Above a façade of stern Brooklyn brownstones, Eagle Street Rooftop Farm bursts with a burgeoning crop of organic vegetables, chickens and apiaries. A bucolic oasis thriving on the edge of the East River, Eagle Street is one of the few places to find crimson chili peppers growing against a panoptic view of the Manhattan skyline. Offering the Greenpoint area hyper-local produce, this 6,000-square-foot, organic vegetable farm sets a precedent within the urban farming movement
We’re all for sampling the latest barrel-aged sour or quad IPA, but there’s something to be said about posting up at a brewery on a winter’s day with a tried-and-true favorite. The brewery scene in.