We’re only a couple of hours away from the opening of the Pop-Up Brooklyn Bridge Park for waterfall viewing and summer lounging by the water. Here’s a bit more detail about it from the Brooklyn Bridge Park website: Opening to the public for the first time, Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1 will offer spectacular views […]

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Anyone looking for a compelling story about the underside of development in Brooklyn should check out this tale of non-union labor at Toren and the downtown Sheraton. It includes pay that’s 1/3 to 1/2 of union workers, long hours and alleged threats of violence against workers trying to organize.–Village Voice

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For those that haven’t had their fill of the circus of the Coney Island Scoping Meeting on Tuesday Night, here’s a vid of NY 1’s report that’s been posted to the YouTube:

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I”The residents of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are going nuts about the Ikea buses that have decided against HIcks and gone with Clinton as a route. The buses, every hour on the hour, seem to be trying to beat out Bonneville Salt Flats-type speed records, and [Tuesday] morning, due to construction, there was even […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/flickr] Here’s one of those gorgeous Coney Island sunsets showing off the South Brooklyn Light. That’s KeySpan Park under the glowing cloud. This comes to our GL Photo Pool courtesy of Rubys Host.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning there are clouds. The forecast calls for clouds and sunshine with a shower or heavy thunderstorm and more humid. The high will be 83. Tonight there will be some evening showers and thunderstorms; otherwise partly cloudy, warm and humid with a low of 72.–Accuweather

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We were unable to check out the Red Hook Ikea from the land side this past weekend, but we did catch a view of it from the harbor behind the Erie Basin. Gothamist had a fun look at where things were a little crazy in a traffic sense and where things remained relatively quiet that […]

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Tomorrow is the big day, at least, for those waiting to catch more than a fleeting glimpse of Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls project. There’s a press event at 10AM to kick off the festivities and the falls are slated run every day from 7AM-10PM through October 13. Just every company with a boat will be running […]

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From the Waterfalls that turn on tomorrow to “Burning Man for Lazy People” on Governor’s Island and the Cold War Kids Show at Celebrate Brooklyn to a Mizz Greenpoint thing, the Tip sheet has a lot of fun suggestions for the next few days.–Brooklyn Based

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There is something about the absurdity of the situation described in the following email circulating via the Yahoo South Slope Group that caught our attention. It’s not a major thing, just an example of the hijinx that can ensue with construction equipment, particularly when no agency really wants to deal with the issue: Here we […]

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Still think that Scoping Meetings about land use proposals are as exciting as watching paint dry? Last night’s Coney Island rezoning scoping meeting was no doubt an exception to the rule, but what an exception it was. Check out this YouTube clip, even if it’s only to catch the circus atmosphere that prevailed at times. […]

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“For the past several months there has been a loud, annoying beeping noise on 16th street, between 7th and 8th. It sounds like a little ping, is high pitched and happens at 1 minute intervals. (I timed it!) I have walked outside and I know it is not a smoke detector battery or some sort; […]

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No, not that Miss Brooklyn. The Miss Brooklyn whose photo appears here. She’s for hire. We know this because the listing appeared on the BoCoCa Parents email list. To wit: Book Miss Brooklyn 2008 for your next event! Miss Brooklyn, official preliminary to Miss New York & Miss America, is available to sing, make an […]

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This clip juxtaposes scenes from the Australian home of Green Point Wines and Greenpoint, Brooklyn (what a difference the space between Green and Point makes). The info for the vid says brings the cool, bright style they’re famous for to Greenpoint Brooklyn for the McCarren Pool Film Series starting June 2008.”

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Normally, we turn to our Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections on Sunday. Since we found a bunch of Mermaid Parade-related ones this week (as we knew we would), we’re doing a Midweek Mermaid Special. Enjoy: The most beautiful mermaid – m4w – (Coney Island Mermaid Parade) From Coney Island to Astoria N train yesterday.. – m4m […]

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There was a steady stream of people wandering past Park Slope’s soon-to-be Red Hot II on Seventh Avenue yesterday evening looking into the windows and taking new carry out and delivery menus. There is a new sign outside and a slightly new look inside as well. The restaurant is reopening on Saturday with a menu […]

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There’s an update meeting coming up on the Public Place site between the Gowanus Canal and Smith Street, which will be developed into a large mixed use project called Gowanus Green by a development team that includes the Hudson Companies,the Bluestone Organization, Fifth Avenue Committee and Jonathan Rose Companies. It will take place on Thursday, […]

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[Photo courtesy of GerritsenBeach.Net/flickr] Normally, “scoping hearings” are boring in the deadliest way. Not last night’s hearing about Coney Island rezoning. Not by a longshot. You expected differently when the Mermaid Queen had been on a hunger strike to publicize it and get people to attend? There was a large turnout and it was a […]

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[Photo courtesy of GerristensBeach.Net/flickr] The second Coney Island rezoning Scoping Meeting took place last night in front of a large crowd with testimony that ran toward performance art. An earlier meeting had been held, but the process has had to be redone, because the plan has been revised since then. Kinetic Carnival said the meeting […]

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We were lucky enough to trespa visit the roof of the historic Childs Building in Coney Island and get a look at some rarely seen Coney views as well as to see some of the building’s decorative sea creatures and other elements up close. Before last year’s Mermaid Ball there had been no public access […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Brooklyn Mom Seeks Subway Platform “Angel” [NYP] · Surprise: Buildings Dept. Criticized as Too Slow on Violations [Sun] · More New Regulations to Improve Construction Safety [NYT] · About the People Throwing the Atlantic Yards “Block Party” [AYR] · Subway Love on the G […]

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There’s a “block party” taking place at McCarren Pool on Tuesday, July 8, with proceeds going to benefit the Open Space Alliance of North Brooklyn. The event is sponsored by L Magazine, and here’s more detail about it, per an email: The L Magazine invites you to its FIRST ANNUAL WILLIAMSBURG BLOCK PARTY. Held in […]

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Coney’s Beer Island has food! Specifically, it has a BBQ truck. “It’s owned and run by Chris McGee, a veteran of Blue Smoke and Jean-Georges. He’s serving Kansas City Style BBQ (where he’s from)—KC ribs, Pulled pork, pulled chicken, Brisket, Chicken ribs (essentially a smoked chicken leg), burgers, hot dogs, smoked turkey burgers, salads, slaw, […]

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Okay, this vid is a little off the beaten path for us, as it concerns cooking, on the other hand, we found there was something compelling about watching “Doris Einbinder, Canarsie, Brooklyn, circa 1986” show how to make potato latkes in this old footage. Grandma Doris, here’s to your latkes.

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“About a quarter of Thomas Greene playground has been fenced off so that National Grid can dig underneath the Parks Dept. facility and see how polluted it is.” The playground was part of the site of the former Fulton Manufactured Gas Plant, which left a mess of toxic underground coal tar behind. Most of the […]

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