By The Brooklyn Paper’s Pool Bureau
Podcast: The city finally opened the public pools on Friday — and, of course, The Brooklyn Paper swim team was there. Join Pool Bureau chief Gersh Kuntzman and Pool Bureau reporters Mike McLaughlin, Sarah Portlock, Ben Muessig and Sebastian Kahnert (he’s East German, you know!) as they take the plunge and officially christen the Summer of 2008.
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By Ben Kuntzman
Podcast: Eleven-month-old cub reporter Ben Kuntzman pays his dad a visit in The Brooklyn Paper’s DUMBO newsroom on July 1, 2008 — and the young would-be scribe shows off his love of newspapers in his first ever podcast.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Devastated by the departure of our ace photo intern, Sebastian Kahnert, The Brooklyn Paper is searching for a new photo intern to work July and August under Editor of the Year Gersh Kuntzman. This is a rare opportunity for a motivated pro who wants to learn from the ground up — in Brooklyn. Whatta paper, whatta summer!
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: The Brooklyn Paper, which revered the New York Aquarium’s masturbating walrus, presents an exclusive video tribute
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn-based food companies came out in force at the annual Fancy Food and Confection show at the Javits Center this week in Manhattan — and, naturally, Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman was there, schmoozing, interviewing and, of course, tasting.
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By Marie Cunningham
Downtown: Trojan was handing out free condoms in Downtown Brooklyn on Friday, June 13, 2008 — so we sent summer associate Marie Cunningham to get the story and some condoms.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Cyclones: The Cyclones began their quest for New York–Penn League greatness on Tuesday night with a 3–1 win over their hated rivals, the Staten Island Yankees. Join Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli in the Eye of the Storm.
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By The Brooklyn Paper Ikea Bureau
Red Hook: It’s Wednesday, June 18, 2008 — and that can mean only one thing: Ikea’s big-box store in Red Hook is open for business. The entire Brooklyn Paper’s Ikea Bureau convened for full team coverage live from Beard Street.
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By The Brooklyn Paper Ikea Bureau
Red Hook: Ikea won't open until Wednesday, June 18, but people started lining up on Monday. The first 35 people on line will get a couch — and The Brooklyn Paper's Ikea Bureau brings you all the action.
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By The Brooklyn Paper Ikea Bureau
Red Hook: It’s Day 2 of Ikea’s free couch giveaway and the three dozen people on line have settled in. Ikea Bureau Chief Gersh Kuntzman and Senior Ikea Bureau reporter Mike McLaughlin bring you the story live from Beard Street in Red Hook on June 17, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: A team of out-of-shape writers — led by Brooklyn Paper Señor Editor took on the Brooklyn Cyclones’ front office in a charity baseball game on Friday, June 6, 2008 — and even though we lost 6–5, we gave those Cyclones a real scare. Editor Gersh Kuntzman reports.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Promised six varieties of herring at the Ikea press preview on June 11, 2008, our editor, Gersh Kuntzman, dove right in, devouring plate after plate of briny goodness. Watch him savor all (or at least most) bites.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: The power is off on Smith Street — and The Brooklyn Paper is on the story. Editor Gersh Kuntzman gives you the overview.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: You’ve seen them at Community Board meetings. You’ve loved their copy. Now, it’s time to meet the summer interns of The Brooklyn Paper.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Bob Dylan just announced that he would perform in Prospect Park on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Tickets are on sale now for Dylan insiders (password Tilden), and they weren't expected to last long. The remaining tickets go on sale on June 13 through Ticketmaster.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Park Slope’s new sex toy emporium, Babeland, is about to open on Bergen Street — and, of course, irrepressible Editor Gersh Kuntzman was there to give you an inside tour.
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Podcast: Our editor was in the hot seat again on Brooklyn Independent Television.
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By Lisa J. Curtis
Podcast: For IKEA virgins, this podcast is a look inside the Paramus, NJ IKEA store — a preview of the Red Hook location, slated to open June 18. We shop till we drop in the showrooms, eat our fill of Swedish meatballs and even peek inside the diaper changing room!
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: British sailors from the HMS Richmond, docked in Red Hook, made their first liberty calls at Floyd, an Atlantic Avenue bar, on Friday, May 23, 2008 — and our Editor Gersh Kuntzman was there to go pint-for-pint with the English invaders.
