Here’s the second part of our photo series on the Doors of Williamsburg. There are less of these tagged up doors in the neighborhood than there used to be, but there are still a fair number of them to be found. As you can see in the bottom pic, even residential doors get the treatment.

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If you’re interested in Williamsburg & Greenpoint, Brooklyn 11211 is definite RSS feed material. Started earlier this year, 11211’s staple is development in the zip code from which it takes its name (although it covers other things too). Its coverage of development issues is excellent and we particularly value it because you can never have […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Cyclists Throwing Selves Under Cars in Brooklyn [Streets Blog] Can’t Sleep? You’re in Luck [Brownstoner] Supporters Demand Reinstatement of Arabic-Language School Principal [Sun] Greenpoint Hotel, Part II [newyorkshitty] The Tale of 239 Banker Street [11222] Rocking the Coney Boardwalk [Coney Island Reporter] Next Installment of Hello […]

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Park Slope, Brooklyn

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We have strolled by this very interesting building on Conselyea Street in the somewhat out-of-the-way part of Brooklyn south of Newtown Creek and East of the BQE countless times without photographing it. It is a stone’s throw from the burgeoning condo row on Maspeth Avenue where developers are selling buildings at luxe condo prices (or, […]

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Here’s an amusing vid shot in Coney Island that’s officially described as “a project with my friend’s concept: setting a balloon in the sky, a note dividing her old life in Brooklyn and the adventurous future she would pursue.” If you’ve got an issue with the embed, click over to it on YouTube here.

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Those Astroland rides that have been up for sale, but that are supposedly no longer on sale? Well, we don’t know about that, but what we do know is that we looked online and found that (as of this morning) they’re still listed for sale. In the meantime, someone that called Astroland reports on the […]

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What’s it like trying to get homeowner’s insurance in Brooklyn? Check out this bit of frustrating insanity circulating in the South Slope Community Group email stream: Allstate is canceling my home owners insurance next month because they say we live in a “flood zone” since we live less than a mile from the coast. I’ve […]

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We’re posting this photo because it shows, all lined up, the traditional range of construction in Williamsburg. Here on this little stretch of Havemeyer Street we have, from left to right, shingle, siding, stucco and brick (Fedders). Missing in this frame is metal and glass. These buildings are across the street from Our Lady of […]

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[Photo courtesy of efbrooklyn13/flickr] Yesterday (8/19) was the last day for the “What’s the Hook?” project. (It was extended by a day at the last minute.) If you want to see some of the early results of the photo taking, you can check out the “What’s the Hook?” flickr pool. There were about 300 photos […]

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Forgotten New York weighs in this week with a huge new feature on Brooklyn’s Lief Ericson Corridor: Bay Ridge’s Lief Ericson Park can also be called a corridor park, running between Ridge Boulevard and Fort Hamilton Parkway in fits and starts, mostly between 66th and 67th Streets. What’s notable is that the park is used […]

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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We cringe whenever we mention events in September, because it reminds us that the end of summer is drawing closer and closer. Nonetheless, that would be a bad reason not to mention the Ninth Annual Community Board Seven Waterfront Festival in Sunset Park on September 29. It will take place on the 58th Street Pier […]

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Continuing with our periodic Coney Island photo feature, we group some night scenes of the Brooklyn Riveria.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Times’ Deceptive 421-a Developer Tax Break Coverage [AYR] Greenpoint’s Favorite Landlord, Josh Guttman, Unscathed by Fines, Penalties [NYP] F Train Express Gets Local Council Support [Kensington Brooklyn] Coney Island Rockabilly Fest Pics, Part I [Coney Island Reporter] Coney Island Rockabilly Fest Pics, Part II [Coney […]

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Self-Absorbed Boomer comes from Claude Scales. Its name is a reference to the noted self-absorbtion of some members of the Baby Boom Generation. Mr. Scales is actually an attorney, although you wouldn’t guess it from his blog, except for the occasional reference to Lawrence Tribe. One recent post compares an Austin-Healy 3000 to a Triumph […]

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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Okay, so this isn’t the most trashed bit of signage we’ve posted, but we like that people have taken the trouble climb all the way up there to bend these signs out of shape. The location? Well, that’s obvious from the Williamsburg street signage.

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From our Sunday Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections Guest Poster, Miss Heather, comes the following charmer, which we believe is our first Missed Connection requiring bail to hook up… Most people are unable— or more likely unwilling— to understand that some things are simply not meant to be. This is especially true when it comes to […]

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There is no more dramatic way to see the Gowanus Canal than to get in a canoe and start paddling. You get to see the canal from sea level and (hopefully) emerge (unscathed) known that you have challenged all of the damage done to our favorite canal by man. If you want to get out […]

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Every week, we like to highlight a few comments left by GL readers during the previous week. Here are a few from the last seven days: Circus Says It Love Coney Island. Really. Honest. “Maybe attendance was ‘down’ because nobody wanted to spend money going to a rinky dink no-name circus in the middle of […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Department of Health Descends on Red Hook Vendors [Lost City] Spitzer Slammed for Back Room Developer Tax Break Deal [AYR] Coney Development, Planning and the Cost of Delay [AYR] Java Street Jackasses [newyorkshitty] In Williamsburg and Greenpoint Today [Brooklyn 11211] The Waterfront That Sugar Built […]

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Here are some vids of Greenpoint, Brooklyn posted on YouTube. If there’s a problem with the embed, you can go directly to the player by clicking here. Enjoy.

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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