[Photo courtesy Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] If this shot from Brit in Brooklyn blogger and photographer Adrian Kinloch is not the perfect combination of nature and manmade landscape, we don’t know what is.

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If you ain’t already dressing up like a monster or heading out to carve a pumpkin or you just want to be a do-gooder on Saturday (10/25), then head on out to to Williamsburg for It’s My Park Day at McCarren Park. There’s more info about the whole day over at United Friends of McCarren […]

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[Photo courtesy of Shield/GL Flickr Pool] This image comes from Shield, who’s been posting great Brooklyn pics for a long time and started blogging about our beloved Gowanus around the same time we did in 2006. This image was taken through the viewfinder of an old Kodak Duaflex camera.

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Want to roll around in someone else’s “Love Stain?” Well, for the unbelievers or the… (no, we’re not going to judge) head on over to Brooklyn’s Red Carpet Inn at 980 Wyckoff Ave, slap down $116 for the night (sorry, we too can’t confirm the hourly rate), and get grubby! One brave visitor found out […]

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We’ve mentioned the many troubles of the future of Cobble Hill’s troubled Long Island College Hospital. Well, the threat of overall closure of the entire facility is now a big possibility. Not only will this be a huge change in the community and area in the sense of making the hospital’s land holdings available for […]

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Below, are some musical choices for the next few days, and we will note that there are some interesting ones: Monday 10/20/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Union Hall: White Denim, Papertrigger, Wild Light (Indie) […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] We are so used to seeing vile things in the Gowanus. Turds. Coney Island Whitefish. The heads of dead fish. Floating islands of runny crap. So, it is with pleasure that we bring you something more seasonal and uplifting, pumpkins and seeds in the Big G as photographed […]

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In recent weeks we’ve been impressed, but not surprised, at all the Barack Obama bake sales, posters and graffiti in Williamsburg. Yesterday, we came across this table set up on Bedford Avenue offering homemade Obama t-shirts with all proceeds going to the Obama campaign. This sort of enthusiasm could be one of the reasons that […]

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You get two guesses as to which neighborhood in which we found this newly-altered sign. If you guessed that it ends in …burg, you’re right! And, why not, it’s the Sex Capital of Brooklyn. Sadly, it wasn’t across the street from Union Pool, but it was within a couple of blocks, making it extra meaningful. […]

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Aunt Suzie owner Irene LoRe is a neighbor of the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE) and the Executive Director of the newly formed 5th Avenue BID (Business Improvement District). She took time out of her busy schedule to talk to CUE about the Avenue’s past— and future. CUE: Where are you from originally? LoRe […]

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These guys were out at Bedford Ave. and N. 6 Street on Saturday afternoon and we have to say that even if we didn’t capture them at their absolute finest moment, they were pretty f’ing good. Do ID ’em if you know.

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The Fourth Annual Harvest Festival took place at J.J. Byrne Park in Park Slope this weekend with the wonderful Old Stone House, the excellent Park Slope Civic Council and our dear, dear friends at Park Slope Parents taking part. There were ponies and other creatures and, you know, wherever you find a pony you also […]

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Council members Letitia James, Bill de Blasio, and Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum held a community meeting in Fort Greene yesterday to allow voters to express their opinion on Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to repeal term limits so he (and others) can run for another term. This meeting was meant to lend a voice to the citizens […]

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Our old friend, the former Roebling Oil Building on the cleaned up Roebling Oil Field, which is on the market as Warehouse 11 and is a Karl Fischer, is not only expanding on the Driggs Avenue side with more units, it’s getting a parking garage on the N. 10 Street side. At least, we sure […]

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Friends, if you’re walking around Williamsburg, odds are you will encounter this poster somewhere. We can verify that people are stopping to look at it and laughing. We saw it happen multiple times. Who knew that the Burg was so pro-Sarah Palin? Also, did you know it’s anti-Obama?

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The annual Develop Don’t Destroy Walkathon (Walk Don’t Destroy 4) to raise funds for the fight against the troubled Atlantic Yards project took place on Saturday night and drew a nice crowd and picked up $45,000 in the process. It was the fourth such walk against the (now, possibly stalled or, at least, seriously delayed) […]

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· Attention NY Post: Fr. Giorgio Triangle Gets Temp Replacement for Plaque [NYShitty} · How to Compete with DiFara? Kosher Pizza, of Course [NYT] · The Sunset Park Difference: a Bear on a Fence [BVIB] · The Marine Park Halloween Walk Was Pretty Wild [Gerritsenbeach.net] · Having a Ball at the Prospect Park Ball [AYITP] […]

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The GL tipster who originally sent us photos of the rather crappy conditions at the Long Island College Hospital Playground on Henry Street (yes, we understand LICH has far bigger issues than the playground, but exposing kids to hazardous conditions is a significant community issue), emailed to acknowledge that “the numerous broken items have now […]

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Last week, we featured utility scammers working around Greenwood Heights courtesy of warning from Aaron Brashear of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights. We had this story and this follow up the very same day. In those cases, reps from IDT Energy were switching people from Con Ed without their consent. (We don’t have a love […]

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“Murder in Brooklyn is on the rise – but it’s not the usual suspects. In a dramatic turnaround, the borough’s traditionally less violent south Brooklyn neighborhoods had a 31.4% rise in murders so far this year – from 54 to 71. Meanwhile, north Brooklyn precincts – which the NYPD flooded with cops last year – […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Last week, local sculptor, artist, photographer and faithful GL Contributor Gary Mirabelle hit us off with a treasure trove of photos he’s shot recently. This is one of from Prospect Park on what was a very nice day to lounge.

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Before Halloween actually gets here, we’re gunna be up to our eyeballs with pumpkins! But that’s ok – we love pumpkin pie! The 2nd Annual Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Pumpkin Party is almost upon us. So get that Halloween costume on you and your family, and head on down Saturday (10/25) to the NW entrance […]

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Bad news, friends. Trader Joe’s had a warehouse fire that has left the frozen food section looking like a state store in East Berlin in 1988. (To younger readers, this probably doesn’t mean a lot. To the older ones here, if you ever had the pleasure of going through the wall pre-1989, you know what […]

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] The Carroll Street Bridge is one of our favorite places in all of New York City. It takes us back to a different time and as long as the Big G isn’t having a funky day, it’s a cool place. GL Flickr Pool contributor galvarez51 managed to capture it […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] The Red Hook Harvest Festival took place at the Red Hook Community Farm yesterday. This year’s festivities were a bit different in that its big neighbor across Beard Street (that little store called Ikea) is now open. But it was still a fun scene as all these shots […]

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