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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• Alley 88

  
  Way Down in the Hole — Authority: 432
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• Atomische : Napping at Lolas / 2009

  
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• Atomische : Car Park / 2009

  
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• A Night Out With | Brooklyn Decker: Her World on a String

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 916
  STRIKE A POSE The model Brooklyn Decker, left, with Joe Zee, the creative director of Elle, during a workout session in Manhattan.
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• Red Hook, Brooklyn

  
  listen missy — Authority: 100
  Yellows, Verona Street Bar Sunny’s Bar
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• Atomische : Public / 2009

  
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• Ballard: LeBron Should Take Less Than Maximum Salary

  
  BallerBlogger.com — Authority: 583
  If LeBron really wants to become an iconic figure with endorsements galore, and a championship ring for each finger, he’ll sign for the league minimum, writes SI’s Chris Ballard : If I were advising LeBron—and clearly I’m not, or I’d be typing this on a gold-plated keyboard from a yacht in the ...
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• New Obsession.

  
  Gynomite! — Authority: 136
  Neary turned me on to this Brooklyn band Sleigh Bells (which is embarrassing, because I live here and he’s in Chicago) and even though I missed their show last night at Le Poisson Rouge, I am fully obsessed. I dare you to listen to this song and not find yourself humming it later.
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• Brooklyn Bridge “Kidnapping” Was Domestic Dispute

  
  Brooklyn Heights Blog — Authority: 542
  While certain Murdoch-controlled tabloids are reporting that there are madmen running rampant —again— BHB has learned that last week’s frightening “kidnapping” incident near the Brooklyn Bridge was a domestic dispute, not a random act. As reported in the Brooklyn Paper, on November 11, a 37-year-old man ...
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• do your holiday shopping in style. indie style.

  
  i am a fashion designer. gee — Authority: 119
  [click image to enlarge]Get thee to the Winter Market at Public Assembly in Williamsburg on December 6. Because indie style is the only thing thats stylish these days. As you know, I heart indie designers, indie boutiques, and any indie venture in general. Being an indie designer isnt the only reason, but it is ...
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• Ladies Who Lunch in Boro Park

  
  The Brooklyn Ink — Authority: 526
  –Christopher Alessi The women begin to pile through the doors of Spoons, the Borough Park luncheonette, just after 1 o’clock in the afternoon. They have an hour. They ask for their usual tables. The women are dressed modestly, mostly in black, but the labels suggest an eye toward fashion – Burberry, ...
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• Brooklyn Paper Says Heights Means “Stability”

  
  Brooklyn Heights Blog — Authority: 542
  Today’s Brooklyn Paper , celebrating the publication’s thirtieth anniversary (see post below), features retrospective articles about the Borough’s neighborhoods, including Brooklyn Heights, of which it says: To see Brooklyn Heights now is practically to see it as it was 30 years ago, if not more. With a ...
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• Photo of the Day, 11/20/09

  
  The Brooklyn Ink — Authority: 526
  Courtesy David Pinter/Flickr Creative Commons A photo depicting Post It ideas from a recent Good Ideas Salon in Brooklyn. Among them: iPhones that work and share-able everything.
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• Erika Somogyi

  
  Changethethought — Authority: 597
  Brooklyn-based (yes Brooklyn again) artist Erika Somogyi has managed to combine a sense of human spiritualism with references to nature. The end result of which are some stunning paintings with a bold use of color.
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• Comedy on Cortelyou

  
  Hawthorne Street : Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn — Authority: 496
  I dont talk about it much here because it would undermine the neighborhood blog if it became a personal listing service, but I am a comedian . I also dont talk about it much because I havent performed much since Sidney was born 16 months ago. That said, I am performing tomorrow at Vox Pop in Ditmas Park. My friend ...
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• La Cuarta

  
  Eat to Blog — Authority: 127
  During the days of living in East Harlem, my friend and I would always walk from the east side, through Central Park and over to the west side for Flor De Mayo . I never had Peruvian food before and Flor De Mayo was Chinese and Peruvian cuisine, awesome! Seems like all the Peruvian restaurants I have been to serve ...
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• David Beckham Wants to Give Sons Normal Life in L.A.

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 540
  Footballer David Beckham says that his children get the most normal upbringing in L.A. rather than in England. David Beckham says that he wants to stay in Los Angeles and raise his 3 sons there. The father of Brooklyn, 10, Romeo, 7, and Cruz, 4, says, ““LA is amazing for what Victoria and I want, for our ...
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• Who Goes There? : 26 Year-Old Fortune House in Brooklyn Heights

  
  Eater NY — Authority: 158
  This is the latest edition of Who Goes There? a regular feature in which Lost Citys Brooks of Sheffield cracks the doors on mysteriously enduring Gotham restaurants—unsung, curious neighborhood mainstays with the dusty, forgotten, determined look—to learn secrets of longevity and find out, who goes there. [ ...
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• Anika and Michael, Rebar NYC, 2009

  
  Henry Shoots, Henry also Blogs — Authority: 118
  reBar Brooklyn. NY Brooklyn Bridge wedding!! Wedding Poem.docx Michael. Cufflinks... ...made from authentic Shea Stadium seat. Anika. Time capsule. The battle continues. Fighting tears. Brooklyn Bridge Park. Discussion. Wipe. ...
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• Sweetness Is Named

  
  Adiaha — Authority: 121
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