Brooklyn bloggers had one of their semi-regular meet ups yesterday at the Frank White Cafe + Gallery in Clinton Hill. The meeting was hosted by the Clinton Hill Blog. Check out an excellent photo set of the meeting posted by Flatbush Gardener on his flckr page.–Flatbush Gardener/flickr

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Another session to discuss possible renovations to J.J. Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is taking place tomorrow (Tuesday, January 22) from 7PM-9PM. Two sessions were held last week. Kim Maier, who is director of the Old Stone House sent an email via the Park Slope Parents group: Play space, open space, green […]

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There are a lot of activities at Old First in Park Slope today in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. There is an amazingly long list and the program runs from 10AM to 7:30PM. Check out the details.–OTBKB

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King’s day, the full “I Have a Dream” speech.

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The corner of Metropolitan and Union Avenues in Williamsburg may be the borough’s ultimate Subway Not Working Shuttle Bus Hell. It’s been the scene of many L Train offloading/shuttle bus marathons. For the past two weekends, the G Train hasn’t been running on a significant part of its route.

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On Friday, a thread popped up on the Prospect Heights Forum on Brooklynian about a little white dog that had been found wandering on Eastern Parkway and had been taken in. There was discussion about finding his owners. The dog’s photo was posted on flickr. By Friday night, he was reunited with his people. We […]

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In the summer, when it gets blazing hot, we will occasionally post a photo or video of Brooklyn in winter. So, during this little cold snap, we bring you the Floating Pool. Ah, summer.

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Things have gotten a little bent out of shape at Norman Avenue and Dobbin Street in Greenpoint. This photo, of course, comes to us because of the sharp eyes of our Greenpoint Correspondent.

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We got three emails yesterday from three different people last night and in the very early hours of this morning about goings on at 340 Court Street. It appears that workers doing asbestos removal continue to toil late into the night. One neighbor reports five men “tossing construction debris” off the roof into a dumpster […]

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We return to that hot spot of lust and organic products, if not Brooklyn Missed Connections–the Park Slope Food Coop–for this week’s top choice, which amuses in a subtle way: Park Slope Food Coop – Wed – Coconut- milk-buying Nursing Student – w4m – 30 Maybe a minute or so into our conversation (I was […]

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The Caddy memorializing Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson is getting around. We found this video of the “Messiah Parade” on Bedford Avenue on the YouTube.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Three Die in Bensonhurst Apartment Fire [NYT] Bensonhurst Apartment Blaze Tragedy [NYDN] Finally Telling Time Again [Lost City] Goodbye Blue Monday [New York Shitty] Foraging at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket [A Year in the Park] Remembering Sunset Park Rock Pioneer Ron Ardito [Sunset Park […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] As we noted yesterday, here and here, local sculptor and artist Gary Mirabelle sent us a number of beautiful photos of Prospect Park in winter. This is a shot of the 15th Street entrance to the park on Friday morning.

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The Khalil Gibran Int’l Academy has been much in the news, starting with issues having to do with a Park Slope location that was changed to Boerum Hill. In any case, the school comes back to Park Slope for a night on Tuesday, January 29 with an event at the United Methodist Church that starts […]

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Every week, we like to pick a few comments that GL readers have left during the previous seven days and highlight a few of them. Here are this week’s somewhat random selections: 340 Court Street #2: Collateral Damage Edition. “You don’t think anything can shake these brownstones until a backhoe starts banging away in the […]

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Some random Brooklyn vids posted to the YouTube recently.

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Fulton Ferry State Park in Dumbo is open again. A reader writes to tell us that it was open yesterday and, may in fact, have reopened earlier in the week. The park was closed in December after structural problems were detected at the old coffee warehouse in the park, which is called the Empire Stores […]

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This email, which is circulating via the Boerum Hill Yahoo Group, is about some less than savory drug-related goings on on and/or near Dean Street: Yesterday I found a syringe in my front yard. While I have seen these laying around in the past, this one was FILLED WITH BLOOD! I was totally grossed out!!! […]

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This is a conceptual plan for “Transmitter Park,” which is one of the parks that was discussed at the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning meeting the other night at Warsaw. The rendering has been around for a while, but New York Shitty reports that work on the park, which would be on the […]

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From the Pierrepont Playground at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade: “Your nanny finished one red bull, popped a top on the other and proceeded to lose her patience or rather continued to lose her patience with your little girl all dressed in pink. One twin or close in age child was outside of the double stroller […]

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Is architect Robert Scarano still working on a controversial Carroll Gardens building? Carroll Gardens blogger Pardon Me For Asking reported that Tom Gray from Council Member Bill De Blasio’s office had told people at the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association Meeting on Monday that Mr. Scarano is no longer working on the project at 333 Carroll […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Whenever we find an email in our inbox from artist and sculptor Gary Mirabelle, we know we are in for a visual treat. Mr. Mirabelle took his camera into Prospect Park yesterday morning and the result is photos like this one that show the park’s special winter beauty. If you […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Visual: Long Williamsburg Walk [Atomische] Coney Beach in Winter [Park Slope Street Photography] Coney Island Creek [seriously excited!] Covered Cars [Blue Jake] Stone Park Pigeons [Velvet Sea] Communal Seclusion [Atomische] Sheepshead Bay Winter [Sail Brooklyn] Sugarland [A Test of Will] Friday Night Brooklyn Sky [Brit […]

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We love the dancing on the boardwalk in Coney Island in summer. We especially love to remember it in the middle of January and think about how it will be back beore we know it.

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