At the corner of 20th Street and 5th Avenue in Windsor Terrace is an unassuming and apt place for Quarter Bar, named for its cross streets (20 + 5!). I recently rolled in very close to last call after working a bartending shift.
October 20, 2009 Bars
At Brooklyn’s celebration of Michael Jackson’s 51st birthday in Prospect Park today, Borough President Marty Markowitz stood with director Spike Lee to proclaim August 29 Michael ‘King of Pop’ Jackson Memorial Day in the borough.
August 29, 2009 Brooklyn Beats, Culture, Music Profiles
Tom Folsom’s new book The Mad Ones keeps the author on the safe side of history. You won’t believe the tales he has to tell about Crazy Joe Gallo, a gangster from Red Hook who took on the establishment – the Costa Nostra – in the 1960s.
June 23, 2009 Read Features
Nowhere in Brooklyn is there a more foreign enclave than Brighton. Under the elevated tracks of the B and Q, caressed by sea breezes, the sidewalks of Brighton Beach Avenue vibrate with a cacophony of voices: the Russian of women hawking pastries, the English of sand-seeking day trippers, the hum of shoppers hailing from Omsk to Kiev.
Our weekly tip sheet on where to see what in the Brooklyn art world. This week’s featured listing is Klompching Gallery’s: “Phillip Toledano: A New Kind of Beauty,” opening Wednesday, September 8, 6-8pm. Click through to read more.
You decide! Are these famous folks tragic or groundbreaking? It’s up to debate. Each note-worthy figure is paired with an …
Your weekly listing of readings and literary events around Brooklyn: a comic artist lands at Desert Island, a funny girl from the Bronx stops in DUMBO, and runner-extraordinaire Christopher McDougall shares advice at WORD.
