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Inside Brooklyn’s Creative Hub, and the Passions it Supports

Slideshow: Arrests at OWS “Day of Action”

Slideshow: OWS Day of Action

The New Dawn of OWS

After police took down Zuccotti Park, protesters went on the offensive congregating in Foley Square before dawn, then marching through morning rush hour to a small park at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue. From there [...]

The Night Zuccotti Fell

The occupation of Zuccotti Park ended in the early hours of the morning Tuesday. On orders from the Mayor’s office, police surrounded the park and penned in demonstrators, ripping down tents and throwing away personal [...]

Residents Only: Inside New York City’s Oldest Gated Community

The entrance to Sea Gate doesn’t have a doorman, or an alarm system, or a bolt lock. Instead, it has a gate. Perched at the southwestern tip of Brooklyn, at the corner of Surf Avenue [...]

The Secret Feast

Underground dinners are the latest trend in eating out. They’ve been popular for a long time in Latin America, known as “Paladars” or “Restaurante de Puertas Cerradas” (locked door restaurants). They’ve made their way to [...]

Video – Dead Horse Bay, A Living Museum Of Trash

In the 1950s, a cap on a landfill burst, sending trash flowing onto Dead Horse Bay. Trash, both old and new, has continued to cascade onto the sands of Dead Horse Bay ever since.

After the Fire: The Funeral

By Jeannette Neumann Brooklyn’s Guatemalan community gathered on Friday in a Coney Island funeral home to remember the five people who died at the end of January in a blaze allegedly set by a man [...]

Home Is Where the Art Is

Susan Gardner isn’t just pushing back against a gentrification, she’s bringing art to the public… all without ever leaving home.