Geek Out

The New York Subway Uses This Townhouse As A Secret Exit

Strolling through scenic Brooklyn Heights, this handsome brick house might catch your eye. Perhaps you’ll buy it, move in, and spend the rest of your life there. Unfortunately, it’s a fake house, hiding a secret NYC Subway exit.


April 2, 2011
Geek Out

Beautiful Decay Of New York’s Greatest Abandoned Movie Theatre

Photographer Matt Lambros has been visiting the great abandoned movie theatres across the US for his documentary project After the Final Curtain. He shared his images from inside Brooklyn’s Kings Theater, and the faded opulence is breathtaking.


November 6, 2010
Cars

Video: Thomas Edison Crossing The Brooklyn Bridge In 1899

newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/0WA47Y6em8M&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); The bridge was only 16-years-old when Edison shot this video from a BMT train crossing to Manhattan. It may not be HD, or 3D, or whatever fancy-format you kids like these days, but it takes me right back. [KottkeviaBoingBoing]


June 24, 2010
Science

No Sleep ‘Til Fusion

With every thing Mark Suppes fixes, another thing breaks. We’re in his workshop, and he’s hunched over, tightening the bolts on a squat tubular machine. This is the fusion reactor Suppes built, and it’s not working.


July 27, 2009
Cameras

Brooklyn Couple Snags Nikon Traffic Cameras With Cherry Picker

Some people see those automated traffic light cameras and hate them for privacy reasons. Others, like this couple from Brooklyn we’re about to tell you about, take a look and see nothing but dollar signs.