And now, we turn to our favorite Sunday feature–and one that we missed dearly during our short absence: our Sunday Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection. Today’s selection is short and to the point, and we must say the point is kind of sharp: god DAMN the wedding finger……G – m4w – 23 (bedstuy) i was behind […]

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We return today to our favorite feature, the GL Adoptable Cutie of the Week, courtesy of Super Correspondent E.C. Stephens. As always, we ask you to open your heart and your home to a beautiful creature in need. Senor Don Gato was found a couple weeks ago trying to find food by a dumpster. When […]

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This is the Brooklyn Botanic Garden around Easter in 1958. The BBG still looks strikingly similar. The people, not so much.

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This is a little something from Passengerpigeon (per Streetsy, which is the authority on such things), which we found on Driggs Avenue in the Burg.

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This is “Coney Island Saved Me!” by Amanda Jencsik, the winner of the Best “Made in Coney Island” Film at the 2008 Coney Island Film Festival. Check it out.

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Here’s what Downtown Brooklyn looked like fifty years ago, as we’re feeling in an historic mood today.

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This is the Williamsburg waterfront fifty years ago, captured by photographer Jerry Dantzic in 1958. These were local kids making a raft under the Williamsburg Bridge. The photo comes from the Jerry Dantzic Archives.

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We often pick up emails from the Park Slope Parents list (sometimes to the extreme chagrin of the people that run the group). We have noticed this particular post twice that discusses a policy of not posting any politically-related emails. (The first time it came up was during our brief hiatus in September.) Clearly the […]

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Disappointed that they’re won’t be anymore VP debates this election season? Looking for something to do Saturday night (after you get back from Red Hook)? Gussy yourself up and head over to Medusa Hair Salon (7th Ave and 1st Street in Park Slope) for the Updos for Obama benefit. For a donation of $75 to […]

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Today, we’re happy to introduce what we hope will be a regular weekly feature produced by Jean Kahler, one of the new GL Contributors that we are absolutely thrilled to have on board. The idea is focus on entertaining or interesting threads at Brooklynian.com, which is both a magnificent source of intel on neighborhood goings […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studio] Here’s one from regular GL Photo Contributor Gary Mirabelle. It’s a shot of Ocean Parkway where it sort of blends into the Prospect Expressway at night.

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Tomorrow is day when those who oppose the idea of repealing term limits in general or who specifically don’t want to see Michael Bloomberg become Putin on the Hudson or Marty Markowitz become Borough President for Life can have some time to hoot and holler. The forum takes place tomorrow, Sunday, October 19th, at Lafayette […]

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Our friend, GL Contributor and Red Hook Film Festival Director Nathan Kensinger emails with word about the 2008 Red Hook Film Festival, which appears to have turned out to be quite the success, with attendance exceeding everyone’s expectations. As sponsors of the fest, we’re thrilled to hear that. Nate writes about the fest and about […]

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/fGL Flickr Pool] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Housing Prices Down 30,000 from Last Year [Daily News] Race, Class, and Gentrification in Ditmas Park [Brownstoner] Hook’s 160 Imlay Finally Gets OK After Five Years [Curbed] Crane collapses in Bushwick [News 12 BK] H&M coming to the […]

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Here’s one of our regular posts from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Last Exit to Brooklyn: Red Hook. Saturday, October 18 – 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm – with Dan Wiley. Red Hook’s tough reputation has been depicted in literature, plays and movies. This isolated neighborhood of low-rise […]

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Grab your kid, or find a friend’s kid to babysit, and head on down to Greenwood Playground this Saturday (10/18) for Autumn Chill. Starting at 11AM, be a kid again with live music by Dan Schorr and the Good Boys, a story time with Ms. Cindy (who doesn’t love a great story?!), Ribbons, Bells and […]

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And, now, a selective look at some music choices available to you this weekend: Friday 10/17/08 The Bell House: Obamarama!!!: Party & Silent Auction to benefit Barack Obama. Featuring: Anti-Pop Consortium, Dirty On Purpose, Dragons of Zynth, Takka Takka, and more. Hosted by Eugene Mirman. 7:00pm, $25 donation (although if you feel like donating more, […]

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Early today, we had the story of a scam being run by sub-contractors working for IDT Energy in Brooklyn that are switching people from Con Ed without their knowledge. Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights just emailed to say they are out working Greenwood Heights again this very minute: If it could not be more IRONIC, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Jacksonville Carb…/Picassa] New York Magazine has released its October issue Home Design: The Country in the City. In contrast to the economic worries that are plaguing the nation’s thoughts, Home Design takes a look at ‘the good life’ of verdant roof top Edens, idyllic spatial gardens and stylish modern dwellings. Oh, to […]

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peep/GL Flickr Pool] This photo comes from Seventh Avenue in Park Slope courtesy of valued GL Flickr Pool contributor June Carter Cash Peep. She writes: “Nowhere does it say no strollers.” Yes, Ms. Carter Cash Peep, you are correct.

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There’s a heartbreaking story about 64 kitties rounded up in a “city animal control sweep” in Bay Ridge that have ended up in two city shelters and could be killed if they aren’t adopted. City shelters are full and they’re killing cats to make space for potential new victims. “There is an emergency stray cat […]

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Forget the city’s new CEMUSA bus shelters and street furniture. GL Correspondent JP Pagan was waiting for the B71 in Cobble Hill and found that seating had gone way upscale. He writes, “It was a nice place to sit and wait for the B71. Sadly, as I write this, someone is carrying it away…” Easy […]

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From the Park Slope Parents email list comes word of an “outage” in Time Warner cable and internet service somewhere around Grand Army Plaza that’s gone on for weeks. Here it is: Is anyone else near Grand Army Plaza having issues with Time Warner Cable Service? Our phone, internet and cable have been out most […]

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He’s Not Feral, He’s My Kittie. (Or could be!) Calling all cat lovers! A volunteer at Slope Street Cats sent us this Craigslist link to posting about seven cute kitties they caught that need good foster homes. Don’t be scared. Feral only means wild, not evil. So, as it is National Feral Cat Day, spread […]

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Oh, Word: There’s a Facebook Group for People Who Grew Up in the Slope [NYT] Broooklyn Home Prices are Getting a Little Cheaper [NYDN] The Prospect Hill Water Tower, Circa 1893 [Ephemeral NY] Will the MTA Deliver on its Big Projects? Don’t Hold Your Breath. [2nd Ave Sagas] Check Out the Waterfront by Domino this […]

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