[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This pic manages to capture some of essence of the Surf Avenue scene in Coney Island. It comes from lornagrl, whose Coney Island photography is, in a work, superb.

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“We went tonight with our 2 year old and honestly there were no such events. When I asked the guy taking the tickets where I could park my stroller he looked at me like I was from another planet.”–Stroller Olympics at Cyclones Game Today

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/GL Flickr Pool] There were some fairly dramatic bolts of lightning snaking out the sky during yesterday’s storms. This is one of them, touching down in Carroll Gardens. Woodendesigner, who dropped this into our GL Flickr Pool, writes: “So I stepped out into my front yard to check out the storm and […]

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Right now, it’s cloudy outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory but today’s forecast is calling for a partly sunny day with a high of 87 (and none of yesterday’s weather drama). Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 62.–Accuweather

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Astella’s 18th Annual Sand Sculpting Contest took place on the beach yesterday and produced some very cool displays of sculpted sand as it does every year. Check out Rubys Host and lornagrl for more pics of the scene. There was also an Arm Wrestling Championship yesterday and you […]

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There is very sad news at Coney Island where a ten-year-old girl drowned around W. 23rd Street and her cousin was rescued yesterday. “Akira Johnson and her cousin Tyriek, also 10, were swimming about 5:30 p.m. Saturday when they were pulled under by the currents. Lifeguards responded, but were able to rescue only the boy, […]

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We don’t know what to make of this post on Brooklynian and the allegations it contains except to say that it’s disturbing. Most Park Slope resident know the people that sell fruit at Seventh Ave. & President Street. This is about some alleged abuse that was going on yesterday: On the way to the subway […]

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We have been very remiss in not mentioning “The Cyclones Love Park Slope Night” at KeySpan Park. It happens today at 5PM and is full of Park Slope gimmicks like valet stroller parking and a “stroller olympics. The Cylcones website has a full rundown on the activities (and we’d love to have been on hand […]

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This Sunday Brooklyn Missed connection is short, weird and to the point. It is also the first one we’ve ever seen that concerns antlers in some form: i asked “where’d you get those antlers?” – m4w – 25 (redhook) then sometime later you pretended to run me over in your van at the stop sign […]

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Here’s a selection of vids shot at last Saturday’s Siren Festival in Coney Island. Enjoy.

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[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent passes along this image of a rather fascinating neighborhood moth that’s hatched in the hot weather in the spirit of our on-and-off focus on natural Brooklyn things.

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This photo, which weenieart calls “alignment” does, indeed, show that it is. But what will happen when the manhole cover is eventually lifted?

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory there are more clouds around than sun right now. The forecast for today calls for some strong thunderstorms in places and “humid with periods of clouds and sunshine.” The high will be 85. Tonight will be humid with more storms around and a low of 71.–Accuweather

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There’s a public hearing on the appeal of the Board of Standards and Appeals decision allowing the Finger Building in Williamsburg to continue. (The Finger Building, on might recall, has been stalled at ten stories for nearly two years, with an ugly dispute taking place about whether it has been built illegally or might actually […]

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As we noted earlier in the week, there was a “Beach Brawl” at Beer Island on Thursday night in which members of the FDNY and NYPD boxed. We have to say that combining the phrases “Summer of Hope” and “Beach Brawl” together in the same press release seemed a little odd, but we digress. Blogger […]

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Not only is the new Bank of America branch on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope open, but the Five Guys Burgers has opened as well. We saw a fair sized crowd inside yesterday lined up for burgers and such, a large number of them moms with kids. On a related note, the Tea Lounge on […]

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This Chinese character comes from a door on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg where it appeared recently. If anyone knows what it is or means, let us (again, politely) know.

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Here’s a vid with a lot interesting historical Coney Island stills that will appeal to one’s inner Coney lover and sappy nostalgia person. Worth a quick whirl.

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We know that the art on the right is a Dain, but the Chinese character on the left has popped up in a few places around Williamsburg over the last few weeks. If anyone knows what it is do (politely) let us know.

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The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market is launching on Sunday at 12PM on Myrtle Avenue between Grand and Emerson Streets. An email we got said it will be “Featuring artisans and vendors with a fresh, urban perspective, and live music by exciting young artists and bands including: CX Kidtronik Afrika Bambaata Slick Rick Game Rebellion Millsted […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tedious Relative/Gl Flickr Pool] It’s, you know, very close to perfect. This image comes from the Greater Gowanus Metroplex and was put in our wonderful GL Flickr Pool by Tedious Relative. Are you a member of our pool? If not, please join and contribute some photos. We’d love to see them and […]

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Who knew that Sheepshead Bay could look so tranquil and zen, although we do know that it can look very non-New York City with its sailboats and swans and its fishing fleet. It’s also got plenty of that old fashioned Brooklyn grit from pollution to dead bodies washing up. “I’ve gone out on fishing boats […]

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This severed sign comes from Seventh Street in Gowanus.

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Our server has been experiencing on-and-off downtime all morning. We apologize for any inconvenience. We’ll be posting items this morning as we can. Right now, the problems are resolved and will, hopefully, stay that way for more than ten minutes.

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This image comes from the blogger behind 66 Square Feet. She writes, “This lovely lily, probably Lilium henryi, one of three, is on the north side of Wyckoff between Court and Smith.”

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