Check out yesterday’s storm from the dramatic viewpoint of Shore Road in Bay Ridge.

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We came across this tidbit about how the MTA is now taking B61 service issues more seriously because of Ikea in the course of an entirely different email discussion on the Brooklyn Baby Hui (Williamsburg parent) group about petitioning the MTA to make buses more stroller friendly. Here’s the bit about the reviled B61 we […]

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Those new bike lanes on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint are proving popular for many purposes and uses, including–you guessed it–parking. A GL reader who was using the bike lanes for bicycling, sent us a big series of photos featuring people who are using the bike lane for parking. He writes: “All of these pics were […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · A Deadly Weekend in Brooklyn & Other Waters [NYT] · Convert Empty Spaces at Williamsburg House’s to Apartments? [NYDN] · Where Mobil Station Stood, Now an Empty Lot [AYR] · Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Goodness [A Year in the Park] · Car Culture III […]

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“Brooklyn’s Maimonides Medical Center regularly flaunts fire-safety regulations and permits revolting accumulations of sewage and mold, according to a lawsuit filed by a former executive. Patricia Abrams, the one-time assistant vice president for human resources at Maimonides, says she was fired after she blew the whistle on illegal, dangerous and nauseating conditions at the hospital, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Forgotten NY] For anything and everything that there is to know about Canarsie, go to the latest installment of Forgotten New York, where Kevin Walsh has outdone himself with two pages of words and photos about the Southern Brooklyn community. Here’s some history: Canarsie, which is located between Paerdegat Basin on the […]

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The search was called off for a little girl presumed drown in Coney Island on Saturday evening. Ten-year-old Akira Johnson vanished around 5:30PM on Saturday while swimming near W. 23rd Street. She “was one of seven presumed drowning victims during a weekend of mayhem at city and Long Island beaches. The drownings appear to be […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This pic manages to capture some of essence of the Surf Avenue scene in Coney Island. It comes from lornagrl, whose Coney Island photography is, in a work, superb.

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“We went tonight with our 2 year old and honestly there were no such events. When I asked the guy taking the tickets where I could park my stroller he looked at me like I was from another planet.”–Stroller Olympics at Cyclones Game Today

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/GL Flickr Pool] There were some fairly dramatic bolts of lightning snaking out the sky during yesterday’s storms. This is one of them, touching down in Carroll Gardens. Woodendesigner, who dropped this into our GL Flickr Pool, writes: “So I stepped out into my front yard to check out the storm and […]

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Right now, it’s cloudy outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory but today’s forecast is calling for a partly sunny day with a high of 87 (and none of yesterday’s weather drama). Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 62.–Accuweather

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Astella’s 18th Annual Sand Sculpting Contest took place on the beach yesterday and produced some very cool displays of sculpted sand as it does every year. Check out Rubys Host and lornagrl for more pics of the scene. There was also an Arm Wrestling Championship yesterday and you […]

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There is very sad news at Coney Island where a ten-year-old girl drowned around W. 23rd Street and her cousin was rescued yesterday. “Akira Johnson and her cousin Tyriek, also 10, were swimming about 5:30 p.m. Saturday when they were pulled under by the currents. Lifeguards responded, but were able to rescue only the boy, […]

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We don’t know what to make of this post on Brooklynian and the allegations it contains except to say that it’s disturbing. Most Park Slope resident know the people that sell fruit at Seventh Ave. & President Street. This is about some alleged abuse that was going on yesterday: On the way to the subway […]

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We have been very remiss in not mentioning “The Cyclones Love Park Slope Night” at KeySpan Park. It happens today at 5PM and is full of Park Slope gimmicks like valet stroller parking and a “stroller olympics. The Cylcones website has a full rundown on the activities (and we’d love to have been on hand […]

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This Sunday Brooklyn Missed connection is short, weird and to the point. It is also the first one we’ve ever seen that concerns antlers in some form: i asked “where’d you get those antlers?” – m4w – 25 (redhook) then sometime later you pretended to run me over in your van at the stop sign […]

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Here’s a selection of vids shot at last Saturday’s Siren Festival in Coney Island. Enjoy.

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[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent passes along this image of a rather fascinating neighborhood moth that’s hatched in the hot weather in the spirit of our on-and-off focus on natural Brooklyn things.

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This photo, which weenieart calls “alignment” does, indeed, show that it is. But what will happen when the manhole cover is eventually lifted?

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory there are more clouds around than sun right now. The forecast for today calls for some strong thunderstorms in places and “humid with periods of clouds and sunshine.” The high will be 85. Tonight will be humid with more storms around and a low of 71.–Accuweather

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There’s a public hearing on the appeal of the Board of Standards and Appeals decision allowing the Finger Building in Williamsburg to continue. (The Finger Building, on might recall, has been stalled at ten stories for nearly two years, with an ugly dispute taking place about whether it has been built illegally or might actually […]

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As we noted earlier in the week, there was a “Beach Brawl” at Beer Island on Thursday night in which members of the FDNY and NYPD boxed. We have to say that combining the phrases “Summer of Hope” and “Beach Brawl” together in the same press release seemed a little odd, but we digress. Blogger […]

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Not only is the new Bank of America branch on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope open, but the Five Guys Burgers has opened as well. We saw a fair sized crowd inside yesterday lined up for burgers and such, a large number of them moms with kids. On a related note, the Tea Lounge on […]

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This Chinese character comes from a door on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg where it appeared recently. If anyone knows what it is or means, let us (again, politely) know.

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Here’s a vid with a lot interesting historical Coney Island stills that will appeal to one’s inner Coney lover and sappy nostalgia person. Worth a quick whirl.

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