“Despite what feels like a dwindling down of the Coney spirit under the hot and humid air, many are seeing small businesses and attractions closing down and leaving Coney Island. Crowds are looking thinner at times and a few biz numbers are down.” There are positive developments too, though, like the opening of the Dreamland […]

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There is significant excitement in Carroll Gardens neighborhood circles today as the City Council is slated to vote on the “narrow streets” Zoning Text Amendment. The technical change will redefine very narrow neighborhood streets as being narrow for zoning purposes. They have been defined as “wide” because the front gardens of buildings were counted as […]

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We’re surprised that news of this didn’t trickle out via local message boards or email lists, but there’s apparently a flasher on the loose in Park Slope. “The man exposed himself to a 14-year-old girl after pushing his way into her apartment building two weeks ago. ‘I’m not gonna hurt you; I’ve got something to […]

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Here’s an odd bit of angst that a GL contributor found on President Street in Park Slope. The writing on the note refers to an accidental theft, saying she/he thought the bag had been left out for taking. Apparently it turned out to be someone’s lunch bag, perhaps from an adjacent construction site. We’re not […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn information and images: · Hero Saves People From Deadly Bed-Stuy Fire [NYP] · 11 Hurt in BQE Accident [NYDN] · Boy, That Gehry Glass Would Be Close to the Street [AYR] · Torch of Suffrage [New York Shitty] · Checking on 314 12th St. in the South Slope […]

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Borough President Marty Markowitz has long favored the demolition of the historic Admiral’s Row structures and he took the opportunity of a hearing last night to reiterate his support for “food justice” for resident of nearby public housing and for demolishing the buildings. Here is part of the staterment that his office distributed: I know […]

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We got an email from the Windsor Terrace Alliance about some Thursday programming for children that will be going on through August that sponsored by them and the Center For The Urban Environment. The next session takes place on Thursday, July 24 at 10:00am at Uncle Louis G Ice Cream Parlor at Vanderbilt Street and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Streetsblog] All sarcasm aside–and we admit to having had some fun with photos showing fairly deserted pedestrian zones on Montague Street and Bedford Avenue–are the experiments actually a success. Aaron Naparstek, who knows a little something about livable streets and pedestrian issues, argues on Streetsblog that crowd scenes shouldn’t be the way […]

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[Photo courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s the Gowanus Canal as night falls, courtesy of Sail Brooklyn and our GL Flickr Pool.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory the sky is clearing from an early morning thunderstorm. Today’s forecast calls for it to be mostly cloudy, muggy and warm with a chance of thunderstorms. The high will be 83. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and humid with heavy thunderstorms around. The low will be 70.–Accuweather

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[Photo courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a very cool photo of the USS Growler, the submarine that’s been docked in Red Hook near the Cruise Terminal since April. The sub was with the Intrepid and, then, moved to Bayonne and then to Brooklyn. It’s had to undergo significant repairs including costly ones due […]

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Here’s an interesting report from the CBS Sunday Morning News about Jane Walentas’s carousel in Dumbo. We came upon it courtesy of Dumbo NYC.

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Herewith a selection of performances tonight and tomorrow night: Tuesday 7/22/08 Union Hall: Bound Stems, Rahim, The Muggabears (Indie Rock)- $12, 7:30pm Wednesday 7/23/08 Music at The Bridge, Tobacco Warehouse (Jalopy): Rob Reddy’s Tenfold, The Otis Brothers, The Wiyos (Country/Old-Time/Blues/Classical) – Free!! 6:30pm —Dan Bennis

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[Photo courtesy of Matt Tyson, Ear Farm/flickr] We started with a Brooklyn Missed Connections Siren Festival theme yesterday, but here are the MC’s that have appeared so far from one of the best annual events for missed connections in Brooklyn: Jul 21 – Pretty brown hair girl at siren fest standing next to me – […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is the Senior Citizen Block Association of Mermaid Avenue Community Garden in Coney Island, which is located at West 20th Street between Surf and Mermaid Avenues, very close to KeySpan Park. The photos her come from our valued GL contributor, photographer Deborah Matlack, who has been visiting the gardens, […]

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We’ve been seeing more threats over the last few months against bloggers from both the public sector and private individuals who don’t want things posted or who take issue with things that have been put up online. The threats come in all forms, from subtle suggestions that quoting an email is a violation of copyright […]

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Is it possible that a relic of the past was treated with more respect in Queens than in Brooklyn? Forgotten NY’s latest installment offers an interesting comparison. Well, possibly, at least in the case of the fate of one of the old R33 Redbird subway cars has been turned into a visitors center at the […]

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Here’s our last Giglio post of the season. It’s a short vid of the Giglio lift on Sunday on Sunday. Until next year…

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There was a unanimous 6-0 City Council committee vote yesterday on the Carroll Gardens narrow streets zoning text amendment that puts the crucial zoning change one step closer to an almost assured City Council approval on Wednesday. A special GL Correspondent reports that many supporters of the amendment, which would define very narrow streets in […]

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If Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is running for Mayor, his fund raising is not reflecting it. “The Brooklyn borough president, who for months has kept voters in the dark about his political ambitions, has raised just $935,116 compared to the two front-runners, who have raised more than three times as much…Political experts say fund-raising […]

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The “Fuck Condoburg” crew is back at it again in Williamsburg after a bit of a hiatus and 80 Metropolitan is once again a favorite canvas for the welcome, pro-gentrification message. While many sites have gotten the Condoburg treatment over time, the 80 Met site has been hit repeatedly with messages of love.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Hit-and-Run Driver Who Hit Nine Year Old Wanted to Leave Town [NYP] · Charles Barron Praises the Police [NYT] · Mourners say farewell to slain Brooklyn husband and wife [NYP] · 10 Reasons Why Kensington Beats Park Slope [Kensington Brooklyn] · Need a Brooklyn […]

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The Narrows Botanical Gardens off Shore Road in Bay Ridge is an interesting place if you’ve never been and this week you can catch what is described as “Japanese Gypsy Rock” there. Specifically: Narrows Botanical Gardens is excited to announce that our garden will be the location to hear a FREE and NEW and EXCITING […]

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“The management of N. 11th has been very responsive anytime we (as neighbors) have had a complaint. All you have to do is call them and talk to them (I know, a novel idea). When neighbors of ours complained about the tiny styrofoam the offered to come over and clean it up. When another person […]

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We call this shot we caught in Williamsburg over the weekend, “Chair, TV, Papa John’s.” We think it has that certain something that defines the ideal Burg street scene.

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