Design & Tech

Brooklyn’s Latest Small-batch Product: Electricity

How a Gowanus microgrid illuminates the future of power generation By Elizabeth Mitchell

Industry

Inside Vice’s Effort to Reinvent The Evening News

Aiming for a millennial audience, Brooklyn-produced Vice News Tonight puts new twists on an old format By Richard Zoglin

Food & Drink

How Megpies Went from Front Stoop to Starbucks

The recipe for Meghan Ritchie’s wildly popular tarts has a secret ingredient: her own persistence By Kara Cutruzzula

Our Town

How to Get out of Prison and Start Up a Business

At Refoundry in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, re-entering society comes with more than just job skills By Elizabeth Mitchell

Industry

Why Urgent Care Centers Are Popping Up Everywhere

Consumers like the low fees and convenience. As a business, they're cheaper to run than emergency rooms By Patrick Smith

Real Estate

Meet Brooklyn’s New Real Estate Wunderkind

Asher Abehsera, the idea man behind Jared Kushner’s Dumbo Heights, hopes you'll like it so much you’ll never leave By Lisa M. Collins

Industry

Welcome to The Bridge

The borough has become a city unto itself, with its own distinct character, magnificent diversity and the scale to export its ideas far beyond its borders By Stephen Koepp

Food & Drink

How Ample Hills Nails the Cultural Zeitgeist

The whimsical Brooklyn-born shop churns out tall tales with ice cream By Kara Cutruzzula

Our Town

How the BQX Streetcar Could Change the Face of Brooklyn

In Portland and the Twin Cities, new rail lines eased commutes, sparked real estate development, and stoked cultural life By Dan Callahan

Industry

Lions and Tigers and a Big Goodbye

Ready to pack it in after 146 years, Ringling Bros. brings its show to Barclays Center one more time. What killed the circus business? By Kara Cutruzzula