Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Bummer Black Friday at Fulton Street Mall? [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] Community Board 13 Meeting on Wednesday [Kinetic Carnival] In the End, It Might Come Down to Coney Island Monuments [Lost City] Upside to Neighborhood Construction: Reflecting Pools [IMBY] Good Times Ahead for the G? [Gothamist] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Times Critic Tougher on Hudson Yards Than Atlantic Yards Plan [AYR] The Road Starts at the Gowanus Asphalt Plant [NYT] The Most Interesting Pay Phone in Brooklyn [New York Shitty] Why I Appreciate Bed-Stuy [Bed-Stuy Banana] Jamaica Bay and Floyd Bennett Field on PBS [GerritsenBeach.Net] […]

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[Beautiful photo of Lull Water courtesy Frank Lynch/flickr] Photos: Prospect Park in Fall Photos [Frank Lynch/flickr] Prospect Park Fall Photos [Jackie Weisberg/flickr] Fall in Carroll Gardens on Black Friday [Pardon Me For Asking] JC in Park Slope [Brit in Brooklyn] Gowanus Cement [Blue Jake] Coney in the Rain [Park Slope Street Photography] South Garden [Seriously […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy Friday after Thanksgiving. Brooklyn Hospital Center Counting on Gentrification [Sun] Did Vieve Van Buren Survive a Plunge Into the East River? [PMFA] Thanksgiving in Prospect Park [Sustainable Flatbush] A Blogged Week [Bay Ridge Rover] Attention Park Slope Parents: Cute Stuffed Dog Toy Found in […]

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Upon careful reflection on this Thanksgiving Day, we’ve opted to forgo Brooklinks, although we have new posts below as well as a number of Bklinks. We wish everyone a very happy and fulfilling Thanksgiving. Here at GL, we’re especially thankful for all our readers and supporters and contributors. We thank you all!

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. If you are traveling today, be safe. If you are staying at home, enjoy the lack of travel! Protests at Funeral for Teen Shot by Police [NYP] Irving Square Park Makeover [Brownstoner] State Sen. Karl Kruger as “Community Advocate” [AYR] Where Do You Get 500 […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: A History of “Coney vs. The City” [Kinetic Carnival] Opposition to Coney Plan is Crystallizing [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] Bay Ridge Insists on Calling Its Tree a “Christmas Tree” [NYDN] Floyd Bennett Field Center to Get $4.8M Overhaul [GerritsenBeach.Net] Former Arabic School Principal Suing City [Sun] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Cops Shoot & Kill Man in East New York Brandishing Broken Bottle [NYP] Cops Kill Man in Brooklyn Armed with Broken Bottle [NYT] See the 465 Dean Street Demolition [No Land Grab] City Finally Funds North Brooklyn Anti-Displacement Initiatives [Brooklyn 11211] Brooklyn Brewery Owner Steve […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Brewery Founder’s Son, Sam Hindy, Killed Manhattan Bridge Bike Accident [NYT] Bodega Owner, Employees Beat Robber with Bat [7Online] Someone Shot at Seventh Avenue Pool Hall? [OTBKB] Red Hook Highlights [A Test of Will] Slave Theater at Center of Court Dispute [NYT] If You […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Photos: Bergen Street [Seriously Excited] Hood Kiss [A Test of Will] Park Slope [Joe’s NYC] Brilliant Windsor Terrace Color [Icky in Brooklyn] Flame On! [A Test of Will] Dog in Park [Clinton Hill Blog] Disappear [Lex’s Folly] Words: Legal Value of Nearly Being Decapitated in […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Elderly Holocaust Survivors Need Help Adjusting to Brooklyn [NYT] New Bike Stands on Clinton Street Holding Up Well (Not) [BK11201] Much Business Intrigue in Windsor Terrace [Icky in Brooklyn] ACORN Trying to Dump Principal at Bushwick School [NYDN] Chronicle of Third and Bond Development Project […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Legendary Mentor in Coney Island Passes Away, Stephon Marbury Comes [NYT] 25 Years of Manhattan Bridge Rehab, Six More to Come [Brownstoner] Clinton Hill Food Share Program [Clinton Hill Blog] Sunset Park Rally Today [Sunset Park Autonomous Zone] Arts Business Expanding at Navy Yard [Sun] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Police Shooting: A Troubled Man and 20 Police Bullets in Brooklyn [NYT] Cops say slain teen claimed he had a gun [amNY] Rage in Brooklyn [Metro] Not Police Shooting: A Sad Day on 12th Street in the Slope After a Killing [Brooklynometry] Charges in Fatal […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Teen Holding Hairbrush Shot Dead by Cops in Bed-Stuy [NYT] ESDC is “Stonewalling” on Atlantic Yards Arena Setback from Street [AYR] One Brooklyn Bridge Park Update [Brownstoner] DOT Rolls Out Fort Greene Traffic Calming & Bike Lanes [Streets Blog] Not Yet Renovated on Columbia St. […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. An Arena by 20011-12? [AYR] Frank Gehry on the “Uplifting Effect” of “Real Architecture” [AYR] An Historic Park Slope Laundromat [Lost City] Coney Island Redevelopment Plan Circa ’07 [Newyorkology] “Gentrification” Aside, Windsor Terrace Still Pretty Diverse [Icy in Brooklyn] Coney Island Community Information Session is […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: What if the City Treated Ratner Like Sitt? [AYR] Affordable Housing Contractor Did Crappy Work in Bed-Stuy [NYDN] Bed-Stuy is New York “As It Used To Be” [NYT] Six Flags Over Coney? [Karrie Jacobs] Green Scooter or Big Purple Rig? [Brit in Brooklyn] Daily Brooklyn […]

