[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] For those who don’t know, there are still trains and train tracks on First Avenue in Sunset Park. This pic comes our wide-ranging photog, Deborah Matlack. She writes, “I had occasion to be on First Avenue in the 40’s, and got this shot of a Union Pacific caboose […]

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[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brooklyn] We’d expect nothing less than this pristine white sectional from an undisclosed location in Sunset Park. We love Sunset Park sofas.

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[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brookyn/GL Flickr Pool] This is Second Avenue in Sunset Park at 39th Street, which the photo (and blogger) notes looks out into a favorite local spot called Peyton’s Playpen, which has been the subject of much local controversy.

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Heights. GL Contributor Deborah Matlack sent us this pic after one of the recent light snows/slushes/ices.

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“The issue of sex shops and adult-related businesses near the Sunset Park waterfront was raised again yesterday by David Galarza of Sunset Park Alliance of Neighbors. Galarza, who is also active in zoning and housing issues in the neighborhood, organized a rally yesterday afternoon. This included a march from 39th Street and Second Avenue to […]

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[All photos by E.C. Stephens]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] This beauty of a street sofa comes from an undisclosed location in Sunset Park and, we think, is one our first Sunset Parkers. It’s a beauty.

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The Friends of Sunset Park along with the staff of the Sunset Park Recreation Center will hold their 4th Annual Trees Lighting Ceremony this Friday, December 19th, at 6:00 p.m. LET’S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AS WE SING FESTIVE SONGS, BRIGHTEN OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK AND SHARE HOT COCOA AND COOKIES IN THE […]

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Yesterday, the one-and-only Brian Lehrer had Renee Giordano, executive director of the Sunset Park Business Improvement District, on his WNYC radio show. Giordano talked about how the neighborhood is trying to boost holiday shopping, including playing holiday music. Per an email from Dave Buckszpan at the radio station: “As usual, they’ve hung speakers from the […]

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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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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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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] Yesterday, we noted some meetings coming up in Gowanus and Carroll Gardens about zoning and affordable housing. Well, there will be sessions in Sunset Park presented by South Brooklyn Accountable Development Initiative, which involves the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Center for Urban Pedagogy. There will be a session […]

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This image from GL Flickr Pool Contributor weenieart comes from a laundromat on Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park. It certainly does seem to capture the act of waiting.

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We turn now to Sunset Park, where City Council Member Sara Gonzalez took a walking tour of the park this week with Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Julius Spiegel. Per a release from Ms. Gonzalez’s office: The Parks Department officials pointed out the improvements thus far including all new paths, curbs, drains, benches and magnificent plantings all […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This incredible street sofa comes from Sunset Park and the remarkable camera of blogger and esteemed GL Contributor Adrian Kinloch. It comes from the end of 39th Street near the water.

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[Photo courtesy of jaymegordis/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s another view of the Brooklyn Army Terminal at night from the pier behind it courtesy of jaymegordis in our GL Flickr Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of jaymegordis/GL Flickr Pool] This is a waterside view of the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, courtesy of jaymegordis in our GL Flickr Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is something that one sees when one looks up in Sunset Park. It comes to us from the camera of Adrian Kinloch, a GL Contributor who has kindly hit us off with a major supply of superb photos this week.

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Johnny’s Pizza and the Papa Johns that moved in next door in Sunset Park aren’t exactly good friends, but there has been no bloodshed and there appears to be an uneasy coexistence between the neighborhood business and the chain pizza place.–NYT

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“Calling the section of 8th Ave. off the N train ‘Chinatown’ is like calling The Wire ‘a TV show’ or foie gras ‘food.’ It doesn’t do it justice. Yes, you can get great dumplings and buy glazed tripe and chicken feet from street food vendors. There are the usual bins of tiny dried fish and […]

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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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The power outages that affected parts of Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Borough Park on Sunday have been mostly cleared up, at least, according to Con Ed’s outage map. (Each green triangle is 1-50 people without power). The trouble was caused by malfunctions with 4 of the 12 big feeder cables. About 2,000 […]

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Yesterday, we had post from a Park Slope Parents member about the teens terrorizing people at the Sunset Park Pool (and follow up about the teen turd at the Red Hook Pool) by jumping over and over into the pool. Blogger Best View in Brooklyn, who often posts about the pool and all the activities […]

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“Around 1 PM on Sunday, the plywood and metal fencing surrounding the construction of the new Amalgamated Bank on 5th Avenue and 45th Street fell to the sidewalk. No one was willing to say if any pedestrians or workers had been hurt; everyone was very grumpy and sullen. For good reason, I’d say.”–Best View in […]

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Here, from our Park Slope Parents inbox folder that’s kept full by recipients who send along the newsworthy and/or interesting ones, is an exchange about the Sunset Park and Red Hook Pools. We begin with this: I went to the sunset park pool less than 2 weeks on a tuesday around 5pm and there was […]

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