Greenpoint Shopping: Franklin Street Holiday Stroll

December 10, 2010  |  Community, Greenpoint  |  No Comments

Shop local, my friends – Greenpoint local. This Saturday from 12 – 6 PM take a stroll down Franklin St. area in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Enjoy the holiday lights, discounts, free treats, music and more. This is an awesome opportunity to see all the amazing local shops in Greenpoint and for…

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Get Ready for Santacon NYC

December 10, 2010  |  Community, Happenings  |  No Comments

Brooklyn, are you ready for the most festive, lively, drunken holiday-fest of the year? Well whether you’re ready or not SantaCon NYC is less than 24 hours away! That’s right, SantaCon – a non-denominational, non-commercial, non-political and non-sensical Santa Claus convention that occurs once a year for absolutely…

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Bushwick Music: Elli Perry

December 9, 2010  |  Bushwick, Music, neighborhoods, Photography  |  No Comments

I’m breathing water, I’m taking deep breaths, and it’s all because I have bet my lovesick heart in a game I knew I could not win….

She’s singing accompanied only by her acoustic guitar in a café somewhere deep in Bushwick. She’s beautiful and melancholic.

Only the innocent can tell…

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Brooklyn, Bare With Us. That and Das Racists

December 8, 2010  |  Community  |  No Comments

Due to some major back-end technology changes and a shakeup in the writing staff, you may have noticed a serious slowing in BK365 content. While we roll out the changes, we are going to be moving slow on the front-end. Worry not though, the weekend guide will be coming at…

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Happy Monday – And the First Snowfall – Lucius Sings Buddy Holly

December 6, 2010  |  Music  |  No Comments

One of our favorite local bands here at BK365 – Lucius – in a live acoustic pop-up session at the Flowershop. Here they are performing a cover of the Buddy Holly song “It Doesn’t Matter Anymore.”

And just for a comparison – here is Buddy Holly’s version:

South African Food in Fort Greene – 50% off at Madiba

December 1, 2010  |  Food, Glorious Food, Fort Greene  |  No Comments

South Africa’s World Cup kicked ass and you wanted to be there. Since you probably couldn’t make it, try the next best thing right here in Fort Greene – Madiba – a South African restaurant serving up the best in South African fare with a 50% discount.

If you have NO…

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Brooklyn Bees, Sippin on the Sizzurp

November 30, 2010  |  Opinion, Red Hook  |  No Comments

Brooklyn bees are no better than Lil Wayne. Mere months after bee-hives were legalized in New York City, the bees are already hitting the sizzurp, proving once and for all Lil Wayne has taken control of the human and animal population. Not since the Gambino Family has someone wielded so…

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Historic Bank Sold for $4.5 Million: The Winner Is … New York Loft Hostel?

November 29, 2010  |  Real Estate, Williamsburg  |  No Comments

Looks like Williamsburg’s landmark bank which can be prominently seen from the W-burg bridge has been sold and the buyer is ….. a hostel owner?

According to Curbed NY, “the 135-year-old landmark next to the Williamsburg Bridge, which was shopped around by HSBC due to the bank relocating its ‘Burg…

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Welcome Back to Reality, Brooklyn

November 29, 2010  |  Opinion  |  No Comments

Vacation is over and reality has returned with a sunny and mild-mannered vengeance, inviting you to sit back in your office chair and think about all the exercise you should be doing to return yourself to that pre-Thanksgiving form you delusionally thought you were in.

For those of you who fled…

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JJ Grey and Mofro: Two Nights at Brooklyn Bowl

November 26, 2010  |  Music, Williamsburg  |  No Comments

If you’re sticking around the city this weekend and enjoying what Brooklyn has to offer then head on over to Brooklyn Bowl for a southern rock and Memphis blues fueled show with JJ Grey and Mofro. They will be playing Friday and Saturday night at 9pm for $15. (Get Friday…

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