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[Photo courtesy of ConeyHOP/flickr & Kinetic Carnival] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. With respect for Norman Mailer, who has left us today. Images: Parachute Jump November Sky (above) [ConeyHOP/flckr] Help, Stuck on Gowanus Canal Pile [Atomische] Heavenly Horizon [For the Love of Brooklyn/flckr] Marathon Highlights [A Test […]

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Here are links to a large number of stories about yesterday’s big Coney Island planning announcement by Mayor Bloomberg: Bloomberg Unveils Plan to Revitalize Coney Island, in Conflict With a Developer [NYT] Coney Details: Amusements in Middle, Tall on Edges [Curbed] Coney Island Bombshell: City Planning Takeover [Curbed] Coney Inches Further Into Its Future [Kinetic […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Famed Landlord of Astral Develops Great Stuff in Astoria [New York Shitty] Why Isn’t Marty Markowitz Helping on Duffield Street? [Queen of Click] Week 13 at Third and Bond [Brownstoner] Bushwick Principal Who Didn’t Report Sexual Report Still Working [NYDN] Court and State Space Leased […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Security Study Urged for Atlantic Yards [NYT] Atlantic Yards Security Study Request Press Release [No Land Grab] 160 Schermerhorn Tops Out [Brownstoner] Rep. Yvette Clarke, Guest Blogger [BHB] Keeping an Eye on Thor [Kinetic Carnival] 93rd Street Drug House Update [Bay Ridge Rover] Bay Ridge […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Is Fourth Avenue Losing Its Lustre? [Brownstoner] Gehry Lawsuit Story Schadenfreude [AYR] Brooklyn Firefighter Wins Iron Skillet Cook Off [NYDN] Bill Clinton and Franklin Street Gnomes [New York Shitty] Another Smith Street Business Bites Dust [Pardon Me for Asking] Neighborhood Gardening in Bloom [Sustainable Flatbush] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Serious Street Closures at Newark Arena [AYR] Major Opposition to MTA Fare Hike in Brooklyn [NYP] Plans for Big Multi-Use Complex at the Brooklyn Navy Yard [Brownstoner] Dumbo as the Next Photo District [Dumbo NYC] Umbrage Editions Moving to Dumbo [BrklynStories] Retail is Migrating Down […]

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Here’s a look at some NYC Marathon photos, blog items and news stories with a mostly Brooklyn focus: 1,128 (So Far) 2007 New York City Marathon Photos [flickr] City Has Lucrative, Festive Marathon Day [Sun] New York City Marathon [Velvet Sea] Marathon Day [Yanksfan vs. Soxfan] NYC Marathon: Park Slope [Brit in Brooklyn] 2007 NYC […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Help Save Underground Railroad Houses: Write Jack Hammer Today [Duffield St. Underground] Eight May Run for Brooklyn Borough President [NYDN] Miss Heather Goes to Astoria [New York Shitty] Last Call for Comments on Dumbo Historic District [Dumbo NYC] Good Thing I Won’t Be in Brooklyn […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn information and images: Dumbo Weekly Links [Dumbo NYC] Orange Sky in Gowanus [Brit in Brooklyn] Coming Up This Week in Brooklyn [About Brooklyn] Join Sustainable Flatbush for a Town Meeting on Nov. 12 [Sustainable Flatbush] Thanks to Those Who Gave in Windsor Terrace [Brooklynometry] Feel Good Coney Video […]

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