Best Of Brooklyn | Brokelyn

Best of Brooklyn

Village Voice loves Brooklyn bars, creepy Green-Wood strolls

Black Mountain Winehouse, voted "Best Bar to Spirit Yourself Away to the Adirondacks"

Black Mountain Winehouse, voted "Best Bar to Spirit Yourself Away to the Adirondacks"

If there’s one thing the proclamations of  New York’s “best of” lists are always good for, it’s sparking debate. But when a list has categories like “Best ’90s Musical Hero Hiding Out Scruffily in Brooklyn” (Blake Schwarzenbach), who can argue? That distinction and about 250 others are from the just-released Village Voice Best of NYC 2009—a guide to people, places and things around the city that might otherwise have gone unnoticed to the average New Yorker. Naturally, Brooklyn makes a solid  showing on this year’s list, nabbing more than 40 in all. From pretend vacations to supplying your DIY needs, here are just a few of Brooklyn’s best unique virtues. Read the rest of this entry »