Have you been told by friends, family, and grumbling strangers as they rolled their eyes at you entering an artisinal mayo shop that you look like a "hipster"? Do you gaze into the mirror combing your long ombre-toned locks, rub Kiehl's lotion into your tattoos, and shine your piercings with Brooklyn-born baby spit-up? Well has Central Casting got the job for you. Lena Dunham's show Girls was picked up for a 2nd season on HBO, and they're casting some extras (young adult, ages 18-29; and slightly older adults in their thirties, ages 30-39). The listing reads: more ›

Move over Hotel Williamsburg and (forthcoming) Williamsburghotel, there's another boutique hotel opening in the neighborhood. It's called the Wythe Hotel, so named for its location on Wythe Avenue, conveniently located across the street from Brooklyn Bowl. It's axiomatic that boutique hotel + Williamsburg = automatic eye-roll, but after a preliminary inspection last night, we're giving the Wythe a premature endorsement. Located in an old cooperage built in 1901, the 72-room hotel still retains its turn-of-the-century industrial rustic charm, with lots of exposed pine beams, cast-iron columns, and furnishings made from old wood reclaimed from the building itself. more ›

When someone sent us a link to the new Brokelandia episode, our first reaction was, "Did there need to be more than one?" The original was unleashed in January and was pretty good, albeit a little bit too drawn out—but it didn't really need to go beyond a one-video parody in order to get across the idea that Brooklynites are quirky, you guys, just like Portlandians! The second is shorter and faster-paced, but touches upon the already overdone idea of mocking new neighborhood names. We aren't really here to judge webisodes, though, and we did chuckle when they mentioned a neighborhood that's "made up of all the rooftops of all the buildings in DUMBO." So if you want to to bask in a quick hipster-oriented parody this afternoon, check it out below. There's even a reference to juicing, which is all the rage right now. more ›

Despite forceful pleas from GQ, Travel + Leisure Magazine has ranked New York City #12 on the list of America's Best Cities for Hipsters, losing out to such obvious choices as, uh, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Denver, Colorado. Number 1? Seattle, Washington, followed by Portland, Oregon. OK, Williamsburg, pack 'er up, we had a good run. more ›

One of the features to be shown during this year's Tribeca Film Festival is First Winter, which is also known as the fest's "hipster apocalypse movie" because it features Brooklyn hipsters stranded in a remote country farmhouse. Now, as the festival draws near, it turns out that the film crew didn't have a license to shoot and kill two deer! And the hipster film crew killed the deer outside of deer hunting season! more ›

Long before his lucrative turns as a bearded man-child and his time spent between two houseplants, Zach Galifianakis was an aspiring actor in New York City. These two silent films purport to feature Galifianakis as a boxer and an aspiring "hipster" in Williamsburg of the early 90s. His superb co-stars include old school Pepsi cans, a vintage Combos wrapper and a smoke-blowing jerk beamed in from 2012. more ›

Insanely popular southern comfort BBQ restaurant Pies 'N' Thighs is in trouble with the Community Board that oversees Williamsburg. The restaurant is currently up for a liquor license renewal, but the board is threatening to withhold its recommendation for the license, all because of some benches the owners installed on the front exterior of the restaurant. No food or drink is served on the benches, but the Community Board is playing hardball with the restaurant... because we certainly can't have people sitting outside and talking on the Southside of Williamsburg! more ›

A fire in a residential building near the intersection of Bedford Avenue and North 7th Street in Williamsburg was brought under control a few minutes before noon. Despite reports of the fire starting in the basement of the structure, an FDNY spokesman said it originated on the second floor, and didn't believe that Fornino Pizza, located on the ground floor of 187 Bedford Ave, had anything to do with the blaze. more ›

Okay, just one more and THAT'S IT. Actor and filmmaker Edward Heegan got some of his Brooklyn pals to basically be themselves for the camera, with humorous results. Mosta deez guys grew up in the Park Slope/Windsor Terrace area (some of the video is shot outside of the classic cop/fireman bar Farrell's) but there are people in it from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Sunset Park and Kensington. It should probably be called "Shit Italian-Americans Say," but it feels a bit more authentic than "Shit Native New Yorkers Say": more ›

The year is 2062 and the Internet is sooo over. But the last generation to revel in the web's wild and crazy days is still kicking, at least according to this video from the future. Enjoy as these so-called "elderly hipsters" reminisce about social media and digital culture, back when you could get someone fired by simply sharing a photo of him passed out at a Dubstep party: more ›

Some of our fondest moments at University occurred while we were reading College Magazine. What? You've never heard of it? Dude, they taught us that girls totally don't like unshaven faces (except when they do?) and that guys should just put themselves "out there," and that wouldn't it be cool if girls emitted a pheromone that told us they wanted to do it? Now, their exhaustive list of the most Hipster Campuses is out, and congratulations NYU, FIT, and Parsons! Better luck next year, West Point. more ›

