May 13, 2013

By Elyssa Goodman “I could be working or I could be photographing ballerinas at Chez Bushwick!” Oriana Leckert laughed, when I interviewed her about her website Brooklyn Spaces last month. Her statement took me by surprise—what? Ballerinas? In Broo Walking down Boerum Street, just off the Morgan stop on the L train, the eye is caught by a wealth of neon...

Apr 15, 2013

Oriana Leckert Chronicles Past and Present Underground on Brooklyn Spaces By Elyssa Goodman Oriana Leckert arrives at El Beit on Bedford Avenue on her bike. She rushes in in a tizzy, her curly hair short and swinging past her ears, a messenger bag made of recycled materials swung over her shoulder. Her cheeks form two perfect circles when she smiles and sits...

Mar 25, 2013

By Elyssa Goodman Whenever Bryn Larson tells people about OXHEART, she gets breathless, like all of the hope she has for the organization gets caught in her throat and she can’t speak because of it. It’s actually one of my favorite things about her. I met Bryn, then 37, in a tiny sliver of a bar in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. A tall, pixie...

Mar 15, 2013

You won’t find a vast array of nightclubs in Brooklyn. Instead, you will find a collection of bars where last call is at 4 a.m., and there’s not a bouncer in sight. Brooklyn’s nightlife isn’t about VIP rooms, and bottle service. It’s about casual drinking, and prompt refills of your glass. If you’re a beer fan, you’ll want to head to Radegast Hall...

Mar 4, 2013

This year is the 10th anniversary for ‘Dine in Brooklyn,’ an annual event that brings the borough’s best restaurants out, hoping to lure new customers to their dining rooms. The event offers three-course lunches for around $20, and dinners for $28. The meals are packed up and ready for you to take with you to work, or you can take them home to the...