In our constant scouring of information about all things Brooklyn, we came across blogger Two Can Anne’s entry about the ultimate Old School Brooklyn activity–swimming at Coney Island with the Polar Bear Club on Sunday. It’s got some fun pics, and here’s a bit of what she had to say: I swam in the 45-50 […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Coney Island, Baby: New Release of a Thor Sitt Dream [Kinetic Carnival] Here’s Coney Island v 2.1 [Curbed] Coney Island Developer Wants Residential Zoning [Gothamist] New Coney Island Even More Fun to Avoid [Gawker] Hopes Soar for Coney Coaster [NYDN] The Rest of Brooklyn, Baby: […]

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We’ve been watching for signs of activity at the Austin Nichols Warehouse at 184 Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. We’ve seen windows come out and we’ve seen some windows put in. Private security is always going in and out of the building and there are frequently lights on inside. One Saturday night, we saw a huge […]

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While many NYC neighborhoods could vie for the title of being the Most Anti-Bush, Park Slope is right at the top of the list. One almost expected fireworks to have been set off on the roof of the Park Slope Food Coop and they might have been, except that it’s probably against the rules. (Just […]

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Here you go. These are some the just-released renderings of the New Look Coney Island that shopping center develop Thor Equities wants to build in Coney Island. This is neither the “glam rock” remake of last fall or this summer’s “easy listening” thing. It’s something in between the two, although it preserves elements of the […]

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So, we were gazing at the Gowanus Canal the other day and noticed an oil slick between Union and Carroll streets. Not that we haven’t seen oil on the Big G before and not that some great photos of it haven’t been captured. In any case, the oil was coming to the surface near the […]

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This weekend’s article in the New York Times detailing the sad state of things at the old New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows Park reminded us that we hadn’t been out to the park since the final day of the U.S. Open. So, we went for a stroll to shoot more photos and some […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Atlantic Yards: The Postage-Stamp “Absurdity” of Atlantic Yard’s Lawn [AYR] We’re Not Going to Take It…Anymore [No Land Grab] Video of DDDB’s Daniel Goldstein Interviewed on Fox News [No Land Grab] Other News: Child’s Death Shows Brooklyn Traffic Perils [NYDN] John Paul II Still Pope […]

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Christmas decorations are popping up all over the place. This boat, which is docked on the Gowanus Canal between the Carroll Street Bridge and the Union Street Bridge, is now decked out in lights. (For our latest Gowanus Canal Brookvid, click here.) We’re assuming the festive touch on the Big G is holiday lighting. At […]

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Is FAO Schwarz going to help shower Park Slope kiddies with toys like a $1,775 Titanic Ocean Liner with Steam Engine? That is what Crain’s New York Business is reporting today via New York 1 over the weekend. Specifically, the report says that the nation’s oldest toy store is planning two more stores in the […]

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Here’s a little Brookvid with footage of and views from the Third Street Bridge, Carroll Street Bridge and Union Street Bridge. Music is Death Cab for Cutie. Click on this link to watch over at youtube or just click on the embed.

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Thanks to Kinetic Carnival’s excellent Coney Island coverage and the Coney Island Message Board, we found a fascinating Q&A with Coney Island USA Artistic Director Dick Zigun in NYFA Interactive. Mr. Zigun has been doing his thing in Coney since 1981. Mr. Zigun is both considered the unofficial “Mayor” of Coney Island, he is now […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Pictures: Good Morning at the Carroll Street Bridge [seriously excited!] Pink Wall [Park Slope Street Photography] Brooklyn [Joe’s NYC] Authentic Coney Island [Pixelopera] Brooklyn from the Rockefeller Center Observatory [New York Daily Photo] Verrazano from the Air [Bay Ridge Blog] Brooklyn Tile Supply [seriously excited!] […]

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Gowanus, Brooklyn

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If it’s the weekend it’s time for our original weekly feature that samples the best of the of love, pathos and comedy of Craigslist Missed Connections. All week long, we scan the listings, choose the best and put them up on the weekend. This week, we feature two top-notch missed connections that revolve around food. […]

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We love Flushing Meadows Park and, in particular, the handful of surviving relics from the 1939-40 and 1964-65 Worlds Fairs. We’ve photographed them in detail. (And we love the Queens Museum with it’s cool exhibitions and historic setting.) One of the park’s outrages is the way in which the former New York State Pavilion has […]

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[Photo courtesy of Runs Brooklyn/gkjarvis on flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and, especially on weekends, images. Pictures: NY Foreign Trade Zone No. 1 [Bluejake] Manhattan Skyline from Greenpoint Roof [My Brooklyn Year] Northside Piers Rising [A Test of Will] Leaves in Rain [Brit in Brooklyn] Shopping Carts in Coney Island Creek […]

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We like the Socrates Sculpture Park in Astoria, particularly because it’s a little out of the way and a bit rough around the edges. Truth be told, it’s our favorite city park built on a former waste dump. In any case, the current Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition is a lot of fun and totally worth […]

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Bond Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn

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We post during the week over at Curbed, so here is a selection of some of the Brooklyn items that appeared there this past week: Northside Piers Renaming Williamsburg Streets Mill Building Williamsburg Cabanas: Coming Along Nicely Williamsburg Building Not as Ugly as Rendering? Mill Basin Redux: Homes on Dry Land Will the Real Finger […]

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If you read GL, you know one of the things we keep a close eye on is the pending redevelopment of Coney Island. We have watched as developer Thor Equities, which owns large parcels of land in Coney and has big developments up its sleeve, started evicting tenants. Why? Possibly because a more vacant Coney […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Voters Overwhelmingly Pass Eminent Domain Reform [No Land Grab] Ratner Job Projections Fall Short [Brooklyn Papers] Ribbon Cut on Gowanus EMS Station [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Officials Deny Intersection Where Child Killed is Dangerous [streetsblog] Landmarks Commission Denies Status to Ward’s Bakery [Brooklyn Papers] Adelphi St. […]

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The first week of November, 20006 was the one in which Democrats wrested control of the legislative branch in Washington from the Republicans–which has absolutely nothing to do with the development issues that concern us, although it has a lot to do with a significant number of other things. Unfortunately, the recapture of the Governorship […]

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1) What’s the Number One bit of important information about Atlantic Yard that hasn’t gotten through to the public? According to Norman Oder, the creator of Atlantic Yards Report, and the reporter/blogger who knows more the project than anyone else, it’s the project’s scale. So, Mr. Oder returns to the topic of density via an […]

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In walking down Union Street through Gowanus the other night, we noticed that the big, low-slung brick building at 514-530 Union Street, AKA 473 President Street is up for sale. It’s a 36,000 square foot building that spans the entire block, although it doesn’t have any frontage on the Big G itself. It is just […]

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