Move over "Hipster or Homeless," there's a new Tumblr in town showing the blurry area between Halloween and a regular day in Williamsburg. "Halloween or Williamsburg" is asking for photos of both costumed folks and of the neighborhood locals wearing their regular garb, noting that "sometimes it's hard to tell" the difference. This game is going to get a lot harder when everyone in the neighborhood dresses as Hipster Cop Rick Lee this weekend. Now someone talk us out of being Rubik's Cube Grandma for Halloween. more ›

As the Occupy Wall Street protesters and the media become more familiar with the styles and faces of the NYPD officers charged to watch over Zuccotti Park, "Hipster Cop" AKA 1st Precinct Community Affairs Detective Rick Lee has stood out in a sea of white and blue and drab Law & Order gray. Little is known about Lee—is he gay? Does he have kids? Is he into mumblecore?—but the Sparrow Project has compiled compelling video footage of Hipster Cop in his native habitat. more ›

Today the NY Times examines changes occurring in the post-industrial Hudson Valley, and finds enough people who once lived in Brooklyn to frame the situation in a trendy way we can all understand: "Call it the Brooklynization of the Hudson Valley, the steady hipness creep with its locavore cuisine, its Williamsburgian bars, its Gyrotonic exercise, feng shui consultants and deep clay art therapy and, most of all, its recent arrivals from New York City... So many people have moved to Beacon from Brooklyn that people now call it NoBro." Or as finance columnist Daniel Gross put it, the Times, tiring of "Brooklyn is awesome" articles, has turned to "place to which Brooklynites flee is awesome" articles. more ›

Last we spoke to JellyNYC's jack-of-all-trades Chris Goldstein, he had high hopes for the agency's second go of Rock Beach, a free series of concerts at the Aviator Sports Complex adjacent to the Rockaways. At the first date on July 9, Goldstein said "around 500 or so people" showed up, which may have been considerably less than their Pool Parties, but around what they were seeing at their Rock Yard events in Williamsburg. But according to the Brooklyn Paper, Rock Beach's second effort on July 24 was a "beach-blanket bomb" after "little more than 150 people showed up." more ›

Attention! Attention! The Rockaway Beach boardwalk really is the new Bedford Ave! Hipsters new and old, get in on this sweet deal, because it's not going to last. This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to get in on the ground level of rapid gentrification! Act now before everyone catches on to the secret, like they're doing with under-the-radar Red Hook. more ›

Someone named Brendon Nelson emailed us today declaring: "I am a Hipster advocate." We kept reading anyway, and found that he simply was asking that we review the below PSA, and do our part to prevent hipster cruelty. And who are we to turn our backs on such fragile creatures? You see, since it's not hip to get a job, and sometimes even parents' credit cards get maxed out, there are hipsters out there right now suffering, and as explained in the video, this causes a chain reaction that could end Williamsburg as we know it: more ›

Last week PAPER magazine hosted a concert featuring Swizz Beatz and... Joe Jonas (the middle Jonas brother, you guys!). The odd pairing came together in Williamsburg at the House of Vans, which in the invite we received is described as an "ultra-cool indoor/outdoor Brooklyn space" offering up Corona, Ben and Jerry’s, and (at least on this night) Nerf basketballs—aka plenty of things to throw at Joe Jonas! The Daily News reports back from what they deem "Brooklyn's hipster capital," saying the 21-year-old Jonas was promptly pelted with the balls once he took the stage, and was further met with cringing, "booing, jeering, and stony silence." more ›

Police revealed new information about the suspect in a Washington Heights sexual assault from last week. Police Captain Jose Navarro gave local residents a description of the suspect, saying he had multiple lip piercings, two nautical star tattoos on the backs of his calves, and was wearing a multi-colored beanie hat... or in other words, he was a hipster. "He had a particular look," Navarro said, describing the hat as "something a hipster would wear." Below, check out a video of the suspect getting stuck in the turnstiles: more ›

It's going to be a tight squeeze for cyclists and walkers on the Williamsburg Bridge starting June 13th, when the DOT will block off the south side pedestrian path for six weeks in order to install new roadblocks at the entrance near South Sixth Street. The roadblocks are intended to "prevent small cars from plowing through the entrance to the bridge’s cycle path," the Brooklyn Paper reports; we imagine they'll resemble the bollards that were recently raised on both sides of the Manhattan Bridge bike entrance. more ›

McCarren Park: Where dominatrixes take their slaves for recreation, where ladies in bikinis and drunken Polish men proudly sunbathe, and where "hipsters" funnel their parents' hard-earned money into the multi-billion dollar Turkey's Nest empire. Also: where women strip naked and start throwing punches during softball practice. Yes, over Memorial Day weekend, members of the Williamsburg softball league got quite an eyeful from a woman described on their website as a "crazy bitch" or, "CB" for short: more ›

Look at that old church, getting hip to the know! After forgiving John Lennon a few years back, organized religion today made another attempt to be cool, this time at the hands of a 37-year-old self-described "hipster" reverend who founded something called the Hipster Church, which is a story we are absolutely not making up. more ›