[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlatck] Here some of the last of that fast-disappearing fall color in Prospect Park courtesy of valued contributor Deobrah Matlack.

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One of the hottest with our friends at Park Slope Parents is still the Berkeley Carrol School’s decision to close its (money making) child care center. (Mind you, the tuition is over $20K a year.) There is a group organizing to try to save a center that can be contacted at savebccc (at) gmail (dot) […]

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Sometimes it can feel good when an attractive female steps on you in her high heels. So good that you write her an MC, which brings us to our Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connection of the week: To the beautiful girl in grey high heels who stepped on me – m4w – 26 (downtown express union […]

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Next Saturday (11/22) from noon-3pm, Sustainable Flatbush and Freecycle™ New York City will be at the PS 217 playground (1100 Newkirk Avenue at Coney Island Avenue) to sponsor Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, a big ole swamp meet! Bring your reusable clothes, knick knacks, appliances… anything you got but want to get rid of for someone […]

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Well, the Christmas snowflakes aren’t just up on Seventh Avenue some of them have experienced premature illumination. Oops. We caught this one last night around First Street.

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[Photo courtesy New York Public Library] We return to our long dormant Brooklyn Back in the Day series of pics of our borough way back when with this 1909 shot of the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza. There are one or two recognizable landmarks.

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] A shot taken yesterday. Per the photographer: “Photo of me with Manhattan Bridge in the background, as reflected by a trash-can lid.”

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“Just shut up and pay it.” How many times have we heard this? It’s a long standing concept the government thrives on, understanding that it actually costs us more to go down to the prospective governmental office or courtroom and contest said fines and defend ourselves than the cost of the fines. So, contesting the […]

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And, now, it’s time for one of our favorite weekly features, the GL Adoptable Cutie of the Week: This weeks adoptable kitties are brought to you by the Empty Cages Collective a great rescue organization that saves cats, dogs, bunnies and even birds. Up for adoption are 3 wonderful kitties in need of a warm […]

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This vid, which features Lou Reed’s classic Coney Island Baby with pics of Coney Island almost brings tears to our eyes on a rainy and kind of sad fall Saturday morning. Watch it. It’s very pretty and evocative with Lou signing about the glory of love and that the city is a funny place, you […]

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[Photo courtesy of A Year in the Park] If you’ve wandered about Prospect Park, then surely you must have set your sights on the lovely Litchfield Villa on the western side of the park. If not, for shame. It’s kinda hard to miss since it stands on one of the highest points in the park […]

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Affordable Rentals in Bed Stuy [Bed Stuy Blog] East River State Park Closing for Winter [Brooklyn 11211] Bushwick’s BETA Spaces Art Shows and Open Studios Photos [BIB] Fire Ravaged Gristedes to Re-open in Brooklyn Heights [BHB] Only Six More Brooklyn Flea Markets This Season [Brownstoner] The Bushwick Craft Beer Invasion [BushwickBK] Greenpoint Finds Another Novel […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Is there nothing more beautiful in a chillingly industrial way than our own Gowanus Canal? Local artist and GL Contributing photographer Gary Mirabelle offers all the proof in this pic than anyone will ever need.

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Ah, Chinese food. The quintessential cuisine for any New Yorker with an empty fridge. If you google for a Chinese restaurant in New York City, you get over 13,000 restaurants from which to chose. How many of those places you think cater to vegetarians? Vegans? Sure, there are some in Manhattan… but in Brooklyn… not […]

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/GL Flickr Pool] One of our favorite buildings in all of Brooklyn, the Boathouse in Prospect Park, looks beautiful in all seasons, especially fall.

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The next step in the Municipal Art Society’s Imagine Coney effort–which is bringing to together designers to develop a vision for redevelopment–will take place on Monday, November 17 at 6:30 PM at the Bamcafe at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. They will be presenting some initial results fo their work. Also, they will be having […]

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This is 246 Bedford Avenue, a development that we’ve featured many times, and never for a good reason. We poked our camera inside to take a look at progress, and there has been some since this time last year when the front door open to a two-story deep pit we dubbed “The Door of Death.” […]

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We never knew that closing sidewalks in Wiliamsburg was Republican propaganda until we came across this sign on Union Avenue. Now we know.

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Have you taken the New York Water Taxi ferry to or from Ikea in Red Hook? Well, now you can, via the magic of this YouTube vid sent to us by a GL Reader. Happy sailing.

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Standing at 43rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, you can look at any of three corners and see great architecture alongside a microcosm of the neighborhood’s history. On the southwest corner of Fourth stands one of the most distinctive and saddest structures in Sunset Park. Originally the 18th Precinct Station House and Stable, […]

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Today our friends at Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog take a look at Frankie’s 457 Spuntino on Court Street, a place that really needs no introduction. Frankie’s 457 Spuntino is a charming, cozy little place on Court St., deep in the heart of Carroll Gardens. The inside is all brick and warm tones, with […]

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Sunset Park – The Old Neighborhood. Sunday, November 16, 2-4:30 pm – with Joe Svehlak. Our tour guide grew up here in the 1940’s and 50’s. Join him for a walk up and down the tree-lined row house streets of New York’s largest National Register District. Enjoy the spectacular harbor views from the 22 ½ […]

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There were several reports yesterday of “brown, stinky” tap water in both Park Slope and Sunset Park. The Slope reports came from Garfield Place, Carroll Street, Second Street and 6th Ave and 1st St. The Sunset Park report came from 40th St and 5th Ave. Uh, some sediment being stirred up in pipes?–Brooklynian

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