Brooklyn Barge Reopens for Season; Archery on Lower East Side; Female NYC James Beard Award Winners

Brooklyn Barge
Brooklyn Barge

There is a lot of stuff going on the City, and we can't write about it all. Here are some interesting things some of our friends have written up lately.

[WATCH] Bien Cuit Bakery in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Builds on 1,000 Years of Tradition

Boerum Hill's celebrated Bien Cuit bakery not only serves some of the best baked goods around, they also serve some of the healthiest. In this video from the excellent Eat Seeker series from Thrillist, watch as master baker Zachary Golper tells the story.

At a young age, Bien Cuit owner Zachary Golper caught his first whiff of freshly baked sourdough bread, and ever since then, he’s been hooked. Here in Brooklyn, New York, he tackles smaller batch baking with long fermentation periods, which result in tangy-flavored breads and buttery almond croissants.

Vintage Photograph Shows Coney Island's Surf Avenue in 1903

Surf Avenue, Coney Island, N.Y. 1903
Surf Avenue, Coney Island, N.Y. 1903
Photo: LOC

This great vintage photograph shows the corner of West 10th Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn back in 1903. The roller coaster in the photograph is the Loop the Loop, one of the first looping roller coasters in America. Closing in 1910, the short-lived coaster was one of dozens of coasters on Surf Avenue throughout the early 20th century. Here is a Google StreetView of how this same section looks today, with the Cyclone at Luna Park instead: