Hey, it’s “Get on the Water Month” with four days of free canoeing on the Gowanus and four days of free kayaking in Red Hook, among other things. Here are some highlights of an email from the Gowanus Dredgers: AUGUST 15, Friday 6:00pm-8:00pm. Red Hook Discovery Tour and Shoreline Cleaning. Enjoy a canoe or kayak […]

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[Image courtesy of oh, poppycock/flickr] This bus has been making the rounds in Brooklyn, including numerous sightings in Prospect Heights reported over at Brooklynian. It appears to be this bus, which was just purchased from Ben & Jerry’s.

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Where to go for a picnic? Here are some suggestions (along with where to get food and drink nearby). Say for instance: “6/15 Green Community Garden, on 6th Ave. between 15th and 16th Sts. in the South Slope. This lush patch’s tables and chairs are open to the public Saturday mornings and Thursday and Sunday […]

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Not much is known about the rather large under-construction development on 4th Avenue between Douglass and Butler streets, and there’s a good chance details about the project will remain obscure for the near future, at least from street level. The site is now fronted by a tall aluminum fence instead of the standard-issue wood construction-site […]

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Forgotten New York wanders over to N. 10 Street in Williamsburg this week, a spot that we’ve chronicled every inch of and that we know so well that we know when some graffiti changes. Kevin Walsh writes of this street that still blends the old Burg with the new and is still the epicenter of […]

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One way to tell that a proposal has problems is when opposing politicians both are fighting it. So it is with the proposed Marine Transfer Station in Gravesend Bay. “Opponents are concerned that construction of the plant requires dredging Gravesend Bay, where they say potentially hazardous pollutants deposited there during the three decades the city’s […]

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Yes, Dylan is doing his thing at the Bandshell in Prospect Park tonight and the ticket bazaar is in full swing. General admission lawn seats are in the $140-$200 range on Craigslist, with most closer to the $200 end of the scale. Actual seats are upwards of $200. Tix on Stubhub go up to $565 […]

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: &#183: More on How the Downtown Rezone is Pushing Out Small Business [NYDN] · Dancer Hit by Car in Bed-Stuy [NYP] · Announcement About Gowanus Whole Foods Coming Soon [Brownstoner] · Still A Lot of Car […]

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A special GL Seventh Avenue Correspondent reports some hot new Seventh Avenue Park Slope retail news. The last empty storefront on what we’d call the Seventh Avenue Block of Death, the strip between Second and Third Streets that at one point had four empty storefronts, is being filled. Our Special Correspondent spoke with very informed […]

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The Great Park Slope Public Sex Debate continues. First, there was the report of the “Upsetting Incident” at the 15th Street F Station being the recipient of a sex act performed by someone who apparently resides at the Women’s Shelter at the Park Slope Armory. Then, there was a follow-up discussion suggesting that public sex […]

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[Click to expand] Remember when the Department of Transportation said that alternate side parking regulations might be suspended in Park Slope for much of the summer while signs were changed and the melodrama that ensued? Well, DOT is way ahead of schedule and the process has gone so smoothly in Gowanus and part of Carroll […]

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[Photo courtesy of Curbed; click to expand] Yesterday, Lockhart Steele, the founder of Curbed who is putting up a whole lot of cool posts over there this week, had this exclusive photographic gem of 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, a building and development that we’ve followed quite closely. When 184 is finished, which is promised […]

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[Photo courtesy of hungrymadchen/GL Flickr Pool] This image comes from Seventh Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Heights and is courtesy of hungrymachen in our GL Flickr Pool.

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We are not finished with stormy weather. Today will be partly sunny with a high of 82, but there will be showers and thundstorms “around.” Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 68.–Accuweather

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It’s been there on a wall in South Williamsburg for a bit, but we like the way the street art mixes with the summer vegetation.

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And now, a selection of some musical happenings from today through Wednesday in Brooklyn, paying special attention to tonight’s free Jill Scott show at Wingate Field: Monday 8/11/08 MLK Concert Series, Wingate Field: Jill Scott. Free! 7:30 PM Jalopy: Country Blues Jam–Bring your fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] Here’s an angle on the Friday night Coney Island fireworks that one doesn’t often see and that’s really cool. It comes from the Belt Parkway from the camera of GL Contributor Deborah Matlack. [Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography]

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Movies Under the Moon actually started last week, but there another showing in the series tonight with The Astronaut Farmer playing. Here’s a bit of the hot description of the series from the press release: This August, as summer draws to a close, Williamsburg’s hottest and soon-to-be largest residential condominium development, The Edge, and the […]

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Fans of odd, abandoned Williamsburg real estate, know the corner of N. 7 & Berry Street well. It’s been the site of an abandoned gas station and services station for a long time, with its peeling, old Mobil sign making an interesting juxtaposition against new condos like Karl Fischers Seven Berry and, of course, the […]

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We have to say this is the first time we’ve ever seen a nasty smell in a subway station as a Craigslist Missed Connection. This is about the sewage stink that has plagued a station on the G Line. We go to the copy and past: M.C. WITH A DECENT SMELLING SUBWAY STATION – 28 […]

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[Photo courtesy of hungrynadchen/GL Flickr Pool] This magnificent image, which juxtaposes religious icons with South Florida-style lawn ornamentation is priceless. It comes from Crown Heights at Schenectady and Eastern Parkway. C’est magnifique.

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[Photo courtesy of Tricia/Coney Island Message Board] The latest Summer of Hope attractions brought to Coney Island by Thor Equities, several blow up rides places in the big empty lot at Stillwell Avenue, are not necessarily being warmly received by the Coney Island crowd. Tricia on the Coney Island Message Board writes: The Summer of […]

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Yesterday, we ran an item circulated via Park Slope Parents about someone getting oral sex on a staircase at the 15th Street F Train station, and re-ran it this morning because we had server problems yesterday (again). There is follow up and react as well, including an email suggesting that it’s about poverty. Here goes: […]

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· Brooklyn Bands Shut Out of Art Under the Bridge Fest [NYDN] · Brooklyn Georgians Concerned Over Conflict at Home [NYT] · Strong Place Church Looking More Like a Condo [Lost City] · Of Course, It Helps If DOB Actually Inspects Things [NYT] · Brooklyn Bedbug Complaints Up 1,900 Percent Since 2004 [McBrooklyn] · NYPD’s […]

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[Image courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] The Ikea in Red Hook was one of those projects that created strong opinions on both sides: among those who said it would destroy the neighborhood and those who thought the benefits would outweigh the problems. Two months later, the neighborhood isn’t gridlocked, but the store has definitely […]

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