Looking for some reading material? How about a nice lesson on making knitted postcards? Maybe some crafting advice? Whatever your dirty fancy, we’ve got the best of the best all laid out for you here at Dirty Hands NY. Links: The New York Times highlights the trend of taking photos of your food before you [...]

Go check out the Dirty Hands NY Formspring page. You can ask us anything, as long as it’s related to DIY and dirty-handed things. We’ll share all our secrets, we promise. We’ll even post the questions and answers here if they’re really good. (This isn’t for tips. If you have an awesome DIY recommendation for [...]

File this one under do-it-yourself community action, bridge-making, street-scum-avoidance, or whatever you like. Astorian Jason Eppink saw a river of scum that covered the sidewalk and froze over in the winter coming from the wall of an Amtrak viaduct. Using recycled materials, he constructed a bridge so that walkers could avoid the mess. Astoria Scum [...]

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In addition to the beautiful New York City weather we’ve been having this week, March has brought DirtyHandsNY some local recognition, and we’d like to share it with you! The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has written a short blurb about our site’s Ask the Expert section in this month’s newsletter. Joanne Wilson, Gotham Gal blogger, [...]

Welcome to Dirty Hands NY! Our site will begin rolling out this coming Friday with stories, pictures, and info about do-it-yourself New Yorkers. Stay tuned!