It’s just hard to find love for a big jail in a gentrifying neighborhood, especially when it involves a $450 million expansion and there are people that think the money ought to be invested in alternative programs that encourage rehabilitation. And so, yesterday, a number of elected officials including City Council Member David Yassky and […]

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One of the hottest with our friends at Park Slope Parents is still the Berkeley Carrol School’s decision to close its (money making) child care center. (Mind you, the tuition is over $20K a year.) There is a group organizing to try to save a center that can be contacted at savebccc (at) gmail (dot) […]

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Next Saturday (11/22) from noon-3pm, Sustainable Flatbush and Freecycle™ New York City will be at the PS 217 playground (1100 Newkirk Avenue at Coney Island Avenue) to sponsor Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, a big ole swamp meet! Bring your reusable clothes, knick knacks, appliances… anything you got but want to get rid of for someone […]

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Affordable Rentals in Bed Stuy [Bed Stuy Blog] East River State Park Closing for Winter [Brooklyn 11211] Bushwick’s BETA Spaces Art Shows and Open Studios Photos [BIB] Fire Ravaged Gristedes to Re-open in Brooklyn Heights [BHB] Only Six More Brooklyn Flea Markets This Season [Brownstoner] The Bushwick Craft Beer Invasion [BushwickBK] Greenpoint Finds Another Novel […]

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Ah, Chinese food. The quintessential cuisine for any New Yorker with an empty fridge. If you google for a Chinese restaurant in New York City, you get over 13,000 restaurants from which to chose. How many of those places you think cater to vegetarians? Vegans? Sure, there are some in Manhattan… but in Brooklyn… not […]

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There has been some followup on the shooting in Boerum Hill earlier this week on the Boerum Hill email list. Here are some additional detail on the gunplay: There were 13 shots in all that night. It was the third shooting incident in the same 2 block area in the past three months. As a […]

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· Borough Park Cross Dresser Goes on a Tear [NYP] · CUE Celebrates its 30th Bday in Brooklyn [Eagle] · Some Brooklyn High Schools Improve [Brownstoner] · Fairyway’s Cafe is Pretty Crappy [Lost City] · Teen Mugged on Henry Street [BHB] · Toxic Boobs on Kent Avenue [NY Shitty] · State Got Nada for AY […]

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A tipster passed on to us the tip that long awaited Draft Barn has finally opened up on 3rd Avenue between 12th & 13th Streets in South Slope. And of course we have to put it out there for all who read here to know–beer is here! Apparently 200 different kinds to chose from. As […]

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From the Boerum Hill Group comes a report of (more) gunfire in the neighborhood. Here’s how the story goes: Well, we definitely heard 6 or 7 shots Sunday night around 8:30, I was hoping someone had more information about it. Apparently it all happened at Nevins and Warren, which is pretty much in our back […]

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Damn the man and his desire to take away the little bits given to others. Turns out rather than provide the security and grounds keeping during the cold months, the city would prefer to lock everyone out of the East River State Park.–Curbed

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These are photos of Thor Equities property in Coney Island posted to the Coney Island Message Board by Captain Nemo. Our friends at Kinetic Carnival also had a post about it yesterday. We’re not suggesting that developer Joe Sitt is dumping garbage on his property, only that it is so poorly secured and maintained that […]

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To say that NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein has enemies in Brooklyn and elsewhere in the city is an understatement. He has been mentioned as a possibility for Secretary of Education in an Obama Administration, and Brooklyn groups are busy trying to direct people to an online petition against a Klein nomination directed at President-Elect […]

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We have posted about community anger about the elite Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope closing their child care center and some particular bitterness about the way it is being done. We found this email via our dear friends at Park Slope Parents trying to organize the community to prevent the center’s closure and to […]

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Photo by five2510thstreet/flickr · Meals on Wheels Deliveryman Killed in Brownsville [NYP] · Pols File Lawsuit Against Term Limits Extension [NYT] · Biathlon Training Season in East Williamsburg? [NY Shitty] · Has the AY Arena Site Been Assessed? Who Knows. [AY Report] · Patriotism in the Slope [Brownstoner] · A ‘Penthouse’ Appears on Smith Street […]

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[Photo for GL by Nathan Kensinger] The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene Park is being rededicated on Saturday (11/15), with the eternal flame on top being re-lit and, most important, the eagles that had been taken by the Parks Department finally returned to their rightful place. GL Contributor Nate Kensinger passes along a […]

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Here, we have the ultimate Park Slope War: loud music versus the hellish noise produced by children above one’s head. On which side of the battle line one falls depends on whether one is the one playing the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or listening to Toby upstairs dive off the couch to the floor. […]

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There will be a public hearing about the mess involving Long Island Hospital this evening sponsored by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Special Assistant to the Borough President Yvonne Graham. It’s called “Long Island College Hospital and the Ongoing Health-Care Crisis in Brooklyn.” It will take place from 6:30-8:30PM in the Brooklyn Borough Hall […]

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So here’s something interesting that came thru the e-circuit. Next Sun (11/16), Italian pipe organ virtuoso, Mario Duella, will be performing at 7pm at the Brooklyn Baptist Temple (360 Schermerhorn St at 3rd Ave.) If you’ve never been to this church, this is really a great opportunity to have an amazing experience. Not only is […]

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Bishop Age: +/- 2 Years Sex: Male Type: DSH, black (and a little white) Neutered: Yes Vaccinated: Yes Health: Excellent Neutered during a Trap-Neuter-Return program, Bishop turned out to be very tame. A leg injury brought him into the house and he’s been there ever since. He’s energetic and affectionate, loves to play and nap […]

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Today (11/7), Brooklyn Artists Gym (BAG) is having its inaugural fundraiser at the Center for the Urban Environment (168 7th Ave b/w 1st St & Garfield Pl) to help raise money to award high schoolers and single parent artists with studio space to create a new body of work, and to help suppose the creative […]

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Neighborhood Watch is urging people to attend a community meeting about the violent conduct of the police in Williamsburg on Tuesday night and to file complaints with the Civilian Review Board. We hope the officer in this despicable video behaving in a disgusting fashion is brought up on charges and, frankly, losses his job for […]

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You can’t say it any better than that. It looks like Flashbush has itself a new sweet spot. Salud Organic Juice Bar is open for business at 1308 Avenue H. And this isn’t just one of those juice chains who’s name shall remain anonymous. We’re talking healthy options in a beautiful, relaxing atmosphere where you […]

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[Photo courtesy of Kinetic Carnival] As the holidays are fast approaching, so is the time for the Union Square Holiday Market. In addition to the candles, sweaters, hats and puppet booths, there’s one more that everyone should get excited about – the Lola Staar Holiday Boutique will also be there. T-shirts, jewelry, tchotchkes and mementos […]

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· Mortgage Rates Plummet, Especially in Minority Communities [NYDN] · Mayor’s Grocery Bag Tax Plan: Annoying or Visionary? [NYT] · The Obama Victory Through the Lens of a Brownsville Native [City Room] · Park Slope Mommy Mummy Terrifies [BiB] · New Slope Boutique, Wndrlnd, Is Open [Racked] · New Challenges for Community Gardens [Flatbush Gardener] […]

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[All photos for GL by JP Pagán] Earlier this week, we had a post about the foul smelling ginkgo tree droppings in Cobble Hill. Today, corresspondent JP Pagán explains a unique experience last night: So, for the last few weeks my wife and I have been noticing mostly elderly Asians gathering up what appear to […]

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