This is probably not a good idea. (via Flickr user Steven Matthews.) Even though you probably refer to this city as your “stomping grounds” among friends, you might want to be careful where you stomp. Because sometimes ridiculous, only-in-New-York accidents happen, like a man falling to his death in Bed-Stuy through a commercial cellar door. Ugh. And while any instance of falling through the fucking floor is a real “freak accident,” we at Brokelyn wanted to know whether it was a preventable one — so we turned to an expert. Peter Pastor owner of Emerald Doors in Queens, told us why it’s probably better to stay away from cellar doors altogether when you’re the foot traffic in the city. “First and foremost, most of them are already tripping hazards,” he tells us. “But I’ve seen doors that are pretty close to death traps.” What makes a door into a death trap? “Every door is supposed to be… Read More