Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Bed-Stuy Library Reopens After $2M Renovation [NYT] · Second Indictment in Brooklyn Construction Death [NYP] · Two Brooklynites Get Presidential Medal of Freedom [NYDN] · DDDB Asks State Board to Reconsider Atlantic Yards Approval [AYR] · Sunset Park Firehouse Work Underway [Brownstoner] · A […]

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We were waiting to see what was going to happen at the Mermaid Parade this year, particularly given the fact that its founder Dick Zigun is now very publicly against the city’s revised development strategy. Yesterday, the first shoe dropped: This year’s Queen Mermaid, Savitri D, (King Neptune is the Rev. Billy) is going to […]

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Do people in Williamsburg care about their food? “Absolutely. The majority are NYU-student dipshits who are buying their clothes at Urban Outfitters and are living here because it’s cool.” (Do not click if butchers holding pig heads upset you.)–Grub Street

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Cranford Rose Garden Timelapse at Brooklyn Botanic Garden from Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Vimeo. We found this via Brownstoner yesterday afternoon, which found it via Flatbush Gardener. It is a time lapse of the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and it is very, very, very cool.

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Summer begins at 7:59 PM tonight and, of course, today is the longest day of the year, per the 2008 Equinox and Solstice map, time zone by time zone. Happy Summer!!!–Archaeastronomy

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[Photo courtesy of Mirabelle Studios] Here is the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which is blooming beautifully right now and providing many rose photo ops. The pic of the crowd comes from artist and GL Contributor Gary Mirabelle.

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The weather outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this longest day of the year and first day of summer. There will be “More sun than clouds with a shower or thunderstorm in the area this afternoon” and a high of 78. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 64.–Accuweather

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The Astoria Federal Savings Bank at 10th Street and Fifth Avenue was robbed today, which led to what at first appeared to be an evacuation of MS 51 on Fifth Street and Fifth Avenue a short time later. (It was later noted that many students were outside at the time of the incident and the […]

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The sound checks of the massive system setup in Prospect Park’s for tomorrows blockbuster Metropolitan Opera show were echoing for many, many blocks in Park Slope yesterday, and now, a GL Correspondent reports that the ballfields will be closed for some extra time because setup activity caused some problems. Per our correspondent: “So much damage […]

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This Obey poster, which has been decorated with the always popular pink cloud and lightning bolt, is on Dunham Place near Broadway in South Williamsburg.

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Our friends at Racked are bringing news that Seventh Avenue’s Bird is leaving its nest for a new spot on Fifth Avenue. Per Racked: “We’ve just received word that owner Jennifer Mankins will be shuttering the current Bird Park Slope (at 430 Seventh Ave) to open another Slope store on bustling Fifth Ave.” The Seventh […]

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How often does this happen: You check out the lineup of the city’s free outdoor concerts — SummerStage, Prospect Park’s Celebrate Brooklyn, JellyNYC’s Pool Parties, the Seaport Music Fest, Siren — and don’t recognize half the bands’ names. So for our latest mix we asked Matt Tyson of the fantastic, and fabulously revamped music site […]

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[Photo courtesy of superkb/flickr] This will be one of the last street fairs we post about until the Atlantic Antic because we have reached the point where we are officially over them. That having been said, Sunday (6/22) is the “Smith Street Sunday Funday” fair. It runs from 11AM-6PM. From an email about it: There […]

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[Photo courtesy of Julie Lemberger/Dusan Tynek Dance Theater] The Brooklyn Lyceum is abuzz with Czech choreographer Dusan Tynek’s latest dance creations. His seven-person, Brooklyn-based company presents two works, “Fleur-de-lis” (2007) and “Apian Way,” a premiere. The new “Apian Way,” set to partitas and sonatas by Bach, is inspired by the social interaction of bees and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] We posted about the Saturday block party on Dean Street yesterday, but can’t resist this photo put in our GL Photo Pool by Tracy Collins that shows construction work on Dean Street plus a flier for the block party. Most of the buildings on the left are slated to come […]

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So, a guy lost his Blackberry at the Isaac Hayes show at Celebrate Brooklyn last week. He got it back. Here, per the Brooklynian thread, is what happened: I lost my Blackberry during the Isaac Hayes show in Prospect Park. I just got it back today, this morning from the guy who works watching the […]

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[Photo courtesy of s5r5h/flickr] Do read the words that accompany this photo, which is titled “Ikea Madness”: ok, so i HAD to go to the opening of the brooklyn ikea. got there on the b61, my usual bus home. this time i stayed on to the end. it dropped you off right at the front […]

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[Photo courtesy of subatomicfilms/flickr] Trees have been coming down here and there in the storms we’ve been having and, as usual, parked cars are among those paying the ultimate price. This photo posted to flickr by subatomicfilms who also has some Ikea opening frenzy shots posted up. The fallen tree and crunched car are from […]

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Here’s a short vid shot yesterday on the esplanade behind the new Ikea in Red Hook.

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“The designy walls have been finished and ready for coloring at the Coney Island USA building. They plan to be open provisionally in time for the Mermaid Parade, though the interior may still be in the process of completion.”–Kinetic Carnival

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Want to see any musicals? A new TKTS Discount Ticket Booth will be opening on July 10 at MetroTech in Downtown Brooklyn. Translation: tix for Broadway, Off Broadway, music, dance and Brooklyn performing arts events at discounts available Downtown. The booth will offer tickets for same-day evening shows and matinees the following day for up […]

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“First came the elation – then the frustration. Customers love the Ikea furniture, especially the low prices. But lo the assembly! The Daily News hooked up with college professor Yvonne Mullings as she took her brand-new $69.99 Malm- a white three-drawer bedroom chest – flattened down tight into a bulky brown box, into her Brownsville, […]

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These two buildings are 146 and 150 Broadway in Williamsburg, near Bedford Avenue. The rat poison signs went up on them a while ago, which is always a sign of impending change. Building plans were approved four years ago for a seven-story building at 150 Broadway, but the property was later sold. In any case, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · The Horror in the Aftermath of a Little Boy Killed in Brooklyn [NYT] · Guy with Gun Runs into Cypress Hills School and Hides [NYP] · Of Course: The Crappy Cake School Prank Idea Came from MTV [NYDN] · Markowitz Says Brooklyn Has “Friendly” […]

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Herewith, a selection of shows coming up in Brooklyn today through Sunday. Thursday 6/19/08 BAM Rythym & Blues Festival at Metrotech: The Skatalites – Free, 12:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: Shearwater, Frog Eyes, Evangelicals $13 advance / $15 day of show, 9:00pm Union Pool: Jezebel Music: Cassettes Won’t Listen, Zigmat, Boys & Girls Club, Whole […]

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