Martin Maisonpierre
Digging around Brooklyn when I'm not looking longingly out of my office window at my home borough. I read too much news and take my duty to try out all of north BK's bars, restaurants and haunts very seriously. Give me a shout at Martin@Brooklyn365.com or on twitter @maisonpm
Website: http://brooklyn365.com
Adam Aleksander Presents … Gilt City Monster Mash Party |mänstər ma sh pärtē|
Halloween should involve every one of the five sense, exploding any prior tactile, olfactory, auditory, visual and gustatory experience you have ever had. Enter Adam Aleksander Presents … Gilt City Monster Mash Party |mänstər ma sh pärtē|. On Sunday, October 31, starting in TriBeCa, an “unexpected school bus” will be escorting you and a crowd [...]
Explore Space, From Brooklyn!
Brooklyn is full of smart and innovative folks, now add to the list of Brooklyn brilliance – space explorers! A father and son team out of Brooklyn succesfully launched an iPhone and HD camera into the stratosphere. According to NY Mag, the team managed to get the contraption “nineteen miles, or about 100,000 feet, high [...]
Monday Morning Entertainment: Va Fa Napoli, Hipster
It’s rough going back to work on a Monday morning after a weekend of more than perfect weather. To help ease you into the grind, check out “Va Fa Napoli, Hipster,” the directorial debut of Matt Weckel and shot on location in Williamsburg. A good taste of cultural vigilante justice, Italian style. (Shot on location [...]
The Brooklyn Bacon Takedown at the Bell House
Bacon topped bacon with a side of mouth-watering, well, bacon. This Sunday, October 17, at the Bell House, Matt Timms of Chili Takedown fame, will be hosting the Brooklyn Bacon Takedown starting at 4pm. From the Bell House website: For $15, it’s up to YOU to sample and vote on who reigns supreme- past dishes [...]
Yo, Stop Lookin At My Moms. That’s Right, Cut the Shit.
The Brooklyn based Astronomical Kid has a message for you “Just ’cause I’m a shorty, don’t think I won’t do you no harm – stop looking at my moms!” The video by Brian Bradley, a 14-year-old kid sporting a donkey rope and mohawk, has racked up nearly 200,000 views with his youtube hit, Stop Lookin [...]
The Brooklyn Hail Storm of 2010, On Video
A season of unlikely weather has descended upon us. Tornadoes, hail-storms and frogs from the sky (OK, not yet but it wouldn’t be a surprise at this point). The below videos from last night captured some of the mayhem with ice piled high on windshields, raging rivers 0n the streets and unseasonably high 70 degree [...]
UPDATED: Hipsters Democracy Win: Brooklyn / DC Gets Bus Service Connector
UPDATE: In a TRUE win for democracy, we were contacted by Nichole Remmert, the PR representative for theknowitexpress, with the following message: “Hi everyone! I do the PR for theknowitexpress and we’ve heard you – loud and clear! We’re dumping the Manhattan stop and will link direct from Brooklyn to U Street. Thanks for all [...]
You’re Stuck In Williamsburg Because the L Train Hates You
If you live in Williamsburg and didn’t know where the JMZ train is, you better figure it out fast if you wanna get to Manhattan without the aid of a bridge. That’s right, the L train has forsaken you once again and will NOT be running this weekend – at ALL – between the Myrtle-Wyckoff [...]
It’s Official: Shaq Hates Brooklyn
Shaquille O’Neal hates Brooklyn. That’s right, Mr. Kazaam himself said, “Hey Brooklyn, up yours.” OK, so it wasn’t quite that Shaq-attack-in-your-face and he didn’t tell Brooklyn to cram anything anywhere, but as a 14 year resident of Newark, New Jersey, he doesn’t want to see the Nets cross the water and make the Barclays Center [...]
Brooklyn Boondoggle and the Atlantic Yards Development
The Atlantic Yards development controversy has come to a rest with the addition of a huge new development complex, traffic issues for years to come and formerly middle-class individuals selling out to the development for ungodly sums. The Meerkat Media Collective shot an impressive documentary outlining the controversy and giving a superb overview of the [...]
