Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog entries and images: Images and Sounds for a Saturday:Russo Realty [bluejake]Drive [Lex’s Folly]Flatbush Farm Photoset [jscandinaro/flickr]The Ice Cream Man Cometh [burntsienna]Brooklyn Bombshells v. Bronx Gridlock [Sunset Parker]Camera in the Kitchen: Queen’s Hideaway in Greenpoint [Gothamist]Anti-Atlantic Yards Rally: The Videos [No Land Grab]ABL: Radio – Omni Venerati […]

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In checking out Brooklyn vids, we discovered this gem, which is especially appropriate on a weekend, even a soupy and, possibly, stormy one. This is an Astroland commercial from 1983 when, apparently, you could ride the famed Cyclone backwards. Who knew? (This experience was called “Back-Fire on the Cyclone.”) Click on the vid and see […]

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184 Kent Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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[Photo of Sosa Fresca from Porkchop Express] Sure, there are dining options on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook. But for a real Red Hook treat, take thee to the Red Hook soccer fields. Maybe you’ve heard about the little gathering at the soccer fields at Clinton and Bay streets every weekend? Perhaps you’ve wandered […]

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Earlier this week we ran an “open letter” from Steven Hart to Brooklyn Boro Prez Marty Markowitz about, well, how Gowanus would likely drown in crap on many days if Atlantic Yards is built. While the Draft Environmental Impact Statement somehow concludes that there will be less sewerage flowing into Gowanus with Atlantic Yards than […]

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So, is it the Park Slope part of the equation that provokes a shitstorm of commentary? Or is it the violent nature of the outburst? To recap: A stroller-pushing Park Slope mom was cut off by two cars while trying to cross the street in the South Slope and retaliated by throwing a can of […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news articles, blog items and images: State big to Brooklyn: You’re Manhattan Now [Brooklyn Papers] Red Hook Residents Protest for Traffic Safety [Brooklyn Record] Democratic Space [Brooklyn Views] Brooklyn Families to Sue Over Tippy Ship [NYDN] Editorial: Manhattanization of Brooklyn Now Official State Policy [Brooklyn Papers] Claiming 10K […]

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One of the “marine transfer stations” that will be used to move thousands of tons of trash out of New York City via barge will go on the Gowanus Canal. Yes, it’s an outlying part of the Canal, but it’s still the Big G. Specifically, the trash will go to the Hamilton Avenue Marine Transfer […]

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Gowanus Lounge doesn’t want to know what it’s like when a cruise ship this big tilts 15 degrees to one side or contemplate the gravitational and buoyancy forces that keep it from tilting even more. In any case, the Princess will be making port in Red Hook tomorrow (Saturday) and is supposed to set sail […]

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Got three minutes and forty-three seconds? Then, click on the video below and watch “Coney Island of the Mind,” a little slice of Brooklyn and Coney Island or just click on this link. And, while we’re at it, we thank Sunset Parker for introducing us to the wealth of Brooklyn videos at You Tube with […]

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Anger about recent increases in traffic in Red Hook has been rising since the opening of the new Red Hook Cruise Terminal and the Fairway supermarket put more cars on local streets. Two weeks ago, a Sunset Park woman was hit and killed on Van Brunt Street by a driver leaving the Fairway. Residents want […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images: Get Your Eat and Drink On (With Thanks to the Brooklyn Record) Weekly Food Roundup [Brooklyn Record] La Sorrentina’s Bensonhurst Pizza Empire [NYDN] Best Deli Sandwich in Brooklyn: Las Americas Deli on Court St. [Brooklyn Record] Atlantic Avenue Brew Guide [Brooklyn Record] Think […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn new stories, blog items and images. In today’s special edition, more links to coverage of the Atlantic Yards battle: Nets Planning for Traffic ‘Nightmare’ [NYPost] Headlines You Don’t Want to See Above a Photo of Your Block [streetsblog] High Crime in the Atlantic Yards Footprint? [AYR] FCR’s James Stuckey […]

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A big thank you to Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn for reminding us about the Indie Designer Market at the Old Stone House on Saturday (7/22). We got the release about it so long ago, put it on a list of items to do in July and would have left it between the cracks where […]

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Two food rumblings on Flatbush Avenue, prime among them, the opening of Flatbush Farm, whose bar is now open and offering a snack/tapas type of menu. It occupies the space formerly occupied by Bistro St. Marks at 76-78 St. Marks at Flatbush. The full restaurant should be open in two weeks or so. The menu […]

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What’s a Park Slope mommy to do? Attack with beans, that’s what. Anyone familiar with the Hill Above Gowanus knows that drivers come flying around corners when they are making a right turn regardless of who is in their way–even moms pushing strollers, which the nabe has in abundance. So, the story about Park Slope […]

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The fix is in and the clock is ticking. With its vote on Atlantic Yards yesterday, release of the 15-inch thick Draft Environmental Impact Statement and scheduling of what is likely to be the only significant public hearing on the plan for August 23, the doggiest of the dog days of summer, the Empire State […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images. Today we offer a selective round-up of Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement coverage: What’s the Impact? NY Agency Gives Preliminary Thumbs Up to Ratner Plan [Reuters] Yards DEIS Released, Cost Reaches $4.2 Billion [AYR] Measuring Project’s Shadow and Burden on Bklyn […]

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One of our favorite Brooklyn bloggers, Gary Jarvis, who produces the excellent Runs Brooklyn, hasn’t let the blistering heat stop him from running, although he used it as an excuse to run the streets of some of Brooklyn’s waterfront neighborhoods. (Is Brighton Beach really that much cooler when the heat index is 105?) What we […]

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[The photo is from sailbrooklyn’s flickr stream.] While our reading of the Atlantic Yards Draft Environmental Impact Statement‘s section on the effluent the project will produce indicates that project backers are claiming there will be less flow if the project is built than if not, we will await expert analysis of the claim. Meanwhile, Gowanus […]

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From the Prospect Park Alliance comes news of Twilight Tours in Prospect Park on July 27 and August 3 and 10. The tours start at 7 PM. To quote: Enjoy an evening of strolling and cruising, wine and cheese, and the Park’s mysterious nocturnal fauna. Start out with a ride on the electric boat Independence, […]

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The Empire State Development Corp. has announced it has adopted the General Project Plan for the Atlantic Yards project and accepted the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). A public hearing is scheduled in Brooklyn for August 23rd, and another forum is scheduled on September 12. Public comments are being accepted until September 23. In announcing […]

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Okay, so it’s blazing hot and power use is near the top of the charts and there are issues in parts of Queens that are leading Con Ed to ask people in neighborhoods like Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Hunters Point, and Astoria to turn off “non-essential” appliances like washer and dryers and TV and […]

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Gowanus Lounge takes zero credit for coming upon this map, from NYC Oasis. Credit for that goes to Gothamist, which picked up an excellent item produced by IMBY, a very good South Slope blog from which we wish we would hear more frequently. All GL did was generate the map for Park Slope-Carroll Gardens and […]

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