This comes from a construction fence on Keap Street in Williamsburg on the site of some new condos going up. Actually, there are condos and rental units going up all around it.

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Holy craWow. It’s only a few weeks until the Brooklyn Book Festival comes around again. This year’s event is scheduled on Sunday, September 14 from 10AM-6PM. It will take place a Borough Hall. Much more later, but for now, we’ll copy and paste from the email: Major free public event: Joan Didion, Richard Price, Jonathan […]

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[Photo courtesy of vuduzuvunt/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer calls this “Love all around, except on bills.” It comes from Red Hook.

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“Safe Haven Bar and Grill just opened in BarBQ’s old space on 6 Ave and 20 St. Last night was the ‘grand opening’–very packed, good crowd, good beer (it was a Six Point fest), good music, and free food for the opening–catfish fingers were delicious. I hear that the kitchen’s not yet open, but I […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flckr Pool] We suggest you click here to view this photo at a larger size. It is superb. It comes from lornagrl via our GL Flckr Pool.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning, we’re seeing perfection. The forecast calls for a mostly sunny day with a high of 83. Tonight will be clear with a low of 67. Can’t get much better.–Accuweather

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We like the way these flowers on Ainslie Street in Williamsburg sort of blend nicely with the painted brick behind them.

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We’re calling this one the Brooklyn Fish Camp Leather Sofa because we found it outside Brooklyn Fish Camp on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. It’s definitely more of a Slope couch than a Williamsburg or Greenpoint model.

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Here’s a fun segment from WNET in 1998 about a Brooklyn sign painter. Enjoy.

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1) The Baluchi’s that we reported more than a year ago that will be coming to Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is still on its way. We think. The interior (pictured above) is still a mess and has a long way to go, but the grates were up yesterday on the two storefronts the restaurant […]

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Here we go again. “Astroland’s co-owner says she won’t put the storied Coney Island amusement park’s rides up for sale just yet, despite issuing an ultimatum that she would do so if she was not offered a lease for 2009 by Friday. ‘I’m just kind of in this holding pattern,’ Carol Hill Albert told amNewYork […]

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Last week, we put up a pic of the building we consider to be the ugliest most utilitarian of all the Karl Fischers in Brooklyn. The building is 525 Union Avenue and it’s on the market as a luxury rental building. People are already moving in. Windows have finally been added to what had been […]

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Newish Brooklyn Blog Pistols and Popcorn has been putting up some fun posts. Her latest is about a trip to an amusement park called Adventurers, which is the former Nellie Bly Amusement Park in Southern Brooklyn. Here’s a bit of the post: Having never visited Bensonhurst, I had no idea where we were headed when […]

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Here’s a very cool vid showing to two recent thunderstorms over Clinton Hill. A must for fans of lightning strikes.

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Smith Street clothing, accessories, shoes, jewelry and etc. retailer Bird is now open on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. The new store opened its doors recently and is located at 316 Fifth Avenue, which is between Second and Third Streets. Bird is also opening a big store on Grand Street in Williamsburg.

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It rarely gets better than this: Frank Gehry has been booted from the job of designing the Theater for a New Audience in the BAM Cultural District in Fort Greene, but found out about it via a call from a New York Times reporter. The theater’s director, on the other hand, says the de-Frankification of […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Killer Elevators: Overhauls Delayed at 24 City Projects [NYT] · Daniel Squadron Gets Backing of Anthony Weiner in State Sen. Race [Sun] · Memory of Detective Led to Bust of Brooklyn Granny Mugger [NYT] · Corrupt Ex-Judge Wants a Break [NYDN] · Brooklyn Teen […]

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While it’s not the last concert at McCarren Pool, a short-lived, yet somewhat glorious era in the neighborhood’s history comes to an end this weekend with the final Pool Party produced by Jelly NYC. Yo La Tengo will close out the festivities. The show is actually a fundraiser for Barack Obama. Admission is free, but […]

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Our old friend 360 Smith Street, (aka Oliver House), which was stopped in its tracks by the Zoning Text Amendment in Carroll Gardens that limited the height of buildings to 55 feet on “narrow” streets is back in action in a sense. The Department of Buildings had hit it with a Stop Work Order because […]

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A new food pantry opened in Flatbush yesterdeay. Called the Client Choice Food Pantry, it’s located at 2241 Church Avenue. There’s actually a special food distribution for clients today from 9:30am-1:00pm. The regular schedule for the pantry will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30am-1:00pm. It’s operated by CAMBA. Per an email: According to the Food […]

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[Photo courtesy of wzrdreams/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a gorgeous sunset captured earlier this week at McCarren Pool toward the end of the summer concert era.

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“I used to work for one of the two advertising (now there is only one) companies that do gorilla advertising here in NYC . There is very little thought put into those ads placed out there on the street and in your face, well less then you would think. These types of ads are part […]

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[Photo courtesy of mikebny/Gl Flickr Pool] Here’s a bit of a Park Slope Fifth Avenue summer scene courtesy of our GL Flickr Pool.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, we are seeing all the ingredients of a gorgeous late summer day. The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high of 84. Tonight will be clear with a low of 67. Perfect for that evening walk and, perhaps, outdoor dining.–Accuweather

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