In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear…on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise. People walking or biking alone have been attacked with punches, kicks — and in one case, a baseball bat — and then had their cellphones […]

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[Photo courtesy of vidiot/flickr] This photo certainly manages to capture the unique joy that is stuffing dozens of hot dogs into one’s mouth in ten minutes. As everyone most likely knows Joey Chestnut beat Takeru Kobayashi in a kind of sudden death overtime, after the two champs ended up tied at 50 hot dogs each […]

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Here are some vids posted to the YouTube of yesterday’s Hot Dog Eating Contest at Nathan’s in Coney Island.

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The Windsor Terrace Alliance will be having its next meeting on Tuesday, July 15 at 6:30 PM at Bishop Ford High School in the auditorium (enter on the corner of 19th St. and 10th Ave.). Here are some of the topics that will be covered: Free summer children’s programs in Windsor Terrace, the local mosquito […]

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[Photo Courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Photo Pool] Here’s the scene in Coney Island before the big eating contest yesterday, as contributed to our GL Photo Pool by Rubys Host.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory it is overcast. The Post-Fourth of July forecast calls for it to be “mostly cloudy and humid with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm.” The high will be 78. Tonight will be “cloudy most of the time with a shower or thunderstorm around” and humid.–Accuweather

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[Image courtesy of Dietrich/Flickr] Joey Chestnut won the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest today again. Besting Takeru Kobayashi in a five hot dog tie-breaking eat off. It was the first tie breaker necessary in the long history of the competition. The ten-minute regular competition ended with 58 dogs downed by both.

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If you’re heading out for fireworks tonight, the obvious Brooklyn viewing spots include the Brooklyn Promenade, Furman Street under the BQE and Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park. There’s room for a lot of people between all these spots, but it’s a fair bet it’ll be extremely crowded. Further upriver, East River State Park in Williamsburg is […]

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If you’re in Red Hook tonight or want to head there for a non-Ikea-related reason, definitely go down Van Brunt Street and check out the Mark van S Studio at 384 Van Brunt. The people behind the “What’s the Hook?” photo show are projecting images of Red Hook on the building after dark. What’s the […]

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[AP Photo courtesy of Coney Island History Project] We return to our Brooklyn Back in the Day series of historic Brooklyn photos with one that is entirely appropriate to July 4. This is a photo from the Coney Island History Project–whose website is worth checking out and whose facility on Surf Avenue under the Cylcone […]

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Hausman Street in Greenpoint is one of those streets where nearly every house sports an American flag. What better way to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July than from Greenpoint, via these photos from Miss Heather. [Photos courtesy of Miss Heather]

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Here’s another video posted by Hunter-Gatherer that has a lot of footage of Brooklyn in the 1980s. It comes from a film about the making of Last Exit to Brooklyn, which was released in 1989 and set in the 1950s. Great, great stuff.

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Perhaps the Green Boroughs Walking Tour of Park Slope green businesses would be of interest? It will take place on Sunday, July 27. Per an email: The Green Boroughs Walking Tour of Park Slope will take you to the newest, coolest, greenest retail stores, green buildings, community gardens, parks and other green places in Park […]

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Yes, we’re very heavy on Coney items on this Fourth of July, but why not? Here are some vids from Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contests of the past:

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Given that it’s July 4, why not a list of upcoming Coney Island events, starting with today’s big show, the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, which starts at noon: July 4 at 12:00 pm Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Stillwell and Surf Avenues July 19 Village Voice Siren Music Festival on two stages: one on […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Another pretty Coney Island sunset placed in our GL Flickr Pool courtesy of Rubys Host.

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We found this via Kinetic Carnival, which is turning today and to which we wish a very happy birthday and offer our congrats for two wonderful years of superb and vital posts on Coney Island. We love you!!! The poster on YouTube writes: “This is bonus footage from the movie End of the Line. This […]

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[Photo courtesy of Sustainable Flatbush/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a chalk drawing expressing love for Brooklyn…uh “Brookln” put into our GL Photo Pool by Sustainable Flatbush.

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Right now, it’s cloudy and some light moisture has been falling on and off outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory. At some point the sun is supposed to come out, then there will be a chance of thunderstorms, making for some exciting fireworks watching possibilities later. The high today will be 82. Tonight will be mostly […]

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The GL reader who sent us this pic of this way busted fire hydrant on Grand Street in Williamsburg between Wythe Avenue and Kent Avenue called it “fire hydrant trying make a getaway (it actually points almost directly to williamsburg’s 212 fire house that was closed a five years ago).”

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Newtown Creek Cruise. Sunday, July 13 – 9:30 – 12 noon – with Jack Eichenbaum. This canalized creek, a tidal arm of the East River, forms the boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. Join us to cruise what […]

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This isn’t a Brooklyn story, but it’s a privacy issue of concern to anyone that’s ever watched, uploaded or posted a YouTube vid. (Which is pretty much everyone reading GL.) Given that we upload vids and that we post them often, it’s of great interest and it’s pretty horrifying: a Federal judge has ordered Google […]

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With the raucous Coney Island Scoping Hearing an amusing memory, it’s worth noting that it is still possible to submit written testimony about the Coney Island rezoning proposal. While are appropriate, the scoping process determines the study of the proposal that is done, so specific comments related to what the city should study in terms […]

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“From East River views to local craft brews, Brooklyn does Fourth of July right. During the Battle of Chicken and Beer at the Brooklyn Lyceum, the fried chicken is endless, the Brooklyn Lager is all-you-can-drink, and the break dancing should not be attempted at home…For the Williamsburg set, Artland has soul on the turntables, meat […]

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Herewith a selection of shows in Brooklyn through this holiday weekend compiled by Dan Bennis: Friday 7/4/08 Jalopy: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, La Cumbiamba eNeye, The Quackatorians, Juan Medrano Cotito (Latin) $17, 4:00pm Union Hall: 4th of July BBQ–The Sweet Divines, Brownbird Rudy Relic (Indie) $15, 6:00pm Barbes: Conjunto Guantanamo (Afro-Cuban) $10, 9:00pm […]

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