Jezebel: Brooklyn

People Mad at Cafe for Not Showing Enough Nudity

Cassie Murdoch — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:20:00 EST

Usually it's people complaining that art shows too much skin and trying to bring more censorship into the picture. But there's a been a refreshing—if somewhat ridiculous—reversal at one Brooklyn cafe. The Tea Lounge, which is in the very child-friendly neighborhood of Park Slope, attempted to make itself less offensive to the kids in the neighborhood by covering up the nipples on a series of nude paintings that were on display in the coffee shop. But the mothers who frequent the coffee shop with their kids—and often breastfeed openly while there—cried foul. More »

Your Morning Cry: Single Mom Found Dead With A List Of Dreams In Her Pocket

Cassie Murdoch — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:45:00 EST

We all have dreams, but few of us are committed enough to write down a list of them and carry it around as a constant reminder of what we're aiming for in life. But Donna Fountain, a 38-year-old from Brooklyn, did just that. Sadly, police found Donna's list with her when she was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Christmas morning. If that's not gut-wrenching enough for you, there's plenty more. Fountain was a single mom to her 8-year-old son Elijah, and her list, which she titled simply "My Dreams," will break your heart: More »

Woman Dies After Being Set On Fire In An Elevator

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:20:00 EST

In what has to be one of the most terrifying crimes of 2011, a man dressed like an exterminator walked into an apartment building in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn yesterday afternoon and set a woman on fire. He appeared to have been waiting for her on the fifth floor when the doors to the elevator she was riding in opened. Then, according to the New York Times, he did the unthinkable: More »

Women On Brooklyn Bus Can Now Sit Wherever They Damn Well Please

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:49:00 EDT

The owner of the B110 bus in Brooklyn, which runs between two Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn, insists that despite the fact that women have been told get in the back of the bus for decades, it never condoned the practice. However, since everyone got so riled up about passengers telling women where to sit on a public bus route, from here on out they won't be allowing the segretation they ostensibly never permitted in the first place. More »

Women Told They Must Ride In The Back Of The Bus In Brooklyn

Margaret Hartmann — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:50:00 EDT

Even today women are being sent to the back of the bus, and we're not talking metaphorically or in some foreign country. Women who ride the B110 bus in Brooklyn can't sit where they want unless they're okay with being berated by Orthodox Jewish men, even though technically the B110 is a public bus. More »

Performance Artist Invites You to Watch Her Give Birth

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:00:00 EDT

Are paintings and plays too dull for you? Perhaps you'd rather get your art in the form of watching an actual woman give birth for real right in front of you? Now you can do just that at a gallery in Brooklyn. A pregnant performance artist named Marni Kotak is planning to give birth to her first child in front of an audience at the Microscope Gallery in Bushwick, obviously. More »

Living Like A Pioneer Now Cutting Edge

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 14:00:00 EDT

Did you hear about the newest trend? It was invented in prehistoric times, and we've spent thousands of years developing technology so that we don't have to do it, but now urbanites are discovering it and so it's cool again! It's sewing! More »

The Disturbing Story Of The Craigslist "Sex Slave"

Irin Carmon — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:36:48 EST

We know full well that not every Craigslist story ends in horror. (More often they end with a great deal on furniture!). And yet it's impossible not to shudder at the story of a young Wisconsin woman who answered an ad on the site for free rent in exchange for cooking and cleaning. More »

Grin And Polar Bear It

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 14:25:00 EST

Brooklyn, January 1: Standing with other bathers, Juana Cullen, second from left, raises her arms as she celebrates her first time taking part in the Coney Island Polar Bear's Annual New Year's Day Swim. More »

Leaf Shirts Help You Feel Like October in December

Lauri Apple — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 14:20:30 EST

If you really love fall and hate how winter's snowy slushy doom steals it away from us, then you might make your own "zero footprint shirt" a la Brooklyn-based artist Dave Rittinger. Wear fall on your person, all winter long. More »

The Long Tail

Anna Holmes — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:10:00 EDT

[Brooklyn, June 19. Image via AP]

Stars Come Out To Party At Spike's 4th Annual Guys Choice Awards

Hortense Smith — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:40:00 EDT

The fourth annual Spike TV Guys Choice Awards were held last night, and everyone from Jon Hamm to Scarlett Johansson to George Clooney came out to celebrate: More »

Dog Day Afternoon

Anna Holmes — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:10:00 EDT

[Brooklyn, May 31. Image via AP]

Girl With The Most Cake

Anna Holmes — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:10:00 EDT

[Brooklyn, May 25. Image via Getty]

Why Trend Journalism Is Breath-Takingly Stupid (Or: Brooklynites Like Bikes)

Jenna Sauers — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:40:00 EDT

I expect trend pieces to be bad. I expect them to be superficial, hacky, tendentious, filled with irritating neologisms, short-sighted, over-determined, thesis-driven and not truly "reported," and to be built around quotes from the author's own friends. This is journalism. More »

Look At This F-cking Hipster (Bar)

Anna Holmes — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:50:00 EDT

Thanks to the reader who sent pictures of the advertising easel sitting outside Williamsburg, Brooklyn's "Subway" bar promoting $5 drink specials...and, it seems, sexual assault. The "Cum On In": an especially disgusting touch. [Woman Of Steele] More »

