We know that the art on the right is a Dain, but the Chinese character on the left has popped up in a few places around Williamsburg over the last few weeks. If anyone knows what it is do (politely) let us know.

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The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market is launching on Sunday at 12PM on Myrtle Avenue between Grand and Emerson Streets. An email we got said it will be “Featuring artisans and vendors with a fresh, urban perspective, and live music by exciting young artists and bands including: CX Kidtronik Afrika Bambaata Slick Rick Game Rebellion Millsted […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tedious Relative/Gl Flickr Pool] It’s, you know, very close to perfect. This image comes from the Greater Gowanus Metroplex and was put in our wonderful GL Flickr Pool by Tedious Relative. Are you a member of our pool? If not, please join and contribute some photos. We’d love to see them and […]

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Who knew that Sheepshead Bay could look so tranquil and zen, although we do know that it can look very non-New York City with its sailboats and swans and its fishing fleet. It’s also got plenty of that old fashioned Brooklyn grit from pollution to dead bodies washing up. “I’ve gone out on fishing boats […]

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This severed sign comes from Seventh Street in Gowanus.

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Our server has been experiencing on-and-off downtime all morning. We apologize for any inconvenience. We’ll be posting items this morning as we can. Right now, the problems are resolved and will, hopefully, stay that way for more than ten minutes.

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This image comes from the blogger behind 66 Square Feet. She writes, “This lovely lily, probably Lilium henryi, one of three, is on the north side of Wyckoff between Court and Smith.”

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this July Saturday morning it is sunny and nice. Today’s forecast calls for sun mixing with some clouds and a high of 88. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 71.–Accuweather

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This is a sunflower growing on N. 11 Street near Berry in Williamsburg, which is not a particularly verdant swath of Brooklyn. We particularly like the way the color of the sunflower blends with the construction equipment in the background.

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There’s a “Go, Go, Gowanus” walking tour tomorrow (7/26) at 11AM from the Municipal Art Society. Per an email we received: Explore the wide banks of Brooklyn’s most famous canal. Before crossing one of the oldest retractile bridges in the United States, we’ll visit the Carroll Gardens Historic District, a singular brownstone enclave distinguished by […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is one of those pictures that manages to capture the essence of Coney Island. It’s shot on the Latino part of the boardwalk, where people gather to eat, drink, dance and listen to music. It’s Coney’s coolest summer-long party. The photo comes to us from Brit in […]

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The demolition of the former Albee Square mall, which was once owned by developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities, and is now slated to become a retail-office-residential complex with a massive high rise, has provided many interesting photo ops as the original structures have fallen. There’s only a small part of the former mall left […]

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Passengers on the L train speeding through Williamsburg and Bushwick seldom stop to think about one of the most unique and little known cemeteries in New York as they pass by. But if you look out the window at Wilson Avenue before reaching Broadway Junction, there it is. Close to the train tracks, with the […]

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Yesterday, we posted an email about living in Brooklyn without a car from the Park Slope Parents list that a community-minded reader had dropped into our inbox. Today, we have one of the responses to that email that bubbles over with energy. Check it out, because it’s that good: When I read your post title […]

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Are you ready for the natural disaster that will someday come our way? Particularly for the hurricane that could render Brooklyn a flooded hell? Most of us aren’t. Here’s a post from a Park Slope resident on Awearness that got us to thinking about the unpleasant again: I’ll come right out and say it: If […]

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“Our Beloved Brooklyn Leader, Marty Markowitz, has just announced that the July 31st, 2008 ‘Mystery Guest’ at the Seaside Concert series in Coney Island will be Peter Frampton. Welcome to the Hazbin Hall of Fame, Pete! And, I suggest that when Marty completes his service as Borough Prez, we simply appoint him as Brooklyn Master […]

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For a long time the site where these condos are rising at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Tenth Street in Park Slope was a garden with big trees. No longer. The Church of Gethsemane sold the property to a developer and a lot of work has been done to turn the garden into a […]

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The threat by attorneys for Wiz founder and developer Stephen Jemal to sue the blog GerritsenBeach.Net caught the attention of the Daily News’ Jotham Sederstrom, who follows up on GBN’s disturbing tale of being asked to sign a “non-disparagement agreement” and pay $20,000 to avoid a suit. Mr. Sederstrom writes in part: The feisty founder […]

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[Photo courtesy of nedward.org/GL Photo Pool Flickr] On the heels of the zoning text amendment’s passage and a Stop Work Order from the Department of Buildings at 360 Smith Street, the planned closing of an entrance to the Carroll Street subway station has been put on hold. Per an email from the MTA: The MTA […]

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Four finalists have been selected from the eight bidders to purchase the big Starrett City complext on Jamaica Bay. The final bids are expected to come in at $800-$900 million and are due in September. An effort to sell the complex last year failed spectacularly because of fears of a loss of affordable housing. The […]

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Yesterday, we posted about what the impact of the Narrow Streets Zoning Text Amendment would be on the 360 Smith Street project (aka Oliver House aka the former Heavy Metal Building). By late yesterday afternoon, we knew: it was hit with a Stop Work Order because the plans don’t conform to the news zoning and […]

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The Seventh Avenue Tea Lounge in Park Slope closed yesterday. The “last day” was reported on both Brooklynian and on Park Slope Parents. A Park Slope Parents email said in part: “Well, tonight is the last day to lounge at the 10th street Tea Lounge, a sad day for all South Slopers. A perfect meeting […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Dude Wasn’t Crazy, Just Trying to Get the Cat Out of the Wall [NYP] · Is Gehry’s Anaheim Rink a “Cautionary Tale”? [AYR] · Big Sunset Park High School Construction Update [Brownstoner] · A Glimpse into the Life of a Williamsburg Nanny Onstage [NYDN] […]

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[Photo courtesy of Galvarez51/flickr] This image comes from 25th Street in Sunset Park in the shadow of the Gowanus Expressway. It’s a contribution to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by galvarez51.

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Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is losing the Polska-Masarnia Czeslawa Quality Meat Market, the longstanding Polish butcher at 172 Bedford Avenue in the heart of Williamsburg. The gate is down and the place has been stripped. It does not look like it’s being renovated.–Lost City

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