Author: Lauren Betesh (Lauren Betesh)

Photo Slideshow The New Jersey coastline is a vacant testament to the power of mother nature. One week after Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the beachfront towns of Asbury Park, Avon and Belmar are quiet, populated only by homeowners and relief workers sorting through the destruction. [simpleviewer gallery_id=”158″]      

The N.B.A. is postponing Thursday night’s opening game between the Knicks and the Nets, due to conditions from Hurricane Sandy. Transportation to and from the arena is a major concern.  Due to mass transit outages, fans will find it extremely difficult to get to the arena, which sits above Atlantic Station, one of the largest...

Brooklyn’s gain is Gary Harding’s loss. Harding, who lives on Long Island, blogs for islestalk.com and is former president of the New York Islanders Booster Club, is disappointed at the news that the Islanders are moving to the Barclays Center in 2015. That the team’s colors will remain the same – at least for now – is...

[simpleviewer gallery_id=”95″]Jay Z’s eight concert series has come to a close and the Barclays Center is officially open. Although the Brooklyn Nets don’t have their first game until Nov.1, a large number of Jay Z concertgoers were already sporting their team colors.  Here’s a sampling of fans and their thoughts of Brooklyn’s new look.

Jay Z has three more shows to go before Bruce Ratner can officially call the opening of the Barclays Center, the centerpiece of his plan for Atlantic Yards, a success. But maybe he can scratch transportation off his top-ten list of worries.  If our sampling of the tens of thousands of fans who have been...

Eric Reeves depends on his parents for financial security.  That’s his economic indicator.  He is 25 years old and knows he has to make a change—and soon. Reeves, a recent transplant to Brooklyn, is articulate and friendly.  He has two jobs, one at Almar, Dumbo’s popular Italian eatery, where he works as a waiter, the...