Best products from r/Brooklyn

We found 20 comments on r/Brooklyn discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 56 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.

Top comments mentioning products on r/Brooklyn:

u/romwell · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

Uh-oh, tea snob detected! I'll counter-snob you by saying that if you like flavored teas, then you are in the wrong thread.

I kid, of course; but really, the teas I am talking about are in a different league.

Of course, tastes differ, and that tea is the best to my taste. That said, it's not easy to find black Sri-Lankan tea of that quality elsewhere even for a higher price.

I have visited many tea stores, and while there is a huge variety of green teas and oolongs, plain black Ceylon teas is somewhat a void - there would usually be some "English Breakfast" blend, an Assam, a couple of more, and then a bunch of semi-fermented teas from China and a bunch of flavored/mix ones (earl gray, fruity, and so on). It's not hard to visit a store with a hundred teas on sale, and no good black Ceylon tea at all!

One measure of tea quality is the leaf size, and the teas I mentioned are really OPA, not BOP (you know what these mean, right?), and unwrap to about an inch in length. By that measure alone, Ahmad is hard to beat.

These brands (Ahmad in particular) are popular in countries like Iran, where tea is a big part of the culture (unlike in the US, where tea drinking is a matter of fashion these days, but which lacks a long tradition of drinking tea ever since that Boston incident).

Here's Ahmad OPA on Amazon, and here are some reviews on RateTea. Again, many things are a matter of taste, but you can see that it's a strong contender nevertheless.

It all comes down to what your yardstick for tea is and what you are going for. If you want to get a really good Iranian-styled tea, then you get this tea, maybe with a little bit of Earl Grey added.

u/jpriddy · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

I am not terribly far from Coney Island across from the south side of prospect park with very a very narrow line of sight over/through buildings towards Manhattan on the 6th floor (so between the elevation and building height arguably a good position) and after extensive research I bought one of these. I get pretty much every channel available in a 50 mile radius. But as others said you really wont know what your going to get till you try it. From my research it seemed as if this antenna works especially good in NYC. Not sure if it really matters or not about the type or brand but this is the only one I ever tested and it works very well. A powered 'booster' comes with it, but I never had to use it. If you are looking for DVR functionality also look into Tablo and HD Homerun. As another poster said, tfvool is a good resource for figuring out where to place the antenna to get the best line of sight.

u/squindar · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

BHS and the Brooklyn Collection at the Central (Grand Army Plaza) branch of the Brooklyn Public Library are both great resources.

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online is a great resource for 1841-1902.

Stiles' History of the City of Brooklyn is good up to 1867.

1940's, 50's, and 60's stories can be found in It Happened in Brooklyn - an oral history of growing up in the borough.

For various neighborhoods' origins, the best resource I've seen is Neighborhoods of Brooklyn by former borough historian John Manbeck.

An unusual but fascinating history is Of Cabbages and Kings: Agriculture and the Formation of Modern Brooklyn.

tl;dr: there's a lot out there...can you be more specific? ;-)

u/anubis2051 · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

I'd recommend starting here on the Dodgers, but I highly recommend picking up The Greatest Ballpark Ever if you can get your hands on it. A fantastic history lesson on Brooklyn and the Dodgers

u/EnglishSubtitles · 7 pointsr/Brooklyn

I second and third all the previous comments that suggest contacting your community board, city councilman and other elected officials.

Since you're the parent of a newborn, you need immediate help to improve the situation. So I suggest getting a white noise sound machine to help you and the kids sleep. Here's one I found on [Amazon]
(https://www.amazon.com/Adaptive-Sound-Technologies-LectroFan-Non-Looping/product-reviews/B00E6D6LQY) but there seem to be many good options. Good luck!

u/zck · 4 pointsr/Brooklyn

>I don't know what to do with freeweights and would love a partner for this.

A book that might help you is Starting Strength. It's a great way to start with free weights, and focuses on large movements -- you'll be doing squats and presses rather than arm curls -- so you get the biggest effect for your time.

u/riggawaggel · 4 pointsr/Brooklyn

I actually don't know, but if you just need basic truss rod/action adjustments, I would recommend learning to do it yourself. It's really not that hard and the tools can be found at any local hardware store. Adjust in this order:

Truss Rod: You will need Feeler Gauges and a Capo on the first fret. press down with one had on the low E on the fret where the neck meets the body and stick a feeler gauge (.010") between the fret and the E string halfway between the first fret and the one you are pressing (usually 8th or 9th). Adjust the truss rod until the gap allows the gauge to slide in without pushing the string, and with no residual gap. The truss rod section of this page is good.

