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Brooklyn, The Borough: The Quietest Places To Pass a Sunday
"Do you hear the crickets?," asked Ali Jafri, a broker for Prudential Douglas Elliman. We were standing on the ninth-floor balcony of a brand-new three-bedroom condominium for sale at 20 Bayard Street...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: A One-Man Gentrification Slam
Danny Hoch knows where the money is. "It's funny," Mr. Hoch said via phone from his home in Williamsburg. "There's a guy about a block away from me – an old school Puerto Rican cat – and there's a new...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: ACORN in BK
Last Wednesday, on the evening of the final presidential debate of this cycle, held at Hofstra University, Senator John McCain alleged in the most cautious terms he could muster, that ACORN "is now on...
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Williamsburg Calling Party Chats Up North Carolina and Ohio Voters
"I've often heard people say it doesn't matter who you vote for, they're all the same," said Jimmy Ellis, a 56-year-old MoveOn.Org member and host of a calling party Thursday night for Barack Obama in...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Brooklyn Holds Its Breath
Over the last weekend of the presidential election, the now ubiquitous Shepard Fairey-designed poster of a sacrosanct Barack Obama dotted the windows of shops and homes throughout Brooklyn. At the...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Library (Not) Fine
"It's not like libraries are over-funded!" said Soledad O'Brien, master of ceremonies for the 12th annual fundraising gala for the Brooklyn Public Library on Thursday. "It's not like, ‘Trim the fat off...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: The Great Shop Chop of ’08
On Monday, the door to the new and expanded Beacon's Closet, a consignment shop now on the corner of Warren Street and Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, opened. Along with a burst of cold air came not a...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Lights, Camera, BK!
On the day before Thanksgiving, at the corner of Prospect Place and Washington Avenue, Harvey Keitel put back the driver's seat of a vintage ambulance and caught a little shut-eye. Looking like his...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Sartorial Swingers!
"WE ARE IN A RECESSION!" screamed the words from my in-box back on Nov. 16, and whether it was official yet or not, the wardrobes of Brooklyn's 20-somethings were feeling it. The email was from my...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Landlord As a Second Language
A week ago, I received an email about a vacant industrial warehouse on 46th Street in Sunset Park that recently sold for $1,100,000. Each of the 4,900 square feet came to $225. I wondered why a bare...
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Brooklyn’s Cul-de-Sac
One of my favorite things about the suburbs are the supermarkets. I love the sprawling aisles, the enormous selection, the
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Can the Q Be the Next L?
I love the Q train. O.K., I love the B, too, but it’s the Q that’s stolen my heart. When
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Our Town
"First off, there’s no question–in my humble opinion–that the literary center of New York has moved to Brooklyn," said our
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Wall Street Views From Another Bank
As a chillier wind sliced through Brooklyn’s popular corridors last Saturday night, it was hard to imagine by the looks
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Brooklyn, The Borough: Artists Assume Their Position Amid Crisis
When the Dow plummeted on Monday after Congress failed to pass a bailout for Wall Street’s many woes, Brooklyn’s creative
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