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Cafe Balearica and Cafe Alula Owners Taking Over Former Pencil Factory Location
By now, you likely already know Greenpoint’s beloved Pencil Factory recently went the way of so many cherished neighborhood spaces. The bar, named after an actual pencil factory that was once across the street, ended a damn-near quarter-century run at 142 Franklin Street this summer—by any metrics, about as good a stay as you get in Greenpoint or any neighborhood…
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Iconic NYC Club Studio 54 is Reopening for Just One Night
45 years since ending its glamorous, damn-near mythical, original run, Studio 54 is coming back for one night only this week. And there’s likely no amount of booger sugar or crisp twenties that will get you through the velvet ropes. The resurrection of the NYC icon comes courtesy of Valentino Beauty, which is launching a new product line on its…
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Why The Liberty is The Best Sports Franchise in New York Right Now
On October 24th of last year, I kept my daughter home from school. We had plans in the West Village—ramen, tea service, and the Alvin Ailey exhibit at the Whitney. But first, we headed to the Canyon of Heroes in the financial district, the place New York City gathers to publicly fete its champions. I’d been a number of times…
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World’s Tallest “Passive House” Building Coming to Downtown Brooklyn
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All The (Good) Burgers at Kel’s Burger Fest
It felt a little like 1997 in Greenpoint this past Saturday, as one-time Nickelodeon star Kel Mitchell—most famously, from the “Good Burger” sketch on the show All That—hosted, what else, but a burger festival at that long and narrow BK Backyard Bar space next to Caffe Panna on Banker Street. There was lots of Good Burger-evoking orange soda (with or…
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What to Do in Brooklyn This Weekend
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Badaboom Brings Classic Bistro Bangers to Bed-Stuy
You can’t miss Badaboom while strolling along Howard Avenue this fall. With its spiffy, bright-blue exterior, elevated outdoor seating, and general open-arms aura, the place stands out for sure in this relatively un-bustling patch of southwest Bed-Stuy. And you definitely don’t want to miss it, either. Opened in late June by Brooklyn buddies Henry Glucroft and Charles Gerbier, Badaboom is…
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Planet Brooklyn Line-Up, Set Times, and Locations
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The Brooklyn Tower Officially Has Its Own “Henge”
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3 Killed in Shooting at Crown Heights Bar
Three people were killed in a shooting at a bar and restaurant in Crown Heights overnight. Police responded to reports of gunfire at Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue at 3:30 a.m., the New York Times says. Eight men and three women, ages 27 to 61, were wounded, three fatally: a 27-year-old man, a 35-year-old man, and another…
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