Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Could Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing Income Mix Change Again? [AYR] Atlantic Yards Construction Update [No Land Grab] Call for Probe of Mass Arrest of Brooklyn Teens [Metro] Some Old Time Mob Flavor in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach [NYT] Two Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Meetings Tonight [Found […]

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The only thing we can say about the AP story about Joe Sitt and Coney Island is that you’ve got to read it. You can draw your own conclusions when you do. Here are a few excerpts, highlighting Mr. Sitt’s comments: “Yeah, OK, it’s a little bit grimy, etcetera,” says Sitt, his voice rising with […]

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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It was anything but a typical Saturday at the Red Hook Ballfields as Sen. Charles Schumer dropped by to demand that the city drop plans that could lead to the eviction of its Latino food vendors. The vendors’ most prominent and politically influential advocate was joined by Red Hook Vendors Committee director Cesar Fuentes, Assemblyman […]

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It’s Sunday, and time for Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist. This one definitely caught our attention: SEXY CLOWN AT SPUTNIK – w4m – 28You were in my dreams last night. I woke up thinking about you too. I’ve seen sad clowns, happy clowns, grumpy clowns…but you weren’t trying to be any kind of clown. you […]

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Once a week we turn to some of the comments that readers have left. Here’s a sampling from the last seven days: The Absolute Last Straw: City Wants to Kick Out Red Hook Vendors. “My bet is that they’ll give the vending contracts to “Latino” food vendors so that they can make it seem like […]

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[Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Weinberg/flickr] Photographer and photoblogger Elizabeth Weinberg headed out to Plumb Beach and Dead Horse Bay and puts up a whole lot of excellent photos about it. You should check out her post on Burnt Sienna here and her Dead Horse Bay flickr photoset, from whence the above photo comes, here. Meantime, […]

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Here is a video clip of Sen. Charles Schumer at the Red Hook Ball Fields yesterday. He asked the Parks Dept. not to put the permit they use to be in the park up for competitive bid, possibly evicting them. (YouTube has been slow to generate an image for the vid, we apologize for the […]

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We return again on this Sunday to our Say What feature on signage that has been compromised by construction, tagging or vandalism. This sign comes to us–like so many of the finest signs–from Williamsburg. At least, we think so, but we can’t be sure as it has been totally obliterated, leading us to say, “Huh?”

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Sign the DiFara’s Pizza Petition [A Brooklyn Life] Union Picnic also Shut by Department of Health [A Test of Will] Save Coney Island Mermaids Needed for Parade [Kinetic Carnival] Broad Channel [Brit in Brooklyn] Wright’s Liquors [Bluejake] Kensington/Windsor Terrace CSA [Kensington Brooklyn] Cement Factory or […]

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Here are some YouTube vids of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn for this Sunday.

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SLivable streets in Brooklyn? You bet. There will be a Livable Streets in Brooklyn exhibit at the Brooklyn Public Library from June 20-August 31 by the Transportation Alternatives Project for Public Spaces & The Open Planning Project. It will be in the Lobby Gallery at Grand Army Plaza. The opening event is on June 21. […]

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Here’s a fun Park Slope event. There’s going to be a 10th Anniversary Reading o f the Union Writer’s Group at the Old Stone House tomorrow, June 11 at 8PM. (That’s between Fifth Avenue and Fourth Avenue at Third Street in J.J. Byrne Park.) Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn’s Louise Crawford writes about the event, […]

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As you may know, we post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of this week’s output over there: Checking on the South Slope Buildup (above) Another One Goes Up: Fourth Avenue Boom Marches South Have You Checked Out the Greenpoint ‘Toxindex’? Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Ruling React-O-Matic Checking in on McCarren Park […]

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Gowanus Bay, Brooklyn

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Oh, yes, the plight of the Red Hook vendors has clearly gotten some attention. Sen. Charles Schumer is going to be on hand at the Red Hook Ballfields today at 1PM to protest the wrongheaded Parks Dept. plan to force the vendors into a competitive bidding situation. Porkchop Express–which has done the best job in […]

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So, we were wandering around Coney Island yesterday afternoon in the fog that was rolling in off the water and giving it the feeling of the Sunset District in San Francisco in July, when we looked up and saw that developer Joe Sitt has finally painted a tiny portion of his plywood fence blue. It’s […]

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You’ve probably read about Daniel Goldstein and Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn at some point, but who are the lawyers in the middle of the legal challenges to Atlantic Yards? The New York Law Journal has an informative profile of what DDDB calls its “grassroots” legal team. Here’s an excerpt: Under the leadership of Candace Carponter, […]

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Coney Island already got its own fragrance this spring, so it’s only fitting that it’s getting its own brewski, Coney Island Lager, in time for summer. Newyorkology reports: While plenty of things are set to leave Coney Island this year, at least one thing is arriving. Coney Island is getting its own beer. Shmaltz Brewing, […]

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So, a GL reader has pointed out that the Mermaid Parade Ball will be held at the old Childs building on the boardwalk in Coney Island this year on June 23. (Someone Coney Island Film Fest director Indie Rob Leddy on the Coney Island Message Board confirms it, saying that the info was inadvertently left […]

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[Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Weinberg/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. More Visual: Broadway Junction (above) [Elizabeth Weinberg/flickr] Gowanus Canalers [Atomische] Williamsburg Bridge [Malarchie/flickr] Noble Street Warehouse [11222] Rooftop [f.trainer/flickr] Coney Sunset [Erica’s Blog] BBG Reflection [Flatbush Gardener/flickr] Atlantic Yards Grass [Brit in Brooklyn] Plumb Beach Photoset [Elizabeth […]

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Ever since Astroland owner Carol Albert sold her amusement park to developer Joe Sitt, she has been voicing regrets. She suggested that the city’s plans to make Coney a year-round destination made it impossible to continue in business and led her to sell. She said that she was talking with Mr. Sitt about the possibility […]

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Streetsblog pointed out a small bit of history that was made yesterday in Williamsburg as the process of removing a couple of parking spaces so that the sidewalk could be widened and bicycle parking installed. The spot in question is the southeast corner of N. 7th Street and Bedford at the entrance to the L […]

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East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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