Hannah Frishberg
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Eat your briny heart out this Saturday at the Vodka and Pickles Festival
"Vodka has been proven to be a good companion for meaningful conversations," the Brown Paper Ticket page for the event declares. → Read More
Untapped Cities launches members-only Insiders program for NYC adventurers
Our partner site now offers a sweet membership deal for those looking for regular escapades to New York's weirder spots. → Read More
Artistic depictions of literal subway hell
From a system where all signs are in Comic Sans to straphangers joining the undead, feast your eyes on these arguably worse public transit systems. → Read More
Park Slope Food Co-Op considering expansion, Texas responds to #BrooklynBBQ (and more links)
The reason behind those NYPD floodlights in parks and housing developments, how to participate in Women's History Month, and more Brokeing news. → Read More
189 affordable apartments now open to lottery in Bushwick
The units are spread out over three buildings in two developments and are renting for the affordable $947/month to the not so cheap $2,394/month. → Read More
Driver who killed 2 kids in Park Slope crash not immediately charged (and more links)
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has quietly cut free admission, Brooklyn BBQ is a controversial topic on Twitter atm, Citi Bike having a hard time restocking certain borough docks, and more Brokeing news. → Read More
MTA bothers to fix gaping, stinking hole in Bergen Street mosaic
Farewell, hole. You were both a symbolic and literal reminder of this nation's crumbling infrastructure. → Read More
Gothamist lives: Public radio stations resurrect murdered news site
Great news: WNYC has breathed life back into Gothamist, which will reportedly begin producing new content again in the spring. → Read More
Study: New Yorkers smoke the most weed in the world
Further testifying to the superiority of the New York hustle, bud isn't even fully legal here but we're still consuming more of it than anywhere else. → Read More
Support your local BK pun competition: Official Punderdome tees now available
First there was the live show, then there was the home card game and now there are Punderdome t-shirts. → Read More
'The Deuce' casting background actors to play 'disco club types' and 'gay bar patrons'
Are you good at pretending to like disco? HBO needs you. → Read More
Only singles qualify for these $856 Bushwick studios
Only one-person households are eligible to apply for the cheapest units in this affordable housing lottery. → Read More
Happy Valentine's Day: Here are the best places in NYC to sob in public
A new open-source tool allows you to share your literal New York sob stories. → Read More
Are these the most New York Valentine's Day cards ever made?
This Valentine’s Day, simultaneously show your love and that you understand insider New York City humor. → Read More
Rally for Prospect Heights' Bar Sepia to tomorrow as it faces closure on March 1
The neighborhood watering hole is being forced out of its home of 14 years by a landlord who has put its building up for sale and refused to renew the lease. → Read More
A 213 pound bagel with lox was created and consumed in Greenpoint today
The loxening was quite the scene, with a full house in attendance to watch as the greatest bagel the world may ever know was made and eaten. → Read More
Video: What happens when you ask SantaCon Santas about racism in America
The Santas, who were also asked about their feelings on the #metoo campaign, unsurprisingly responded mostly with ignorance and blatant racism. → Read More
Help consume the world's biggest bagel & lox in Greenpoint this Friday
A neighborhood fish purveyor is attempting to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records and they need your help eating their record-breaking bagel. → Read More
Brooklyn's least heteronormative Valentine's Day events
From Russian bathhouses to Butoh performances, these Valentine's Day parties are taking back the Hallmark holiday from single shamers and mainstream lovers. → Read More
Animated movie trailer explores alternate Coney Island full of sentient construction cones
A teaser trailer anthropomorphizes some Coney Island traffic cones and delves into their unstable and bizarre personal lives. → Read More