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By Marie Cunningham
Podcast: The Brooklyn Paper takes you across the pond, thanks to the Telectroscope, a new artwork on the Fulton Ferry Landing in DUMBO that simulates a tunnel between New York and Britain. Paper reporter Marie Cunningham brings you the story.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Editor Gersh Kuntzman becomes part of a congressional fact-finding tour of the crypt underneath the Prison Ships Martyrs’ Memorial in Fort Greene Park on Monday, May 19, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: A community garden in Fort Greene has installed a solar-powered, composting toilet — and, naturally, Editor Gersh Kuntzman loaded up on high-fiber cereal and coffee to offer his review.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: DUMBO Improvement District Executive Director Tucker Reed is heading to Baghdad — but The Brooklyn Paper caught up with him before his farewell party on May 15, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: The summertime suspension of alternate-side-of-the-street parking went into effect in Park Slope on Monday, May 19 — and Brooklyn Paper reporter Sarah Portlock was there.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Editor Gersh Kuntzman was asked to be a “special friend” at the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School’s “Grandparents and Special Friends Day” on Friday, May 16, 2008. How did Gersh do? Check out all the action here.
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By Ben Muessig
Podcast: On the same day that Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) admitted that he’d sired a child with his mistress, Brooklyn Democrats for Change gathered to endorse a candidate to take on the embattled, six-term congressman. But they couldn’t do it — an indication that the race has gotten more serious.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: A Brooklyn Angle exclusive: Gersh gets the prognosis from his doctor, Tom Lyon of Lutheran Medical Center.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Sarah Portlock
Podcast: A new podcast to show off our new staffer, Sarah Portlock, and our new podcast sponsor, Brooklyn Wine Co.
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Podcast: Just two weeks after reporters at The Brooklyn Paper started posting quick-hit Podcasts on the award-winning BrooklynPaper.com Web site, our efforts were noticed by Gawker.com.
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By Ricky Barlin
Bay Ridge: Rep. Vito Fossella called the press to a hotel in Staten Island to address his Thursday morning drunk-driving arrest in Virginia. Here is the six-term congressman’s opening statement, as captured by BrooklynPaper.com cameraman Ricky Barlin.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
DUMBO: Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senor Editor Vince DiMiceli head for the new hot dog stand in DUMBO — but both big eaters are sorely disappointed when they get there. Watch how it all went down — or, in this case, didn’t! — on May 2, 2008 near our DUMBO offices.
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By Mike McLaughlin and Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: It turns out that Forest City Ratner overstated a deal that it signed with that big Manhattan law firm, Weil, Gotshal. The white shoe firm just told BrooklynPaper.com that it will not be relocating its front office to Metrotech, but rather some back offices.
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Bay Ridge: Workers started digging up coffins at the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church — and The Brooklyn Paper’s Ben Muessig was there.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Bay Ridge’s Key Food, a fixture on Third Avenue and 95th Street, will close, leaving just one supermarket in the southern part of the neighborhood. Editor Gersh Kuntzman brings you all the drama.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: The Brooklyn Paper’s Web site, BrooklynPaper.com, has just been named one of the three best weekly-paper sites in the country by Editor and Publisher magazine. Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senor Editor Vince DiMiceli talk about the latest honors.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Following up on our controversial photo of two pigeons eating chicken parmagiana, The Brooklyn Paper presents this latest evidence that pigeons will eat anything: Here’s a rock dove on Fourth Street eating…a chicken wing! Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman brings you all the action.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman went to the Shredfest at J.J. Byrne Park in Park Slope on April 27, 2008 to destroy incriminating documents — and to shred the competition.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: His broken ankle finally healed, Editor Gersh Kuntzman is back on his bike, riding into work for the first time on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. How’s the ankle? Watch the podcast.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Muessig
Podcast: Vice president Dick Cheney will be in the city today, April 21, 2008, to endorse Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) for a sixth term. Will it help? Ben Muessig has the answer.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper senior reporter Mike McLaughlin has the scoop: Ikea’s Red Hook store will open early — on June 15, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman
Podcast: Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman gets the low down on Tom Otterman’s new art installation on DUMBO’s grassy knoll!
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Ben Muessig
Podcast: Gersh talks with newbie Brooklyn Paper reporter Ben Muessig about the fire at Gristedes on Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights on Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
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By Gersh Kuntzman and Mike McLaughlin
Podcast: Editor Gersh Kuntzman and Senior Reporter Mike McLaughlin give you the inside story on how Brooklyn councilmembers voted on the mayor’s “congestion pricing” plan. See the full story in this week’s Brooklyn Paper!
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