Lobster Rolls and Avocado Toast
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, DAP, QQQ) discuss location pinball in NYC (and on Summer vacation). This week:Ball 1: Local competition results from the last week and next week's competitive pinball...
Highlights
- As of September 5th, 2025, there are 345 pinball machines in New York City at 82 public locations
- Barcade Fidi is now the second largest location in NYC with 24 pinball machines
- Scrapple Land has expanded to 44 pinball machines, making it the largest location in NYC
- Red Hook Pinball Museum lost their old lease and relocated to a pop-up at 352 Van Brunt through September 14th, 2025
- Alberto Santana won the Pacer Test tournament at Milo's Yard on August 31st, with Gabriel Chazanov second, Tommy Ortega third, and Matt Falzone fourth
- Miriam Nadler won Bells and Chimes NYC second summer season A division finals at Buttermilk on Tuesday
- Pinball NYC Left Flipper Division season starts Monday September 8th with 15 teams and some bye weeks
Notable quotes
“Finally there's a Dolly Parton on location in New York City”
“Place rules. The games are all incredible. The lineup is incredible. It's a lot of pinball in a place that had none.”
“I would have been the fucking fly in the ointment I would have been the asshole who was like what the no I not doing that”
“It's now the second largest location in the city with a lineup of 24 pins. The largest is now at 44 pins at Scrapple Lanes.”
“When it also happened that finals took place at a different barcade for logistical reasons, I felt good about the decision not to play because everyone who played in it said nothing but positive things about how they all made it work”
Entities
- Barcade Fidi· organization
- Bells and Chimes NYC· organization
- Buttermilk Bar· organization
- Coney Island Pinball· organization
- Milo's Yard· organization
- NYC PinPod· organization
- Pinball NYC League· organization
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· organization
- Scrapple Land· organization
- Alberto Santana· person
- Benjamin Furiga (BCF)· person
- David Potlock (DAP)· person
- Eric Sweet (HIP)· person
- Miriam Nadler· person
- Monica Wedekamp (QQQ)· person
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