· Arrest in Murder of Brookyn Bus Driver [NYT] · Prospect Heights Emmy Nominee Dies in Mountain Plunge [NYP] · Brookyn Narcotics Officer Perpetrates Serious Road Rage in Queens [NYT] · Burg Waterfront Sales Tanking? [Curbed] · Ratner Helps Bail Out ACORN with $1.5 Million [AYR] · Houses Going for a Lot of Money on […]

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In these trying financial times in a city with exorbitant rent prices that rarely falter, we’re all looking for an easy way out of deciding if we’re going to pay that cell phone bill, rent or get another night of drinking in at the local watering hole. Some of us, however, don’t have the financial […]

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Frankly, we liked our rides on it better in summer, but there is something evocative and moving about the wheel just turning. Captain Nemo who shot the vid swears there was no one in the park operating the wheel and that the cross that is placed atop it every holiday season is already there.

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M&S Meat on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, which is the successor to A&S up the street, which is now closed, is on its way. We stuck our camera inside the other day for a look at the current state of affairs, as well as the huge space the new shop will be occupying.

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Just don’t tell any of the handball players or skateboarders that have been using the Terrapin Playground, which we call the Boymelpark, for the last couple of weeks that the park doesn’t officially open until tomorrow. (Only the dog owners seem to have been kept out.) But it does. The official ribbon cutting and dedication […]

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The gift of giving is in full force at the the Junior League of Brooklyn. Join league members for a night of drinks, laughs and friends on December 5th, 2008, 6:30pm – 8:30pm. They will be collecting can good and monetary donations, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Christian Help in Park Slope […]

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Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee will meet this Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 6:30pm to hear a presentation by Transportation Alternatives on their ideas about the Prospect Park Drive and traffic around the park. The meeting will be held at 4201 4th Ave., enter on 43rd Street, and the public is welcome to attend. For more […]

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What could be more appropriate for our Thanksgiving Weekend Missed Connection than two people from Brooklyn traveling home to Ohio Virginia talking about, you know, stuff? On the train, NYC to DC, talked about eating duck and horse burgers (Amtrak train) We sat next to each other on the Amtrak train from penn station to […]

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We’ve seen many a messed up street sign in our day, but this baby, which is inside of an abandoned storefront at the garden spot of the Brooklyn Universe–Flatbush Ave. and Tillary Street–takes the cake. Bravo! How’d it get in there?

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Wherever you are today and whoever you are with–whether it’s family, loved ones, friends or someone special to pass the day with–we wish you a happy and satisfying Thanksgiving. We all have something for which to be thankful, even in the most difficult of times. If you take a moment to reflect, you’ll find it. […]

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Happy Thanksgiving y’all!, originally uploaded by HelenaBXL. It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without an appropriate wish from Red Hook, would it?

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There’s an interesting discussion going on over at Brooklynian about what one tips the person that delivers one’s food. Here’s the original question: “If you order something and it’s the same thing you always order (ie: a pizza pie, chicken with broccoli, a burger ok, you get the picture…) but the restaurant increased their prices […]

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· And the Status of the Starrett City Deal Is…..? [NYO] · Financing Delays Plague NYC Projects [AYR] · Checking on Progress at Health House [Brownstoner] · God No: Atlantic Avenue Loses Bad Indian Food [Cobble Hill Blog] · New Menu at Cafe Tibet [Ditmas Park Blog] · Things Happen When You’re Not Loking [Lost […]

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Do you know what the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) is and what it does? Well, here’s a chance to learn, via a session called “Navigating the BSA that will take place on Monday, December 1. Per an email: In New York City, one body has the power to grant exceptions to certain local […]

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The holiday lights along Fifth Avenue in Park Slope were already lit up as of last night (Monday), but the Park Slope 5th Avenue BID will be having its official tree lighting ceremony at 5PM on Saturday, Dec. 6 at J.J. Byrne Park (at Third St. and Fifth Ave.). There will be carolers, entertainment, refreshments, […]

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The Civilians Theater Company in collaboration with Urban Bush Women, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, neo-soul singer Grace Kalambay, plus many more is coming to the The Brooklyn Lyceum to host several nights of theatre, dance and music taking inspiration from “interviews with the real life players in the story of Brooklyn: residents both old and […]

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[Photos courtesy of New York Public Library] These are photos of what is described as a “squatters colony” in Gowanus in and around our favorite canal taken during the 1920s and 1930s according to the photos. An interesting little bit of local historical background for sure.

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The Thanksgiving bird’s not even in the oven, and we’re already getting things lined up for the next holiday. It’s time to prepare for the annual Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Belarusian Church (corner of Atlantic Avenue and Bond Street), on Thursday (12/4) at 6pm. Local school children will sing Christmas carols and […]

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This week, Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog takes us to Diner in South Williamsburg: My Dad was visiting recently so I took him to Diner to have dinner. Not only did I know we were in for a fabulous meal, it would be guilt-free, as the people behind diner use only seasonal, well-raised food, […]

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There are few Brooklyn hospitals about which one doesn’t hear horror stories, but a perrennial favorite is Methodist Hospital on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Today, our dear friends at Park Slope Parents bring two such tales of uplifting visits to Methodist’s emergency rooom. There is this: We had a horrible experience at Methodist’s emergency […]

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Among the many ways in which the real world hasn’t caught up with the way media is changing, is the treatment that bloggers recieve. In many cases we are treated as second-class citizens, both by the print reporters who feel free to lift our stories without crediting us for developing them and in the lack […]

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The Toll Brothers application to get property rezoned so they can put up their condo development on the Gowanus Canal has already been approved by Commmunity Board 6. Today, the Brooklyn Borough President will be having a hearing on the plan as part of the ULURP process. Per a community email (and there are many […]

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Carroll Gardens residents have started a letter writing campaign to Borough President Marty Markowitz asking him to support an eight-story height limit for building along the entire length of the Gowanus Canal rather than the 12 stories in the “MX Waterfront South” District (above) that the current city plan is calling for. Here is the […]

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“We might as well call it ‘As the Coney Turns‘ and get it over with. This morning’s bombshell news from the Southern Brooklyn Riviera comes via the New York Post that the city “is in serious negotiations to buy 10.5 acres of real estate in Coney Island” belonging to developer Joe Sitt and the he […]

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This is the new location of the A&S Pork Store on the very happening block of Fifth Avenue between Second and Third Street. (Except that it’s now M&S Prime Meats unless someone made a very major F’ Up with the sign.) It’s next to the new Bird and just down from the soon to open […]

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