Various Simpsons Characters' Holes
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, ZZZ, WBM) talks location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). this week:Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC Champions!Ball 2: Venue updates...
Highlights
- As of May 23rd, 2025, there are 303 pinball machines in New York City at 81 public locations.
- Brooklyn Pin Pride 2025 will be moved to a larger venue at Scrapple Land in Greenpoint and expand capacity to 80 people from previous 56-person maximum.
- Diamond Lil, a reverse flipper electromechanical game from 1954, will be playable at Red Hook Pinball Museum starting June 8th and will be their first wood rail game.
- The Rolling Stones pinball machine at Margarita Island in Coney Island has never worked properly since installation and has never been repaired.
- The shooting gallery arcade at Coney Island (operated by Dennis, associated with Freak Bar) had a 'For Lease' sign on it during the week before Memorial Day 2025.
- Scrapple League operates weekly on Wednesday nights at 8 PM with six-week qualifying seasons followed by finals weeks, timed so first qualifying week falls on first Wednesday of month.
- Brooklyn Pin Pride registration opens Monday, June 9th at noon on matchplay.live/pinpride2025, and has sold out every year.
- Pin Mania is held the last weekend of June at Arcadia (formerly Arcadia National Bar concert venue) in Portland, Maine, with $40 entry fee.
Notable quotes
“It's one of the last reverse flipper games. The flips do not face inward, they face outward. It's a mind fuck. You end up flipping the wrong flipper sometimes because your mind sees the orientation, and it's fun.”
“I went on Sunday to Coney Island... everywhere that could possibly have pinball in it is either boarded up or behind a stanchion.”
“It is the best party in pinball in New York City all year, bar none, every year.”
“I'm now the back-to-back double team champ.”
“God Damn That Demoman Left Ramp Anyway”
Entities
- Brooklyn Pin Pride· event
- No Bro Presents Thursday Night Strikes· event
- Pin Mania· event
- Pinburgh Satellite· event
- Scrapple Land· event
- Scrapple League· event
- Diamond Lil· game
- King Kong Myth of Terror Island· game
- Arcadia· organization
- Butterballers· organization
- Danger Danger· organization
- New York City Flipper Sport Association· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· organization
- Adam Kane· person
- Alberto Santana· person
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Kevin Murray· person
- Wesley Michalski· person
- Zen Zokniak· person
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