Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this July Saturday morning it is sunny and nice. Today’s forecast calls for sun mixing with some clouds and a high of 88. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 71.–Accuweather

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This is a sunflower growing on N. 11 Street near Berry in Williamsburg, which is not a particularly verdant swath of Brooklyn. We particularly like the way the color of the sunflower blends with the construction equipment in the background.

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There’s a “Go, Go, Gowanus” walking tour tomorrow (7/26) at 11AM from the Municipal Art Society. Per an email we received: Explore the wide banks of Brooklyn’s most famous canal. Before crossing one of the oldest retractile bridges in the United States, we’ll visit the Carroll Gardens Historic District, a singular brownstone enclave distinguished by […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This is one of those pictures that manages to capture the essence of Coney Island. It’s shot on the Latino part of the boardwalk, where people gather to eat, drink, dance and listen to music. It’s Coney’s coolest summer-long party. The photo comes to us from Brit in […]

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The demolition of the former Albee Square mall, which was once owned by developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities, and is now slated to become a retail-office-residential complex with a massive high rise, has provided many interesting photo ops as the original structures have fallen. There’s only a small part of the former mall left […]

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Passengers on the L train speeding through Williamsburg and Bushwick seldom stop to think about one of the most unique and little known cemeteries in New York as they pass by. But if you look out the window at Wilson Avenue before reaching Broadway Junction, there it is. Close to the train tracks, with the […]

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Yesterday, we posted an email about living in Brooklyn without a car from the Park Slope Parents list that a community-minded reader had dropped into our inbox. Today, we have one of the responses to that email that bubbles over with energy. Check it out, because it’s that good: When I read your post title […]

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Are you ready for the natural disaster that will someday come our way? Particularly for the hurricane that could render Brooklyn a flooded hell? Most of us aren’t. Here’s a post from a Park Slope resident on Awearness that got us to thinking about the unpleasant again: I’ll come right out and say it: If […]

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“Our Beloved Brooklyn Leader, Marty Markowitz, has just announced that the July 31st, 2008 ‘Mystery Guest’ at the Seaside Concert series in Coney Island will be Peter Frampton. Welcome to the Hazbin Hall of Fame, Pete! And, I suggest that when Marty completes his service as Borough Prez, we simply appoint him as Brooklyn Master […]

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For a long time the site where these condos are rising at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Tenth Street in Park Slope was a garden with big trees. No longer. The Church of Gethsemane sold the property to a developer and a lot of work has been done to turn the garden into a […]

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The threat by attorneys for Wiz founder and developer Stephen Jemal to sue the blog GerritsenBeach.Net caught the attention of the Daily News’ Jotham Sederstrom, who follows up on GBN’s disturbing tale of being asked to sign a “non-disparagement agreement” and pay $20,000 to avoid a suit. Mr. Sederstrom writes in part: The feisty founder […]

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[Photo courtesy of nedward.org/GL Photo Pool Flickr] On the heels of the zoning text amendment’s passage and a Stop Work Order from the Department of Buildings at 360 Smith Street, the planned closing of an entrance to the Carroll Street subway station has been put on hold. Per an email from the MTA: The MTA […]

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Four finalists have been selected from the eight bidders to purchase the big Starrett City complext on Jamaica Bay. The final bids are expected to come in at $800-$900 million and are due in September. An effort to sell the complex last year failed spectacularly because of fears of a loss of affordable housing. The […]

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Yesterday, we posted about what the impact of the Narrow Streets Zoning Text Amendment would be on the 360 Smith Street project (aka Oliver House aka the former Heavy Metal Building). By late yesterday afternoon, we knew: it was hit with a Stop Work Order because the plans don’t conform to the news zoning and […]

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The Seventh Avenue Tea Lounge in Park Slope closed yesterday. The “last day” was reported on both Brooklynian and on Park Slope Parents. A Park Slope Parents email said in part: “Well, tonight is the last day to lounge at the 10th street Tea Lounge, a sad day for all South Slopers. A perfect meeting […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Dude Wasn’t Crazy, Just Trying to Get the Cat Out of the Wall [NYP] · Is Gehry’s Anaheim Rink a “Cautionary Tale”? [AYR] · Big Sunset Park High School Construction Update [Brownstoner] · A Glimpse into the Life of a Williamsburg Nanny Onstage [NYDN] […]

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[Photo courtesy of Galvarez51/flickr] This image comes from 25th Street in Sunset Park in the shadow of the Gowanus Expressway. It’s a contribution to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by galvarez51.

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Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg is losing the Polska-Masarnia Czeslawa Quality Meat Market, the longstanding Polish butcher at 172 Bedford Avenue in the heart of Williamsburg. The gate is down and the place has been stripped. It does not look like it’s being renovated.–Lost City

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This is one of Williamsburg’s two well known hearses belonging to the heavy metal club Duff’s which is adjacent to 184 Kent. It’s not every day one catches a photo of someone getting under the hood of the Deathmobile and tinkering with it.

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Counsel for the Developer In the future You need partners Not suppliers Not customers Not acquisition Targets but Partners And partnerships Should not Be based Solely on Long Legal Agreements But rather On reciprocally Fair deals Oriented towards Mutual interests And maintained In an atmosphere of Good Will (Bad news for lawyers). c. 2008 Graziella […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, it’s looking nicer than it has been. Today’s forecast calls for it to be mostly sunny with a high of 86. Tonight will be clear with a low of 70.–Accuweather

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It’s Coney Island 2008, so nothing surprises us, but we just got a press release about a boxing match between NYPD officers that’s going to happen at Beer Island tonight that’s referred to as a “Beach Brawl” and is part of Thor Equities “Summer of Hope.” (Actually, the boxing matches have been held for some […]

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Inspired by the Red Velvet Cake map created and posted by meganlibrarian on Brooklynian that we borrowed for a post, blogger Gumby Fresh has created a guide to Brooklyn chains. Not big national chains with a Brooklyn presence, but local businesses with one or more branches–what we might call chain-lets. He writes that “A stroll […]

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“A new source for your local news covering the greater Coney Island area is coming soon. Ben Nadler who has written for Kinetic Carnival is part of this news outlet. This new news source is not affiliated or produced by Kinetic Carnival. And the logo above is not part of this news outlet. Stay tuned […]

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[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] This gorgeous image from the Brooklyn Promenade comes from Brit in Brooklyn blogger and GL Contributor Adrian Kinloch. We love the way the light on one of the remain structures on the land that will be Brooklyn Bridge Park looks compared to the Financial District beyond.

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