Want to go back to camp as an adult? But not sleep over? The Transit Museum is offering you a chance, with an adults-only evening of block printing, lanyard making, friendship bracelets, temporary tattoos, and tours of the Transit Museum’s buses and subway cars. Want to suggest an activity? Let the Transit Museum know with […]
RIP PhifeDawg, aka Malik Taylor and some of 90’s NYC
(Above a still from the music video for “Jazz/Buggin’ Out” by “A Tribe Called Quest” (1991) featuring a then mostly desolate DUMBO waterfront in the background. Of course that building behind them in this shot is being made currently, into condos.) Phife Dawg is dead at 45. This one personally hurts. “Phife Dawg” aka Malik Taylor […]
The best cheap things to do this weekend, body song edition
See the Splendor of Darrel Thorne (#12). Photo via. 1. BYOB (bag and/or beverage) to Tote Bag Printing with various screen prints to choose from that can be mixed and matched allowing for many images printed on one bag. (Friday, PrintSpace, $10) 2. Feel the romance at A Romantic Comedy with over 50 works of art created by over […]
What to do this week(end): June 18-June 23
Photo: Norman Blake via Coney Island USA What up, BK, and congrats on putting another week in the rear view! I am looking forward to a 3-day weekend with minimal plans and lots of R&R opportunities. Despite record heatwaves everywhere else, the weather around these parts looks like it will be downright lovely, which is […]
Early morning fire destroys Williamsburg restaurant, displaces several tenants
A three-alarm fire destroyed Cafe Argentino, an Argentinian steakhouse in Williamsburg, and severely damaged a number of apartments above it early Tuesday morning. A cohort of 139 firefighters arrived at 499 Grant St. just after 3:40 a.m. to battle the blaze. Upon arrival, Fire Department personnel encountered heavy fire conditions on all three floors of […]
“It’s Not Yet Dark” A Memoir by Simon Fitzmaurice – Brooklyn Bugle
by Alexandra Bowie The Irish filmmaker Simon Fitzmaurice (“My Name is Emily”) has ALS – Lou Gehrig’s disease, it’s called in the US, though in Ireland it’s know as Motor Neurone Disease. He was diagnosed in 2008 at age 34. Writers often use metaphors for illness and Fitzmaurice is no exception. As a man in […]
Crown Hts Sat. 6/4 meet B’Klyn’s newest creatives!
Brooklyn Born: Brooklyn Creative Market : Crown Hts Sat. 6/4 meet B’Klyn’s newest creatives! skip to main | skip to right sidebar skip to left sidebar Search the archives of this Brooklyn Born Blog! Brooklyn Creative Market : Crown Hts Sat. 6/4 meet B’Klyn’s newest creatives! This Saturday June 4th on the rooftop of the […]
The 10 best cheap things to do this week, mushroom moon edition
Get pumped for a Purim party (#2). Photo via. 1. Explore the energy of the full moon at Full Moon Ritual: The Mushroom Moon, where this March full moon is a time of processing, re-invigoration, and reconnection with the living earth. (Monday, Catland, $15) 2. Join in on an annual renegade ritual performance at PPPPPPurim 2020 with NYC’s […]
What to do this week(end): July 23-July 29
Photo by Alex Simpson on Unsplash Hey Brooklyn, hot enough out there for ya? Dear lord, what a week. Between the COVID surge, the monkeypox surge, a new case of polio (!) cropping up, shark sightings closing down the beaches, the fact that being outside feels like standing in a cloud of hot halitosis even […]
Driver fatally strikes 22-year-old scooter rider in Brooklyn crash
The site of the crash on 18th Avenue and 74th Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Google Sign up for our amNY Sports email newsletter to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams A driver struck and killed an electric scooter rider in a Brooklyn crash Saturday, according to police. The victim, […]
October Culture Calendar
Rabbit rabbit and happy October, everybody! We may not be fully back to the frenzied cacophony of our pre-COVID lives yet, but at least Halloween is decidedly back on this year — not only is the Village Parade happening again, but more importantly so is my favorite annual event, the Great Pupkin dog costume contest in Fort Greene Park. There are lots of “returning to some semblance of a social life” developments afoot: museums, restaurants, bars, theaters, and concert venues are blazing ahead full steam, and…
Department of Transportation kicks off McGuinness Boulevard redesign
The Department of Transportation sought input from drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists who frequent McGuinness Boulevard this week as they begin planning their $39 million redesign of the Greenpoint thoroughfare. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city would be investing in a “full redesign” of the road in May, weeks after Matthew Jensen, a teacher at nearby PS 110, was killed in a hit-and-run while crossing the street. Neighbors and activists have raised concerns about …
What to do this week(end): Sept. 24 to Sept. 30
Leaf peeping is around the corner. Photo by Kirby Kizuki on Unsplash Welcome to the first official weekend of fall, the best season available around these parts. Yes, it is getting dark distressingly early, but on the other hand we’re right at the precipice of leaf peeping/apple picking/hot cocoa/sweater weather times. In these trying times, that’s enough to get excited about, provided that I can actually find a pair of my jeans that …
Brooklyn bike parking startup expands — mostly in New Jersey
Brooklyn-based bike parking pod company Oonee is growing its stable of publicly accessible and free bicycle parking rooms in New York City with an even bigger expansion in New Jersey, the company announced earlier this week. The transportation startup unveiled its first full municipal bike parking program in Jersey City while relying on private developers and state agencies for space here, as the Big Apple bureaucracy falls behind its Garden State counterparts, according to Oonee’s founder. “There’s no reason for New York City to continue to be a …
What to do this week(end): Sept. 17 to Sept. 24
