We wish every GL reader happy holidays and a Merry Christmas. If you’re traveling today, be safe. We wish to send special Christmas Warmth to our invaluable contributors, both current ones, and those that have left us. We also send special thanks to our Curbed colleagues, including our #1 supporter Lockhart Steele and our daily […]

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[Image courtesy of Alex ’77/flickr] Venezia at Christmastime during the phenomenon known as aqua alta (high water or, flooding, to you and me).

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Tips, photos and information from readers are the lifeblood of GL, just like other blogs. So, send us your tips. We always love hearing from our readers when they see or hear something interesting of get an interesting photo of something going on in their neighborhood. We like to span Brooklyn so all neighborhoods are […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] No Christmas Eve would be complete without photos of Gowanus and thanks to E.C. Stephens we have some.

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Meg writes of this photo: “I shot a lot of photos of Prospect Park in the snow last weekend. This is one of my favorites, a face on the central fountain in Concert Grove.”

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Coney Island woke up on this Christmas Eve morning to huge FOR LEASE signs affixed to every building on the boardwalk. All the photos above are courtesy of Pablo Jonesy who was out there at 7:30 this morning. Apparently owners will be offered new leases by December 30, but the rumor is that rents may […]

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We’ve had this one on the server for weeks and, well, today is the day for it.

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[Photo courtesy of Montreal Michael/flickr]

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Our favorite Williamsburg eating spot, Kellogg’s Diner has been all done up for the holidays. And what a job they’ve done. We’re foregoing Brooklinks this morning so we can go out and run soggy Christmas Eve errands and letting the diner do the talking.

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We had a very long and very pleasant chat yesterday evening with New York City Council Member David Yassky, with whom we have had some strong policy disagreements over the years and whose intellect and public policy credentials we have always respected. We will write more about our conversation with Mr. Yassky, when more people […]

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We don’t have the full story of what happened in Coney Island yesterday, except that the we got a phone message from Diana carlin (Lola Staar) that people were being evicted. Meanwhile, photos we being posted on the Coney Island Message Board of “For Lease” signs going up on all the boardwalk businesses. One is […]

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[Photo courtesy of mikkime/GL Flickr Pool] Ah, McCarren Park lit up at night in the snow. We love you.

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[Photo courtesy tobsen212/flickr]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty_pete/flickr] A really cool picture of the train as it passes through Carroll Gardens.

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We posted something a few days ago about joining CB 6 itself, but there’s also an opportunity to join the commmunity board’s committees. This email comes from Craig Hammerman: It’s that time of year again when Brooklyn Community Board 6 (CB6) reconstitutes the composition of its standing committees. Although CB6 committee membership must be composed […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather/New York Shitty] This beauty comes from Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg and we think it blends very nicely with the lovely building in the background. Oh yes.

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Hot Karl Fischer’s 64 Bayard, which is a half-block removed from Karl Fischer Row, is now a couple of stories out of the ground. It will be near the Aqua condo and across from the new skate park going in at McCarren Pool. It will end up being two seven-story buildings with 64 units. And, […]

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Found under the BQE in Williamsburg and about as messed up as a bike can get.

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It’s not just a ride on the F Train on a snowy day above Carroll Gardens, it’s a ride that includes a sermon.

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We return to our occasional GL Lost & Found series today thanks to a reader who wrote us yesterday about finding a Canon Powershot-I camera “near Prospect Park” that has family photos on it. So, if you lost a camera near the park like that one with family pics, we’ll be glad to put you […]

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We always love this house on Union Avenue in Williamsburg and the way the Christmas cheer goes nicely with the warning against parking a bike there.

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Fifty People, One Question: Brooklyn from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo. Give this one a whirl. It’s fun.

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There is so much happiness in so many workplaces that it sometimes warms the heart. For instance, here’s a rant we found on Craigslist that was post by someone working in an unnamed NYC public school: MY STUPID FUCKING G-DDAMN SACK OF SHIT BOSS (The toilet) Yep, I’m still pissed. So are my colleagues, but […]

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· Kids Letters to Santa Break Hearts [NYDN] · Former School VP Used A Lot of Money at Victoria’s Secret [NYP] · Dullsville on Verandah Place [Lost City] · Last Minute Shopping on Atlantic Ave. [McBrookyn] · Who’s Leaving Bushwick for the Holidays? [Bushwick BK] · Car Robbery? [Ditmas Park Blog] · Sunset Snowman [BVIB] […]

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Here’s a fun one from our friends at the Municipal Art Society that shows the Carroll Street Bridge, one of the few surviving retractile bridges left, opening and closing. It’s a fascinating thing to watch if you’ve never seen it and it is, without question, our favorite bridge in Brooklyn.

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