Previously
Snow Days
Everywhere in the snowscape of February, that sleepiest of months, are signs of time’s having slowed. Photos by Emily Frances
Revenge of the Nerds
A group of women vexed by the sexism they’ve encountered in the comics and gaming worlds are staking a claim to female fandom — by taking their clothes off. By Robert Tutton
Q&A: Matthew Wolf of Kings Theatre
The executive director on restoring a community gem and reviving the Brooklyn theater district that once was. Interview by John Surico
NYPD Blues
In East New York, crime runs high. So does distrust of the police. Can de Blasio’s reforms and the promise of “community policing” help keep the peace? By Christopher Looft
A Beach, a Babushka, and Borscht
Taking in the quiet beauty of Brighton Beach. Photos by Kat Slootsky
Q&A: Tim Thomas of The Q at Parkside
A local blogger finds himself immersed in neighborhood controversies, spurred to area uplift, and jolted by gentrification. Interview by Norman Oder
Q&A: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams
Brooklyn’s new head honcho reflects on his first year in office, his hopes for the borough’s future, and why he wants to be known as the “technology borough president.” Interview by John Surico
The Dump
Dead Horse Bay is a sight to behold: unremittingly eerie, occasionally revolting, but nevertheless engrossing. Photo by Emily Frances
Red Hook War Stories
The neighborhood is home to a community of veterans, young and old, who have vivid memories of the conflicts they faced outside Brooklyn — and within it. By Allison Geller. Photos by Anthony Rhoades
The House on Middagh Street
At the end of a sleepy street in Brooklyn Heights, the ghost of a once-famous house. By Gabriela Geselowitz
Q&A: Alan Rosen of Junior’s
The restaurant’s owner on why, in the end, he passed on a $45 million offer to sell the Brooklyn institution. Interview by John Surico
Space Jam
Charter schools, lacking buildings of their own, have moved in alongside two Brooklyn public schools — but not without local communities first putting up a fight. By Rebecca Pattiz
Borough Park is Booming
Development in the Hasidic enclave is exploding, while rents stay cheap. How is that possible? By Simon Glenn-Gregg
Asphalt Archaeology
Like insects in amber, reminders of everyday life can be found preserved just under the surface of New York City’s asphalt. Photos by Mikhail Mishin
Q&A: Nick Rizzo, Newly Elected Democratic District Leader
The Greenpoint-based party activist on corruption, gentrification, and breaking a “Kool-Aid-Man-sized” hole in borough politics. Interview by John Surico.
The Usual
There’s something reassuringly familiar — and something a bit strange — about stepping into the time warp that is the neighborhood diner. Photos by Emily Frances
Q&A: David Vigil of East New York Farms
There are more community gardens in East New York than in any other neighborhood in the city. The project director of East New York Farms explains why that might be. Interview by Phillip Pantuso
When ‘Affordable’ Rents Push $3,000
With the controversial Atlantic Yards project — recently rebranded ‘Pacific Park’ — the devil has always been in the details. By Norman Oder
Pierless
Hurricane Sandy swept away a wood jetty from Coney Island’s heyday. But Steeplechase Pier, which has seen devastation before, can’t be kept down. By Oksana Mironova and Ben Nadler
Brooklyn, Lost and Found
A sampling of finds from the forgotten corners of the borough. Photos by Will Ellis
Q&A: Tupper Thomas of New Yorkers for Parks
The dean of New York’s parks on the uproar at Brooklyn Bridge Park, parkland access, and why she couldn’t stay away. Interview by John Surico
Empty Places
The rise and fall of Brooklyn’s most storied restaurants. By Elyssa Goldberg.
