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Brooklyn is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City, and is situated across the East River from Manhattan. Settled by the Dutch in the 17th century, and named for the Dutch town Breuckelen ("Broken Woods"), Brooklyn was an independent city until amalgamation with New York in 1898.

Brooklyn has always had a special character distinct from New York. It is known for its ethnic neighborhoods, its vibrant art scene, and the blocks of Victorian brownstone houses and churches. Brooklyn Heights was home to many literary people such as Thomas Wolfe and Walt Whitman, who captured their own particular Brooklyns in prose and poetry, just as people continue to do today.

There is a vibrant Brooklyn blog community. Some blogs focus on life in Brooklyn today and on all the facets of its present. There are also blogs specific to particular Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Fort Greene, Gowanus and Williamsburg. Still other blogs explore Brooklyn's rich past. There are as many Brooklyn places to visit online as there are real corners of this fascinating place.

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  • New York City Travel Guide – Insider Travel Tips


    Luxury Travel and Lifestyle News — Authority Authority: 103
    This insider guide New York City aims to compile an in-the-know travel guide for the city that never sleeps. We’ve revamped our list of the best restaurants in New York and added a few hidden gems that are certainly off “the beaten path.” Check out the top picks for this insider guide in New York City.
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  • Young Jeezy · I Do (Sammy Bananas Bootleg)


    Silence Nogood — Authority Authority: 115
    Don’t let the Young Jeezy throw you off, this is nothing like the original, cept for the Jeezy of course. Sammy Bananas bootleg gets my heart beat pumpin with a remix that takes Young Jeezy back to the days of disco-funk with a Progressive House style. I’d consider this more of a sampling of Young Jeezy than ...
    1 day ago

  • Miracle officer calls wife after hes shot in the head, gun misfires


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    The Brooklyn cop who miraculously survived a gunshot to the head wanted to call his wife with the terrifying news.“I’ve been shot and I’m OK,” Kevin Brennan told his wife, Janet, after he was wounded Tuesday night at the Bushwick Houses, according to a relative, Anthony Masi...
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  • New York Shitty Day Starter: No Fear


    newyorkshitty.com — Authority Authority: 550
    From North 15 Street. [IMG: http://www.newyorkshitty.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/nofear.jpg]
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  • Ask & You Shall Receive: Henry Street Garbage Dump Swept Clean


    Brooklyn Heights Blog — Authority Authority: 494
    After reporting January 20 about the filthy dumping ground teeming with trash, glass and vermin on Henry Street behind Montague Street’s Andy’s Chinese, Dashing Diva and Heights Vision, the gods have shone down—and cleaned the backyard space. More likely, it was the effort of Bobby Cruz, who is hoping to ...
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  • NYIGF January 2012, Part 1


    Oh So Beautiful Paper — Authority Authority: 114
    Whew!  Between NYIGF and the Louie Award judging, the last couple of days have been quite a whirlwind.  There were more stationers exhibiting at NYIGF than ever before, which means I have a lot of fun stuff to show you!  Unfortunately the hotel wifi here in New York is kind of terrible, so I may need to wait until ...
    2 days ago

  • Well, That Was Fast: Baluchis Brooklyn Heights Is Open


    mcbrooklyn — Authority Authority: 509
    Baluchis at 46 Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights was (already!) open for dinner last night and had a fair number of customers when we swung by around 7 p.m. We grabbed a menu (above) which advertises 50% OFF the "executive lunch" from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., in-house dine only. (We always thought "executive lunch" had ...
    2 days ago

  • Cheapest Soda Machine In Brooklyn Has Moved Indoors


    mcbrooklyn — Authority Authority: 509
    The cheapest soda machine in Brooklyn has moved indoors for the winter. It used to be in Pearl Street Triangle Park. When we wrote about the magic vending machine last August, one commenter was sort of upset that we revealed where to find it: "Why on earth would you give away the location? Now the thing is going ...
    2 days ago

