What’s amazing about this photo isn’t what’s there. It’s what’s not there: the roadwork that’s been going on on Third Avenue at the site of a bridge over the Gowanus for about two years. Yes, the work is actually finished, the bridge has been rebuilt and all the barriers have been removed. That was fast.

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Remember that oyster bar that restaurant entrepreneur Jim Mamary wanted to open on Hoyt Street and that neighbors bitterly protested? Community Board 6 approved the application for the liquor license, as part of a fight that became exceptionally bitter and personal. The Hoyt Street Alliance kept fighting the decision. Work started on the bar, but […]

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A special GL Correspondent took note of the amount of work that’s been going on at the former prayer book factory on Third Street in Gowanus that is being converted into a mixed use project incuding a boutique hotel that could actually become one of the more interesting properties in Brooklyn. The official address is […]

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We’ve probably walked past this sign in Gowanus dozens of times without noticing, but this time we did and here it is. No Domping Here. Or Doomping either. Understood?

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The holiday lights along Fifth Avenue in Park Slope were already lit up as of last night (Monday), but the Park Slope 5th Avenue BID will be having its official tree lighting ceremony at 5PM on Saturday, Dec. 6 at J.J. Byrne Park (at Third St. and Fifth Ave.). There will be carolers, entertainment, refreshments, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Ah, the beach in Coney Island. This is a new pic shot from the fishing pier by devoted GL Flickr Pool contributor and talented photographer Rubys Host.

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The Civilians Theater Company in collaboration with Urban Bush Women, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, neo-soul singer Grace Kalambay, plus many more is coming to the The Brooklyn Lyceum to host several nights of theatre, dance and music taking inspiration from “interviews with the real life players in the story of Brooklyn: residents both old and […]

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[Photos courtesy of New York Public Library] These are photos of what is described as a “squatters colony” in Gowanus in and around our favorite canal taken during the 1920s and 1930s according to the photos. An interesting little bit of local historical background for sure.

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And, now, some musical options for the first part of the week: Monday 11/24/08 The Bell House: Monday Night Vinyl Club (In the Front Lounge). Bring one 33/45/78 rpm record and play one side of it. Free!!! 7:30pm Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Jalopy: Country Blues Jam: Bring you fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, […]

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We never go into that other borough, but Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens brought this to our attention and, heck, it’s Thanksgiving Week and everybody’s thinking about traveling and dinner anyway, so into Manhattan we go: Pied me in Times Square – w4m – 33 (Midtown) You stopped me at 46th and Broadway and asked me […]

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[Photo courtesy of greenbk/flickr] We finally did it. We ate a bluefish. Caught off the 69th St pier. The pier next to the “wastewater” treatment plant. The treatment plant that stinks up the neighborhood. It was delicious. And we’re still alive. –Vanessa Raymond

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“It has been super quiet behind the blue construction fence on Court Street between Union and Sackett Streets. After months of constant activity, Clarett’s “Collection On Court” has come to a virtual stand-still. The building driveway ramp and the underground parking garage foundation seem to have been completed, but that is all. Except for a […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] As we’ve noted, Playa, a new pan-Latino resturant on the corner of Fifth Avenue and President Street in Park Slope, opened late last week. It’s run by the same team that brought Barrio to Seventh Avenue this year and has a great spot called Cabana Bar in the […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] These photos come from local artists and GL Contributor Gary Mirabelle. He reports of these photos of this dog walker in Park Slope: “Nine dogs and she says she been doing it for 10 years or so.” One can only assume that she loves pups and is very […]

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· Now, City Wants Red Hook to Follow ‘Maritime Roots’ to Revinention [NYT] · Atlantic Yards Demolition on Dean Street Creating Blight [AYR] · Neighborhood Reacts to the Reopening of Gristides [BHB] · What’s Next for Downtown Brookyn After TJ’s & Gristede’s? [McBrooklyn] · Some Avenue J Eye Candy [INSIJS] · Anybody Lose a Briefcase […]

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Al di Là’s Anna Klinger and her husband Emiliano Coppa have been serving up some of the best Italian dishes in the borough. Park Slope foodies that have endured the notoriously long waits for dinner can now rejoice. Al di Là is entering into a new phase in its evolution by taking on the lunch […]

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To us, these are very sad and poignant photos and somehow don’t make a lot of sense vis a vis all the conversation about serious negotiations going on between the city and developer Joe Sitt about buying his land and how the city would be dedicated to giving Astroland another year. Unless the plan is […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] GL contributor Deborah Matlack took through Coney Island in Saturday’s insane cold and found evidence that Astroland is, indeed, being taken apart. There is also a great deal of evidence of this on the Coney Island Message Board. In case anyone wonders what that machine in the foreground […]

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Those who are familiar with Fourth Avenue know the big construction site between Butler and Douglass Streets. A row of apartment buildings was demolished, leaving single buildings standing on either end. One of them houses the Deli in the Slope. The official address of the project next door is 150 Fourth Ave and it’s supposed […]

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There was some volunteer cleanup activity along Smith Street in Carroll Gardens on Sunday. A correspondent reports: I saw these volunteers today on smith street (sunday) VOLUNTEERING! to pick up our trash. They told me they were three groups combined–Gomunications “Gomu: means trash in Japanese supposedly) these were the ones i talked to. Shining Big […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/Brit in Brooklyn] There is a reason they call it a container port as this shot from local photographer, photoblogger and GL Contribiutor Adrian Kinloch shows.

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There’s a “Transportation Town Hall” in Williamsburg that’s billed as a “discussion about the Greenway / Bike Lanes and other transportation issues hosted by City Council Member (OSA Board Member) David Yassky, Council Member Diana Reyna, State Senator Elect Daniel Squadron, the MTA, and DOT.” Per another email, “topics will include all transportation issues, from […]

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/GL Flickr Pool] Gowanus pigeons, taking flight, like, uh, poetry in motion.

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Ah, it’s not just IDT Energy that is making people insane and/or possibly scamming them. No, companies are giving people gas, so to speak, as well. Per an email on the Carroll Garden Neighborhood Association list with the subject line “Making Me Crazy!” we have this: I have received in person and now, phone solicitations […]

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Yes, it’s Sunday, which brings us to our Missed Connection of the Week. We settled on this ironic little number from Williamsburg for today’s entertainment: You are the Prototype – m4w – 24 (7th & Bedford) Me: Skinny jeans with patterned slip-ons. Shaggy brown hair, crusty mustache, over-sized headphones, a black and white plaid cloth […]

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