There is a report posted on the Prospect Heights Forum at Brooklynian of a missing parrot: I am looking for my Parrot. He flew out of my apartment building on St. Marks Ave.. between Classon and Franklin on the 4th of July. We miss him very much and hope that he is ok. If anyone […]

[Read more →]

The long-running mystery at Verandah Place in Cobble Hill was solved recently when an eatery called Ted and Honey finally opened. Our faithful Carroll Gardens/Cobble Hill correspondent pass by and reports: “Combo gourmet deli and salad case and light fare and brunch menu. Packed this weekend.”

[Read more →]

One of our favorite Brooklyn blogs, Bed-Stuy Banana, is still posting in July, though on a reduced vacation schedule. Today’s post returns to a favorite themes–the memorial murals in Brooklyn remembering people that have died. As always, they range from simple to involved. Check them out.–Bed-Stuy Banana

[Read more →]

We wouldn’t normally post a pic of a car that’s for sale, but this is no ordinary car. This is a ’58 Chevy that anyone who knows the area between about N. 9 and N. 12 Streets and Bedford and Wythe Avenues in Williamsburg has noticed at some point. Now, it’s up for sale for […]

[Read more →]

Here’s a fun vid posted to the YouTube in the last couple of days called “We Go to Coney Island.” We were pointed to it by Kinetic Carnival.

[Read more →]

Root Hill Cafe on 4th Avenue and Carroll had its second weekly open mic event last night. Performers over the past couple of weeks have included singers, comedians, a magician and a harmonica player. The coffee shop is holding the open mics every Monday starting at 8 p.m. Check it out.

[Read more →]

This year’s edition of the Giglio Feast in Williamsburg will be more surrounded by construction than usual. In fact, it’s fair to say it will be nearly hemmed in by construction on the north and northwest in what we’ve called the Williamsburg Triangle of Death because of its wide open construction and demolition sites that […]

[Read more →]

Yesterday, we posted a Park Slope Parents email from someone that was part of a group in Prospect Park that had gotten a ticket for having an open bottle of wine. There’s a post on Brooklynian from someone with the same issue, but we don’t know if it’s related to the Big Park Slope Parents […]

[Read more →]

Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Five year old sets fire as revenge to “kill Grandma” [NYP] · Raccoon Sightings Way Up in Brooklyn, Elsewhere [NYT] · $25M Suit Over Kings County Hospital Death [NYP] · Bloomberg Not Very Free Market on Atlantic Yards [AYR] · Yes, as We’ve Noted: […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of chicapoquita/flickr] Anyone who knows Greenpoint knows the site and, uh, smell of the Newtown Creek Waste Water Treatment Facility, which collects crap from far and wide. It has many distinctions, not the least of which is its long standing dysfunction and the epic and ongoing $2.3 billion upgrade that it is getting. […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of itsnothatfar/flickr] From Windsor Terrace we learn that Julio was around, if not exactly there. The pic comes from itsnotfar via the GL Flickr Pool.

[Read more →]

“That same night, as on most weekend nights, there was a brawl outside the Lucky 7 bar across the street, and when i woke up to this crime scene i was hardly surprised. the fighting and shooting (several since i’ve lived here) around that bar has become commonplace. for all the police attention from a […]

[Read more →]

[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This photo from GL contributor and local artist Gary Mirabelle totally captures the feeling of leaving Prospect Park after a concert, at least, without being in the middle of a thick crowd.

[Read more →]

What else is new? Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning it’s looking the same as it does many days with early morning sun that is a precursor to a hot day. It will be 90 today and will feel like 98. The forecast calls for it to be partly sunny and humid with an […]

[Read more →]

Seen yesterday at a photo shoot in Williamsburg at N. 10 and Wythe. Simply drape yourself seductively over the motorcycle and smile.

[Read more →]

Here’s a really nice time lapse of the Brooklyn Bridge posted in the last couple of days to YouTube. Pretty photography and effect.

[Read more →]

We are waiting for the website for the Brooklyn condo with our favorite name to go live. If the decorative elements in this window on Bond Street, and the Andy Warhol prints hanging from the walls are any indication, Satori will be with us any time now. Satori, for those following the development of Bond […]

[Read more →]

We know that bars in residential parts of the neighborhood tend to really upset Carroll Gardens residents, but how about TV commercial for Microsoft? Would an Apple shoot tick off fewer people? In any case, Thursday is Bill Gates Day on Carroll Street.

[Read more →]

Yesterday, the Times took note of the Crest Hardware Art Show, which has been much blogged about. It’s run has now been extended through July 24 and, yesterday, this video tour of the Burg’s most off beat art show was posted on the YouTube. Back in June, Jen Carlson ran a Q&A on Gothamist she […]

[Read more →]

We’re not sure what’s going on with this one, but we overlooked it yesterday in doing our weekly Sunday Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection and, well, they need to be posted. We’ are just going to go directly to the copy and paste, staring with Craigslist Missed Connection Number One: You gave me your panties… – […]

[Read more →]

Okay, it’s not called the BOG Building, but that’s what we’re calling 35 Havemeyer Street, because part of the site was, until recently, the outdoor dining area of the Brick Oven Gallery, one of our favorite little spots in Williamsburg. The Brick Oven Gallery now has tables outside on Havemeyer and the lot is going […]

[Read more →]

The weekly (for summer) Montague Street pedestrian plaza experiment debuted yesterday and at 3PM the crowds were…well, there wasn’t a crowd. There was a fairly empty street. Maybe it was the weather or that it was July 4 weekend or already late in the afternoon.–Brooklyn Heights Blog

[Read more →]

And, now, a selection of Brooklyn shows from today through Wednesday: Monday 7/7/08 BAM: Afro-Punk Festival — Hollwood Holt, Tim Williams, Shala, Proton, Sky Hy (Punk, Indie). Free!!, 4:00-10:00pm Tuesday 7/8/08 Union Hall: Experimental Philosophy Book Release Party w/ performances by: Shaun Nichols & Joshua Knobe (Philosophers), Eugene Mirman (Comedian), Alina Simone (Musician). $8, 7:30pm […]

[Read more →]

Those who thought that Kellogg’s Diner at Union and Metropolitan Avenues in Williamsburg was going away were very, very wrong. This is the New Look Kellogg now that the scaffold and construction from a big renovation that started after the diner shut down in April have come down. The New Kellogg is a silver chrome […]

[Read more →]

This is the scene yesterday morning around 11:15 AM on S. 1 Street east of the BQE in Williamsburg. The NYPD was gathering evidence from a car with a bloodied up door after a shooting. Gothamist Newsmap showed a shooting at S. 1 St. & Maujer, about a block from this scene. Much of the […]

[Read more →]