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Tag: our dystopian present

60,000 people applied for ‘affordable’ teeny tiny micro-apartments

When we first found out about New York City's teeny tiny micro-apartments, we were skeptical of the idea of living…

Our crumbling subways ran late 50,000 times on September weekdays this year

We've been over it and over it again and again, the sad state of our crumbling subways and how one…

BK Top 5: The best things to do tonight, from alternate NYC history to comedy for dudes

Well, here it is, the first day after Labor Day and everyone's ready to throw in the towel on good…

Rip in space-time continuum results in NYC where bonnets are in, topless people are out

When you woke up this morning, you probably thanked your lucky stars you made it tor Friday, took a pull…

Queens is the new Brooklyn (expensive)!

Queens has been prophesied to be a new Brooklyn for some time now, even if no one exactly knows what…

Manhattan is cheaper than Brooklyn (again)

In the endless rearranging of deck chairs on the Titanic that is affordable New York real estate, there are only…

Cyclone gets stuck near peak in perfect metaphor for short-circuited spring

It's been a tough road to spring, what with the various starts and stops and false hopes that this time,…

Owners of Bushwick’s most hated building cash in, put it up for sale

Hey, wanna feel kind of powerless just before the weekend starts? Of course you do! If you remember Bushwick's Colony…

More and more adults are stuck with roommates

Roommates, they're just the worst, right? Well, maybe not always, but there is something nice about the idea of being…

North Brooklyn’s average rent hits another record high, has gone up 9.5% in one year

Hey, remember when you might have had that brief flirtation with feeling bad for your landlord because being a landlord…