brooklyn

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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Original Technorati articles tagged “brooklyn”

• in Music
  Generator Ohm: Best Band You've Never Heard Of
  An amazing band from Brooklyn that you've probably never heard of!
  by kdbarclay / on Sep 30, 2012
• in Music
  EndAnd: Noisy Brooklyn Punks
  Retro-Styled New York Brooklyn Punk For The Most Discerning Punk Rock Aficionados
  by kdbarclay / on Aug 2, 2012
• in Music
  The Best Band You've Never Heard Of: The Young Rapscallions
  Why YOU should check out this awesome band that is on tour NOW!
  by kdbarclay / on Jun 6, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “brooklyn”

 

• Time Travel Prank, Brooklyn Bar Goes Back To The 1860s [Video]

  
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  A time travel prank has gone viral after a Brooklyn bar, the Black Rabbit Bar in Greenpoint, received a 1860s makeover that left everyone wondering what had happened to their local. At least this event wasn’t about who had the smallest penis , unlike another Brooklyn bar that held that contest just over a ...
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• Where Have We Seen the Brooklyn Tech Triangle Plan Before?

  
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  Brooklyn’s newly unveiled $3 billion “Tech Triangle” development project includes a Special Innovation District for new tech businesses, new bus, ferry and bike lanes, a network of green, parklike spaces, a topiary arbor, a Cadman Plaza cafe, a curved footbridge leading to Borough Hall, a seasonal pop-up ...
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• Mystery death in W’burg luxe loft

  
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  An accountant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in his luxury Williamsburg loft yesterday morning, authorities said.The body of Mark Garza, 46, was found on his bed in his pad at 184 Kent Ave. in at 8:40 a.m., sources said. His body was found by his brother...
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• Unlocking The Truth – Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins

  
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  This video by The Avant/Garde Diaries is about Unlocking the Truth, a heavy metal band comprised of a couple 6th graders. They are officially my new heroes. Watch it below! View the whole post: Unlocking The Truth – Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins over on BOOOOOOOM! .
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• Unlocking the Truth

  
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  Unlocking The Truth – Malcolm Brickhouse & Jarad Dawkins from The Avant/Garde Diaries on Vimeo . Kriss Kross this isn’t. Lock up your daughters, America: these sixth-grade metalheads from Flatbush, Brooklyn are on a mission to rock your socks off. More on www.theavantgardediaries.com The post Unlocking ...
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• City Room: Metropolitan Diary: My First Wig

  
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  Metropolitan Diary: Seeking to cover up a bad haircut, a Brooklyn shopper forgot what buying one’s first wig can mean to Orthodox Jewish women.        
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• My First Wig

  
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  Metropolitan Diary: Seeking to cover up a bad haircut, a Brooklyn shopper forgot what buying ones first wig can mean to Orthodox Jewish women.
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• Brooklyn Nine-Nine Series Premiere – “Scene” Promo

  
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  Here is a promo for FOX’s new comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, coming in the fall.
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• Shake Your Booty at Mister Sunday: An All-Ages Outdoor Dance Party in Brooklyn

  
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  When I first became a mom I assumed my clubbing days were over. Then I found out about fun family dance parties like Baby Loves Disco and Little Club Heads held at real NYC clubs in the afternoon so they felt pretty authentic (so much so that we even had to wait on lines to get it—that was a bit of realness I could ...
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• Brooklyn Nets Coverage

  
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• Heliport

  
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  M anhattan has several primary heliports serving the general public and private helicopter companies that provide charter services, tours and scheduled air transportation to and from New York Citys airports. Helicopter tour is another popular way to experience the sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. This ...
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• Prokhorov moving Nets to Russia… Kind of

  
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  William Rausch Mikhail Prokhorov (AP) Russian billionaire playboy oligarch/Brooklyn Nets owner/heli-skiier/rapper/politician Mikhail Prokhorov received permission from the NBA to relocate the Nets ownership vehicle to Russia, a move that will allow him to comply with a new Russian law that bans some Russian ...
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• Brooklyn Blondes California Vacation Photo Diary

  
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  Filed under: Contributor Roundup Finally sharing some photos from last months LA trip! Clearly the theme of the trip was "bright and colorful," which I realized once I started editing these photos.%VIRTUAL-Gallery-191517% By: Brooklyn Blonde Finally sharing some photos from last months LA trip! Clearly the theme ...
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• Film: Brooklyn Talent on a New Screen

  
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  The fifth annual BAMcinemaFest, Brooklyn’s celebration of independent cinema, kicks off Wednesday, offering its customary eclectic assortment of documentaries and narrative features. The festival, running until June 28, continues to showcase Brooklyn talent, this year including the filmmakers Shaka King ...
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• DEAR STARS – HIGH GAIN EP [REVIEW]

  
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  The early 90s were an exciting time for alternative rock. It was an epoch where edgy melodies met crunchy guitars with pummeling rhythms! Hell yes, it’s time for a 90s alt-rock revival and Williamsburg, Brooklyn’s Dead Stars have no qualms declaring their intent to evokes the likes of Teenage Fanclub, ...
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• Batter Up, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn

  
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  Photo by myself, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Summer is in full swing (excuse the pun). Prospect Park is littered with baseball games every weekend. Some of the teams are made up of tiny little kids who can barely hold the bat upright. There are more serious teams, too. All the teams are coached by parents, and ...
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• Fatal ‘DWI’ in B’klyn

  
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  A Madison Square Garden cook was fatally mowed down in Brooklyn early yesterday by an alleged drunk driver — who was nabbed by cops after smashing his car into a fence at a baseball field. Cops identified the victim as Karin Eberts-Ayub, 53, of Gravesend. She was struck by a 2012...
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• Aiming to break the stereotypes

  
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  Chess, Champs and Charity Nicholas D. Kristof New York Times You see America and its education system in all their glorious, exhilarating, crushing, infuriating contradictions in our national high school chess champion team. Chess tends to be the domain of privileged schools whose star players have had their own ...
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• Speed kills in B’klyn

  
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  Speeding vehicles kill more people in Brooklyn than in any other borough, according to research by a transportation advocacy group.The study, conducted by Transportation Alternatives, examined the state’s most recently available crash data and found that Kings County traffic killed 79 people and injured more than ...
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• Mets 4th Round Pick L.J. Mazzilli Officially Signs With Team

  
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  Photo courtesy of Christian Abraham The New York Mets fourth round pick, second baseman L.J. Mazzilli, has officially signed with the team according to the company’s official Twitter page. The Mets made the announcement early on saturday posting a Tweet which read, “Mets 4th rounder UConn 2nd baseman L.J. ...
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