We have got to say that in watching hundreds of poorly built condos go up over the last five or six years in Brooklyn, we’ve rarely seen a piece of crap as flimsy looking as the gem we call the Giant Fart Cloud Building, because it replaces a cabagge processing factory that used to give […]

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We found this tacked to a tree on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope yesterday. At first, we thought it was a real Missing Person flier, because, God knows, we’ve sadly seen our share of those around the Slope and the rest of Brooklyn this year. Then, we we looked more closely at the photo, the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] We’ve fallen a little behind in posting from our photo bank because of the holidays, but we love this shot that contributor Deborah Matalack sent of the McGovern Florist on Fifth Avenue across the street from Greenwood Cemetery. For some fascinating history on this building from Ruth Edebohls of CUE, […]

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A collection of reliquaries created by 5th-graders called Kids Collect! is on view at the City Reliquary from 12/17 to 1/13. The City Reliquary and PS 132 in Williamsburg, got together to teach and help the kids make their own reliquary: Each child turned a cardboard box into a “reliquary” and gathered small personal objects […]

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[Photo courtesy of jackszwergold/GL Flirck Pool] Just looking at this makes us miss the good old days of spring when one could nod off comfortably on the beach.

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We got an email from a reader asking what to do about recycling Christmas trees, which reminded us that we refused to run information about Mulchfest before Christmas. (Trees left at the curb are also supposed to be recycled by the Dept. of Sanitation.) This year, Mulchfest will take place on Saturday, January 10 and […]

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We call this one “Beauty is Our Business,” even on the sidewalk in Boerum Hill. We came upon this old school beauty shop hair drying chair in front of a brownstone on Dean Street. It was not in front of a beauty shop, but whoever owned had clearly no longer had a use for it. […]

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I have to admit, as a kid I took “Home Ed” class and learned some needlepoint. It worked out well in my Goth High-school years when I embroidered cobwebs into my jeans. Embarrassing as that is, you too can now teach your kids the art of needle-craft, why not, it’ll keep them off their damn […]

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[Photo courtesy of New York Public Library] Here’s a shot of good old Prospect Park West after a bit of a snow in January 1978, about 31 years ago, give or take.

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All righty. This one was brought to our attention by correspondent E.C. Stephens with the simple comment “snap!”. It was posted the Friday after Christmas, which makes it even more fun. It really is quite something for a Missed Connection although it doesn’t sound like anything was actually “missed” here: We fucked and you know […]

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There is some drama and/or intrigue to report from Community Board 1, the always interesting body that covers Williamsburg and Greenpoint and deals with some very contentious issues. One of the most contentious recent ones is the status of bike lanes in the neighborhood and, in particular, those on Kent Avenue running through the Hasidic […]

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Pretty darned spectacular during yesterday’s spring-like weather.

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Amy Haimerl, the co-director of the Red Hook Dog Association, gave up the good news that a petition many residents, dog lovers and supporters have signed succeeded at swaying Community Board 6 to extend the hours of Coffey Park from 10-11pm (for all park goers), and designate Coffey Park as the 89th off-leash park in […]

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Perhaps you recall GL Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens report before Christmas about the return of Maria’s Bistro which had become Mercado Social. Yeah, we know you can’t tell the players without a scorecard. What comes next from our readers, however, makes this potentially the most tawdry and scandalous Park Slope restaurant stories of the year. […]

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[Photo courtesy of Captain Nemo/Coney Island Message Board] We woke up yesterday to a sad email from Tricia Vita of the Coney Island History Project, saying “my collage was stolen!!! thank you for posting info about the shrine. collage was stolen overnight. it happened overnight….” She directed to photos posted by Captain Nemo showing that […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] It the “Culver Viaduct” between Smith-9th Street and the Fourth Avenue Station.

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Tips, photos and information from readers are the lifeblood of GL, just like other blogs. So, send us your tips. We always love hearing from our readers when they see or hear something interesting of get an interesting photo of something going on in their neighborhood. We like to span Brooklyn so all neighborhoods are […]

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[Photo courtesy of bklynpolar/flickr] Of all the photos of the December 27 Polar Bears Club swim at Coney Island, we were drawn to this one for obvious reasons. Love in freezing cold water. It moves us. There’s a full photoset here.

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Yes, it’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our absolute favorite GL Feature, CL Missed Connections. Correspondent E.C. Stephens tracked this down for us and we’ve been sitting on it for days. Read it and you’ll know why we love it: you tried to run me and my suitcase over with your bike – m4w […]

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] This used to be the John Street Pier in Dumbo.

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[Photo for Gowanus Lounge by Deborah Matlack] We’ve been so busy the last week running photos of the depressing goings on in Coney Island that we didn’t have space to post this gorgeous shot sent to us by contributor Deborah Matlack from a week ago when the boardwalk was covered with ice. Aren’t those winter […]

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Green Grape in Fort Green is offering some champagne tasting tomorrow. Here’s the email they sent us: As in champagne (and, this year, 5 sparkling wines under $30). We are having our sixth annual pre-New Year’s champagne tasting on Monday, December 29 from 5-7pm at the Brooklyn wine store at 765 Fulton between South Portland […]

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[Photo courtesy of mikkime/GL Flickr Pool] Yes, this is the way it looked in the Burg yesterday looking toward the city.

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[Photos courtesy me-myself-i/flickr] Some people have started a small memorial “shrine” for Astroland on what was the main boardwalk entrance gate. We got this email from Tricia Vita of the Coney Island History Project: Today a friend and I made a shrine on Astroland’s Boardwalk gates. In the photos you can see our collage and […]

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