Brooklyn Industries

Anna Holmes — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:10:00 EDT

[New York, April 11. Image via Getty]

Need To Toss Your Ex's Stuff? That's A Job For Death Bear

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:40:00 EST

Performance artist Nate Hill is offering a new service: "Death Bear" will visit your Brooklyn apartment and remove your ex's possessions by appointment. The project already backfired when Hill's ex gave Death Bear used condoms and a bloody sheet. [Gothamist] More »

Front Row Seats

Anna Holmes — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:10:00 EST

[New York, November 1. Image via Getty]

Fine Feathered Friends

Anna Holmes — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:10:00 EDT

[Brooklyn, September 7. Image via Getty]

New Trend: The Gut

Sadie Stein — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:40:00 EDT

Potbellies are apparently the must-have accessory for the smart set. We'd say we were ahead of this curve, but the style is only de rigueur for men. More »

Duchovny, Dude In Wrong Area Code

Anna Holmes — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:50:00 EDT

[Venice, June 24. Image via Flynet]

"Modern" Baby Names Actually Pretty Old

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:40:00 EDT

Brooklyn, the name of the Victoria Beckham's 10-year-old son, was first used in 1870; Gwyneth should know there was an Apple born in 1853; and some especially cruel 19th-century parents chose the name Peaches for their son. [Daily Express] More »

Why Summers Shouldn't Be In The Cabinet, Lieberman A Committee Chair, Or Scarborough On Live TV

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

Do you trust this guy to lead us out of the financial crisis even though he thinks women are biologically predisposed to not being good at math or science (an opinion that my sister, the neuroscientist, would resolutely disagree with)? Do you think that Joe Lieberman is a "progressive" and should keep his chairmanship? Do you think, really, if I can keep from swearing for a whole episode of Bloggingheads that, perhaps, television professional Joe Scarborough can? Spencer Ackerman and I think: no, no and possibly, but, damn is it funny to watch. More »

The Eagle Academy, a Brooklyn charter school...

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:40:00 EST

The Eagle Academy, a Brooklyn charter school for predominantly African-American boys, students assembled yesterday to watch video of Obama's acceptance speech and discuss the implications of his election. “It raises a level of hope for young men of color who I think have been besieged by a culture of low expectations,” said Eagle Academy Foundation President David C. Banks. "It’s hard for kids to dream about things they’ve never seen.” [NY Times] More »

Toe Up

Maria — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:40:00 EDT

Competitive air guitar is not a sport for the faint of heart: Taryn Kapronica, a.k.a. Bettie B. Goode rocked her invisible guitar so hard she bent her toe off. Like, literally. Kapronica was competing in the U.S. Air Guitar Championships Brooklyn Regional on July 9th when her awesome stage moves caused one of her toes to bend backwards, later calling for an amputation. Kapronica still plans to compete in the national U.S. Air Guitar Championships in August. [Gothamist] More »

Walking While Female

Maria — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:20:00 EDT

Monica Gonzalez; a 40-year-old grandmother and resident of Brooklyn is fighting her arrest for prostitution last November. Gonzalez, who suffered an asthma attack earlier that day, was on her way to the hospital a few blocks from her house when cops stopped her and arrested her on charges of prostitution, claiming that she was carrying a condom and had previously been arrested for prostitution. Gonzalez had no prior history of arrest and says that she was not carrying a condom. But what does the officer who arrested her care? Women of color don't have medical issues that warrant late-night walks to emergency rooms! [NY Daily News] More »

Update on the story of the woman who died...

Maria — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:45:00 EDT

Update on the story of the woman who died on the floor of the ER waiting room of a Brooklyn hospital: The attention from the public has forced the hospital to make some changes. Six hospital employees have been fired or suspended including employees directly involved with the incident and employees at the managerial level. Additionally, the hospital is enacting reforms, including limits to the number of patients in the psychiatric emergency ward and patient checks every 15 minutes. [CNN] More »

Ladies' Night

Maria — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Attention New York City Jezebels! There is a meet-up tonight in Brooklyn; go meet, mingle, and get your party on. It is taking place at 10 p.m. at a bar called Ceol at 191 Smith street in the Boreum Hill/Cobble Hill area. Have fun! More »

How Many Kids Have To Die Before Bullying Is Taken Seriously?

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:00:00 EDT

From the Megan Meier case to the cheerleader beatdown, it seems like bullying has gotten out of control. A new report out of Japan reveals that there are over 38,000 unofficial middle and high school web sites not overseen by the schools and half contain hateful messages. 40% have sexual slang and 25% display violent words like "drop dead" and "i'll kill you." It's just talk, right? They're just kids! You said — and heard worse things when you were their age. But consider the 18-year-old boy whose classmates posted a nude photo of him on one of these unofficial school sites. To add insult to injury, they sent him e-mails demanding money — blackmailing him. The teen dealt with the problem by leaping to his death at school. More »

Keri Russell's Brooklyn Style: Flushed Cheeks, Cuffed Jeans

Jennifer — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:15:00 EST