It’s Water Taxi Beach in Long Island City vs. our very own and very new Beer Island? Which one has the better view? The best food? The best drink selection? Well, Water Taxi Beach wins on a lot of counts, but Beer Island (aka BI) has one thing going for it that WTB doesn’t: Coney […]

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There are many things we could say about this image from Coney Island and, in truth, we have seen it much worse. The less said, however, the better.

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The Park Slope Food Coop has followed its ban on bottled water by nixing the use of plastic bags. The vote came last night and was reported by the Brooklyn Paper as being “nearly unanimous.” (The vote was, approximately, 250 in favor and four against.) The Brooklyn Paper writes: In both cases, the well-being of […]

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We’ve been running a series of photos of the same block since last week to try to figure out if there are, in fact, cars that have been dumped in Park Slope and left there while alternate side of the street parking is suspended while signs are replaced. Our first week of observation courtesy of […]

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A GL reader write about a “barricade situation” on St. Mark’s Place at the edge of Park Slope: “There is currently a ‘barricaded subject’ at 28 st. mark’s place (between 3rd and 4th ave) — google seems to imply that this is some sort of hostage situation (?!). The whole block is full of NYPD […]

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There will be a “Community Forum on the Future of the Brooklyn House of Detention” on Thursday, May 29 at 7PM at St. Cyril’s Belarusian Cathedral (Atlantic Avenue at Bond Street.) Followers of the saga might recall that the city wants to reopen the facility and double its capacity. Here’s the email we got from […]

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The Hoyt Street Alliance and City Council Member Bill de Blasio are having a community meeting tonight (Wednesday, May 28) on issues related to liquor license for the oyster bar that restauranteur Jim Mamary plans to open on Court Street. The decision led to a lot of very personal accusations flying back-and-forth between supporters and […]

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We’ve got Bushwick Open Studios, the opening of the Brooklyn International Film Festival at the Lyceum on Friday, a theater/film festival at Williamsburg’s Brick Theater, a Rooftop Films Screening of “At the Death House Door” in Fort Greene and a lot more. Check out the tip sheet.–Brooklyn Based

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Is the Whole Foods site in Gowanus starting to look more abandoned? One might say, “yes.” The signs identifying the big and environmentally-challenged parcel of land on Third Street in Gowanus as belonging to Whole Food were taken down at the end of 2007. At some point more recently, however, all the permits (many of […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Life May Get Less Nasty, Brutish & Short at Hellish High School [NYP] · What About Atlantic Yards “Voodoo Economics”? [AYR] · Baltic Street Tower Now on the Market [Brownstoner] · The Gopher Thing Behind Magic Johnson Viridian [New York Shitty] · Call Grenier-Maltz […]

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The Red Hook Ballfield Vendors had expected to be open by Memorial Day, but they weren’t. Spokesperson Cesar Fuentes says: “We cannot start until the city approves our permits [and these are] being processed as we speak. Unfortunately, that can still take a couple more weeks before we are given a go. Realistically speaking, we […]

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Our good friend 525 Union Avenue, a Karl Fischer building that was a poster child for Sunday construction work in Williamsburg and the Department of Building’s inability to do anything about it, is going on the market as a “luxury rental” building. The apartments start at $2,395 for a 1BR and top out at more […]

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There is something interesting in the window of the former Schnack on Union Street: “According to some new signage, owner Jim Mamary (also owner of a vast number of establishments throughout the BK including Pomme de Terre, the Farm on Adderley, and the new Oyster Bar) and his co-owners owe the landlord upwards of $11,000 […]

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[Photo courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/flickr] These are powerboats docked in Sheepshead Bay. They come to the GL Photo Pool courtesy of Sail Brooklyn.

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Whether one likes one’s cars up on blocks or burned to a crips, Southern Brooklyn has a little something to offer everyone. On the other hand, what’s up with all the semi-stripped and toasted cars out there?–Curbed

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[Photo courtesy of 66 Square Feet] This is an actual Clematis, as found on Dean Street in Boerum Hill.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, a completely different weather system has settled in, and it’s cool again. Today’s forecast calls for it to be mostly sunny, cooler and less humid. The high will be 69. Tonight will be clear and cool with a low of 51.–Accuweather

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We have to say that we weren’t the only people that stopped to stare at these ponies, which are chained up and part of a living “ride” in Coney Island. The five ponies and the ride are ostensibly part of a petting zoo set up on developer Joe Sitt’s property. Whether one considers the attraction […]

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Talk about signs that get screwed up when construction happens, this former One Way sign that has become a “Way” sign on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg is deserving of a DOT Award for Creative Altered Signage. Serious kudos to the contractors for the excellent work.

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Having gotten a good sense yesterday of what Coney Island will look like and feel like this season, several conclusions emerge: 1) Because developer Joe Sitt has put property that was allowed to sit empty last year back into service, Coney will have more businesses operating this year and, possibly, than it has had in […]

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[Image courtesy of heyheyamy/flickr] The Brooklyn waterfront where Brooklyn Bridge Park is intended to rise is changing very, very rapidly. This photo was dropped into the Gowanus Lounge Photo pool by heyheyamy and shows the site from the Brooklyn Bridge. The warehouses in the distance are still standing, but demolition is underway there too, and […]

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Who knew that Coney Island would be the site of Beer Island this summer? Beer Island…we love the way it rolls off the tongue…might best be described as a little bit of Water Taxi Beach, but without the East River and in Coney Island. We’re predicting big things for it this summer. It’s an expanse […]

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We found these two couches out on Grand Street in front of the old location of the City Reliquary Museum at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg. They’re street couch classics and, of course, are free and free of bugs.

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There’s another public scoping meeting coming up for the Draft Scope of Work for the “modified rezoning project” for Coney Island. This is because there’s a revised Environmental Assessment Statement based on the change in size of the city’s “parkland” for an amusement park from 15 acres to 9 acres. The session will be held […]

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