The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association is having its monthly general meeting tonight (3/10). The meeting will take place at 7:30PM at the St Mary Star of the Sea Residence, which is located on 1st Street between Hoyt and Bond. Among the topics that will be covered is the possible expansion of the Carroll Gardens Landmark […]

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This one-way at Roebling and N. 10 in Williamsburg was a victim of high winds, we think. Either that or we finally noticed it because it was making a lot of noise blowing back and forth.

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A Carroll Gardens couple isn’t sleeping together right now because the husband supports Sen. Hillary Clinton and the wife is with Sen. Barack Obama. The wife has told the huband he won’t be getting anything unless he switches sides. We have no idea how the story starting making the rounds.–Brooklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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Not that sunrise and sunset are an hour later than they had been, we’re looking at “plenty of sunshine” in the forecast for today with a high of 44 degrees. Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a low of 32.–Accuweather

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The mystery of where the new, temporary roller rink in Coney Island will be this spring and summer has been solved. The rink, which will be operated by entrepreneur Dianna Carlin, AKA Lola Staar, will be in the historic Childs Restaurant Building, which developers are planning to turn into an eatery and entertainment venue. The […]

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Oh, Sunday Brookyn Craigslist Missed Connections, we do love you sometimes. We will say nothing about this weeks selection, except to present it: Attendees from impromptu seminar on S&M held by 7 min mile runner – w4m – 28 Searching for attendees of an impromptu seminar that took place last Saturday March 1 in bed-stuy. […]

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Yesterday’s big rainstorm caused some excitement in the South Slope. The photos above and below were shot and posted by f.trainer who also produces the excellent Food of the Future blog. He emailed us to say: lots of carnage on 20th street between 6 and 7th aves this afternoon. around 1pm they closed of the […]

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We know that we’ve had a lot of Sunday Missed Connections material from the L Train recently, but we couldn’t pass up this string of posts about “why guys just stare on the L train.” It started with this: why do guys just stare on the L train? – w4m i don’t get it. why […]

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On Friday, we posted a reader’s photo and questions about one-way signs that had appeared on Fifth Avenue in Sunset Park. One reader left a comment that some type of construction might be taking place and that the street–which is in wretched condition–was going to be repaved. Yesterday, another reader answered the question with some […]

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Every Sunday we highlight a random selection of comments left by our GL readers during the previous seven day’s. Here are a few from this week: Plans for Controversial Carroll Gardens Building Coming in April. “it will be interseting to see what the lower rung of rogers marvel have planned for this spot. with all […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Car Plunges on Subway Tracks in Brooklyn [NYT] Ditmas Park as Viewed in 1998 [Ditmas Park Blog] Stroller and Bike Parking at New ‘sNice? [OTBKB] Dumbo Weekly Links [Dumbo NYC] More Brooklyn Found Toys [New York Shitty] Bay Ridge Preservationists Conceding Defeat on Church? [Left […]

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We suppose we could call this a “Construction Site du Jour,” but we’ll simply call it one of Thor Equities many fences in Coney Island. This photo was posted on the Coney Island Message Board by the vigilant Captain Nemo. Those “Future of Coney Island” banners always add to photos.

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The ice skating season at the Wollman Rink is almost over. The last day for skating is just a week from today, on March 16. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for children and seniors. Skate rentals are $6. Speaking of the eventual end of winter, pedal boating season on Prospect Park Lake begins […]

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Check out this “Mermaids of Brooklyn” vid about the Mermaid Parade, a link to which came to us via an email this week. It was shot on 16mm & Super 8 and directed by Maddy Lederman. Fun stuff.

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The “Brooklyn College Target” is open at Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. “The store first welcomed customers on Tuesday, March 4th. Though the signs on the door have said ‘Opens March 9th’ for about two weeks, it turns out that date is the official ‘Grand Opening’. The store opened with a ‘soft opening’ five days early.” […]

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This futon comes from India Street in Greenpoint via Miss Heather. We’re taken by its proximity to the G Train.

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“Smartmom can’t wait for the May opening of Babeland, the woman-friendly sex toys shop on Bergen Street off Fifth Avenue. And so are plenty of Park Slopers. Of course, that didn’t prevent the New York Post from oozing out of the Murdochian slime to dis the neighborhood with its story this week on the coming […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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It will be sunny to partly cloudy today and windy. The high will be 42 but it will feel like 30. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold with winds gusting past 40 MPH. It will be 28 and feel like an invigorating 9 degrees. Also, there is a warning about black ice on roads […]

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If you are reading this hear and it is coming as news to you, you’re probably running an hour late. Daylight Savings Time started at 2 AM, taking an hour of daylight from the early morning and moving it to the evening. As of last year, daylight savings runs from the second Sunday in March […]

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Yesterday, someone posted what we thought was a funny email on the Park Slope Parents list making light of the “Is There a Park Slope in Boston?” thread at PSP this week. The writer asked, “What is the Park Slope of Iraq“? We posted it early yesterday morning and it was also picked up elsewhere. […]

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The Union-Sackett Block Association is having it monthly meething this morning (3/8) at 11:30 AM, but the big news from Court Street is a session that will take place in a few weeks. The Clarett Group, which is developing the controversial building on the site of the former International Longshoreman’s Association Building at 340 Court […]

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Here’s another unnerving tale about a Thursday night mugging in Park Slope–with an odd twist in terms of the vehicle the criminal is using–that’s making the rounds of the inboxes via the Park Slope Parents list and that may pop up elsewhere in a bit: I was mugged last night (March 6th) , at 8:30PM, […]

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This week we’re featuring two adoptable pets of the week as part of our weekly feature with animals available for adoption at the Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. We know that someone out there will think that Terrance is the cutest thing ever. He’s a puggle and here’s his bio: Terrance is a […]

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