  • Stealing Ghost Bikes; Betty Whites Pranksters; and More Brooklyn Briefs


    mcbrooklyn — Authority Authority: 509
    - Someone might be stealing and selling ghost bike memorials. NY Magazine   - Brooklyn Heights Cinema presents a short version of Heather Quinlan’s film-in-progress, If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the New York Accent . Brooklyn Eagle - Betty Whites team of senior pranksters have been spotted ...
    2 days ago

  • Sales Superlative: Columbia Heights Townhouse Most Expensive In Heights History


    Brooklyn Heights Blog — Authority Authority: 494
    A five-floor, 7,000sf townhouse at 212 Columbia Heights & Pierrepont Street has scored a lofty superlative as the most expensive home sale in Brooklyn Heights’ history. The closing price, according to Brownstoner : $11 million ($1,928/square foot). The owners, who paid $8.5 million in 2006, re The New York ...
    2 days ago

  • God Bless America


    Smoat — Authority Authority: 144
    Ralph Branca steals show from Valentine, Epstein – Worcester Telegram & Gazette As his son-in-law threw up his hands in wonder, Branca then led the crowd in an impromptu singing of “God Bless America.” Branca spent most of his 12-year career in New York with the Dodgers, plus short stints with the Yankees ...
    2 days ago

  • Off-duty NYPD detective shoots, kills man in Bklyn


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    An off-duty detective on his way to work fatally shot a man who had attacked him with a cane in Brooklyn last night, law enforcement sources said.The officer, whose name was not released, was walking on Grove Street in Bushwick toward a subway station at 11:50 p.m...
    3 days ago

  • New York Shitty Day Starter: All’s Fare In Love & Brooklyn


    newyorkshitty.com — Authority Authority: 550
    Taken by Pearce_Pics . Taken by Triborough .
    3 days ago

  • ‘Gorgeous’ rat’s D-Day


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    A mob rat who helped the feds get a murder conviction against his close friend, Bonanno crime family boss Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano, will be sentenced for his own crimes today. Dominick Cicale, who has already served several years behind bars, is to appear in Brooklyn federal court where he...
    3 days ago

  • DA cuts rap on ‘knife’ rider


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    The Brooklyn DA’s Office has dismissed all charges against an award-winning ad exec who faced a year in prison for having a knife in his pocket on the subway.LaJuanzo “Runn” Turner, 37, busted in a Brooklyn subway station in March while heading to Zoom Media in Manhattan, said...
    4 days ago

  • Exiting Occupy home


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    Don’t let the door hit you in the collective butt on the way out.Occupy Wall Street squatters have finally begun moving out of an East New York home after their bungled takeover of the vacant property became a major embarrassment for the movement.“I told them that if...
    4 days ago

  • Temple’s $5 cut


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    It’s pay to pray at one Brooklyn synagogue. Down-on-their luck panhandlers at the Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Crown Heights have to follow the 11th Commandment: Fork over $5 for the right to beg inside.“If you want to collect, you have to pay. If you don’t pay, you...
    4 days ago

  • Mae West: January Decadence


    Mae West — Authority Authority: 111
    One highlight of a fundraiser in the mid-Atlantic region will be a special appearance by MAE WEST and W.C. Fields. • • Taking place today on January 29th, the event, which has a Roaring Twenties theme and music from the Charleston era, is called "An Evening of Decadent Desserts" — — and has been ...
    4 days ago

  • Roy Oswalt to play for St. Louis Cardinals … or some other team


    Kelly Mclaughlin Page — Authority Authority: 145
    According to Ken Rosenthal from Fox Sports, despite adding Gio Gonzalez and introducing him to DC fans today, the Nationals may still maintain interest in veteran free agent Roy Oswalt. Still, other clubs remain interested in Oswalt, including the Roy Oswalt is close to signing with the Cardinals Obviously, the ...
    5 days ago

  • Gal escapes from pct.


    NY Post — Authority Authority: 762
    Just call her the jail-house Houdini. A 23-year-old woman pulled a disappearing act worthy of the legendary escape artist when she vanished from an NYPD precinct in Brooklyn last night.Police did not release the name of the suspect, who slinked away from the station on East New York Ave...
    5 days ago

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