Roughly Iambic Pentameter and Delicious
in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talks location pinball in NYC. This week...Ball 1: Local pinball competition results including Pinball NYC leagues.Ball 2: Venue updates courtesy of pinballmap.com and its...
Highlights
- As of March 6th, 2026, there are 358 pinball machines in New York City at 75 public locations.
- The Walking Dead ramp at South Slope returned to top speed and the rubber bumper broke through the plastic box at the end of the left ramp return, causing the ball to fly onto the playfield instead of dropping into the in-lane.
- Greg Pavarelli directed Barcade Fidei Monthly for the second month in a row on the last day of the month, with 22 players.
- Tommy Ortega has held Silver Ball Sunday for 35 consecutive times on the first Sunday of the month at Single Cut.
- The Valley Company, Subsidiary of Walter Kidde & Co., Inc., Mirco Playfields team is sitting out Pinball NYC season 2026 and will return in May.
- Balls of Steel are undefeated at this point in the Pinball NYC season.
- Legend of Valhalla was previously at Jack Bar and The Drift under the BQE.
- Jack Danger designed both of the modern Sterns at Skylark, which the hosts did not love.
Notable quotes
“It's roughly iambic pentameter, yes. And also, it's delicious.”
“Well, it must be that time of year again.”
“It is fucking close to water.”
“I just drained my ball and there was another ball still in the out lane. And then my ball hit it and they both went down.”
“That is really weird. How does that happen?”
“The ball has busted completely through the end of it.”
“There are still more arenas than players, even though that's a huge number of players.”
“I'm shocked that the Drift was still on Pinball Map. And I'm shocked that there was a Legend of Valhalla in New York City.”
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Pokémon· game
- Aristocrats· organization
- Balls of Steel· organization
- Colliders· organization
- Mutants· organization
- NYC Flipper Sport Association (NYC FSA)· organization
- Pin Pals· organization
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Scrapple League· organization
- South Slope Pinball League· organization
- Benjamin Furiga· person
- Eric Sweeplund· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jack Danger· person
- Tommy Ortega· person
- Barcade Brooklyn· venue
- Buttermilk Bar· venue
- Gebhardt's Beer Culture· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Owl Farm· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
- Single Cut Beersmiths· venue
- The Wallace· venue
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