Q&A: Julie Golia of the Brooklyn Historical Society
A borough historian on the industrial past of Gowanus and the pull of the Kentile sign. Interview by Madeline Joyce
Best Feet Forward
Facing poverty, a language barrier, and an inattentive NYPD, East New York’s Bangladeshi community struggles to make its own way. By David Lumb
Rites of Spring
Warm weather’s finally here. Which New Yorkers are in the best position to take advantage? Maps by Thomas Rhiel
The Globetrotter
From Accra to Atlantic Avenue, Blitz the Ambassador spreads his musical gospel. By Tamerra Griffin
A Place to Call Home
For a group of Arab Christians, Bay Ridge is a sanctuary. Photos by Benedict Evans
Brooklyn’s dollar vans will not yield
The high-speed, anything-goes, sort-of-legal transportation network thousands of Brooklynites rely on. By Dino Grandoni
Q&A: Allen James of Save Our Streets
The anti-violence activist on the struggle to end the bloodshed in Crown Heights. Interview by Eli Rosenberg
Fort Greene Fleas
Spring is finally here. So, too, is the daily parade of dogs and their owners through Fort Greene Park. Photos by Anthony Rhoades
The Neo-Industrialist
The Pratt Institute’s Adam Friedman thinks that Brooklyn is on the cusp of regaining its manufacturing prowess. Interview by Phillip Pantuso
The Generalist
Author Robert Sullivan on what we can learn from downtown Brooklyn. Interview by Melissa Batchelor Warnke
The Urbanist
Metropolitan observer Cassim Shepard on the future of New York’s cityscape. Interview by John Surico
The Junction
Bed-Stuy, East New York, Brownsville, and Bushwick collide beneath the multilevel edifice of concrete and steel, where the A, C, J, Z, and L trains intersect. Photos by Will DeNatale
The Lesson of Starrett City
At the edge of East New York, a model of affordable housing endures. By Oksana Mironova
Arrested Developments
A drug policy reformer on why the revived debate about marijuana falls short. By gabriel sayegh
Faith of Their Fathers
Russian Jews, raised secular, revisit a long-forgotten creed. By Katie Zavadski, with photos by Bridget Collins
Digging Out
A snowstorm lands in Sunset Park. By Will Ellis
Taking New York’s Vitals
Mapping the latest data on the city’s economic health, a few blocks at a time. Interactive maps by Thomas Rhiel
Lords of the Flea
Eric Demby and Jonathan Butler, whose knickknack and food markets have taken Brooklyn by storm, are just getting started. By Laura Entis
A Year in Ministories
Revisiting three Brooklyn moments that caught our eye in 2013. By Molly Socha
Dyker Lights
The legend of Brooklyn’s winter wonderland. By Benjamin Sutton, with photos by Will Ellis
Q&A: Preserve Park Slope’s Eve Gartner
A community activist on the fight over Methodist Hospital’s expansion. Interview by Reid Singer
After Vito
With the long-time party boss gone, will a new crop of Democrats grab the torch? By Amanda Waldroupe
Frozen in Time
Gino’s Italian ices are considered the city's best. But can the old-school company compete with savvier upstarts? By Elyssa Goldberg, with illustrations by David Antonio Perezcassar
Keeping House
At the edge of the city, an old Dutch mansion awaits its day in the sun. By Amanda Gutterman
Digital Divide
In a borough where many still don’t have a reliable Internet connection, one company offered subsidized access. So why did almost no one sign up? Story and interactive map by Steven Melendez
Can the Lincoln Railsplitters win it all?
A year after Hurricane Sandy, a high school football team seeks redemption for Coney Island. By Phillip Pantuso, with photos by Timothy Briner
On the Hook
Red Hook’s food vendors are the best in the city. So why might their days be numbered? By James Boo
Q&A: Occupy Sandy’s Lev Tobias
A volunteer recounts the days following the hurricane and reflects on what’s changed — and what hasn’t — in the past year. Interview by Meghan White
Brooklyn Brawler
A homegrown boxer sets his sights on the big time. By Brendan O’Connor.