Bridge Height: You need a 6" Steel Ruler to measure the strings to your comfort, around 5/64's of an inch on the low E and 4/64's on the high e measured at the 17th fret. Adjust the bridge height with a screwdriver or allen wrenches as applicable.

Nut Height: You'll need your feeler gauges again and nut files that match the gauge of each string. You may be able to find a cheap alternative in a hardware store. As a rule of thumb, any tool branded as a luthier tool probably has a dirt cheap exact alternative at your local hardware store. Nuts should be filed down so that the string lays in halfway in the groove, halfway over the top. Bottom of the trough should be filed down to be .010" from the top of the first fret (use the feeler gauge).

Intonation: quoting from that fender link i posted above
>Set the pickup selector switch in the middle position, and turn the volume and tone controls to their maximum settings. Check tuning. Check each string at the 12th fret, harmonic to fretted note (make sure you are depressing the string evenly to the fret, not the fingerboard). If sharp, lengthen the string by adjusting the saddle back. If flat, shorten the string by moving the saddle forward. Remember, guitars are tempered instruments! Re-tune, play and make further adjustments as needed.

skipping the nut height isn't the end of the world if you dont want to shell out for the files.

Edit: oh and pretty much any tool has a high quality demo video on stewmac.com so check those out.

u/renational · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

you may want to read more on /r/tea which is a mix of snobs, newbies, and people in between willing to hold your hand through it all. if you are a member of meetup.com there are 2 active NYC tea meetups there.
i have tried many ceylons and the only one i can recommend is Dilmah loose;
http://www.amazon.com/Dilmah-Ceylon-Loose-4-41-Ounce-Boxes/dp/B00112GBO0
you will find it to be less chalky and leafy than Ahmad, and it come in foil vacuum packs for better freshness, however it's fanning bits so you'll need a paper filter when brewing it. I would NOT recommend other expensive Dilmah blends - they are really awful despite their glowing amazon reviews.
if you use your nyc tap water to brew tea, i strongly recommend filtering out Chloramines which do slightly alter any tea flavor being brewed. here is the cartridge i would recommend;
http://www.amazon.com/Pentek-ChlorPlus-Carbon-Filter-Cartridge/dp/B0051VC7CW
you can get a 1-2 stage counter top filter that attaches to a faucet for another $20-$40, well worth it if you use a lot of tap water for drinking, cooking, baking, aquarium hobbies, etc.

u/ejanaox · 2 pointsr/Brooklyn

if you're wondering about the classic brownstones that define brooklyn's boom in the late 19th century, check out the articles about the architects on brownstoner. there are only like 5 of them.


here are two good ones to start:

u/eggplantsforall · 2 pointsr/Brooklyn

Re: face mask

Get a merino neck warmer / snood like one of these

The best.

u/removenonnumeric · 2 pointsr/Brooklyn

My friends all make fun of me for being paranoid. I dunno. Frees a pocket as well.

http://www.amazon.com/Travel-Accessories-Clip-Wallet/dp/B000BKQHI8/ref=pd_sim_sbs_sg_3/190-4120656-4372629

I also have one of these
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000OJIMNO/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000O1AKZ0&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1YVYNDJA1BD21PMH954V
that I cut the wings off of and sewed so it's thinner. It's better quality but I didn't do a good job and it looks kind of ghetto :/ I like it better b/c it's more like a pocket in your waistband. You don't have to take it out to slip bills or a metrocard out of it.

u/profnachos · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

Haha. I've seen people like that. My second monitor is more like this. It's USB powered, so you don't need another outlet.

u/Entangleman · 1 pointr/Brooklyn

The Bug A Salt is my preferred weapon for dealing with the bastards. It's a little air shotgun that shoots a spray of table salt. It's marketed as a way to deal with flies, but I find it works even better with mosquitoes (it is extremely satisfying to blow them out of mid-air!).

u/phil_s_stein · 3 pointsr/Brooklyn

The book The Invention of Brownstone Brooklyn: Gentrification and the Search for Authenticity in Postwar New York has a fair bit about him as well and is a good read if you're interested in city planning and twentieth century Brooklyn history (specifcally the fight against Moses in the 60s).

u/death_to_topknots · -1 pointsr/Brooklyn

If only there were some kind of "container" that you could.... maybe... store water in? Check your bathroom, there might be a big one in the corner that holds 40 gallons or so. Or you could even buy [something like this](Coleman 5-Gallon Collapsible Water Carrier https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000088O9Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_UoRSzb8510FBH) and fill it up?

I'm just spitballing here.

Btw, water in bigger buildings is gravity fed from storage tanks on the roof. Just... so you know :)