[Photos for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle]

GL Contributing Photographer Gary Mirabelle usually sends us shot showcasing the beauty of Brooklyn, particularly of Windsor Terrace and Park Slope. Not so in this case. He doesn’t say much about the properties in question, but one can draw one’s own conclusions. He simply writes: “Hard to believe two properties on 18th St between 10th and 9th Aves.” Actually, it’s not so hard to believes as scenes like these, which are either related to the neglect of property or to pending development are the kind of things that drive neighbors and community activists a little nuts in the head. We’re going to assume, without being able to check out the properties in question, that the photo in the top shot is developer-created blight, which is a Brooklyn specialty, whereas the pic below is more of the garden-variety neglect sort of thing. Really, really nice.