It’s hard to know what to make of these two items that we came across in discussions at the Daily Heights, but we certainly noticed them. First, the one about the skateboarders. Then, the one about the bicyclist: Terriers Beware: Light-Skinned Asian Skateboarders in BoCoCa I for one think that skateboarders can reach speeds of […]

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Here’s the press release about the Astroland demonstration scheduled for Sunday at Noon on what could be the Coney amusement park’s last day ever: Community activist and former Community Board 13 Chairman Brian Gotlieb announced that he would be leading a protest in support of Astroland Amusement Park’s efforts to remain open for the 2008 […]

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We’re fixated by old buildings being torn down and Williamsburg is the epicenter of our fascination as something is always being torn down. These images come from the old industrial building on the corner of N. 9th Streets and Driggs that is part of what is to be a huge development site that will take […]

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Tonight is the first performance of Puccini’s “Il Tabarro” on the deck of our favorite converted tanker, PortSide New York’s Mary A. Whalen. The production has gained wide notice in New York City, as one would expect for an opera on a boat that will include real stevedores. It’s also in today’s Christian Science Monitor. […]

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If you’re looking for anything from doorknobs to reclaimed flooring, you’ve got to check out the First Annual Salvage Fest that our friends at Brownstoner have put together for tomorrow (9/8) in the yard at PS 11 in Clinton Hill. Among the architectural salvage operations that will be represented are Moon River Chattel, Olde Good […]

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We love the work that BARC, the Williamsburg-based Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition, does. So, we’re glad to note that some of the cats and kittens will be available on an adoption day at The Beehive Salon on Lorimer Street. Here goes: The Beehive Salon is hosting a cat and kitten adoption day on Sunday, September […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Digging Begins at Ratner’s 80 DeKalb [Brownstoner] Judges Still Parking in Public Park [NYDN] Miss Heather Visits Park Slope, Hilarity Ensues [newyorkshitty] Adams Street Greenery [McBrooklyn] Jane Jacobs Exhibit Coming Up [AYR] F Train Follies [Z. Madison] Endangered South Slope Signage [Brooklynometry] DumboNYC’s One Year Birthday […]

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More Williamsburg signage, with Lola sticker, plus googly eyes, which were all over the place for a while last year.

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If you thought this was a done deal, you were wrong. The Red Hook Vendors food season was officially extended today as the Parks Department announced it was giving a six-week extension on the temporary permits the vendors use. The extension will allow them to work at the Red Hook Ballfields through the end of […]

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You didn’t think that Astroland would go quietly, did you? A demonstration has been scheduled on Sunday, September 9, at “high noon” to show support for the park and to call for a one-year reprieve by developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities, which bought the park for $30 million last year. (Sunday is Astroland’s closing […]

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The Prospect Park raccoon that bit a woman on which we reported yesterday was caught and euthanized, Patrick Gallahue reports in today’s New York Post. The raccoon was not rabid. Mr. Gallahue reports: The odd attack by a rampaging raccoon happened as the victim enjoyed a Sunday outing with her family at The Lake, officials […]

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Normally, such topics would elicit yawns–and the headline probably just scared people away–but they’re important to those that care about new development and construction in New York City and, particularly, Brooklyn. So, we’ll note that despite the Governor’s rejection last week of a bill to require more re-inspection of building sites by the Department of […]

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Something tells us it is going to be a very, very sad fall and winter in terms of watching Coney Island rides and attractions being dismantled and demolished on property owned by Thor Equities and developer Joe Sitt. Both the Zipper and the Spider rides were dismantled yesterday and driven away on flatbed trucks and […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Judith Zuk, Beloved Former Head of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Passes Away [NYT] $7,313 Monthly Rent-Stabilized Apartments at Atlantic Yards? [AYR] Markowitz Interview Circa 2001 [DDDB via No Land Grab] Small Businesses Being Priced Out of Downtown Brooklyn [NYDN] Quinn Tries to Block Starrett City Mitchell-Lama […]

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Columbia Street in Red Hook, which has been in a state of serious street construction for more than a year, will be getting some new housing if a “pre-approved” Department of Housing Preservation and Development goes ahead. The plan is for 152 units of housing, 40 percent of which would be affordable. The plan was […]

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Just like it says, the Clinton Hill Blog–one of our daily reads–is throwing a First Anniversary Bash with local retailer RePop on Friday. You go, Lesterhead.

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It’s been a while since we noted any of the goings on at Proteus Gowanus, the “interdisciplinary reading room and gallery” on the Gowanus, so we’re happy to note the opening reception on Friday (9/14) from 6PM-9PM for a year-long exhibit called “Play.” Proteus emails: It is with great excitement that we launch our 2007/2008 […]

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Totally obliterated. From Williamsburg, of course. It was probably a parking sign, as most are, but who knows?

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This email caught our attention for two reasons: A Prospect Park raccoon biting someone and “very aggressive” ducks and geese. Here’s what it says: My family and I were feeding the ducks & geese yesterday afternoon at the lake near the Vanderbilt entrance (something we won’t do again because they got very aggressive) and saw […]

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We return to our Coney Island Death Watch series, which has been on hiatus for a while, to offer a few photos of the plywood that Thor Equities has put up recently in the windows of some of the Coney buildings that it owns. We do not mean to imply that Coney Island will be […]

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If you read Curbed yesterday, you might have noticed that we’ve made a transition. And, in case you didn’t, here’s the news: We are now blogging full-time at Curbed! We’re thrilled to be part of a Curbed editorial team that includes the inimitable Lockhart Steele and our editorial colleague Joey Arak, not to mention Ben […]

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Of course, there’s also an Adventures of the Brooklyn Hipster Superhero, Episode II and an Adventures of the Brooklyn Hipster Superhero, Episode III.

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Yes, it’s a cheap attempt at a headline and/or a caption. Yet, it is virtually impossible to pass up the photo op when one finds an older model car with an upraised hood parked in front of one of Thor Equities “Future of Coney Island” banners on the big parcel of property on Stillwell Avenue […]

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A GL reader sent us an email noting that Mary Star of the Sea Church on Court Street was robbed on Monday night and that the police are looking for help in solving the crime. He wrote: Two NYPD detectives just informed me that Mary Star of the Sea Church, at Court and Luquer Streets, […]

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Check out this video of a Coney Island lover’s “last ride” on the Astrotower. If Astroland closes for good on September 9, there will be many last rides this weekend.

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