Category: Street Team

Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part Z — Mamoun’s Falafel of MacDougal St.

Posted by Elijah - September 8, 2017

When makers come to NYC we can have really tight budgets. Can you get a full dinner for under $10 that is healthy, easy to find, reliable and clean? YES. Go to Mamoun's Falafel of MacDougal St. This one is for my "street team" peeps - Mamoun's is tagged for us.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 11 — Village Music World

Posted by Elijah - September 6, 2017

I've over-used the word cool, but this cool little record store sells the cool music stuff that other cool places play & display to look cooler. If other stores in the Greenwich Village are like little museums, this is like the little basement under the little museum of music.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 10 — Li-Lac Chocolates of Bleecker Street

Posted by Elijah - September 6, 2017

One of the best parts of learning to be a Manhattan kid has been being near a Li-Lac store. If you're looking for a good small gift on a budget, their "truffle assortment" is one of my favorite little gifts to give or get. Got a budget for more? They have boxes and baskets for every need.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 09 — Tinkersphere

Posted by Elijah - September 6, 2017

If you need wires, resistors, boards, tools, motors, LEDs, parts, controllers, tech toys, or cute novelty items, Tinkersphere is the one-stop maker headquarters of NYC. They sell Raspberry Pi, Arduino, Soldering Kits, and just about every connector and accessory a maker could ever need.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 08 — VIDEOGAMESNEWYORK

Posted by Elijah - September 6, 2017

This place is part retro-game shop, part video game history museum. If you have a maker coming to town and you want to show them around, take them here - you'll earn maker cred, gamer cred, and NYC street cred in just one stop.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 07 — Bareburger FiDi

Posted by Elijah - September 6, 2017

FiDi stands for Financial district. Bareburger stands for my favorite burgers. A lot of places call themselves farm-to-table, but this is the real thing.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 06 — M & D Kitchen

Posted by Elijah - September 2, 2017

Chowhounds everywhere must stop by the latest offering from Brooklyn's royal family of Pizza, M&D's kitchen. They, make burgers, wings, tex-mdx and Italian fare with care and flair for Makers from the Faire

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 05 — Coney Island USA Sideshow, Museum and Bar

Posted by Elijah - August 27, 2017

In just one word, this place is "Cool." You have to see this place, there are murals, paintings, neon signs, retro-game consoles, mannequins... an actual side show operates here so you'll see the acts just wander through. In the bar area they're just more people chilling out.

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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 04 — H.I.D.E.C. Roslyn Brickman Center

Posted by Elijah - August 26, 2017

Close friends of mine have attended the school and pre-school at this HIDEC location! Once known as the “Hebrew Institute For the Deaf & Exceptional Children,” this location has grown to also be a school, a community center, and a...
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Maker Faire Street Team 2017 Part 03 — Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park

Posted by Elijah - August 26, 2017

No trip to NYC is complete without visiting Coney Island and Deno's Wonder Wheel Park! There's the Spook-A-Rama one of over a hundred built all over the world now with only a few left. You'll find the "thunderbolt" a spin-around ride, the bumper cars, and of course... the WONDER WHEEL.

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