My Vision for Brooklyn
An essay by Bill de Blasio
No Filter
A Bed-Stuy photographer’s Instagram experiment. By Alexia Nader
In the Club
Lili Holzer-Glier crashes a meeting of the Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club to gain an insider’s perspective on the mayoral race.
In the Weeds
The wild, derelict beauty of Brooklyn’s Marine Park. A photo series by Will Ellis
Fighting for Life
A doctor at Long Island College Hospital on the battle to keep the lights on. By Douglas Sepkowitz
One Block in Crown Heights
Stories behind the buildings we walk past. An interactive panorama by Albert Sun, Zachary Friedman, and David Lei
Dancing the Night Away
The ecstatic chaos of the West Indian American Day Carnival. A photo series by Timothy Briner
Setting Sun
A native of Sunset Park returns to find his old home gone and the neighborhood transformed. By Andrew Giambrone
All the Stops
The NYPD’s “stop, question, and frisk” tactic may be under fire, but it’s not likely to disappear entirely. Using recently compiled data, we look at who is being stopped, why, and what the police are finding as a result. A visualization by Thomas Rhiel
Russian Stew
Earning sweat equity at a traditional banya in Sea Gate. By Betsy Morais, with photos by Bridget Collins
Casting Out
A Sheepshead Bay native leaves shore for an afternoon on a fishing boat. Photos by Kat Slootsky
The Brooklyn Election
Nowhere else are the issues at the heart of this year’s mayoral race more resonant. By John Surico
Breathing Free
A salvaged WPA-era masterpiece, hanging in a courtroom most Brooklynites will never visit, welcomes immigrants once again. By Ryan Wong
Street Fight
In the trenches of the battle to bring Brownsville back. By Phillip Pantuso
Block by Block, Brooklyn’s Past and Present
Exploring the history of the borough through the ages of its more than 320,000 buildings. A map by Thomas Rhiel
Red in the Face
The bitter battle among Brooklyn's Young Republicans. By Laura Entis
Shipped out
A single industry once dominated Brooklyn’s waterfront. Where did it all go? By Benjamin Sutton
Hook Shots
Faces from the Red Hook ball fields. A photo essay by Benedict Evans
Stranger on a Strange Island
A newcomer ventures out to a Brooklyn landmark for the first time. A graphic story by Lior Zaltzman
“Let’s Have a Reunion.”
Seven decades after graduating, a Crown Heights native seeks to reunite his elementary school class. By Shayla Love
Saving Williamsburg
What it means to love your neighbor in a rapidly changing neighborhood. By Melissa Batchelor Warnke
Mean Streets
A data-driven look at Brooklyn’s most dangerous roads for cyclists. Interactive map by Nilkanth Patel
Troublemaker
Can Jumaane Williams, an activist turned City Council member, survive at City Hall? By Eli Rosenberg
Beyond the Kale
How the Park Slope Food Co-op became an institution that will outlast the punchlines. By Hillary Busis
High Tide
Climate change comes to Brooklyn. By Sarah Darville, with illustrations by Daryl Seitchik
A Room With a View
An artist recounts nightmarish scenes witnessed through his studio’s window. A comic by Dean Haspiel
Dirty Dreamer
The Gowanus Canal is 1.8 miles of nasty. Meet the man who's dedicated his life — and his house — to cleaning it up. By Peter Moskowitz
Pop-Up Chop Shop
A queer haircutting collective offers a fresh look at a sacred Brooklyn institution — the barbershop. Video by Messiah Rhodes
Brooklyn Dream
Inside the block-by-block fight for immigration reform. By Maggie Astor
Graves’ End
What happens when the biggest Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn runs out of room? By Amanda Cormier, with photos by Yoon Kim
The Cheerleader
Marty Markowitz says goodbye. By Alexandria Symonds
The Byas Family Values
Through the ups and downs of two generations in Bed-Stuy, a musical family survives and thrives. By Dylan Suher
Brooklyn Beat
How coverage of Brooklyn has changed. An interactive map by Nilkanth Patel