Brooklyn Bowl is hosting "The Deep End," a Sunday series of afterparties to summer's "pool parties." With pitcher deals and DJ's Gavin Royce and Stephen Pandolfi, there was a lot to convince people to overlook those silly shoes you have to wear when bowling. Explaining that you "only have to stumble three blocks from the waterfront to continue playing with the gang," we can imagine that by the time the lanes filled, bowlers were in good form to be throwing heavy objects around.

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