Here Is Brooklyn | Local Brooklyn News and Features

Old Park Slope Meets New Park Slope

Friday, April 30, 2010

1 Comment

Crazy children bring both sides of the neighborhood together.

Here is Brooklyn, Park Slope, Vinnie Rotondaro

The Roar

Friday, March 26, 2010

0 Comments

Read Yepoka Yeebo’s poetic take on the burst of noise that shattered the morning quiet in Brownsville. Share

Here is Brooklyn

By Yepoka Yeebo An ear-splitting roar blasted its way through the mid-morning Brownsville silence, sending the flock of birds pecking around Betsy Head Park into a fluttering, flapping frenzy and turned the heads of the two girls sitting on the picnic table. No one knew where it came from. It had started as a low rumble, drowning [...]

Brownnsville, Here is Brooklyn

Drink’n'Draw @ 3RDWARD

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

4 Comments

By Amanda Massa and Mustafa Mehdi Vural You bring the sketchpad; they’ll supply the beer. Or at least that’s what happens at Drink’n'Draw, a weekly event hosted by the Williamsburg art studio, 3RDWARD. For $15 each Wednesday night, people can come ready with art supplies and draw live nude models, who pose on stage for ten-minute stretches [...]

3RDWARD, Amanda Massa, Drink'n'Draw, Figure Drawing, Here is Brooklyn, Mustafa Mehdi Vural, Williamsburg

Steve Harvey Did Not Play Basketball in Brownsville

Monday, February 15, 2010

1 Comment

By Jack Mirkinson The Brownsville Recreation Center takes basketball seriously. When you walk in, one of the first things you see, nestled in between the fish tank and the cage for Juliet the lizard, is a cluster of large trophies celebrating moments of glory. The basketball court is right at the front of the building, too. At [...]

Brownsville, Here is Brooklyn, Jack Mirkinson

Jogging in a Fur Coat

Friday, February 12, 2010

0 Comments

It was a young blond woman, wearing blue track pants and an ankle length brown fur coat. The only looks the jogger received were appraising and approving glances

Coney Island, Here is Brooklyn, Maia Efrem