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Entries from April 2008

Brookspring: Falling Petals

April 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Brookspring: Falling Petals

We’re reached that sad time when many beautiful blossoms start coming down, like these on Prospect Park West.

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Tags: Brookspring · Park Slope

Public Service Announcement: Did You Lose Her?

April 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Public Service Announcement: Did You Lose Her?

A GL reader writes that “A few caring and concerned Brooklynites, found this dog around Smith and 9th Streets. After having almost been hit by a couple of cars, this dog was rescued and is now being cared for in a temporary foster home. We are posting fliers in hopes of reuniting her with her […]

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Tags: Animals

Protesting Exxon Mobil’s Sponsorship of Go Green Greenpoint

April 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Yesterday’s protest against Exxon Mobil’s role in helping to sponsor the Earth Day event in McCarren Park, was quite visually interesting and attended by some media and the police. Here are a few photos posted to flickr by amc_. The company’s role was controversial, of course, given the huge spill of oil under Greenpoint that […]

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Tags: Environment · Greenpoint Oil Spill · McCarren Park

Disconnected on Craigslist: Hot Dude in Tight Pants on the L

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected on Craigslist: Hot Dude in Tight Pants on the L

Yes, it’s Sunday and that means it is time to return to that ocean full of ships passing in the night known as the Craigslist Brooklyn Missed Connections. The instant we saw this entry, we know what we had to do: Hot Dude on the L train – w4m – 25 (L Train)this morning around […]

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Tags: Missed Connections

Bklink: Burning of the Bread

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Burning of the Bread

Check out the pics of the pre-Passover Burning of Leavened Bread on Wallabout Avenue in South Williamsburg. If you’re unfamiliar with it, you can also read about it here.–Fading Ad Blog

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Tags: Shortlink · Williamsburg

Burg’s Purple 53 Hits California

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Burg’s Purple 53 Hits California

[Photo courtesy of purple53.com] We got an email from Angel Hess, the man behind the Purple 53 Truck that was parked in the lot at Bedford and N. 11 Street in Williamsburg for a year before going out on the road again. He is now in the Golden State, writing, “Hey I made it to […]

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Tags: Williamsburg

On the Sofa: GL Reader Comments

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on On the Sofa: GL Reader Comments

Every week, we take a look at comments left by our readers during the previous seven days. Here’s a selection from this week: Carroll Gardens Rumor Mill: “Pro-Development” Petition? “I respectfully disagree with your choice of words calling Buddy Scotto an ‘activist’ unless you mean by that he is active in encouraging large-scale, greedy developers […]

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Tags: On the Sofa

Gl Sunday TV: The Bedford Avenue Dancer Collection

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Gl Sunday TV: The Bedford Avenue Dancer Collection

Here’s a huge set of vids by and of Matthew Silver, aka the Bedford Avenue Dancer. He has his own website bcfools.com and emailed recently to say “I’m trying to making Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn into a circus by slowly weaving the local characters, the people I see there every Sunday, store owners, the […]

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Tags: Sunday TV · Williamsburg

Brooklinks: Sunday Cheesecake Edition

April 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Cobbler’s Row in South Williamsburg [NYT] Grandfather Killed in Crown Heights DWI [NYP] ‘Belt Parkway Killer Set Free’ [NYDN] Getting the Ballfields in Shape [GerritsenBeach.Net] Street Tree Walking Tour Next Sunday [Sustainable Flatbush] Hair Returns Center, Ditmas Park [Fading Ad Blog] Big New Food Coop [Ditmas […]

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Bklink: Earthquake

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Earthquake

Remember the Brooklyn Earthquake of 1985? “On Saturday, October 20, I was sleeping soundly in bed when suddenly the bed started shaking violently enough to wake me up. I looked up and the lighting fixture above was swaying back and forth. It lasted just a few seconds and I drifted back to sleep.” There are […]

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Tags: Shortlink

Brookspring: Finished Springing

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Brookspring: Finished Springing

Spring is done springing at JJ Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Trees on the Fifth Ave. side of the park are in full greenery and Spring’s work is clearly done here.

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Tags: Brookspring · Park Slope

Bklink: School Spirit

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: School Spirit

We don’t know how we missed this gem, but we did until Dave Hogarty at Gothmist picked it up: Seven students at Park Slope’s MS 88 hid in the school until everyone was gone on Monday. Then, they “stuffed papers and books into a microwave in the teachers’ lounge and turned it on to start […]

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Tags: Park Slope · Shortlink

GL Photo Du Jour: Little Red Car

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Photo Du Jour: Little Red Car

Kent Avenue, Williamsburg

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Tags: Photo du Jour · Williamsburg

Upcoming: BUST Magazine "Craftacular" at Warsaw

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Upcoming: BUST Magazine "Craftacular" at Warsaw

BUST Magazine is having its “Spring Fling Craftacular” at Warsaw in Greenpoint next Sunday (4/27) from 11AM-9PM. They’ve had “Holiday Craftaculars” there in the past. Here’s a bit from the email: BUST Magazine¹s first ever Spring Fling Craftacular is set for Sunday April 27, 2008. After 3 years of enormously successful and Folio award winning […]

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Tags: Events · Greenpoint

Brookspring: Slope Blossoms, Continued

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Brookspring: Slope Blossoms, Continued

This blossomly beauty comes from Lincoln Place, across the street from the beautiful Montauk Club.

