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Saturday, June 27, 2026
Black Gold Records regularly stocks over a thousand 12-inch funk, disco, hip-hop, reggae, dub, and dance records as well as a diverse selection of 45s, including punk & Motown classics.
The shop was founded in 2010 by Jeff Ogiba & Mike Polansek on Court Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
BLACK GOLD is one of the fabulous NYC indie record stores which we feature in our book “Vinyl NYC: 33 1/3 of the Best Record Stores Across All Five Boroughs”.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Monday, June 22, 2026
The Campbell
One of amazing bars included in our book "Great Bars of New York City: 30 of Manhattan’s favorite storied drinking establishments” is The Campbell.
Although the Campbell has only been operating as a swanky cocktail bar since 1999, it’s been a famed room for far longer. Set clandestinely within Midtown East’s Grand Central Terminal, the space, also referred to as the Campbell Apartment, was once used as the offices—and man cave—of a mysterious Jazz Age financier named John W. Campbell…"




