Of course, there are other waterfalls besides the temporary ones created by Olafur Eliasson. Some of them are in Brooklyn, like the one in Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Green-Wood Cemetery. (There are also some very nice ones in Prospect Park.) The “Newkirk Avenue Falls” are another matter.–NYT

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[Photo courtesy of rubys host/GL Flickr Pool] Every Friday night from now through Labor Day, they’ll be having fireworks on the beach. This is a shot of the ones this week that come to us via our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool from frequent contributor Rubys Host.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory right now, another hot and muggy day is taking shape. Today’s forecast looks like a repeat of yesterday. The high will be 87, but the humidity will make it feel like 97. There’s also a chance of thunderstorms, “some severe.” Tonight, we’re looking at “showers and a heavier thunderstorm this […]

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We’ve gotten several emails in the last week or so about the “toxic” parking lot at Bedford Avenue and N. 11 Street in Williamsburg. Construction work is now going on at the site, which is slated to become a Karl Fischer building with 180 apartments. The property was once a paint factory and is listed […]

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This reminds us of the roach in the Kung Pao Shrimp in a long closed restaurant we were once treated to, but it concerns a sandwich order from Fuel on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope that is said to have had a bit more fuel than the customer had bargained for. It raises the question: […]

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This week’s pet is from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. They do wonderful work and have an abundance of great animals that need loving homes: The cutie above is named Annie. Here’s some info about here: Annie is a sweet gem of a Boston Terrier. Cuddly and smart, she was found […]

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These are what one might call the Fourth Avenue Friends, looking at each other across Carroll Street. The one on the left is something we called The Shaft when it was rising without windows. It has gained them, but the tall, skinny building generally draws curious looks because it is so, dare we say, Finger-like. […]

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The body of water in the photo is the Gowanus Canal. The graceful creature is an egret. It was at the foot of Second Street at the boat launch used by the Gowanus Dredgers.

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Here’s the schedule for music, film and theater at JJ Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope for next month. The Tuesday dates are music. The Wednesday dates are film. Everything is free. All activities take place outside, of course: July 1: Opera on Tap, 6 PM & 8 PM July 2: 1776, 8:45 […]

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This is one of the old warehouses on the Brooklyn waterfront that is slated to become Brooklyn Bridge Park as seen from the water side. This is one of the ones that will remain standing and be converted to recreational use.

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Here’s a deleted scene from the Warriors posted to the YouTube. It’s interesting, if anything, for the very different Coney scenery that it shows than what’s there now.

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“Even with Independence Day and then Election Day fast approaching, the most presidential place in New York City at the moment just might be an unexpected one: the work space of the design and fabrication company StudioEIS on the fourth floor of an anonymous-looking building in Dumbo, Brooklyn. There, in one corner, is a nearly […]

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There are many alternate side parking signs being replaced in Park Slope. So many, in fact, that alternate side rules have been famously suspended until further notice, leading to complaints by some residents that it’s harder to park and that the streets are dirtier. We haven’t noticed either to particularly be the case, but we […]

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There is major heat and humidity coming today and we can already see it outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory. Today’s forecast says: “Very hot and humid with times of clouds and sun; a thunderstorm in the afternoon.” The high will be 90, but it will fell like 100. Tonight will be warm and humid with […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Bats in Brooklyn! Friday, June 27, 7:45- 9 pm – with Paul Keim. Naturalist Paul Keim of the Brooklyn Bird Club leads a Prospect Park adventure in search of the fascinating bats that live behind the fences […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] Ward Bakery in Prospect Heights has been coming down in advance of the Atlantic Yards development (given its location it could be said to be coming down well, well, well in advance of anything being built on the property). We offer this photo that was dropped into our GL Photo […]

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Check out some pics of Greening the Ridge, including bonus shots of fishing on the pier and the dude that caught a 41″ bass. “The buzz was great and it was the kind of event that as you got closer to the pier, you could feel the positive energy. It was a great vibe, and […]

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Herewith a sampling of some concerts taking place between today and Sunday: Friday 6/27/08 Barbes: Stephane Wrembel (French Virtuoso Guitarist) $10, 9:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell: Cold War Kids, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Sam Champion (Indie Rock) – Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 6/28/08 The Yard: Benevento/Russo Duo (Indie/Jam)- $15 advance/ $20 Day of Show, 4:00pm […]

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We got an email yesterday evening from the proprietors of a new Brooklyn photoblog called Shooting Brooklyn. The blog only has a handful of photos posted right, but we like what we saw and hope the bloggers are serious about posting at least one photo a day. One can never have too many daily sources […]

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Back in 1968, James Hurley and pilot Joseph Haynes set out to research an old neighborhood, Weeksville, for a Pratt Neighborhood College Workshop. After consulting old maps, they decided to search for signs of the old neighborhood from the air. Flying overhead, they noticed an oddly situated lane with four run-down wooden houses set back […]

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Here’s a look at the new Pop-Up Rice outpost in the Pop-Up Brooklyn Bridge Park. We’ve got beer, wine and a limited menu of food. While it looks like the sun might be a little intense during the day unless there are umbrellas we didn’t see, it could be quite the spot in the evening […]

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The Park Slope Alternate Side Parking Hiatus may be coming to an end relatively soon, possibly in as little as three week. Council Member Bill de Blasio sent us the following email: In light of the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) recent suspension of alternate side parking rules, many of my constituents have expressed concern regarding […]

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Brooklyn Independent Television’s wonderful series “A Walk Around the Blog” features Brit in Brooklyn blogger (and GL Contributor) Adrian Kinloch and Tracy Collins of Not Another F*cking Blog, who is creating an invaluable historical record of Prospect Heights in the pre-Atlantic Yards days. They’re great photographers, great bloggers, nice people and it’s a great show. […]

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All 54 of the city’s outdoor pools are opening today. They will close for the season on September 1. In the meantime, the general hours of operation are 11AM to 7PM and all of them are listed if you following the link here.–Parks Department

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We checked out the new Brooklyn Bridge Pop-Up Park yesterday and concluded that it’s going to be a nice thing to have this summer. Of course, we saw it not long after the gates swung open, before it’s crowded with tourists and bridal parties snapping photos. Nonetheless, it offers a nice vantage on the Olafur […]

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