LOST iN - LOST iN Brooklyn

Brooklyn. Once the scrappy sibling in New York’s borough family, it has long since shrugged off any inferiority complex. Now, it’s the global capital of cool—where brownstone stoops double as office desks or where a bodega cat might have more Instagram followers than you. Brooklyn is a borough of contradictions. Luxury condos cast shadows over anarchist bookstores. Vegan bakeries coexist with 100-year-old pastrami-slinging delis. You’ll find rooftop raves in Gowanus warehouses and backyard poetry readings in Bed-Stuy. Vintage is currency, and authenticity is curated with intent. Street walls hijacked as canvases, a bar hidden behind a pizzeria spinning 90s mixtapes, vintage finds under a bridge’s archways, concerts in a bowling alley and social rock wall… Get lost in the borough of cool and contradiction. * Five long-form interviews with celebrated locals on their pursuits and life in Brooklyn * A locals-curated list of the Top 5 places to check out for the best slice, cocktails and more