Hook 'em with the Shots or the Theme
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talk location pinball in NYC. This week...Ball 1: Local competition results including pinball nyc.Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of pinballmap.com and our weekly bullet...
Highlights
- Balls of Steel are 7-1 with 81 points in the Pinball NYC Left Flipper Division, leading the playoff picture with only two matches remaining.
- Danger Danger and Schlubbs are both 6-1 in the Pinball NYC Right Flipper Division, with Danger Danger at 90 points and Schlubbs at 73 points.
- Greg Pavarelli took the top spot in Scrapple League's second season qualifying with 114 points, followed by CJ Smith with 112 points.
- Kevin Murray won Friday Night at the Museum at Red Hook Pinball Museum, earning 9.66 Whoppers and achieving his second consecutive Friday Night Event win at the venue.
- Rob Wong is leading the South Slope Pinball League with 105 points after four qualifying meetings.
- As of April 11, 2026, there are 361 pinball machines in New York City at 74 public locations.
- Ghostbusters at Franklin Park in NYC has been updated to new code after being on original beta code since installation.
- The Stern Kiss machine at Hop Shop in Staten Island has had its plunge handle removed and cannot be played, though the machine still accepts coins.
Notable quotes
“Karmic equalizing tilt that decided the Colliders match”
“That is almost word for word my quarterly employment review last quarter.”
“I appreciate that they separated CANNOT, which usually you would write as one word, but made it CAN and, like, all caps NOT.”
“Do not play. I appreciate that they separated CANNOT... they want to make sure that you see... NOT. Don't put your money in a game that doesn't have a fucking plunger handle.”
“I feel like there's a certain way in which that is, you know, it is also community serving. It is also actually useful information.”
Entities
- Ghostbusters· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Popeye Saves the Earth· game
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Barcade Brooklyn· organization
- Danger Danger· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· organization
- Schlubbs· organization
- Scrapple Land· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- CJ Smith· person
- Eric Swedeland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Harlan Aida Linda· person
- Joe Cherovino· person
- Jonah Schlaes· person
- Kevin Murray· person
- Python Anghelo· person
- Rob Wong· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
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