Today is the Park Slope Parents Sixth anniversary and they are celebrating and also pointing to a PSP thread from several years ago about swinging. Meanwhile, earlier today, Racked had an angry rant from a Sloper who took a $14 cab ride and found the Red Hook Ikea to be out of the crib she […]

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The 2008 edition of the grandest Brooklyn street fair of them all, the Atlantic Antic, has been scheduled for October 5, per an initial report on the Brooklyn Heights Blog. The 34th annual edition will be happening on Sunday, 10/5 from 10 AM – 6PM and it will take place along with the New York […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Given that the weekend now ended wasn’t an ideal beach weekend, GL Contributor Deborah Matlack says that she and her camera were diverted to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden for some shooting of photos. This lovely pic of a lotus at the BBG is one of the results.

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Yes, the 121st Annual Feast at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, aka the Giglio, starts today. It runs through July 20. While the feast itself involves a lot of street food, games and rides, the highlight are the two Sunday “dances” of the incredible Giglio statue. They take place on Sunday, July 13 and 20. […]

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Today’s New York Times profile of eatery entrepreneur Jim Mamary and his partners delves into the topic of the controversial Hoyt Street oyster bar which was the subject of an epic and bitter struggle with the community. On the one hand, they say the hassle cost them money and was very personal and they’d never […]

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“In October 1902, the owners of this grand new structure in recently developed Crown Heights took out several ads in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, informing the public that ‘the word ‘hotel’ has a new meaning.’ The copy seems very sincere. ‘Perhaps you have not associated the two ideas of ‘hotel’ and ‘home.’ In the St. […]

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Another children’s shop has been born on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, filling in one another one of the gaps on what we had called the Block of Death because of all of the empty storefronts over the winter. Carmen’s Exclusives for Children has been open for a bit, but we swung by in order […]

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By most accounts (and photos), the first Summer Space event on Montague Street was thinly attended. It did happen over the July 4 weekend on a fairly unpleasant day, which probably accounts for some of the small crowd. The sponsors are trying to spin the event–which we actually think is a great idea–as a success. […]

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Yesterday it was raccoons. Today, we have roosters, courtesy of a post on Brooklynian: So, this morning at 7:30 I’m walking towards the subway at 4th and 25th. At 24th and 5th there’s a gas station. I just walk onto the gas stations parking lot when ” cock a doodle doo!” is screeched RIGHT BEHIND […]

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The movie series in Brooklyn Bridge Park is starting on Thrusday. The schedule is above and here’s a bit from an email we got about it: This coming Thursday, July 10th at 6 PM, brooklynradio.net will be at Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, providing music for Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s Movies With A View series. For […]

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This is an image from the NY Times Metro Section from July 9, 1998. It’s posted on the Fading Ad Blog, which is one of our favorites. Period. We got an email from Kevin Walsh of Forgotten NY, who produces another one of our very favorite websites, which said: “I read this and said, I’m […]

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Eight groups have submitted bids for Starrett City, all of them significantly lower than the ill-fated $1.3B bid made last year for the affordable complex that was resoundingly rejected last year. “The winner, in all likelihood, will be a nonprofit housing company, rather than the kind of private equity firms and large developers that have […]

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The tear down on Driggs Avenue between N. 10 & N. 11 Streets to make way for Phase II of the former Roebling Oil Building, which is a Karl Fischer building called Warehouse 11, continues. The name of the new project on the sign is Driggs Place, but it’s an extension of its neighbor. The […]

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There’s some great unofficial news from Coney Island passed on by Kinetic Carnival: Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink, which had a debut in the spring, will be open on weekends through the rest of the Coney Island season at the historic Childs Building. Kinetic Carnival reports that it will open on July 19 and be […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Relatives of Woman That Died at Hospital Deserve “Just Payment” [NYDN] · Appeal Filed in Atlantic Yards Environmental Review Case [AYR] · Grandma Defends 5-Year-Old Firestarter [NYDN] · Is Staten Island’s St. George the Next Williamsburg? [Gothamist] · Landmark Bank on Montague Sold for […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] Here’s a striking and altered image of the Gowanus Canal between Hamilton Avenue and Ninth Street. It’s an interesting take on a very active industrial part of the Canal.

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Consider this earthmoving tractor thing in Prospect Park the antidote to “site-specific art installations” as it really is nothing more than a rotting piece of equipment. But what if it was art? “The artist would have to produce a statement saying things like: ‘Earth/Mover IV continues my exploration of ‘found’ machines and manmade structures in […]

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[Photo courtesy of Listen Missy/GL Photo Pool] This image comes from Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus and was contributed to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by Listen Missy! If you’re not a pool member and contributor, do consider joining. We’d love to see your pics.

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“I live in Carroll Gardens and my landlord advised about 2 weeks ago that a Raccoon was spotted on our fire escape and to watch our windows. Well last weekend it paid me a visit and broke though the screen and entered my apartment going after my birdcage and frightening one of my birds to […]

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This contribution to our GL Photo Pool comes from weenieart and captures some sidewalk sale action on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The obligatory strollers are included in the sale, of course.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, another hot, muggy day is brewing. Today’s forecast calls for it to be “partly sunny, very warm and humid; a couple of afternoon showers and a heavy thunderstorm.” The high will be 88 and it will feel like 97. Tonight will be “mostly cloudy with a couple of showers and […]

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There are many facets to this work by Obey that is on S. 1 Street in Williamsburg between Kent and Wythe Avenues. It’s attached to the Streb Dance Company’s building, which is surrounded by the ongoing construction of the 80 Metropolitan project. What’s of interest in this case and renders it more than average street […]

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Here’s a street couch we found waiting for pick up in Carroll Gardens the other day. Nice specimen.

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Actually, it’s the storefront where stained glass was uncovered recently that will become a liquor store. It’s been converted for shooting for the film I Hate Valentine’s Day, which has been shooting locally in recent weeks, mainly in Windsor Terrace. The blog Shooting in Brooklyn, which covers film shoots, has some great pics of the […]

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Go canoeing on Coney Island Creek, which has both natural life and the fascinating remains of sunken ships. It takes place on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13 at Noon. To register call (718) 421-2021 after 9:00 a.m. on July 7.–Kinetic Carnival

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