Well, we’re pretty sure it ain’t Superman (though he would seem to prefer you to think differently), but what are those freaking loud noises that some people in Prospect Heights are hearing? The first indication on the Brooklynian’s Prospect Heights Forum in a thread called “Big Booming Noises” was this: “i keep hearing big booms […]

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· Case of Brookynite Claiming Hideous NYPD Abuse Before Grand Jury [NYT] · Family of ‘Cyclone Accident Victim’ Suing City [NYDN] · Millman Slaps Yassky on Term Limits Terpitude [BHB] · FCR Exec Says: ‘Every Deal Dies Three Times’ [AYR] · Long Before Smith St. Was Restaurant Row [PMFA] · Pies ‘N Thighs Don’t Raise […]

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We love Christmas so much, that we wish they’d start putting decorations right up after July 4. In fact, the way things are going, we may soon see our dream come true. The decorations started going up weeks ago in Downtown Brooklyn and on Flatbush Avenue and, we have to assume, in other areas where […]

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The photo above comes from Jones Walk in Coney Island via the Coney Island Message Board where people are wondering what the markings–which clearly indicate the presence of underground cables and other lines–mean. Is there construction plannned? The ownership of the property is not even clear, although some neighboring structures are owned by developer Joe […]

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“We’ve often focused on Smart Cars as symbols of gentrification, but this vehicle that we found parked on a street we will decline to identify east of theWilliamsburg BQE dividing line, raises an interesting question. Is a skull and cross bones on one’s vehicle a symbol of hipster gentrification and irony or is it, at […]

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[Photo courtesy of Marie Viljoen] This rose would be gorgeous under any circumstances, but it takes on an even nicer look in the Halloween season. It comes from Fourth Place.

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“To the woman playing hard-core iPod porn on the L train this morning, thank you for such an entertaining journey under the East River. Seriously folks, from approximately Lorimer St. to 3rd Avenue, this woman was playing some serious, butt-humping porn and yelling at her iPod, giving some twisted commentary that could be heard from […]

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] Check out this ultra-gorgeous shot of the Brooklyn Bridge. The photographer writes: “Within minutes of taking the previous photo, the sun came through the clouds, casting a glorious yellow light onto the bridge and its surroundings…” Yes, it did.

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Brownstoner dropped the bombshell yesterday that a house at 88 Remsen Street has sold for $10.8M, breaking the previous record of $10.75M (which was set more than two years ago in a very different market). The broker confirmed the sale price.–Brownstoner

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[Map from CNN; click to enlarge] This electoral map from CNN has been static for a few days, but today shows Barack Obama widening his Electoral Vote lead over Sen. John McCain. His edge in Colorado polling has doubled, changing the state from being rated a “tossup” to “leaning” toward Mr. Obama. With 270 Electoral […]

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Is there any spot in Park Slope that isn’t hosting a Barack Obama phone bank this weekend? Well, they’re key in helping to get out the vote and in tossup states. So, here’s another option at Flatbush Farm on Saturday from 12PM-4PM. The email says: Feeling nervous about the election? Get to work: the Farm, […]

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We found this bus stop sign, that had clearly had an unpleasant encounter with an automobile, on Flatbush Avenue. What we can say is: we didn’t notice anyone even giving it a second look.

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] We were going to run this photo submitted by Brit in Brooklyn blogger and GL Contributing Photographer Adrian Kinloch this morning, but figured the only decent thing to do, given that it’s a picture of the Coney Island collection of brews, was to wait until afternoon. It just […]

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We found this item circulating via the Community Board 1 email list titled “Click for Better Bike Parking.” The emails says: Lack of secure bike-parking options is the number one reason that New Yorkers do not commute to work by bike. Bike Stop NYC, a small start up company, wants to hear from people who […]

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Correspondent E.C. Stephens reports: The Chocolate Room on 85 5th ave., Park Slope, will host it’s 4th Annual Black Chocolate Stout release party on Wednesday, Oct. 29th at 7pm. A night of beers, giveaways and dessert it will be headlined by brewmaster Garrett Oliver from Brooklyn Brewery. Hey, it’s hump day. Why not?

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Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY ran a tour of Prospect Park this weekend. Scoker3 posted a big photoset on flickr that shows our favorite Brooklyn Park in all its glory, including a number of spots we’ve never seen. If you’re not partial to the slideshow we’ve embedded, you can find the full photoset here.

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Brooklyn Bridge Time Lapse from Chris Bair on Vimeo.

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There’s a lot of Halloween-related stuff going on at LeNell’s, the Red hook booze institution, but what’s really of interest in her latest email is the gossip at the end, saying she’ll be in place on Van Brunt Street until at least the end of February:I just got out of court with the landlord and […]

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Perhaps a Sexy Jack-O-Lantern Contest would be of interest? If so, your time has arrived. It’s happening from today (October 29) through October 31 at Babeland Brooklyn, which is located at 462 Bergen Street and is also the crown vibratorjewel of what is coming to be know as Pintchik Row. Per the babes at Babeland: […]

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“It’s storefront shuffle time in Williamsburg: Not only has light and girly gift-shop Brooklynski moved to Graham Avenue, but Digital Fix, which you could call Brooklynski’s more masculine brother in design, has relocated to the Bedford Avenue Mini-Mall. The store, which sells high-tech and high-design gadgets like Nooka watches, tree-branch shaped thumb drives, and a […]

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· Haitian Paramilitary Leader Sentenced for BK Mortgage Fraud [NYT] · Green Townhouses Coming to Bed-Stuy [Green Brooklyn] · Slope, Take Note: ‘Nanny 911’ Wants Your Unruly Spawn [DumboNYC] · Yassky Catches More Shit on His Term-Limits Vote [Daily Gotham] · Profiles of Some of the City’s Remaining Manufacturing Jobs [Brownstoner] · People-Only Policy in […]

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Everybody in Brooklyn probably has a love-hate relationship with car services. We use them to get from Point A to Point B, but we’ve probably all been menaced by their drivers as pedestrians. Us, we try to get out of the way. In any case, an email making the rounds via our friends at Park […]

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Brooklyn City Council Member Bill de Blasio, who was a leader in the fight to defeat the extension of term limits and had his sights set on succeeding Marty Markowitz as Brooklyn Borough President, has had a change of plans and will run for Pubic Advocate. Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum is not running for re-election […]

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[Click to Enlarge to Its Full Size Glory] If the scams being run by IDT Energy and other companies in every corner or Brookyn weren’t so disgusting, the following job listing found by Aaron Brashear of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights would be a knee-slapping, pants pissing hoot. Well, it still kind of is, at […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] As far as we’re concerned you can never get too many shots of Nathan’s in Coney Island, especially when they’re gorgeous evening fall ones like this one from GL Contributing Photographer Deborah Matlack. What we’re saying, basically, is that this is some very cool stuff.

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