Have a look at some cool photos of the Brooklyn Heights waterfront and some relics here and there of another era. There’s some detail of National Cold Storage on Furman Street. There’s a reminder of the New York Dock Company from 1917. And, of course, the Dept. of Sanitation’s Encumbrance Depot.–Fading Ad Blog

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] Yesterday, of course, was the reopening of Astroland and of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park for the 2008 season and neither rain nor damp chill stopped it from happening. The photo above comes from the excellent Brit in Brooklyn blog and the one below is from a flickr set posted […]

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On Friday, we posted about the foul nuisance at Skillman and Manhattan Avenue, which is a construction site with a building designed by Robert Scarano that has had a Stop Work Order for a year. What we found when we happened upon 123 Skillman yesterday was an open fence, meaning that any child or drunk […]

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On a sunny Saturday in Williamsburg, as cranes were crashing down in Manhattan, workers were busy at all the big developments. “At 80 Metropolitan…North 1st Street was blocked as workers loaded material. No flagman was present. Urban Green was pumping concrete on North 5th Street…Again, no flagman (but at least traffic could pass). Workers were […]

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Prospect Park, Brooklyn

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[Photo courtesy of susiejulie/flickr] Broolinks are a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Paterson Will Continue Support for Atlantic Yards [AYR] Man Struck & Killed by Police Car on Coney Island Ave. [NYP] Dianna Carlin Talks About Her New Coney Roller Rink [Metro] Suspect in Hideous Bronx Rape Arrested in Brooklyn [amNY] Happy St. […]

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This pic comes from Prospect Park in front of the Picnic House and it’s a real sight for sore eyes, with the caveat being that allergy sufferers might not be quite so stoked about it.

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We normally wouldn’t post about something with ticket prices this steep, but we dig Coney Island USA and the stabilizing, positive and creative presence that it’s been in Coney Island. They’re having their Spring Gala on May 21 from 7PM-11PM at the Angel Orensanz Center at 127 Norfolk Street on the Lower East Side. Tickets […]

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[Courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent] Our Carroll Gardens correspondent ventured to the far off corner of Brooklyn called Bay Ridge over the weekend and found that spring is even more far advanced there than it is in Carroll Gardens or Park Slope or environs. Excellent.

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The top clown in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus grew up on First Street and Montgomery Place in Park Slope and misses the pizza from Pino’s on Seventh Avenue when he’s on teh road. He’s the circus’ first featured clown from NYC, but who care about that when he’s the Clown from […]

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These are posted in Williamsburg, mostly east of the BQE. We found this one on Metropolitan and Union, near Kellog’s Diner. If you find Pinky, rescue her and call.

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St. Patrick’s Day will be sunny with some wind and a high of 48 degrees. The wind will make it feel like 38, though. Tonight will be partly cloudy and chilly with a low of 38.–Accuweather

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Given that we constantly write about issues related to construction, we’d be remiss in not mentioning the horrific crane collapse on E. 51st Street yesterday that killed at least four people and injured 17. An investigation will take place and we’re fairly certain it will reveal shortcomings in the way the building site was regulated. […]

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This just in from a GL Reader about the identity of the new restaurant on Seventh Avenue that will occupy the Seventh Avenue space where Tempo Presto was located: It will be a Mexican restaurant called Barrio. Here’s what our reader wrote: So I got the scoop. I was walking down 7th and I peaked […]

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We were saddened to see a report in the Brooklyn Paper that the Brick Oven Gallery on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg had shut down and equally happy to find out from a reader that it was a bogus rumor. We stopped in last night to check on one of our favorite Brooklyn pizza and sandwich […]

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It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our weekly Brooklyn Missed Connection. We don’t the guy that posted today’s selection is actually seeking the female in question, but one never knows what can come of such situations: Peeing on the street S 1st and Kent – m4w – 30 As I turned into S1 and […]

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Once a week, we highlight a few random comments left by GL readers during the previous week. Here are some from the past seven days: Toll Brothers Gowanus Development Gets Scoped. “People are raising the toilet problem. Unfortunately, City Planning could care less about that since it doesn’t fall within that agencies purview. The people […]

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Today’s Times notices the changes that have been underway for a while along Third Avenue in Gowanus, particularly on the Third Avenue corridor where restaurants are sprouting. The story lists many of the developments that have been chronicled and even mapped (although they fail to mention the hotels). Here’s a sample: Just before Christmas, he […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Crane Collapse Kills at Least Four [NYT] With Demolitions, Pacific Street Getting Very Lonely [AYR] Updating the F Train Rehab [Kensington Brooklyn] Economic Wisdom from a Crown Heights Supermarket [NYT] Church Row on Lafayette? [General Greene] Help Needed with Kitty’s Lymphosarcoma [Erica’s Blog] Jacko Piping […]

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There’s no such thing as too much Coney Island for us, so here are all the Coney vids we’ve made and posted to the YouTube in the last couple of years.

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The decision on whether to landmark Victorian Flatbush’s Midwood Park and Fiske Terrace is slated to be announced this week. The outlook is pretty good.–NYT

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Saturday Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn

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If you’re into chamber music, here’s an opportunity to catch some today (3/16) when Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music present Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion at the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 Montague Street at Clinton Street, Brooklyn Heights. It takes place at 4PM. Tickets are $20 at the door. […]

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Here’s one from the streets of Bed-Stuy via Miss Heather. We call it Waiting Room Couch with Mattress and Trash as it combines all three vital elements. At least, we hope that’s a waiting room couch, because it sure doesn’t look like something comfortable to have at home.

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