tag: Coney Island
Pop-up libraries help communities hit by Sandy keep reading
Aside from losing homes, fraying community bonds and just getting cast into a miserable situation, communities that got hit by…
Cha Cha’s last dance? Coney Island bar ‘officially closed’
We get one awesome piece of news about a Brooklyn place re-opening and we guess the universe considers it balance…
Take nostalgia trip to 1950s Coney Island this week at Film Forum
If you've been wondering what Coney Island was like back before we were dreading the idea of an Applebee's opening…
Too good to be true: Cyclones to hold ‘Fictitious Friday’ in honor of Manti Te’o
The story of Manti Te'o and his fake dead girlfriend is one of endless twists and endless delights. Did he…
Join Sandy-affected communities and ‘Walk a Mile’ in their shoes
It's been two months now since Hurricane Sandy hit New York, wrecking the coastline and leaving people without jobs or…
Goodbye Coney Island, hello Myrtle Beach
Brace yourselves, Coney Island, hurricane Rita is coming, as in Main Street 'Rita, that vaguely booz-ish beverage you ordered off…
What are your 2013 Brooklyn resolutions?
When it comes to New Year's resolutions, I try to avoid them. Just not that big on self-improvement. Yet there's…
The Christmas orphan’s guide to holiday week in BK
Aah, the holidays. A special time of year when we seem to collectively clamour for the title of “Most Destitute:…
Too much water is not a good thing: help save the NY Aquarium
While Sandy damaged but didn't sweep away the Brooklyn Bridge Park carousel, some of Brooklyn's living, breathing animals weren't quite…