Tag Archives: Gowanus

Babyccinos, Coffee for Kids: Brooklyn Late to Party

Posted on Feb 16, 2012 by admin

Brooklyn coffee shops are serving Babyccinos: tiny decaf cappuccinos, or steamed milk and foam, known to Baristas in Australia & Manhattan. Continue reading →

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Ra Diggs, Brooklyn Rapper, Charged With Murder He Allegedly Bragged About on Twitter

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 by admin

Ra Diggs once beat the rap for the June 16, 2001 slaying of Frederick Brooks, according to the NY Daily News. But later on, authorities said, Herron went online and bragged that he had “beat a body.” Authorities claim this was … Continue reading →

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Watch 2 Horseshoe Crabs Attempt to Mate in the Gowanus Canal

Posted on Feb 9, 2012 by admin

Did you know that there are horseshoe crabs in the Gowanus Canal? Via Gowanus Your Face Off, here’s a short video depicting Horseshoe crabs in the Gowanus Canal at the Carroll Street Bridge. How did they get there? Well, when the Flushing Tunnel … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker Declares: Park Slope Is “Dead”

Posted on Feb 7, 2012 by admin

“One way to tell the story of a great American city is to track the deaths and lives of its many neighborhoods,” writes Andrew Marantz on the New Yorker’s Culture Desk. Marantz is seizing on the closure of Southpaw, which … Continue reading →

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Digital Shakedown: Is 718 Cyclery in Gowanus Being Screwed by Yelp?

Posted on Jan 25, 2012 by admin

Are you a snarky, anonymized reviewer on Yelp? If so, 718 Cyclery in Gowanus wants to return the favor: “Wow, you can sit at home and trash a business anonymously in your artisan pajamas, destroy what someone has worked so … Continue reading →

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