Brooklyn

On a humid March evening, strolling down Rogers Avenue looking for a place to conduct our interview, Haiti-born couple Josue Pierre and Jonathan Pierre-Lafleur greet a gangly pre-teen. Josue recites the boy’s customary order from memory. “Two bacon cheeseburgers, a Burger Créole, and two Sprites,” the 43-year-old says without a moment’s pause. It’s a lot […]

Weird and wild things are happening in the ever-coveted, certifiably untouchable Brooklyn Heights housing market, where some of the city’s oldest homes reliably go for an ungodly eight figures. Many are stunningly well-preserved or recalibrated entirely by presitigious architects and bleeding-edge designers, especially along that strip of Columbia Heights, where backyards open up to a

Nacha Focaccia is located at 800 Franklin Avenue, just north of Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, and is currently open on Wednesday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Charlise Rookwood has lived a lot of lives. Born and raised in East London,

Calling all crate-diggers, basement raiders, casual and obsessive record collectors alike: a vinyl convention of epic proportions is coming to Brooklyn. VinylCon, a massive traveling record fair that’s been roadtripping around the country for the last year and change, has picked Industry City for its next stop. The convention’s NYC debut will take place the

The weather might not quite be there yet, but all of New York’s summer institutions are beginning to offer glimpses at what’s in the works for the next season. We’ve already received a hefty announcement from SummerStage, some warm-ups from/at BAM, and assorted galleries across the boroughs. Now, it’s BRIC’s turn, filling in the gaps

Detours is a column within our All Hours column, collecting the recent rants of nightlife reporter Arielle Lana LeJarde from dance floors, green rooms, and shows all over the city. It’s been a few months since the last dispatch, but I’m back and very much outside again.  In this installment, I somehow end up playing

Open Kitchen is a monthly interview column covering the joys and frustrations of Brooklyn restaurant operation in all its many forms. Every restaurant is an extension of its creator—their passions, their curiosities, their taste, their sense of humor—but this is more true of some establishments than others. Some are utilitarian, filling a void by bringing

Downtown Brooklyn is about to get yet another star attraction. Casa Tua, the global hospitality brand behind restaurants in Miami, Paris, Capri, and Aspen, is expanding its New York City portfolio with an elevated food hall concept, tucked into one of the borough’s most iconic buildings. Casa Tua has announced it will bring its first

New York City sells opportunity and aspiration as its siren song, from the sitcoms that showcase downtown apartments with sunken living rooms that haven’t been on the market since the late 80s to the pop songs that insist that all you need is hustle, pluck, and chutzpah to finagle a charmed lifestyle here. Its status