Niko Nelson, Author at The New School Free Press

Best Poorest Team Ever

Every year I played softball, I was the only Oakland A’s fan on my team. My boyfriends have always been San Francisco Giants fans. I was always the…

Shooting Without Experience

Ex-Wall Street banker Chris Arnade poses next to Wayne, a homeless man in Hunts Point, who Arnade has photographed and known for two years. Photo by Niko Nelson

Photographer Profiles and Bonds with Addicts. After a 30 minute drive north of downtown Manhattan, past the commuter-swarmed bridges and highways, you will find yourself in a world…

Tribeca Family Fun Takes to The Streets

[soundslides width=”620″ height =”533″ id=”4439″] Numerous critically acclaimed films debut at the annual Tribeca Film Festival every year, but the downtown neighborhood of Tribeca is more than a…

Long and Winding and Road Ends for Bleecker Bob’s

A simple but sincere thank you note pinned up inside Bleecker Bob’s Records, which was ornamented with the names and faces from sixty years of rock ‘n’ roll, informs shoppers of their closing sale. (Lindsay Peters)

Goodbye Music, Hello Fro-Yo Bleecker Bob’s record store is legendary to New York and music fanatics worldwide. For decades, vinyl enthusiasts made pilgrimages to the West Village landmark…

The Brooklyn Flea Embraces The Outdoors Again

[soundslides width=”620″ height =”533″ id=”4105″] The first day of the outdoor Brooklyn Flea feels like the first day of spring. The sun is shining, but the wind is stronger than…

Pirates of Silicon Alley

Dates on Wheels: the mobile office of Date My School. “We wanted to get the ugliest color possible, so people would notice us,” said Balazs Alexa, co-founder of Date My School (Niko Nelson)

Start-ups Give New York New Tech Title. The neighborhood is just east of the Hudson, right below Hell’s Kitchen, the only place in Manhattan where people remember the…