Rantings of a New Yorker

If you can't handle swearing, get off the internet. People suck, including me, and these are my rantings.

Entries Tagged ‘brooklyn’

Illegal Beekeepers in Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Urban Beekeepers: Breaking The Law For The Planet (Part I) from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo. Sometimes laws are meant to be broken. Meet a passionate crew of illegal urban beekeepers in Brooklyn, New York working on their very first honey harvest for their restaurants. Find out why raising bees on NYC rooftops is important for [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

The last seltzer man in New York City is laid up

Brooklyn native, Ronny Beberman, one of the last real seltzer delivery man left in Brooklyn.  Unfortunately, he fell off his truck, the first time that’s ever happened to him in nearly 40 years of work, and now his clients are left without proper seltzer. Mr. Beberman drives the last real seltzer truck in New York, [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Brooklyn Boulders

Officially opening in early September, Brooklyn Boulders, the new indoor climbing gym in Brooklyn, will have a scalable Brooklyn Bridge. The website is a bit of an eyesore, but check it out anyway.

  • Share/Bookmark

NYC up for sale

The MTA has sold the naming rights to the Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn to Barclay’s. If a $4 million deal is approved on Wednesday, the nexus of subway stops at Atlantic Avenue, Pacific Street and Flatbush Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn will add an additional name to its already lengthy title: Barclays. Once upon [...]

  • Share/Bookmark

Brooklyn Navy Yard

The LIFE Archive has a collection of historical photos of the Brooklyn Navy Yard that’s quite interesting.

  • Share/Bookmark

Brooklyn Revealed

Brooklyn Revealed is a great website to learn all about Brooklyn, from how streets got their names to its different neighborhoods.

  • Share/Bookmark

IDT Scammers are Back in Brooklyn

IDT, the energy company scammers are back in Brooklyn trying to convince people to give up their cash. You can read about their past scams at The Consumerist.

  • Share/Bookmark

Barcade and Reddit

If you’re a New Yorker or just happen to be in Brooklyn this Sunday at 5:30pm, head over to Barcade and meet some of the redditors from reddit.

  • Share/Bookmark