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Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Emily Geoff/flickr]

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The first prediction involves New York Water Taxi and a big biodiesel fuel spill that will add a natural sheen of cooking oil to the petroleum mess gurgling about underfoot in different places.–INSIJS

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Today and tomorrow we’re going to veer off-topic by featuring a few holiday photos from cities in Europe and elsewhere. Enjoy. The Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium[Photo courtesy of ph@zer online/flickr]

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As another local business on Court Street is being forced out by a new landlord and high rent, residents appear to be taking up the cause. They’re trying to get neighbors to sign a petition supporting the Trusting Tailoring & Cleaning laundry at 232 Court, which is at the corner of Baltic and they’re also […]

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Ah, Sunday, the day when we turn our attention to that interesting world known as Craigslist Brooklyn Missed Connections. We’ve seen Missed Connections from the Park Slope Food Coop from time to time, but this week we have the ultimate “Park Slop” Food Coop Missed Connection: To the girls at the Park Slop Food Coop […]

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A by some students visit to Coney Island on a cold, wet December day. Desolate.

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Every Sunday, we like to take a look at a few comments that GL readers have left during the previous week. Here’s a selection from the last seven days: Burg’s Giant Fart Cloud Demolition is a Scary Mess. “A similar situation is going down on bedford ave. near reel life, on the same side of […]

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After enduring an awful hassle with the dysfunctional blogger.com anti-spam software and corporate bureaucracy that knocked the superb Brit in Brooklyn offline for about two weeks, BIB is back and has a new home. You can find the new home of Brit in Brooklyn here. We’re glad to see BIB back. We’ve missed their coverage. […]

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Here’s a slideshow of photos sent our way from a special GL contributor who’s been showering us with photos and for whose contributions we’re grateful. These were shot on Sackett Street.

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There are still decisions pending in two major cases concerning Atlantic Yards. One is a challenge to the environmental review process that was argued in May. The other is an appeal of a decision to dismiss the eminent domain lawsuit.–AYR

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Through Christmas we’re going to veer off-topic by featuring a few holiday photos from cities in Europe and elsewhere. Enjoy. The Leidseplein, Amsterdam[Photo courtesy of PjotrP/flickr]

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[Gowanus Christmas Boat Photo courtesy of Dietrich/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy holidays to all our readers. Dear Mr. Mayor, Why Is Okay for the Cops to Harass Bloggers? [Brooklyn Junction] Hassled by Cops for Christmas Photos & New Camera from Mr. Heather [NYS] People Less Than Happy as […]

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Through Christmas we’re going to veer off-topic by featuring a few holiday photos from cities in Europe and elsewhere. Enjoy. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin[Photo courtesy of samcox22/flickr]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Through Christmas we’re going to veer off-topic by featuring a few holiday photos from cities in Europe and elsewhere. Enjoy. Venezia, Italy[Photo courtesy of miss.picolo/flickr, for full size click here]

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In the days before Christmas, the Fulton Mall is one very busy and un-bland place. It’s “a chaotic throwback to the era before the sanitization and, yes, mallification of New York City’s retail districts. For every Nextel or Children’s Place or Foot Locker on the mall there is an immigrant-run mom-and-pop store offering off-brand electronics […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of amc_/flickr]

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News of the new permits for the Caroll Gardens Hell Building at 333 Carroll Street has gotten around the neighborhood and residents have been emailing city officials. One reply making the rounds says that elected officials are still working on a variety of issues related to architect Robert Scarano: We are trying, but even Scarano […]

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If you’ve followed the stories and posts about Coney Island’s boardwalk, you know the state of disrepair into which the city has allowed it to fall. Someone has produced a short, documentary-style vid about the issue that is very much worth watching. We came upon it on YouTube this morning. The producer also has a […]

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[Photo courtesy of Victoria Law/flickr]

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Our friend Miss Heather’s adventure with the NYPD is continuing. First, she was stopped and questioned while taking Christmas photos in Greenpoint. Now, she’s been deluged by comments from someone who turns out to be with the NYPD. The wonderful wave of holiday cheer continues to wash over us all. Be careful out there bloggers. […]

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There is no little irony in the fact that, after a lot of effort by developers to rebrand part of Gowanus as Park Slope, a condo in the Slope may be named “The Gowanus.” We’ve referred to it in the past as the Big Mac Building because of its location next to a McDonalds on […]

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[Photo courtesy of regular GL photo contributor and artist Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Photos: Guitar Rock [A Test of Will] Gowanus Sky [Hunter.Gatherer/flickr] View from a Roof on Front Street [Bluejake] Sunset Park [Atomische] Prospect Expressway [Park Slope Street Photography] Red Hook Street [Stephen […]

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