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01 Jan 2010

Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year's Day Swim

Happy New Year! It’s New Years Day.  If you’re not hungover on your couch in your sweatpants or similar clothing item than I don’t really want to know you.  There are New Year’s Day brunches to eat and movies to see and weed to smoke so get on with that. 

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01 Jan 2010

Take Your Stomach on a Trip to Magda's International Cafe

Every New Year’s, I make a goal to be less hungover on New Year’s Day than the year before. I’ve succeeded the past few years, and maybe I’ll stop getting hangovers completely by 2025. No matter the day of the year, my favorite brunch place, hungover or not, is Magda’s

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
31 Dec 2009

Broke Ass Of The Week — Alex G., The Hottest Girl In the Nonprofit Sector

Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit…probably not.

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31 Dec 2009

Happy New Year NYC! Fireworks and Fatty Food

If you’re anywhere near as broke as I am, you’re gonna want to  head over to Brooklyn’s biggest (and cheapest!) party tonight at Grand Army Plaza. Sponsored by Borough President Marty Markowitz, there will be fireworks at midnight, and Free hot beverages starting at 11 p.m., when you can also

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31 Dec 2009

McSorley's Old Ale House

Founded in 1854, Mcsorley’s is New York’s oldest bar and because of this its slogan is, “We’ve been here since before you were born” Are you kidding me McSorley’s? You’ve been here since when my ancestors were getting raped and pillaged by fucking Cossacks. No shit you’ve been here before

Broke-Ass Stuart - Editor In Cheap 0
30 Dec 2009

FREE Colt 45 and Vodka at Legion

The DJs at Legion are a bit unpredictable. One night, you’ll find yourself raging it to top 40 music from the 90s, and singing outloud to Third Eye Blind in public. The next, you’ll contemplate breaking your pint glass after you finish your beer because you can’t think of a

Kiley E - Ragamuffin Researcher 0
30 Dec 2009

Goodbye Blue Monday = FREE Shows

One of the many, many, many things visible when looking at the stage in Goodbye Blue Monday is a large painted sign reading FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. It could easily be a random find in an ocean of random finds. But at this cafe/bar/venue/junkstore in Bushwick it feels more like a

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