Indie game maker Mark Kleback and his fiance Stephanie Gross are hoping to purchase Secret Project Robot and open an arcade bar dedicated to Brooklyn’s underground gaming scene. The pair started a Kickstarter to help fund the project, which they’ll call Wonderville. Brooklyn Paper has more A pair of local video-game fanatics plan to purchase artsy Bushwick […]
Elsewhere is getting a new vinyl store in Bushwick called Brooklyn Record Exchange
This is of course great news for vinyl lovers. Brooklyn Record Exchange will be operated by the label Mexican Summer who will also be opening a store in Greenpoint at 87 Guernsey Street. They have a soft launch this Thursday and are officially open for business on Saturday. The store will feature music from the […]
New book featuring photographs of 1990s Williamsburg, opening reception at Sideshow Gallery
Don’t miss the opening reception for I Can Be Pretty Too Friday, March 29th at Sideshow Gallery (319 Bedford Avenue). We love what we see so far on the Brooklyn Social Club Instagram. From the Brooklyn Social Club website, run by brothers Damian and Dominic Bielak: Brooklyn Social Club is a group of friends from […]
Old homemade anchor mistaken for sea mine near Newton Creek
This thing caused a big scare for people in Williamsburg, #Brooklyn: The #NYPD's bomb squad responded to a possible sea mine near Newtown Creek. Turns out, it was a homemade anchor that washed ashore. pic.twitter.com/ZSY7SeG39d — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) March 15, 2019 A bomb containment unit was called in Friday to investigate, but the odd-looking […]
Other Half is bringing a huge brewery to the Domino Sugar site
This is great news for beer nerds in North Brooklyn. We’re big fans of Other Half! Along with Singlecut, Finback, Grimm, LIC Beer Project and Root & Branch, their hoppy IPAs are among our favorites in the city. Other Half is plotting a 3,600-square-foot brewery inside 1 South First, a new mixed-use building under construction at […]
The sixth annual Grand Street Restaurant Week is happening until March 3
No, you’re not crazy. This year, the annual event is running two full weeks, from February 18 – March 3. Participating restaurants below. There are lots of great deals and a few new places to try this year too, including a New England-style seafood restaurant called Thompson Brooke. Bon appétit! Los Tacos-Bar McOndo: Lunch $14 | Dinner $26 Ryujin: Dinner $25 […]
Two out-of-scale, Tetris-like towers coming to toxic, floodzone site in Greenpoint
Just what the community wants! Two more out-of-scale towers to be inhabited by fedora-wearing tech bros and trust fund jet-setters casting shade on the neighborhood. The towers will be constructed at Greenpoint Landing and will be 30 and 40 stories high, housing 745 insanely expensive apartments. That’s a couple thousand more people on your G […]