intersection 07.14.09

39 Newww.York Favorites

Bank the Nine A blog that casts a noirish eye on the city's pool halls.

The Bowery Boys make ye olde New York tons o' fun.

Brooklyn Diners Greasy spoons and the characters who make up the 'more coffee, hon?' world.

Brooklyn Parrots follows the wild Quaker parrots that may have escaped from JFK cargo in the late '60s.

Coney Island History An archive of what was.

Diaroogle Mission critical: to help you find a public toilet from your cell phone.

Did He Like It? tracks whether Ben Brantley, the Times theater critic, liked a show or not.

Eating in Translation Dave Cook samples the most interesting foods in the five boroughs.

Emdashes The subtext, syntax, and semiotics of The New Yorker.

Ephemeral NY Endlessly fascinating time travel through the streets of New York.

F Train All things poker – well, as they describe it: 95% poker plus 5% other.

I Hate Duane Reade has plenty of sympathetic readers – no surprise given the level of service at the ubiquitous drug store chain.

Insatiable Critic Gael Greene, the longtime New York magazine food critic, is thriving in her new digital incarnation.

Ironic Sans Photographer David Friedman is brimming with ideas, enthusiasms, finds, and observations about all sort of subjects.

Jargol Indie fashion and design; stuff you don't see everywhere else.

Lost New York City It's the vestiges of Old NY v. the real estate market. Guess who wins?

Lunch with Front Studio Two architects remember the importance of, if not smelling the roses, at least taking time out for a tasty lunch.

The Modern List A cool modernist lens to view Manhattan, particularly design, food, and culture.

Mommy Poppins 'What to do, see, eat, cook, watch, read, make, play, buy, envy, and think with kids in NYC.'

My NYC in Color A photoblog by Erin Toland, who wanders the city with an especially discerning and sympathetic eye.

Nico Muhly Wunderkind classical composer Nico Muhly writes one of the most engaging blogs in blogdom about anything and everything that captures his interest.

NY Yak Good talk in the forms of lectures, readers, speakers, forums, all helpfully organized.

NYC Garden For green thumbs and wannabes.

Officer's Row The section of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with 10 homes built between 1864 and 1901, now a parcel of glorious decrepitude.

Paper and Threads A lovely respite with an artist, her pencils and paintbrushes, and renderings of NY and elsewhere.

Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle The '55th Greatest Crossword Puzzle Solver in the Universe' explains it all for you.

Room Eight A group blog about New York politics.

Second Avenue Sagas The long-aborning 2nd Avenue subway line, and MTA news in general.

Second Circuit Blog Legal tales that can make surprisingly interesting reading.

Sense & the City One a month, this site posts on NY as experienced through the five senses.

Streets Blog New York would cease being New York without its street life and that's the essential premise of this thought-provoking blog.

Taxi Dreams, from WNET, has lots of fun facts, figures, and lore about taxis.

An Unamplified Voice A serious operagoer who is able to bring some clear-eyed perspective to that insular world.

Uncivil Servants busts government workers when they flout laws, especially traffic and parking regulations.

Uptown Flavors A webzine about life above 96th Street.

Walking Off the Big Apple An ode to strolling the city's streets – a fabulous flâneur-fest.

Wall Street Folly tracks the money, power, and mind games of Wall Street and beyond.'

WFMU's Beware of the Blog Nothing WFMU does is ever dull, and that certainly goes for their blog; posts on music, the world of radio, arts and entertainment.

Whitman's Brooklyn A 'virtual visit circa 1850' enabled by drawings, paintings, and maps of the borough. A truly great site.