Delancey Street is finally getting a protected bike lane, the Department of Transportation announced today. With more and more bikers set to use the Williamsburg…
Budding Olympians Will Soon Be Able to Play Volleyball at Two Revamped LES Parks
If the Olympics put you in the mood for serving and spiking, here’s some good news: The Henry M. Jackson Playground is getting a volleyball area.…
Cyclists Gather For Bicycle Fetish Day, Bronx Rumble, and Bikestock Creator’s Memorial
Bike culture kicked into high gear over the weekend, as three spokes-centric events took over the city streets. On Saturday in Williamsburg, the City Reliquary’s…
Countdown Clock Tells Land Owner It's Time to Sell Bushwick Inlet Park Land to City
Elected officials and neighborhood activists brought the contest over the long-promised Bushwick Inlet Park to the Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfront this morning when they publicly posted their ultimatum notice for…
Food Fests That Don’t Bite: Taste of Bushwick and Grub Street Beats & Eats
Sure, Smorgasburg used to satiate your eccentric food cravings, but, like everything else in this city, popularity got the best of it and now it’s a crowded, sweaty…
Citi Bike’s Getting Generous With a Slot-Happy Expansion Plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that, starting in August (er, just in time for the end of summer), Citi Bike will be installing new docking stations for their…
Pole Dancing in a Former Polish Social Club? That’s Incredipole!
Out this month, “Meet the Regulars: People of Brooklyn and the Places They Love” is Joshua D. Fischer’s debut book, and the first to come…
How an Apartment Guru Saved My Tiny Home from the Clutches of Clutter
Some people can work wonders in small quarters. (Remember that beautifully organized, itty-bitty kitchen-shower apartment?) I am not one of those people. I’ve lived in a 350-square-foot Lower…
Rev. Billy: Stop ‘Lining Up For Cupcakes’ and ‘Switch Allegiance to the Earth’
“Have you been to one of our shows lately?” Reverend Billy asked me. The answer was– no, I have not. Not ever. In my chat…
Meet the ‘Bird Man’ Who Sleeps On the Roof With His Prized Pigeons
The skies of Bushwick have been emptier since a massive fire, a week ago, killed 500 trained pigeons trapped on the roof of a DeKalb…