Photo: Kelly Marshall Well, friends, there’s no escaping it… we’re fully back in the thick of it now. No more long, lazy summer days, no more ignoring work emails because the odds are good that at least someone on the chain is on vacation, and, sadly, no more holding out hope for summer 2021 to be the definitive turning point of this blasted pandemic. Yes, things are much better than they were at this time last year — I’m vaccinated and so is everyone else I know who is over 12, so why is it that I don’t actually feel better? Why is making and keeping plans so…
Your September Culture Calendar
Labor Day has come and gone and here we are in back-to-school mode, a phenomenon that seems to persist no matter how long you’ve been out of school or how uncertain we are about when life will actually get back to normal around here. I was on vacation for the past 2 weeks and studiously avoiding the news, but between the reports from Afghanistan, the storm in Louisiana, the fires in Tahoe, the flooding in Brooklyn, the rising COVID death …
Suspect sets off firework in Bed-Stuy building, smashes several cars before fleeing the scene
Authorities are looking for a suspect who attached a firework to an apartment door in Bedford-Stuyvesant early Friday morning. Members of the FDNY and NYPD responded to reports of smoke at 446 Madison St. at 7:45 am on Sept. 10, according to authorities, who say firefighters and police officers discovered that someone had set off a high-grade firework inside the apartment building. A preliminary investigation found that the suspect, who authorities would only describe as an unidentified man, also smashed 15 cars with a hatchet before he was stopped by a resident of the building. The suspect also is said to have family inside the unit. He fled the scene on a green dirt bike. The suspect allegedly damaged more than a dozen…
Letter from Vermont: adopting an abundance mindset
I usually find the final few weeks before Labor Day to be weirdly, and almost unbearably, melancholy. The weather starts to gesture toward fall, and the promise of early summer is gone. If you didn’t make it to the beach, will you? All those plans to swim every day, become an expert ice cream maker, and eat ripe berries with abandon either came to fruition, or they didn’t. This year though, all I see around me is abundance. Right now farms, orchards, and my own garden …
Brooklynites search for delivery man working in waist-deep floodwater from viral video
Investigative-minded Brooklynites are searching for a delivery worker captured in a viral video wading through waist-deep flood water while delivering grub in Williamsburg during Wednesday night’s torrential downpour — hoping to give the hard-working hero a hefty $1,700 tip. Johnny Miller shared the harrowing video on his Twitter account @UnequalScenes after he saw the delivery man’s extraordinary effort to push his e-bike through the water at Roebling and N. 11th streets just after 10 pm. And through it all! @Grubhub delivery still out there bringing your dinner #ida #flooding #brooklyn pic.twitter.com/2baP69JXhW — …
What to do this week(end): Aug. 13–19
How ya feelin’, Brooklyn (besides, obviously, HOT as all hell)? As per usual these days, there’s been a lot to digest in the past week or so, whether it’s confusing new COVID guidance, the conclusion of the weirdest Olympics in memory, a truly terrifying report on climate change, a new governor in Albany, or the long-awaited emancipation of Britney Spears! It’s tough to feel grounded about anything when both the immediate and long-term future feels so opaque—my office has pushed back it’s September reopening indefinitely, a friend’s wedding in New Orleans next month seems back up in the …
Transit worker shot with BB gun while working in Midwood
A city Department of Transportation worker was injured early Friday morning after he was shot by a BB gun while working in Midwood, according to police. It was reported at 8:25 a.m. on Aug. 13, a male DOT worker was at East 19th Street and Avenue L helping repair a sidewalk’s handicap access when he noticed that he was shot in the chest with a BB gun. At this time, the NYPD could not provide a description of
Road tripping to ‘Psychic Town USA’ in southwestern New York is truly a spiritual experience
Lily Dale, the 142-year-old Spiritualist community in the southwestern corner of New York, is a bucket-list destination for those who want to disconnect from this world, and—with a little help from any one of the town’s cabal of registered, committee-verified, psychics, mediums, and healers—reconnect with dead loved ones in another. But before you get here, your journey begins with a pit stop in Watkins Glen—the drive from NYC to Lily Dale is almost seven hours straight, so breaking it up into two halves is highly recommended. Plus, doing a little forest bathing in the breathtaking, soul-cleansing, head-clearing Watkins Glen State Park, feels…
Power Women Podcast: Chivona Newsome, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY
Chivona Newsome, Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY, speaks of the people who impacted her early life, her role as Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter Greater NY, and what are her secrets to success. When searching for Power Women Podcast on your podcast networks make sure to click subscribe to automatically receive each new weekly episode or you can stream us online at podcasts.schnepsmedia.com. Produced by Chaya Gurkov and Eric Hercules
What to do this week(end): July 16–22
Hooray for Friday, even if we are smack in the middle of the hottest, stickiest dog days of summer—with sort of staccato interjections of extreme weather events that mean that people in the Bronx are jet skiing in the street on a day when Brooklyn hardly gets any rain. After a brief hiatus, the mice that took up residence in my apartment during the winter months are back. So, I’ve spent too much of my recent days literally trying to build a better mousetrap, which …
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