We have no idea what this is (other than short fiction), but we came across it and we liked it, so here it is: It all happened on the Queens bound D – m4w (Bay Ridge) It all happened on the Queens bound D. She was searching for a minimally invasive emotional relationship and he […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Very Limited Results in “Assault” on Brooklyn Drug Trade [NYT] Police Car Goes Airborne, Crashes into Coney Light Pole [NYDN] How to Get to Brooklyn Flea Today! [Brooklyn Flea] Bullets Over Brooklyn [BHB] Dumbo Weekly Links [Dumbo NYC] The SE Corner of Bed-Stuy [Bed-Stuy Banana] […]

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Today, we’re ushering out Signs of Spring, due to reasons Spring springing so much that there are no long signs of it, and ushering in Brookspring, the rubric we’ll be using for Brooklyn spring photos going forward. (Click here to bring up some of the posts labeled “Signs of Spring.”) In any case, Signs of […]

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“Few residents of Park Slope, Brooklyn are probably aware that they share their neighborhood with a firearms company that has operated in the borough for almost a century. The Henry Repeating Arms Co. is garnering some unwelcome attention this week, however, after it was revealed that the company shipped four of its lever-action rifles with […]

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Here are some vids of Kanye West performing at the Bruce Ratner Gala at the Brooklyn Museum, along with a couple of other misc. Brooklyn Museum-related vids.

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We don’t know how we missed this horrifying tidbit of information on Friday that bears on construction safety, but we did: “Twenty-eight percent of the city’s scaffold and sidewalk sheds failed to meet building code in a month-long inspection sweep of 1,654 sites, officials said today. Of the 459 sites where scaffolds or sidewalk sheds […]

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We saw our friend on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope waiting outside Luscious Foods. He was a lot less laid back than some, but way more relaxed than others.

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This old and somewhat annotated and altered stencil of The Gipper comes from Greenpoint. They have been around for years, but still entertain.

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After an unexpectedly beautiful day yesterday, gloom has returned to skies outside the Brooklyn weather observatory. Today’s forecast calls for it to be breezy and colder with rain and drizzle and a high of 48. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with some drizzle and a low of 40. For current conditions in Dumbo, click here. […]

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The word “trust” came up repeatedly in a session between angry Carroll Gardens residents on Thursday night and members of the Clarett Group team developing a new building at 340 Court Street. Residents have been deeply upset about the way early work has been carried out the site and a lack of communication about the […]

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Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. Chachi is a male, one-year-old. The bio on his cage at BARC says: He was surrendered by his owner. He was so distressed he cut himself on his cage and proceeded to scratch the wound until he bled. […]

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The Brooklyn Museum Bruce Ratner Gala continues to produce interesting stories. Radar, which always entertains us, but doesn’t often offer up Brooklyn fodder, is doing so in a big way with a story about the wife of a certain Brooklyn Borough President allegedly cornering the market on Murakami swag after the big, controversial event. To […]

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A GL reader sent us this image that was submitted to the “Click!” crowd-curated photo exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum. It’s not clear whether it went in pre- or post-Bruce Ratner Gala furor, but it is certainly a statement in its own way and talks about the “changing face” of Brooklyn and “sterile condos, fusions […]

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We featured Domino, who lives at Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Kensington, back in March. The good people at Sean Casey have made a video of him and he still needs a home, so we’re featuring him again. Here’s his info: Hi, my name is Domino and I`m a 1 and a half year old […]

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It’s always interesting to remember the heavy-duty industrial past in Williamsburg and the accidents that sometimes came along with it. A reader sent along a link to this 1908 New York Times story about a huge oil tank explosion at N. 13 and Kent that “resembled an earthquake…shaking houses for several blocks around” and “creating […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Photos: Two Trees in Prospect Park [Blue Jake] Cameraman [Atomische] Nice or Necessary or Both? [Brit in Brookyn] Good Morning Cranberry’s [BHB] Cyclone [Texas #4/flickr] Stopped at Sunny’s [Atomische] Not All Photos: Atlantic Yards Website Talks Suites, Not Stall [AYR] Atlantic Yards Report Digest [No […]

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Barge Music Parking Lot

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The red lights are on atop Northside Piers and some light can now be seen coming from some condo windows. “Like an older sister trying to ruin her little sister’s first sleepover by hovering over the party, reminding sis that she’s more grown up than you, Northside Piers lorded over the Edge’s sales office opening […]

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[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] This is the spring gorgeousness in Owls Head Park in Bay Ridge as captured by frequent GL Photo Contributor, photographer Deborah Matlack. Many more such scenes to come Brooklyn-wide in the next couple of weeks by the look of trees starting to bloom.

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We’ve seen toilets put out for disposal on the sidewalk before and they do make for good photos sometimes. However, they also invite people going on the street to sometimes make use of the facilities rather than the sidewalk. In stylish black, no less.–New York Shitty

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We have always believed that Greenpoint offers the most comfortable and intact street furniture, and today’s submission from Miss Heather, does nothing to disabuse us of the notion. It comes from Java Street and really looks like the kind of furniture that invites take a load off.

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We’re seeing some bright sun early this morning at the Brooklyn Weather Observatory with an early temp of 51. The forecast calls for early shower, which already seem to be past, then clouds and some partial sun. The high will be 61. Tonight is supposed to be mostly cloudy with a low of 43.–Accuweather

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Despite all the recent headlines about the Atlantic Yards Stall and the demise of Miss Brooklyn, Frank Gehry says his signature tower is still alive. He lays the news on the Brooklyn Paper, which caught up with him at last night’s controversial Brooklyn Museum Gala. Of Bruce Ratner, Mr. Gehry says “He really does want […]

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One of the most exciting Brooklyn events this weekend is the debut of Brooklyn Flea from our friends at Brownstoner. It’s a rain or shine event on Sundays from 10AM-5PM and there will be more than 200 vendors, some of them on a rotating basis. We’re talking new designs from local artists as well as […]

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The development team behind the building at 340 Court Street came to Carroll Gardens last night and faced a fairly hostile and skeptical neighborhood crowd as they explained their plans for a 70-foot tall building that will include 14 townhouses on Union Street and on Sackett Street. Apartments will range from studios to four bedrooms […]

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