On last night's episode of The Real World Brooklyn, the cast screened a fictional film based on the life of a previous cast member, Pedro Zamora, the gay Real World San Francisco cast member who was HIV positive. As part of their work as volunteers for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Commun...

http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c36_a15146/News/New_York.html Sex-Abuse Statute Of Limitations May Be Extended “Numerous studies have shown that victims of childhood sexual abuse typically cannot come forward for decades after the abuse occurred,� said Marci Hamilton, a professor at Car...

Noted Brooklyn architect and all-around life of the party Robert Scarano recently sat down—er, stood up—for a video interview with The Real Deal, the second part of which exploded across the interweb today. Just in case you lack the patience to sit through over 10 minutes of hard-hitting...

  Hey New Yorkers, were you totally bummed when you found out you missed the Smiths Speed Dating? Fret not, young lovers. My friends in Brooklyn have just made your dark, mopey day a little darker. No seriously, put down the razor blade and click through. On Thursday, March 19 Dave Hill and Bla...

[The Soft-Opened Ramen Setagaya on University] 1) Greenwich Village: We heard talk of the long anticipated Minetta Tavern opening tomorrow, and Flo Fab confirms. Status: Opening tomorrow. 113 MacDougal Street; (212) 475-3850. 2) Park Slope: A drive by of plywood vet Zuzu Ramen (from the owners of Sh...

Like last year, I miss my lost hour. I think losing the hour before spring actually is official isn’t that great an idea; it feels too soon. Fascinating 1 hour conversation between Robert Wright and Slate’s David Plotz on Plotz’s new book, “Good Book,” which is a book v...

ALBUMS OF THE MONTH: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit , by Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit There’s something satisfying about watching a performer mature before your eyes. Though Jason Isbell has long been a Twangville favorite, his latest showcases his tremendous growth as a songwriter and perfo...

["Spring In Williamsburg," April 27, 2006, by rsguskind] This is the first photograph taken by Robert Guskind published on Curbed. Within weeks of this photo's publication, he'd begin nearly three years of regular blogging for this site—a span that saw him write 4,662 posts—and launch hi...

newVideoPlayer("/RealWorldLadybits_Gawker.flv", undefined, NaN,""); This is both the best and dumbest season of The Real World that's ever come rumbling out the damn gate. Trannies and grasping beauty pageant ladies and lamewads abound. Brooklyn is in ruins. Our episode began with Chet, the blonde-h...

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. [Photos via Flickr/raulistic] The end is nigh for 231 Duffield Street, one of several houses on this Downtown Brooklyn block linked to the Underground Railroad. Yesterday, Brownstoner alerted us that the dirty deed had begun following the recent a...