We found a couple of items in the email flow from the South Slope, where residents often detail the challenges and problems caused by neighborhood development sites: 1). Our Car Hit by the Jerkoffs @ 230 16th. “My mother had the car parked across the street from us (257) That big construction site was apparently […]

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[Beautiful photo courtesy of TomVu/flickr] Broolinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. 9/11:Floyd Bennett Field 9/11 Healing Field Video [GerritsenBeach.Net]Vid of the Day: The Healing Field [Gothamist]East Williamsburg 9/11 Memorial Service [OTBKB]9/11 Comments [Brooklyn Heights Blog]September 11, 2007 [Bay Ridge Blog]No Crowds on Brooklyn Heights Promenade This Year [NYDN] Not 9/11:More Fun at […]

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We found an e-mail from a group called the Brooklyn Young Mothers Collective, which is located at Douglass Street and Fourth Avenue that needs some basic items donated. The group works with–you guessed it–young mothers and provides reproductive health education, legal information, educational support and more. The organization’s managing director writes: We are seeking donations […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rob Hoey/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related images and information: Catching Up with the Dolly Williams Show [No Land Grab] More Developments in Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Case [AYR] EPA Confirms That Exxon-Mobil Spill in Greenpoint Bigger Than Thought [Metro] State Street Scarano is Not So Bad [Brownstoner] The 110 […]

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We have to say that the one thing we enjoy more than homemade signs are ones that are ignored. To that end, we have a special place in our hearts for “Don’t chain your bicycle to this fence” signs on fences that have bikes chained to them. Like this one, on N. 7th Street in […]

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We bring you this sign with the fish sticker, not because it’s unbelievably messed up, but because it comes to us from the shores of the Gowanus Canal. The sign–which we’ve never personally seen anyone obey, although we’re sure that some do, is at the Third Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal.

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It’s time for the Conflux Festival in Williamsburg again, which will run from September 13-16. Described as the “annual New York City festival where visual and sound artists, writers, urban adventurers and the public gather for four days to explore their urban environment. With tools ranging from traditional paper maps to high-tech mobile devices, artists […]

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As we noted this morning on Curbed, developer Billy Stein (pictured here) made a long presentation to Carroll Gardens residents attending the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting last night. Mr. Stein brought a rendering of the redesigned building at 360 Smith, whose early version we dubbed the Heavy Metal Building, but did not want any […]

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Brooklynites that have been pushing for an F Train may get some short-term relief in the form of a temporary F Express if work on the Culver Viaduct project falls behind schedule, but otherwise, the New York City Transit says that express service on the F won’t be possible until 2012 or early 2013. Andrew […]

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Kinetic Carnival is reporting that Astroland’s Carol Albert, who sold her amusement park to developer Joe Sitt last year for $30 million, is giving Thor Equities two weeks to renew her lease for the 2008 season. Kinetic writes that Ms. Albert has apparently “reached a limit to her patience” and that if a new lease […]

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There are a dozen free “music for peace” concerts in Brooklyn today, part of a series of concerts on September 11 that take place around the world. Here is a partial list from the Park Slope Courier: The Bay Ridge branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), 7223 Ridge Boulevard, where there will be a […]

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Brooklinks is sad today. September 11: Trying to Move Beyond Grief [NYT] Tension Marks September 11 Anniversary [Sun] Schedule of 9/11 Memorial Events [amNY] Ground Zero [amNY] Remembering 9/11 Digitally [CityRoom] Six Years Ago Today [OTBKB] Six Years On: 9/11 Open Thread [Brooklyn Heights Blog] 9/11 [Erica’s Blog] Metaphors for Living: 9/11 [Deep in the […]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. You might have heard about last week’s incident involving the biting raccoon in Prospect Park and you probably know that there is a sizable raccoon population in Park Slope and elsewhere in Brooklyn. What we did not know is that, apparently, one of the things they like to […]

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From Williamsburg, we have the following reports and photographic evidence: 1) The signage has gone up for Lokal (above), the Mediterranean bistro taking over the old Monsignor’s space at the corner of Lorimer and Nassau in Greenpoint. We caught this shot of the ongoing work on the space–which seems to be at a fairly advanced […]

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We don’t know how many Brooklyn trees have been the collateral damage in the ongoing development boom. All we can say is that we see a significant amount of anecdotal evidence suggesting that a modest amount of deforestation is taking place. The latest tale of development doing in a tree comes from the South Slope: […]

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Our old friend the Roebling Oil Building, which has sprouted atop the Roebling Oil Field, stopped growing some time ago. Now, it is adding new details every week. We found a wall covered in green, this weekend, clearly being prepped for what is likely to be the building’s exciting exterior. Is it us, or has […]

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Last week, the Red Hook Ballfield Vendors learned that the permits that allow them to operate in in Red Hook were officially extended through October 21. Vendors Committee Head Cesar Fuentes has sent out an email saying they’ll celebrate with “a livelier than usual weekend event” including more soccer games, music and a two-day art […]

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Have you heard about the BAG Fund? As many times as we’ve noted events at the Brooklyn Artists Gym in Gowanus, we’d never noticed the program, which supports artists who are single parents. Here are some details about it: The BAG Fund, the non-profit arm of Brooklyn Artists Gym, is seeking nominations and applications to […]

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GL remembers the fathers, mothers, wives, husbands, partners, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, grandfathers, grandmothers, nieces, nephews, cousins, brother-in-laws, sister-in-laws, friends and lovers.

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We spent most of yesterday afternoon and evening wandering around Astroland, shooting photos and video. It was relatively uncrowded early in the afternoon and became much more crowded as the day went on. By evening, it was packed with people who turned out to say goodbye for the season and, possibly, forever. We had a […]

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Astroland’s last day of the season (and possibly forever) began with a protest calling on developer Joe Sitt to extend the amusement park’s life for another year. Blogger Adrian Kinloch captured these images of the event. You can find a photo gallery of his work here and coverage on his blog, Brit in Brooklyn, here. […]

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A special GL correspondent was kind enough to send along some photos of a religious procession on Smith Street yesterday as it wound its way past the site of the building site known as 360 Smith Street. The emails that included the photos bore the subject line “Blessed Mother Visits 360 Smith Street.” We love […]

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Around mid-afternoon yesterday, as we took a break from Astroland’s last day, we found the Zipper ride being driven away. People stopped and stared as it was driven west down Surf Avenue. It will end up in Honduras.

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In all our wandering around and taking note of open fences and gates at construction and demolition sites, we have rarely seen a site as nasty as the demolition at 489 Driggs (aka 199-211 N. 9th) in Williamsburg. The building is part of a big demolition and future development that will include about two-thirds of […]

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A GL reader forwarded us an email last night about a Park Slope nanny that lost a child in the Ninth Street Playground in Prospect Park. Apparently, a nanny lost track of a child in the playground on Friday and created general panic and a search. The first word circulating in the neighborhood was that […]

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