So, you still plan to grow your own food. Now that we’ve convinced you it’s possible and provided the quick & dirty intro on schedules, temps, etc., it’s time to talk about seeds. Working from seed, as opposed to an existing plant, takes the process into your hands earlier, which will help you [...]
Brokelyn grow-your-own-food guide, part 1
Fire-escape pepper photo by Urban Greenscaper. Click on it for lots more inspiration.
We know, we know… you probably don’t think you have the space or the know-how to grow a measly sprout, let alone the ingredients for a salad. And you might be right. But growing food in tight, urban quarters is not only [...]
Learn about Diego Rivera, get free tickets to MoMA
Come for the lecture on Mexican Modernism, leave with free tickets to the Museum of Modern Art. Put on your listening shoes for the Brooklyn Public Library’s art appreciation lecture tomorrow, Jan. 23, at Grand Army Plaza; stay until the end, fill out a survey and you’ll receive a free five-person [...]
The best snowboarding deals near NYC
Photo by Sharat Ganapati.
Don’t let anyone tell you that there’s no snowboarding in Brooklyn—unless that person is a park ranger handing out a $350 summons. Outlaw boarders have been known to hit Fort Greene Park after a fresh snowfall, but the tickets they face (it’s illegal) wind up costing a whole lot more [...]
16 ways to help other Brooklynites
It’s the season for giving, especially to the needy, and there’s so much more you can do than throw change in the Salvation bucket or drop a few cans of creamed whatever at the local food drive. Why not go for the charity glory and don a full Santa suit for the kids, or better yet, [...]
Reserve now: five free art tours of Brooklyn this weekend
The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center.
It’s only Monday, but we wanted to tell you about a Brooklyn-wide gallery hop that Marty Markowitz has put together for this weekend. Five free buses will be doing loops around our artiest neighborhoods (Bay Ridge? OK cool), every hour on the hour from 1 to 6, on [...]
NYC guide to getting rid of all your old crap
Sunday is America Recycles Day, and here at Brokelyn, we’re celebrating 1) with a guilt trip and 2) a list of all the places to dump your stuff, other than a landfill.
Aspiring Jonathan Lethems, here’s your chance
From National Novel Writing Month to NYC’s First Independent Bookstore Week, November is building an identity as a month in celebration of the written word. And now, WORD bookstore in Greenpoint is inviting scribes young and old to express their love of our fair city in sentence form. Simply [...]
Enter to win our tote-bag giveaway
Photos by Eric Reichbaum.
How cool is this? To demonstrate the many things that can be made from a plain old t-shirt (in this case, an exceptionally attractive one), Park Slope-based writer and craftmistress Megan Nicolay has made a tote bag from one of our Brokelyn 1.0 t-shirts, and we’re going to give it away to [...]
Can I save money by switching to a no-contract cell provider?
Each week or so, our Dear Penny column investigates the answers to reader questions about saving money in Brooklyn. Send your stumpers to DearPenny@brokelyn.com.
On purely economical terms, yes, make the switch. The idea behind no-contract providers is that they offer unlimited talk, text and web for one flat monthly fee. Metro PCS (
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