The Stree Thrike Affair
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talks location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). This week:Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC quarterfinals.Ball 2: Venue updates...
Highlights
- As of May 8th, 2026, there are 366 pinball machines in New York City at 75 public locations
- A significant percentage of NYC's pinball community is traveling to Stomp in Rochester this coming weekend
- Buttermilk Bar received major machine swap: removed Walking Dead, Twilight Zone, NBA Fast Break, Attack from Mars; added Stars, Diner, and upgraded Metallica from Pro to Premium
- Popeye Saves the Earth at Barcade Brooklyn has a weak skill wheel motor that has failed multiple times in short spans
- Sean Grant and Adam Kane tied for first place in Scrapple League Week 1 with 31 IFPA points each
- Rickie's Crown Heights in Brooklyn is a new venue that added Star Trek: The Next Generation
- A Pokemon LE at Scrappleland has a left in lane feed that regularly bobbles into the left out lane
- The Ghostbusters machine at Franklin Park finally works reliably
- Pinball NYC's team league structure includes both Orbit (top division) and In-Lane (lower/consolation division) playoffs
- Special When Lit defeated the Battle of Rulos 9-7 in Week 9 of Pinball NYC match play
Notable quotes
“The Ghostbusters at Franklin Park finally fucking works.”
“It's almost like the Beatles song... hello, goodbye, hello.”
“I love that, four Rulos. Also on Sunday, user Flipper Fiend went by Single Cut Beersmith Squeens...”
“Plays as it should. Should is a really big word in that sentence to me.”
“I kicked Farfalla's motherfucking ass. And if I could figure out an alley pass on it, you can't beat me.”
“I just said, have fun tonight. And kept going. I did not say go get him.”
“I finally got the Day O' Dinner, I think is the name of the mode... And I was like, oh, yes.”
“If it you were an outgoing person who might fit the bill for wanting to play pinball and have queer somewhere in your identity, it might have been a cool place to just generally show up and find people to hang out with who also like pinball.”
“There's no such thing as a Thrike, it's always three-strike affair or three-thrike affair.”
“Deep Queens.”
Entities
- Pinfest· event
- Scrapple League· event
- South Slope Pinball League· event
- Stomp· event
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Toppers· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Dan Merrill· person
- Eric Swedeland· person
- Greg Fertel· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Joe Saeed· person
- Karen· person
- Kate Martin· person
- Levy Naiman· person
- Matt Grady· person
- Monica Weidekamp· person
- Sean Grant· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
- Pinball Map· product
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
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