Perhaps a Maypole dance in Gowanus would float your boat? We got an email from Proteus Gowanus about one they’re having on Sunday, May 4 at 3PM. There’s nothing we can add to what we received, so we’ll simply go to the copy and past: A Dance Around the Maypole: proto-speed-dating and the ancient rite […]

[Read more →]

A GL reader who’s been following our Spring photo series and caught yesterday’s pic of the fallen Magnolia blossoms on Prospect Park West, sent us this lovely photo from Gravesend along with the reminder that Spring is by no means finished. We agree, except that the Magnolias come and go too fast.

[Read more →]

There was a big commotion on Fourth Street in Park Slope between Sixth and Seventh Avenues yesterday with the NYPD, FDNY and Hazmat teams in place. The incident inovlved the death of a 65-year-old man, apparently by cyanide.–Gothamist & Brownstoner

[Read more →]

It was parked on N. 6 Street in Williamsburg when we found it. We have no idea.

[Read more →]

The sky as observed outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory early this morning is cloudy, but one definitely sees the potential for more sun. The forecast calls for “increasingly amounts of sunshine” and a high of 66 that will feel like 70. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 54. Right now, there are […]

[Read more →]

Lost pet situations make us sad, so when we come across them or they’re sent to us, we help out by posting them. If our efforts help reunite one pet and person, we’ll be happy. This one came in yesterday from Williamsburg: She was found Sunday 4/20 morning running in McCarren Park. If this is […]

[Read more →]

The Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall, which had been used by residents as a kind of community bulletin board since last year, disappeared last week behind the big blue construction fence for the controversial 360 Smith development. While it’s unclear if the blue fence will end up serving the same purpose or just get plastered with […]

[Read more →]

It’s been an eventful, if not tumultuous month or two, for the Gowanus Canal and Gowanus. Last week, the Hudson Companies was picked to develop the polluted Public Place site. Earlier, Toll Brothers unveiled their plan for a big Gowanus development and their intention to leapfrog the city planning process. A new gallery opened on […]

[Read more →]

1) Aperitivo, the new Italian offering on Fifth Avenue from the owners of Seventh Avenue’s Sotto Voce, is open. We found it jammed on Friday night and open to the beautiful spring night air. Chalk it up as an instant smash hit. 2) The much publicized Barrio on Seventh Avenue had a teaser opening on […]

[Read more →]

After last last week’s excitement about the selection of the Hudson Companies to develop the toxic Public Place site as Gowanus Green, we swung by to check on the progress of pre-cleanup work there. Concrete is being dug up and removed from the site, leading to neighborhood concerns about what will happen if/when contaminants are […]

[Read more →]

The CORD group in Carroll Gardens brought a letter writing effort in support of a proposed zoning text amendment to redefine narrow “wide” streets as narrow ones to the subway plaza at the Carroll Street Station over the weekend. The letter seemed to be getting a good response from passersby as we looked on. It […]

[Read more →]

There was a lot of irony and disagreement this weekend about the role that Exxon (and Forest City Ratner) played as sponsors of the Go Green Greenpoint Earth Day event in McCarren Park. Exxon is responsible for the monstrous oil spill under Greenpoint along Newtown Creek, less than one-third of which has been cleaned up […]

[Read more →]

Among the many places that the Brooklyn parrots are establishing themselves is Red Hook. (Perhaps the Gowanus crew, which we understand have flown the coop, has relocated.) The GL reader who sent the image above report: I saw an odd bird in a tree in the park on [specific location removed to protect the birds]. […]

[Read more →]

Kif, a Middle Eastern restaurant, recently opened in the space that was occupied by Liquor at 219 DeKalb Avenue. “Finally! After so much positive reader feedback, I was able to hit up Kif on Friday evening. I know many people loved Liquors, but to be honest, I was never really that into their food or […]

[Read more →]

We checked out progress on The Rabbit Hole, the new spot opening at 352 Bedford (between S. 3 and S. 4), and managed a glimpse at the new interior, which we have to say looks pretty damned nice. The new place comes from the owner of Bedford’s departed Read Cafe, Laurence Elliott. It will have […]

[Read more →]

There is good news and bad news to report at the big Karl Fischer building site at Roebling and N. 9 Streets in the Burg. First, the good news: the Stop Work Order on the project was quickly lifted. Now, the bad: the fence is wide open (again). And, the good, again: on Sunday the […]

[Read more →]

We had actually stopped to take a photo of a development on Bedford Avenue that has finally lost its construction fence after about two years of work when we spotted this message on some plywood in a future window. After the revolution we’ll all have health insurance, which is good to know.

[Read more →]

Brooklyn does have another amusement park besides Astroland and Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. It’s not in Coney Island, although there is a big Joe Sitt development nearby. “Adventurers Family Entertainment Center has taken over the park formerly known as Nellie Bly amusement park. The group running this endeavor formerly operated Adventurer’s Inn in Queens. Thankfully […]

[Read more →]

This poster, which we came across on the G Train platform at the Metropolitan Avenue stop, has more annotations than one can possibly even show or get into. So, we’ll just settle for the big picture commentary. If you’re into this sort of thing–and the G Train seems to have an inordinate amount of it–Miss […]

[Read more →]

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Assault on African-American in Crown Heights Raises Concerns [Sun] Killing at Crown Heights House Party [NYDN] Brooklyn Tech Ranking Drops [NYP] So, Now, Ouroussoff Criticizes “Distorted Reality” of Project Renderings [AYR] History of the Greenpoint Starbucks [Lost City] With Brooklyn Independent Television in the Park […]

[Read more →]

Here’s Jackie O, which is pretty new on N. 9 Street in Williamsburg, near Roebling Street. It’s the work of Dain.

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] This photo of Washington Cemetery, the sprawling burial ground that is traversed by the F Train, McDonald Avenue and Bay Parkway, and the soccer fields beyond comes from GL Correspondent Anna Lewis.

[Read more →]

We got an email from the Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn, which is looking for photos for its website. They write: “OSA would like to showcase your work on our website (which is being substantially improved). We will consider photos relating to any aspect of any park/greenspace/waterfront in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. We welcome recent […]

[Read more →]

This bike on McGuinness Boulevard has clearly seen better days. It is one of the hundreds around Greenpoint and Williamsburg in various states of deconstruction or bending and come from the digital camera of Miss Heather.

[Read more →]

Looking out the windows of the Brooklyn Weather Observatory right now, it’s hard to see how clouds are going to give way to sun, yet that is exactly the forecast for today. Maybe things will be more clear by noon. The high will be 62. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 46. […]

[Read more →]