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Image by Fre SonneveldIn two weeks, global thinkers about the future of cities will converge on Brooklyn to talk about what that the rapid technological change means for all of us, urban dwellers. Whether you hail your ride via app, book your reservations on OpenTable, use CityBike, monitor your home
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VR Bar (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)After opening a few months ago at a small storefront in Park Slope, Brooklyn’s first and only virtual reality arcade, VR Bar [/vr-bar-brooklyns-first-virtual-reality-arcade-opens-in-park-slope/], relocates to 261 Smith Street (at DeGraw) in Carroll Gardens today. With his lease ending at 808B Union Street
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Photo by Textile Arts CenterArt can be found anywhere, whether it’s music, painting, science, or cooking. With that in mind, check out these 11 super fun summer camps that approach art from multiple entry points. Pick your favorite, or try them all! Science and Art It takes an artist’
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Neighbor and customer Adam Hendricks plays a VR game. (Photo by Pamela Wong / BKLYNER)Have you ever wanted to wield a light saber? Climb to the summit of a mountain? Fly over your favorite city? Or hang out with forest gnomes? Now you can at vr bar [http://www.vrbar.
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The insta-viral meme was created by Amanda Duarte and Jessica Bennett“Like a bushfire, it took off.” Amanda Duarte is speaking about how fast the now world-renowned #pussygrabsback [https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23pussygrabsback] hashtag and movement got its start. The wickedly funny writer and performer doesn’
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Screenshot of Prospect Park AppProspect Park visitors can now connect with nature through a newly released phone app from the Prospect Park Alliance [https://www.prospectpark.org/]. The app is designed to help park goers navigate the 585 acres of our outdoor gem and contains special engaging features. The Brooke
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City Point played host to Make It In Brooklyn. (Courtesy Park Slope Stoop/Donny Levit)This year’s Make It In Brooklyn [/blog/announcements/what-it-takes-to-make-it-in-brooklyn-sponsored/] was marked by a self-aware and, at times, self-effacing attitude towards the borough’s emergence as an economic and cultural powerhouse. Fittingly, this year’s
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Hundreds of Brooklyn builders, founders and entrepreneurs will come together at City Point for the Make It in Brooklyn Innovation Summit on September 28 to connect with Brooklyn’s best and brightest across many industries who have ‘made it’ in the borough. https://vimeo.com/136831757 It’s been said
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‘Take The Hill’ Board Game allows you to experience the dilemmas of being a soldier during the Battle of Brooklyn. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop) The British won. Again. That’s because digital interactive designer Isaac Nelson and I were going head-to-head in a game of ‘Take the
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Ariel Shammah of Analog Drones prepares for liftoff. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)On a cloudless, and brutally hot day, the team at Analog Drone assembled on the rooftop of their new drone/accessories showroom and test flight area located at 250 14th Street (near 5th Avenue). The
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New MTA photo shows a clean 53rd Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. (Courtesy: MTA Renderings [https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTA_renderings.pdf] )The New York City subway might get a much-needed makeover. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Metropolitan Transit Authority announced
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Doduo at the Union Street Bridge. (Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop)What in the world is a Jigglypuff? That was my first thought Sunday morning when I checked Facebook. A friend of mine in Chicago wrote about running out with her son in pajamas to catch one. Another