BroadwayBK

New York City Blogs

The Bowery Boys (theboweryboys.blogspot.com) – Collection of historical posts concerning the city. Highpoint of this blog is the extensive historical podcasts which can either be accessed via the sight or on iTunes; apparently these were named among the best travel podcasts by the UK’s Daily Telegraph. Check out such featured topics as Old McSorley’s Ale House, the Pan Am Building and Shakespeare in the Park.

Overheard in New York (overheardinnewyork.com) – This website may have been slightly overshadowed by the creation of Texts from Last Night, but great postings keep appearing here. If you haven’t already, prepare to be amazed by the stupidity of the things that come out of your fellow New Yorkers’ mouths.

Curbed NY (curbed.com) –Blog that discusses one of New York’s most vile yet most neccessary topics: real estate. This blog somehow makes real estate topics humorous and gives you the feeling that it’s on your side, unlike so much to do with real estate. Features a search function that allows you to select the neighborhood you’d like to read about.

Gothamist (gothamist.com) – Get your fill of the local news, and explore topics such as “Dickchicken Revealed (Sort Of)” and “Guiliani: Terrorists Never Attacked When Bush Protected Us.” Ha.

NYC Bloggers (nycbloggers.com) – Not a blog exactly, but a website that organizes thousands of NYC blogs by subway line and stop. Admittedly, this blog could use a little cleaning up, but hopefully you can use it to find a blogger near you (if they are still blogging).

New York Daily Photo (newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com) – One photographer’s personal take on the city, or exactly what it sounds like, with a bit of musing commentary to accompany each photo.

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hhusted Jan 08, 2010

Thanks for the list. I will have to check out the blogs when I get a chance.

Uraniumfish Jan 08, 2010

How about Gawker for that all-important New York pastime of following celebrities. http://gawker.com/

BroadwayBK Jan 10, 2010

@uraniumfish I thought of adding Gawker, because it's based in New York and often makes references that only New Yorkers would understand, but it's pretty all-encompassing as far a content goes. Still a great New York-ish blog though.

uptowngirl Jan 10, 2010

Would like to add Terri Tynes blog-http://www.walkingoffthebigapple.com/ which highlights the artsy side of NYC and lawyer turned restaurant critic Andrea Strong’s blog about the many restaurants in New York City-http://thestrongbuzz.com/index.php and the urbanite blog which is the blog of the free daily newspaper-AM new york-http://weblogs.amny.com/entertainment/urbanite/blog/

BroadwayBK Jan 10, 2010

Another good blog to start the New Year off with is the New York Times' wellness blog: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/

Uraniumfish Jan 16, 2010

flavorpill.com Brings together art, books, music, fashion currently happening in the city.

hhusted Jan 16, 2010

Let's face it. NYC does have great blogs. They also have great website for those new to the city and need to know about something.

BroadwayBK Jan 17, 2010

@uraniumfish I can't believe I forgot Flavorpill; I've only been receiving it in my inbox for years.... It's an event listing that exists for several cities, though, and the New York rendition is located at http://flavorpill.com/newyork :) Going.com also offers a similar event listing which can be emailed directly to you: http://newyork.going.com/events.php?tab=browse&b=week

BroadwayBK Jan 17, 2010

TimeOut is also a great resource for events http://newyork.timeout.com/ I know someone who writes restaurant reviews for New York's TimeOut magazine, and I know they aren't allowed to write anything particularly bad about a place, so be wary of the optimistic reviewing.

Uraniumfish Jan 17, 2010

Yeah I wrote for them too. The idea was that you should write about what you like, and let what you don't like linger in obscurity. That works as a system since the good places get lots of free promotion.