Opinion
Congressman Dan Donovan. (Photo via the Congressman’s Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/RepDanDonovan/])Re: It’s Hard to be a Republican in Brooklyn – Donovan’s Constituents Protest Chamber Event, 2/6/17, by Liena Zagare To the Editor, I was one of the protesters who confronted Congressman Dan
Announcements
By Mayor Bill de Blasio A few weeks ago I met a man from the South Bronx named Wellington. He was diagnosed with cancer and lost his health insurance. The City of New York fought for him and discovered he was entitled to free health coverage. Within a few days
Opinion
(Photo via plasticbagpics [https://www.instagram.com/p/5--WBGJglN/?taken-by=plasticbagpics]/instagram)We just can’t seem to agree on how to go about using plastic bags in Brooklyn. Many commenters north of Prospect Park seem to be all for the 5 cent bag fee. But south of the park
News
Photo via midquel / flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/39151655@N00/708731530/in/photolist-25Crc9-9nGetJ-4JMcyh-qRY8Yg-imafBW-i2tiGx-6c9pg8-8HxJco-qEwBBw-fFvaMk-ar6Knn-8KTqEk-9z9dLt-csFj3Q-8ETEJc-c5MUW3-cPdm67-9TiNke-9DYoAB-a3zqW8-c2nwfC-cupV5Q-7rB7Vb-acjMgu-awVxsv-81PLno-7tikcz-9Yh9b1-a8CTsg-qeXksR-bZC2jj-ibQKUg-fwFJds-cv7Fjs-9DYdZM-gqNW4R-eiVQgW-abq8Yp-bc3vcz-JuGRY-qW6rJZ-7ygPSy-aKSVbi-cJvUNy-bLxPdn-7x77rQ-d1i7PG-oPGa5y-7uAk6b-cXjr3m] It’s All the Boos That’s Fit to Print! Puns have made a
Bensonhurst
A still from Saturday Night Fever showing John Travolta on a straight trip to Groovetown with a bad case of boogie feverDecades since its production, Saturday Night Fever has become a time capsule of 1970s southern Brooklyn. At the time of its release, though, at least according to this local,
Bensonhurst
(Photo by Vincent Gulizio [http://www.gulizio.com/vincent-gulizio-christmas-lights-dyker-lights-dyker-heights] )Three years after an article in the New York Times’ [/ny-times-spotlights-dyker-heights-suggests-gentrification/] “Living in” real estate feature called Dyker a “place that people deeply care for [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/29/realestate/dyker-heights-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-for-all-seasons.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via Ditmas Park Corner)A recent DPC article [/blog/library/brooklyn-public-library-gets-3-million-grant-bring-xbox-every-branch/] announcing that a state grant would bring video game consoles (along with other technology) to every branch of the Brooklyn Public Library drew some skeptical remarks from commenters who doubted the expenditure was a good use of library
Central Brooklyn
(Photo via hetalbot [https://www.instagram.com/p/BNm_SB9DmiM/?taken-by=hetalbot] /instagram)Written by Priscila Néri I wanted to share something that happened to me last Thursday night as I was getting off the Q train at Prospect Park with my 3-year-old son around 6pm. Right when we stepped
Bensonhurst
A very broken call box. Looks like a car backed up into it. Photo by Hannah FrishbergDo you find that Bensonhurst has more than its fair share of broken police call boxes? Bean tipster Dennis M. sure does. According to Dennis, for two decades the now the NYFD has been
Opinion
Photo via taraxlee [https://www.instagram.com/p/BLUqqqvjlpY/?tagged=bowlofnuts&hl=en]The night after the release of the now infamous Trump and Billy Bush video [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html] , I went with two friends to a bar called Lucey’
Bensonhurst
Behind the counters of the delis where I buy food on my way home from school, there are an array of tobacco products staring back at me. Although in New York City, cigarettes cannot be sold to minors under the age of 21, they are never out of my sight.
fort greene
Many locals can enjoy rooftop views of Manhattan from their Fort Greene and Clinton Hill homes during the summer. That’s what we call a good date. (Photo by Francisco Daum)Brooklyn Magazine has omitted Fort Greene and Clinton Hill from its list of best dates by neighborhood [http://www.