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Lawyer up: Free legal aid available for Sandy victims
NYLAG Mobile Legal Help Center. via NBC Sandy has left her victims with many questions as people try to put their lives back together: Do I qualify for FEMA assistance if I’m a renter? What about my...
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Tips of the trade: How to get a bartending job in NYC
What’ll it be? In today’s economy, the bartender has it pretty sweet. He’s gainfully employed, doesn’t wake up early, wears whatever he wants, and probably has more Twitter followers than I do, all...
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A hail of a ride: A BK dollar van map
Why pay $2.25 when you can pay $2? via The Rumpus Brooklynites are a hardy and intuitive bunch who aren’t afraid to jump on an MTA bus, unlike our cousins to the west. We’re also broke, and with new...
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Get poked and feel good: five cheap acupuncture spots
Getting treatment at Brooklyn Open Acupuncture. via Facebook Community acupuncture is kind of like the gateway drug for integrative medicine. Start with a few needles in your arms and legs one week and...
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Knights with shining pedals: bike patrol will escort you home
Hey girl, hey (image via LA Times) Well here’s some bad news/good news. The bad news? A spike in crime against women in North Brooklyn. The good news: The Brooklyn Bike Patrol, a volunteer organization...
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Influenzapocalypse! How to not die of the flu, like all your friends have
Protect yo’self. Photo via Flickr user Lance McCord We joked about that flu map last week, but if only we knew what was coming for us. It seems everyone’s Facebook and Twitter feeds are full of...
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Real talk: Pregnant and uninsured in NYC
Wait, I need to fill out how many forms? via Total Mobile. Today in real talk: it’s extremely hard to be pregnant and uninsured. Actually, it’s really hard to be anything and uninsured. Because of a...
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Subway hack: Gum-shoe detecting where the doors will open
I don’t want to wait in vain for your train. Via Flickr’s drain. If you’ve ever ridden San Francisco’s meager but clean and efficient version of the subway the BART, you would think those Bay-Area-ians...
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Get rid of your old electronics in Park Slope this Saturday
Yeah, you’re not gonna need this guy anymore. Via flickr user TarynMarie. We’ve all got a lot of electronic crap lying around (broken iMac keyboards, iPod classics, *N Sync Hit Clips…), but if we’re...
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Beastanetics is back with a free trial class, so get rid of that PBR blubber
Yeah, you’re gonna do this. (via Facebook) Winter is (theoretically) over, and that means that throwback jersey season will soon be here in all its armpitty glory. But this winter was goddamn cold, at...
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5 tips to help you you’re when ‘working’ outside
If this is your office, here’s some things to think about It’s getting to be the time of year when freelancers and work-at-home types can finally stop feeling jealous of their office job friends...
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Need a bike shop, quick? There’s a map for that
It uh, might be too late for this guy. via Flickr user blog.jmc.bz As Brokelyn’s senior bike riding correspondent, I’ve had plenty of mishaps while riding my bike that could really ruin my day. Flat...
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Take free fitness classes and party with Marty Markowitz
Yep. (via flickr user me-myself-i) Want to drop a couple pounds for beach season? Can’t afford to join a gym? Dying to party with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz? Well, you’re in luck: the...
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10 cheap things to do with your parents when they visit BK
What are you going to do with these people? Via Flickr’s Robotpolisher. ‘Tis the season for jorts, drunkenly re-installing a window unit (advice: no) and — eep — parent visits. Assuming your M &/or...
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Be granted the patience to get an artist’s grant
You could make an awesome piece of art like this. If only you had some money! Via BAC Facebook page Admit it, you’re broke and don’t have the funds for your experiential light installation, audio...
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An insider’s guide to moving in Brooklyn: Fort Greene
This block could be your life. Photo by Charlie Russell This post is sponsored by Ideal Properties Group. Nobody is better equipped to help you make your messy roommate history than Ideal Properties...
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How’s the Citi Bike experience as an actual bike?
Remember: always wear a helmet. And a Knicks jersey. Photo by Mary Dorn So we’ve had Citi Bike for a little over a month, and we’ve seen people call it a communist/Muslim plot against New York,...
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How to drink outdoors in NYC without getting in trouble, in 2 easy steps
One of these guys is doing this wrong. Do you know which one? via Flickr’s Kilgub. Despite the heat wave that makes this feel like living in the hell’s new bbq restaurant, and the Royal Baby fever that...
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How not to be a dick in Times Square
Brooklyn alumna and published author Meghan Doherty has a new book coming out in September entitled How not to be a Dick, which says it all. It’s got some great insight and pretty sweet artwork. In...
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Free class tonight will teach you how to squat. No, in apartments
If you squatted here, you’d be home by now. via Flickr user NCinDC New York has high rents. This is a thing we’re all aware of. Another thing that New York has (although not as much as it used to) is...
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