And now, a selection of concert happening from today, 7/24, through Sunday, 7/27, compiled for GL by Dan Bennis: Thursday 7/24/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Alice Smith (Soul) – Free!!, 12:00pm Friday 7/25/08 Celebrate Brooklyn: The Philip Glass Ensemble perform the score to POWAQQATSI, w/ The Brooklyn Youth Chorus and Marta Topferova […]

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[Photo courtesy of heartonastick/flickr] Yes, we already had a list of Siren Festival-related Missed Connections, but a reader (who we believe to be the person that posted this item say that it’s a “true story”) pointed it out and we found it both compelling and romantic in a Coney Island kind of way. Here it […]

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“The new project at 324 Bedford Avenue epitomizes the stupidity of off-street parking requirements. The building sits at the corner of Bedford and South 2nd. It is designed by Bob Scarano, and is slowly inching its way toward completion (a stop-work order was issued in March, 2007 and the permits have all been revoked). Architecturally, […]

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We came across this amusing time lapse of a bike ride from Fort Tilden in Queens to Coney Island. (It was originally a Flickr vid from nickjohnson, but was truncated because it’s too long.) It’s definitely worth a viewing.

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Here’s an email that originated with the Park Slope Parents group that we think is thoughtful enough and interesting enough to present to readers. It deals with the issue of how to live in Brooklyn without a car, which is a topic which many readers, no doubt, have opinions about. Here are some excerpts: We’ve […]

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“A passer-by sends in this picture of a confrontation on Stratford off Cortelyou, where the developers of the Cortelyou Condos at 1103 Cortelyou Road are putting the finishing touches on the new condo building by paving their neighbors’ curb cut. There’s a dispute over the property line — not something that can be litigated here […]

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Some neighborhood unhappiness with the successful Brooklyn Flea operated by our friends at Brownstoner has become very public this week. Much of the opposition stems from Queen of All Saints, a church across the street from the large space where the Flea takes place every Sunday in Fort Greene. The church feels the Flea has […]

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Grand Ferry Park closed for a remake in October and, while the reopening was a few months later than promised, the redone park–which provides a bit of waterfront access in a part of Williamsburg where none currently exists–is open again and looking good. There is a lot of new landscaping and the park, overall, has […]

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Warehouse 11, which was once known as the Roebling Oil Building for conditions that have since been cleaned up, is getting a friend. It’s a diminutive one, compared to the big Warehouse 11 megaplex, which is currently in an expansion phase. The new building, plans for which have been in place for a long time, […]

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Does the “Narrow Streets” Zoning Text Amendment mean trouble for the controversial 360 Smith Street building (the former Heavy Metal Building) known as Oliver House? It could be. The amendment takes effect right away and the building’s foundation does not appear to be complete enough to be vested under the old zoning. One resident we […]

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An effort to officially define a number of very narrow streets in Carroll Gardens as actually being narrow for zoning purposes received unanimous support from the City Council yesterday afternoon. The “Narrow Streets” Zoning Text Amendment had won wide political and community support. It changes obscure, yet critical, zoning language that had considered very narrow […]

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[Photo courtesy of arimoore/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Franklin Avenue Shuttle is Most Punctual Train in System [NYT] · Tourists in Panic: Grimaldi’s Temporarily Shut Over Taxes [amNY] · Fire Victim Died Trying to Save Son [NYDN] · Uh, Williamsburg is Not Just for Hipsters [amNY] · 109 […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/flickr] Here’s a gorgeous shot of the sun setting behind some clouds in Coney Island the other night, with the lights of KeySpan Park in the foreground.

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“The very idea that Marty Markowitz supports historical preservation in any shape or form is downright laughable. If it was up to him, the whole borough would be razed to the ground and replaced with high rise towers and box stores.”–Markowitz Calls for Demolition of Admiral’s Row & “Food Justice”

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If this is not the most bizarre real estate marketing video we’ve ever seen, we don’t know what is. It’s so weird and bad that it’s wet yourself funny. Seriously, if you didn’t catch it on the Curbed post yesterday we heartily recommend that you watch it now. This is some of the writing that […]

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[Photo courtesy of caaaah S/flickr] We love this photo, which comes to us via our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool. It’s an interesting angle from the Wonder Wheel in Coney Island.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory it is very, very wet. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch: “Heavy rain and flash flooding likely through late today…a cold front very slowly approaching from the west will continue to trigger very heavy rainfall through the day…and into the evening hours. A moist tropical air mass […]

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A lot of work by Dain has been wheatpasted up around Williamsburg in recent months. This is an installation (on a constantly changing board) outside a gallery on Berry Street.

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[Photo courtesy of threecee/GL Flickr Pool] This amusing image from the Vanderbilt Yards (aka Atlantic Yards site) comes to us courtesy of Tracy Collins via our GL Flickr Pool. Whatever you do, do not park in this spot. For many reasons, all of them having nothing to do with the fallen sign.

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The Prospect Park Carousel will be free for kids to ride on Thursdays in August. We know this because the man we call the Oracle of Prospect Park, Eugene Patron, emailed us about it. Here’s an excerpt: The best family fun ride in the heart of Brooklyn just got better: Prospect Park’s 1912 Carousel is […]

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[Renderings courtesy of Learned Evolution via Eater] A couple of weeks ago, Nicole Davis of Brooklyn Based posted details about the new bowling alley and venue on Wythe Avenue at N. 11 Street that will be called Brooklyn Bowl. Today, there’s more info about it, including the fact that Blue Ribbon will be doing the […]

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[Photo courtesy of threecee/flickr] Here’s a shot of the Ward Bakery building in Prospect Heights which is coming down to make way for the Atlantic Yards development. It’s looking rather dramatic in its current state of deconstruction.

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Lola Staar’s Dreamland Roller Rink is officially open for business, putting the historic Child’s Restaurant Building back into regular public use for the first time in generations and giving Coney a fun new attraction for the rest of the season. (Editorial Digression: Hooray!) There will be an official opening bash on August 2, when we’ll […]

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Finally, someone is doing a Brighton Beach blog! Little ‘Rus, which we found courtesy of one of our other favorite area blogs, Sheepshead Bites, has been around for about a month and offer some eclectic coverage of the neighborhood from food (we learned about pelmeni) to development. While the former is interesting, the latter is […]

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We’re quite taken by the concept of mapping all the spots in Brooklyn that have Red Velvet cake and this map, created by meganlibrarian of Brooklynian is an excellent option. It covers a lot of based in the Park Slope, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Red Hook territory. You can access the full […]

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