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Tags: Brookspring · Park Slope

Bklink: Some Clouds & Some Sun

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Some Clouds & Some Sun

Today’s forecast is a tough one. The conditions outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning are gloomy, just as they have been since last night when we watched clouds and fogs roll dramatically over the Verrazano Bridge. On the other hand, the forecast does call for “times of clouds and sun” with a high of […]

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Tags: Shortlink · Weather

Say What–Herkimer & St. Andrew

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Say What–Herkimer & St. Andrew

This bent up sign comes from Herkimer and St. Andrew in what either Bed-Stuy or Crown Heights depending on one’s view of the neighborhood lines of demarcation. It was sent our way by Miss Heather, naturally.

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Tags: Bed-Stuy · Signs Under Siege

Symbolism: Exxon is a Sponsor of McCarren Park Earth Day Event

April 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We woke up this morning to an email from a group called The Change You Want to See, that was widely distributed by the New York Action Network point out that today’s Go Green! Greenpoint Earth Day festivities in McCarren Park have a number of interesting corporate sponsors. We’ll start with the most ironic of […]

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Tags: Evnironment · Greenpoint · Greenpoint Oil Spill · Williamsburg

Adoptable Brooklyn Cutie of the Week: Seven Up

April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Adoptable Brooklyn Cutie of the Week: Seven Up

Here’s another adoptable pet of the week from the Brooklyn Animal Rescource Coalition (BARC) shelter in Williamsburg. The cutie above is named Seven Up. Here some info about her: This is “Seven Up”. She was named for the seven puncture wounds she suffered, most likely caused by a dog attack. She’s about 8 weeks old […]

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Tags: Adoptable Cutie · Animals

Bklink: Dracula Power Plant

April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Dracula Power Plant

TransGas is still trying to get approval for a power plant on the Williamsburg Waterfront, and the document it sent out this week is a classic. “The release uses phrases like “zeal to appease” former Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff,” “suicide mission to sacrifice” the future, charges of pandering to “well-heeled, largely white” gentrifiers and more. […]

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Tags: Shortlink · Williamsburg

A Brookyn Apple Store is Confirmed, But Where?

April 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A possible Apple store has been bandied about for many locations in Brooklyn, including the Edge in Williamsburg and various locations downtowns. So far, they’ve only been rumors. Well, ifoAppleStore confirms that inside sources say Apple will be opening two NYC stores. One will be at 23 Wall Street and the other…will be in Brooklyn: […]

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Tags: Uncategorized

Bklink: Soundfix

April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Soundfix

The situation faced by Soundfix, the music store in Williamsburg that sometimes hosts performances, is as alarming as it is strange. It has been targeted for “violation upon violdation” by a variety of city agencies, some of which allow potentially life-threatening situations at construction and demolition sites around the corner to go on unchecked.–Brownstoner

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Tags: Shortlink · Williamsburg

Ikea Water Taxi Service Replacing Red Hook Fairway Stop

April 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

When Ikea opens on June 18 and New York Water Taxi begins offering free weekend service from Pier 11 in Manhattan to the new store, the new eco-friendly dock will replace service that had been going to the Van Brunt St. dock behind the Fairway. What service? Well, it’s been suspended since December. The dock […]

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Tags: Ikea · Red Hook

Brooklinks: Saturday a Little Visual & Quite Lite Edition

April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Brooklinks: Saturday a Little Visual & Quite Lite Edition

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Photos: Mr. Sign [Bluejake] Another Finger Grows in Brooklyn [Atomische] Sunset Park/Bay Ridge Walk Photoset [mandaclose/flickr] Pear Blossoms [Brooklynometry] Sheepshead Bay Photoset [Dalton Rooney/flickr] Cyclone [ms. squegee/flickr] Words: Con Ed Admits It’s Demolishing Landmark Kent Ave. Power Plant [INSIJS] Ratner E-Newsletter Wants Readers to “Reach […]

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Brookspring: Bleeding Hearts

April 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Brookspring: Bleeding Hearts

[Photo courtesy of Anna Lewis] These are flowers in Park Slope that come to us courtesy of GL Correspondent Anna Lewis. She notes that the pink ones on the left are called Bleeding Hearts.

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Tags: Brookspring · Park Slope