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The Middle-Of-Fourth-Avenue … or more affectionately, MoFo… is a rapidly gentrifying strip just west of Park Slope and east of Gowanus. It is truly a strange and marvelous neighborhood with bars snotty and leering enough to anger the baby-stroller set yet just bourgeois enough to anger any true alcoholics from saddling up every night. More»

Sam Talbot talks his favorite places in NYC; a list of the best bars in Gowanus; a list of the best blended cocktails; some hard partying gossip about our favorite Napster founder, Sean Parker and more. Today's nightlife roundup told a friend, who told a friend, who told a friend... More»

Light years, colliding galaxies, a giant space telescope contact lens...bagels? The Secret Science Club's astrophysics/dance party Wednesday night turned The Bell House in Gowanus into a full-on galactic drunken nerd-off. More»

Has the hype of the Meatpacking District got you down? Maybe it's time to spend your evenings in Sunset Park, where a 20,000-square-foot jungle-themed night club is in the works. More»

Mister Saturday Night is one of NYC's most dependable parties. DJs and Messieurs Saturday Night Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter are two of NYC's most reliable party throwers. And after months of venue turbulence, the shindig has found a home. More»

So Newtown Creek isn't a neighborhood. It can't even claim to belong to one borough, as it forms a border between Brooklyn and Queens. But if recent history is any indication, the area abutting the creek is the next, or current, coolest 'hood in the city. Why? Because it's New York's latest toxic Superfund si te. More»

It's been the best and worst and best of times for NYC's outdoor music scene. On Friday Sunday Best announced it'd been booted from its Gowanus home, again, but that organizers had found a solid, secure replacement. And today, P.S. 1 announced the lineup for its Warm Up dance series. More»

It's no secret that growing numbers of people are fed up with the increasingly boring mainstream nightlife in this town. And while there's no shortage of alternative local scenes, they seem to have come under threat recently. How many alternatives to alternatives to alternatives can New Yorkers burn through before burning out? More»

Well, this sucks. Maybe we shouldn't have complained about crowds. The lovely BKLYN Yard in Gowanus, fresh off its first Sunday Best and a glowing Times profile, is over. More»

Sunday Best, the city's finest outdoor summer dance party, may have reached a tipping point last week. The music killed, the vibe rocked and the place was packed. Too packed. And, waddya know, the Times gave the bash even more (unwelcome?) exposure today. The word is out, but is there any way to get it back in? More»

Superfund status will eventually turn Gowanus into SoHo. [NYP]
140 characters whose 140 characters you should follow on Twitter. [Paper]
Breuckelen is the new Brooklyn... [WSJ]
...and there's a new gin to prove it. [Details]
Tuxedo-clad drunks "embody the spirit of the East Village," says tuxedo-clad drunk. [Grieve]
Manhattan is the city's whiniest borough. [Metropolis]
Park Slopers once again perpetuate stereotypes of Park Slopers. [Eater]