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Avenue A Crosses the River

Though I spent three years living in Greenpoint, I often found myself shunning the local nightlife—aside from a few restaurants and my local watering hole the Pencil Factory—for cozy nights in on my...

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A Tree Salad Grows in Brooklyn

“I’m in this business for 40 years,” said Joe Chirico, standing in front of Marco Polo Ristorante, the restaurant he owns on Court Street in Carroll Gardens. “I started with Joe’s Luncheonette two...

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In Defense of Parenthood

There he was standing in front of me giggling, arms outstretched, and totally naked. He was bald and wrinkled, like the dancing old man from those Six Flags commercials, but he was just over a foot...

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Is Atlantic City the New Williamsburg?

“Atlantic City is the new Williamsburg,” former Siberia bar owner and sometimes Fox contributor Tracy Westmoreland told me as the wind whipped through his long goatee at a rest stop somewhere in New...

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Brooklynite Punched by Cabbie Lives to Tell Great Story Someday

Anyone who has ever tried to take a taxi from Manhattan to Brooklyn is familiar with the hostile tone of a cab driver that generally refrains a Brooklyn address. But rarely does it come to blows as it...

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Overheard in Park Slope

“If I had a nickel for every smores party I’ve been to…” said one guest at a Park Slope soiree on Saturday night. “You’d have a nickel,” responded a new acquaintance from across the fire pit, which...

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Navy Yard Dive Not Dead Yet, Building For Sale

About 1,140 feet inland from the banks of the East River sits the Navy Yard Cocktail lounge, also known as J.J.’s, a watering hole with no telephone and an unseemly reputation dating back to...

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A Brooklyn Bridge Across the Pond

Director Sam Mendes and BAM Executive Producer Joe Melillo “I love Brooklyn, and I love this part of Brooklyn, I don’t know if you know – it’s now called the BAM cultural district, it’s got a whole...

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New Bar, Manhattans, To Open on Washington Avenue

Lovable, bearded bar czar Tracy Westmoreland has landed in Brooklyn. His new watering hole, Manhattans— at 769 Washington Ave. in Prospect Heights— will open on Friday, reclaiming the legacy of his...

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Drink, Soterios Johnson, Drink

“Off to the WNYC get together,” twittered spicyplumchatni at 5:56pm on Wednesday. “I’ve never just gone to a random event but I am new in NYC and having a radio station in common is good, right?” About...

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For Some, Merchant of Venice Still About Stereotypes

  "The frank depiction of anti-Semitism on the part of ostensibly sympathetic characters can make watching it an unsettling experience for modern audiences. Here the play’s religious overtones are...

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Urban Daddy Winks at White Guys

I usually refrain from using this platform to yell about things I don’t like, or from getting too personal, because I’m not so narcisisstic to think you care about my opinions, but I couldn’t pass up...

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Police Commissioner Answers Questions at Medal Day Ceremony

The morning after residents of Crown Heights took the Police Commissioner to task for drug dealing, prostitution and quality of life issues in the neighborhood, Ray Kelly was awarding the Deputy...

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Under Threat of Closing, Manhattans Bar Seeks New Investor

Tracy Westmoreland/Photo by Jason Kuffer Must all good things come to an end?  The English proverb, it seems, should not apply to dive bar aficionado Tracy Westmoreland yet again.  With the economy in...

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Tracy Westmoreland’s ‘Manhattans’ Alive – For Now

Manhattan’s gatekeeper Garrett donning a pair of neon goggles signals a thumbs up Tracy Westmoreland called us with an update in the ongoing saga of his bar, the Manhattans, in Prospect Heights.  The...

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Full Moon Brightens Bushwick’s Beat Nite

A certain magic whirled around a particularly windy night in Bushwick recently as winter pushed its way into spring, if only briefly.  Along with a mix of sidewalk debris, groups of people hovered near...

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Turn Cecil Grey’s Williamsburg Bar Party into Your Next House Party

MOVEMENT is a brand new monthly party at Loreley in Williamsburg. Veteran DJs Ayesha Adamo and Cecil Grey are on the decks all night on third Wednesdays. Their mix of Indie Dance, French House and Nu...

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PHOTOS: Street Arts with taeOne and THANEONE

Suede Jury " Soul Sista" Music Video from ANDM on Vimeo.This Friday artists taeOne and THANEONE, otherwise known as Partners in Crime, are kicking off their inaugural monthly party at Bushwick spot...

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The Grand Bar and Grill is the House that Hardcore Built

“I was just like working as a bike messenger and saved a little money, and Jason was like, ‘I kinda wanna open a bar’ and I was like, ‘that sounds like fun,’” my friend Eric told me recently, adding,...

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