Equal parts award-winning spoken word artist and local activist, Noel’s work is fueled by a connection to his home borough and an exploration of his Afro-Boricua heritage.
Read more "Poet Noel Quiñones on exploring his roots and supporting Bronx artists"
We first wrote about the shop when it was preparing to open. Now, it’s a thriving local business offering eco-friendly goods to an enthusiastic community. We revisited the store and founder Katerina Bogatireva to learn how things are going and what’s coming up.
Read more "Catching up with Bushwick’s package-free grocery store, Precycle NYC"
The annual NY Design Week exhibit challenges industry conventions by melding art, design, craft and comedy.
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Through an organic, interdisciplinary approach, Maya’s work comments on gender and racial inequalities that pervade Indian society. She employs tangible real-world materials to convey thoroughly researched ideas that poke holes in unquestioned, but question-worthy, notions. About fifty miles from the famed Taj Mahal lies the lesser known North Indian city of Firozabad. Romanticized as the […]
Read more "Artist Maya Jay Varadaraj on being inspired by — and critical of — home"
Though he spends long work days in a hospital emergency room, J.P. uses his free time to the fullest, hitting pizzerias old and new and never ceasing to explore more of the city that raised him.
Read more "This New Yorker tackles life in the city one (plain) slice at a time"
What if you could recreate the café experience at home, saving a bit of cash and becoming something of a coffee connoisseur in the process?
Read more "A beginner’s guide to making coffee at home"
A vast palette of Twitter-trending content is available to stream at the click of a button, so staying indoors for hours on end (or days, no judgement) just doesn’t seem so wrong.
Read more "Beyond Netflix: Expand your horizons with these alternative streaming sites"
This September, Reyna became Nooklyn’s first-ever in-house designer. The position was created to generate effective marketing materials for new rental apartment buildings and homes for sale.
Read more "Balancing act: Graphic designer and illustrator Reyna Clarissa"
Early on the Monday following Thanksgiving weekend, I get on the phone with Trisha Sakhuja-Walia, CEO of Brown Girl Magazine, to talk about her path and vision for the platform.
Read more "Badass Women: Trisha Sakhuja-Walia, NY native and CEO of Brown Girl Magazine"
If you’ve looked at a Nooklyn listing or read a Nooklyn Story, chances are you have seen photos taken by Nicholas Doyle. We decided to put him in the spotlight for a change.
Read more "Getting to know real estate photographer Nicholas Doyle"