We’ve received this somewhat cryptic message from Notify NYC: Notification issued on 7/19/14 at 11:18 AM. The United States Coast Guard reports that a ship in Arthur Kill [red in map] off the coast of Staten Island is offloading various fuel products. As a result, there may be an odor in Staten Island and Brooklyn. […]
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Good writing sets off a conversation in the mind of the reader paying attention. Sometimes the conversation devolves into…
July 18, 20141980 was an extraordinary year in music. It was the first year of the new decade, the first year…
July 17, 2014Jack Antonoff of fun. who is currently enjoying success with his latest project Bleachers, talks to Vulture about what he’s been up to lately. Part of the interview includes a passage about how he and girlfriend Lena Dunham have recently traded up here in Brooklyn Heights: Vulture: It took a full year to close on […]
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(Although this column is a forum for facts and opinions, today’s Noise The Column is a flight of fancy,…
July 16, 2014The folks at addressreport.com have created an animated map that shows every demolition in Brooklyn since 2003.
Think there hasn’t been too much development? Think again.
Check it out after the jump.
July 15, 2014The great moments of our history have been treated with memorable gravity in the pages of the New York…
July 15, 2014The pop-rock era has only produced two flawless full-length records: Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys and Ramones, the…
July 14, 2014This Craigslist poster claims to be from someone representing a “busy NYC restaurant” in Midtown East. It details the difference between the diners of 10 years ago and today. Bottom line – today’s diners are obsessed with selfies, texting, group photos and everything but getting their order in quickly.
July 12, 2014 Gilberto Aceves Navarro’s Las Biciciletas appeared at the Fruit Street Sitting Area in Brooklyn Heights last week. Karl Junkersfeld has filed a video report about them.
There are many exhibits in Brooklyn and Manhattan through September….
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