The Madness Begins (2026)
in which a panel (BCF, HIP, ZEP) talk location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). This week:Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC and Rock Fantasy Winter Open.Ball 2:...
Highlights
- As of March 13th, 2026, there are 358 pinball machines in New York City at 74 public locations
- Kevin Murray won the International Women's Day March Madness Melee at Red Hook Pinball Museum on March 6th with 13.01 Whoppers
- Alberto Santana won the Stern Army March RWI on March 8th at Rulo's, beating two of Rob Wong's scores (one twice)
- Pinball NYC Pinball NYC leagues saw 21 of 33 Scrapple League participants enter an optional side pot: the first time more than half entered
- Danger Danger, Ball Drainers, and Neptune's Treasure are undefeated teams in Pinball NYC leagues as of mid-March 2026
- Scrapple Land has grown from approximately 20-25 machines at opening to roughly 60-75 machines as of March 2026
- There are only two Beetlejuice machines in the entire state of New York: one at Jack Bar and one at Scrapple Land
- Jess Warren (Stern Army RWI organizer) is out of town at the Texas Pinball Festival on March 21st
Notable quotes
“I want Spy Cat the Pinball Game.”
“If you have a failed switch, gate, or ramp, it's game over.”
“They've scored 31 of the 32 points that they've contested over the last week.”
“Magnets are meant to create chaos in pinball. That's the fucking point.”
“Come in and help me lower the rake. We just got it and I want to make it easier to play.”
“If Farfalla could possibly work one quarter of the times that I go to try to play it, it's worth taking up the real estate that it takes up.”
“There was a dense fog advisory had come into effect. It was warm and super foggy and moody as I stepped out of the theater.”
“I narrowly squeezed past the crowd to get back by the pinball machines.”
Entities
- Scrapple League· event
- Stern Army March RWI· event
- Texas Pinball Festival· event
- Pinball NYC· organization
- Alberto Santana· person
- Alex Kelly· person
- Benjamin Furaga· person
- Dante Oliva· person
- Dustin Bailey· person
- Eric Sweetland· person
- Gabriel Chasanov· person
- Greg Pavarelli· person
- Jess Warren· person
- Jonah Shlaes· person
- Kevin Murray· person
- Rob Wong· person
- Stephen Flynn· person
- Wesley Michalski· person
- Zen Zakhiak· person
- At The Wallace· venue
- Jack Bar· venue
- Red Hook Pinball Museum· venue
- Rulo's· venue
- Scrapple Land· venue
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