Are you a member of our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool? Please join, because we’d love to see and post your photos. Join the pool and also tag your photos “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of nine6sevenfour/flickr] We ran a photo from this series yesterday, but we’re so taken by them, we were moved to feature another one […]

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There are clouds and what looks like the threat of continued rain this morning outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, but the forecast calls for some improvement over yesterday: “Intervals of clouds and sunshine; areas of fog this morning, then becoming less humid.” The high will be 84. Tonight will be clear with a low of […]

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It sounds like somebody has a very, uh, hot nanny in Park Slope. This story is making the rounds. It originally appeared on I Saw Your Nanny and now is the subject of a Brooklynian thread. Let’s just say there are many people who would have like to have seen this performance at Harmony Playground […]

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Our favorite local film series, Rooftop Films, returns to the roof of the Old American Can Factory at Third Avenue and Third Street in Gowanus tonight (6/14). Tonights program is INDUSTRIANCE Short Films: Eminent Domain. Shorts program co presented by XO Projects. Dynamic short films about communities in flames and on the cusp. Then, next […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Boy Hit by Van in Marine Park [NYP] · Teacher Job Fight at Closing Brooklyn High School [NYDN] · Meet Elsie Freeman, Age 110 [NYP] · Rep. Kucinich Asks IRS to Wait on Atlantic Yards Finance Approval [AYR] · Block Parties and Curmudgeons [Bed-Stuy […]

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“Some would say that the recent rash of posting on the message board Brooklynian is an ominous sign for the once thriving Brooklyn periodical. A poster going by the handle AWP11201 has posted thirteen new threads in a single hour consisting of direct cut and pastes of the leading line and a link to the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] You get two guesses as to which Brooklyn neighborhood this collection of cups and other things come, and if you say “Greenpoint,” you are quite correct.

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“One week, two more hotels planned for Gowanus.” Part of warehouse on Third Street is being converted to a hotel and a lot of DeGraw Street between Third and Fourth Ave may become a 10,000 square foot property. All told there are nine hotels underway or planned. You must check out the Gowanus Hotel District […]

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[Photo courtesy of nine6sevenfour/flickr] There’s no indication where nine6sevenfour, who put this nice image into our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool, shot it other than “Brooklyn,” but it’s very cool. If you haven’t joined our flickr pool yet and started tagging your photos “gowanuslounge,” please do. We’d love to see your pics and to post some […]

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Never let it be said that the lack of Certificate of Occupancy or, even, a Cabaret License is an obstacle to a good neighborhood club as a very good time could apparently be had at Studio B’s new rooftop garden. “Yep. They’re sure paying attention to the fact that they have no cabaret license and […]

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Here’s a very nice vid of Isaac Hayes performing Shaft at Celebrate Brooklyn on Thursday night.

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“Brooklyn music venue Luna Lounge has been closed since April, and it doesn’t look like they’ll ever open again. Not as Luna Lounge anyway. As you can see by the sign that is posted on the door of 361 Metropolitan Avenue (AKA LUNA LOUNGE), ‘Knitting Factory Entertainment plans to open a bar w/ live music’ […]

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[Photo courtesy of amb*r/flickr] There’s no indication of which neighborhood these backyards are from, but the photo does manage to pick up the essence of spaces that are hidden from the view of everyone but the people that live in the buildings.

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We are seeing the makings of a warm day from the Brooklyn Weather Observatory. The forecast calls for it to be “very warm and humid with times of clouds and sun.” The high will be 88 and it will feel like 93. Tonight will be “Mostly cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] This is how they have fun on West Street in Greenpoint on sultry pre-summer days–against a building wedged into the shade, sitting in a tiny child’s pool.

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We got a reminder about a screening of Lavender Lake, a documentary about our favorite Brooklyn canal, the Gowanus, via both the Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus (FROGG) and the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association (CGNA). The screening takes place tonight (6/13) at 7:30PM at Spoke the Hub, which is located at 295 Douglass Street […]

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Given the fact that we always enjoy a focus on construction safety, there’s something compelling about this YouTube vid that shows two-by-fours crashing down in South Williamsburg. Heads up.

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There’s a 5K Run/Walk for Public Elementary Schools sponsored by the Brooklyn PTA tonight. Here’s a bit from the release: Parents, students, and teachers come together to run, raise funds, and protest budget cuts. Hundreds of parents, students, and teachers will meet up in Prospect Park to run, walk, and stroll 5k for Brooklyn’s public […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Park Slope South – Southern Exposure. Sunday, June 15 – 3-5 pm – with Matt Postal. Explore Park Slope’s numbered streets, heading south from the Litchfield Villa. Both older and more architecturally varied than the blocks to […]

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“In conjunction with the mayor’s plan to make New York City a more sustainable environment, Transportation Alternatives is pushing to take the 2007 automobile restrictions to the next level by making Prospect Park completely car-free. In fact, Car-Free Prospect Park is one of Transportation Alternatives major campaigns. If all goes well, Prospect Park will be […]

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The excellent Coney blog Kinetic Carnival, which covers Coney like no other, is reporting that the popular Coney Island fishing pier “could be closed off to the public as early as end of this June. And the boardwalk end of Labor Day.” KC writes: The city had originally planned to begin repairs on the strip […]

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There are not one, but two, street fairs in Park Slope this weekend. The first, the Brooklyn Pride Festival, takes place on Prospect Park West between Ninth Street and Bartel Pritchard Square on Saturday. The second one, the Seventh Heaven fair on Seventh Avenue will take place on Sunday. The Seventh Avenue Fair is huge, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Alex Richman Photography] There’s a new summer treats option in Windsor Terrace. Per photographer Alex Richman, who sent his photo and this info: “New ice/gelato place went up on 16th street off of Prospect Park West in Windsor Terrace. Its called Lia’s. It is next to Brooklyn-Real real estate and liquor store. […]

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Here are some images from last night’s Opening Reception for Celebrate Brooklyn. Several hundred people turned out at the event, which raised more than $300,000. Isaac Hayes spoke briefly and there were remarks by a host of officials, including Borough President Marty Markowitz. The bandshell was dedicated in honor of the late Harvey W. Schultz, […]

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