It is Sunday, which means it’s time for our chosen Brooklyn Missed Connection from Craiglist. All we will say about the one that moves us the most this week is that we are not making it up. No way we could make it up. You ran over my cat with your fixed gear track bike […]

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Today is the Bastille Day Celebration on Smith Street, but Smith’s French spots were decked out a bit for the occasion on the actual day, yesterday. Head on down to Smith and Dean Streets today (7/15) from Noon-8PM for the festivities.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Police Officer Shot in Brooklyn Dies [NYT] A Senseless Death in PLG [Across the Park] Swoon in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pics & Vids [McBrooklyn] Happy Bastille Day from Greenpoint! [newyorkshitty] Chartreuse Brooklyn Heights Bike Lanes Do Not Dissuade Livery Cabs [BHB] Noise Law Does Dissuade […]

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The emails about the The Great Hot Dog Cookoff on July that is also a fundraiser for the BARC Shelter in Williamsburg landed in a number of inboxes including ours. The event will take place on July 28 in a Fort Greene backyard, and proceeds will go to benefit the Williamsburg organization that helps many […]

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Given the news this week about the sale of (so far) part of Wonder Wheel Park, we though we’d put together a little playlist of Wonder Wheel YouTube vids. (The Wonder Wheel itself is a protected landmark.)

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If you’re a GL reader (and thank you, if you are), you might know that we also do our thing over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of this weeks Curbed goodness from us: The New Look Fourth Avenue, Park Slope Side (above) Construction Springs Eternal on Hope Street in Williasmburg Ronnie Wants […]

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Boerum Hill, Brooklyn

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[Photo courtesy of John-Paul Pagano/flickr] This is one of the more bizarre, yet disturbing, cases of me-tooism that we’ve seen lately. It’s an email from someone in the Park Slope Parents group that was forwarded to us by one of our trusty readers who’s been following the Carroll Park teen “hooliganism” teapot tempest. It concerns […]

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As it turns out–and this was almost a no-brainer–there was a significant police presence in Carroll Park yesterday afternoon and evening. One reader reports: On the way home from the F train I saw two uniform cops on Smith Street near the park, and two more on Court Street near Kane. I haven’t seen that […]

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There’s a Coney Island article in the Village Voice this week that touches on the interesting topic of Dick Zigun of Coney Island USA and his role in the redevelopment of Coney. Almost more interesting than the article itself is Mr. Zigun’s reaction to it. Among other things, he calls it a “bullshit piece,” but […]

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With the purchase of some of the Wonder Wheel Park land in Coney Island, Thor Equities would be in control of almost all of the heart of the amusement district along the boardwalk. Sarah Ryley filled in some valuable detail with her piece in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle yesterday, including the raising the obvious possibility […]

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[Photo courtesy of gkjarvis/flickr]The Brooklyn Downzoning Olympics seems destined for Brighton Beach, but will it occur anytime soon? The Bay News reports that “Brighton Beach residents are getting antsy while waiting to see if their neighborhood will be downzoned.” Specifically: Residents are pushing for a zoning change to prevent developers from demolishing cozy bungalows and […]

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It looks like our good friend 128 N. 10th, the Williamsburg building that has suffered from any number of interesting conditions and that we featured yesterday, has gotten some scaffolding. This could make walking by the building a bit less of an adventure. Or not. In any case, our dedicated and attentive Greenpoint correspondent captured […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] Pics: Putting on a Brave Face (above) [Brit in Brooklyn] Borf + Female on N. 6th [Blue Jake] Love Blooms [A Test of Will] Flyer on a Pole [Clinton Hill Blog] Street Art [The Food of the Future] Thou Shalt Not Talk Shit [chicapoquita/flickr] Words and, Maybe, Pics: […]

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This is a nice vid about the new bike racks in Williamsburg that were created by removing some parking spaces. It’s from the good people at Street Films.

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Art work on a construction fence at 440 Van Brunt Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn

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The tales of “hooliganism” in and around Carroll Park continue to reverberate. This morning on his WABC radio talkshow, Curtis Sliwa said he would be sending Guardian Angels to patrol the park. One of the issues raised by parents that related the tale of teen “hooligans” in the park and by GL readers is a […]

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Remember that rumor we posted last week about Thor Equities negotiating to buy the property where Wonder Wheel Park’s kiddie rides are located? It was more than a rumor. Stephen Witt reports in the Bay News that Mr. Sitt is close to buying the property: Sitt is in closing to purchase the properties for $11 […]

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If we were to find a way to musically tell the Astroland story, we would find a tenor to stand on a stage and sing some opera about it. Seriously. The bizarre Astroland saga–the sale of the property to Thor Equities for $30 million, intimations by the owner that she had no choice other than […]

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Our old friend 128 N. 10th Street in Williamsburg earned itself a Stop Work Order recently due to conditions at the work site. We’re no building inspectors, but we believe the situation captured above by our Greenpoint correspondent would be one of the reasons for the order, specifically “No permit obtained for scaffold that exceeds […]

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It may be mundane, but we’re fascinated by the Great Blue Wall of Beard Street because it’s so freaking huge. What you’re looking at in this photo sent our way by Chris Curen (who also submitted yesterday’s excellent photo of the burned out car on Beard Street in front of the Ikea) is part of […]

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Now, we’re not structural engineers, but we’re not entirely morons either and what you are looking at, which was submitted to us by the tireless and very attentive Dog Shit Queen of Greenpoint, does raise some alarm bells. It’s the front of a building at 176 West Street in Greenpoint. Miss Heather writes, with uncharacteristic […]

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You have another opportunity this weekend to get rid of your old electronic devices–computers, TVs, cell phones, etc–in an environmentally responsible way. There will be an e-waste drive Saturday (7/14) through Monday (7/16) in Windsor Terrace at the Holy Name Church at 241 Prospect Park West. It’s sponsored by the Lower East Side Ecology Center […]

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[Image courtesy of Streets Blog] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Trader Joe’s: Trader Joe’s to Cross East River [Brooklyn Enthusiast] Trader Joe’s in the Bank [Brooklyn Paper] Trader Joe’s to Brooklyn [NYDN] Trader Joensing: Inside the TJ’s Press Conference [Racked] Aloha Also Means Bye to Bank in Trader Joe’s Way […]

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[Photo courtesy of Petanque America] Get ready for the annual Bastille Day Celebration on Smith Street. It will happen on Sunday, July 15, from Noon-8PM, with the epicenter being at Smith and Dean Streets. Here’s info from the Brooklyn Boule blog: Join us for the biggest Bastille Day celebration outside of France! Sunday July 15, […]

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