There was some unhappiness last week that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development scheduled a key hearing in the middle of holiday party season, but more importantly, failed to make sure that work got out in the community about the meeting. The department has extended the public comment period for the draft scope of […]

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This issue deals with a number of New York City government buildings that some people consider to be a blight and to be interfering with efforts to improve the area. Here is an email we came across about 345 Jay Street that also deals with 370 Jay Street, which is the MTA’s Board of Transportation […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] In case you haven’t had enough Coney Island this morning, we present this gorgeous shot from Rubys Host of a Coney sunset with water on the left and snow on the beach on the left.

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“With a record amount of commercial real-estate debt coming due, some of the country’s biggest property developers have become the latest to go hat-in-hand to the government for assistance. They’re warning policymakers that thousands of office complexes, hotels, shopping centers and other commercial buildings are headed into defaults, foreclosures and bankruptcies. The reason: according to […]

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[Photo courtesy of Kurackt/flickr] This ominous looking shot has to rank among our fifty favorite Coney Island photos of all time. Here’s what the photo wrote about it: “I took this through the window of the Q train. it is grainy and noisy but i like its overall ‘feel.’ Notice the man towards the right […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/flickr] We love photos of Coney Island in the snow and this one from Rubys Host of the Cyclone rocks.

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A reader forwarded this listing to us from a Park Slope Parents Classified. It’s yet another opportunity to do some good this holiday season: The Child Life office at NYU, which provides toys and games to sick kids year round, is woefully underfunded and in need. If you haven’t already maxed out your holiday giving, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather/New York Shitty] There is little add to this precious image other than to note that it came from Huron Street in Greenpoint.

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[Photo courtesy of New York Public Library] This is Luna Park in Coney Island 1906. It burned to the the ground in a spectacular fire in August, 1944.

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[Photo courtesy Miss Heather] There is something that captivates us about this photo of the weird sludge tank in Greenpoint in the snow. It is part of an incredible photoset of the Winter Wonderland of Greenpoint put together by Miss Heather. Check it out cause it’s beautiful

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And, now, some musical selections on this fairly quiet Christmas week: Monday 12/22/08 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 Barbes: Chicha Libre (Latin/Surf/Psychedelic) $10, 9:30pm Tuesday 12/23/08 Bar 4: Open Mike Night: Hosted by Tanya Buziak. […]

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[Photo for Gowanus Lounge courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is the late afternoon light on the first day of winter in Owl’s Head Park in Bay Ridge yesterday. Photographer and GL Contributor Deborah Matlack writes simply “winter light is beautiful.” Indeed it is.

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Sometimes there are simply too many Craigslist Missed Connection riches to share on a Sunday. So, we’ve got one from a Russian Bath House to toss into the mix today: Sandooney’s russian bathhouse Friday – m4w (in our bathing suits) Would be amazing if you actually looked here and we could connect. You looked absolutely […]

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On Saturday, we ran a report from some Boerum Hill emails about someone that had their tires slashed and a swastika traced in the dust on their vehicle. (They also had a McCain sign in the window of their house for what it’s worth.) We have a follow-up today that sounds like the person is […]

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Ever eat at Song Thai on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope (one of the Slope’s astounding collection of utterly mediocre Thai places)? Read this, which we found on Brooklynian, and you may never want to set foot in there again. It involves what sounds like an allegedly tainted egg roll and the restaurant’s utter denial […]

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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 by Meg Groome] · 17 People Freeze Asses Off in BK to Celebrate Winter Solstice [NYT] · Nice: Landlords of 113 Buildings Refuse to Make Repairs [NYDN] · Brooklyn Hipsters Start Bodega with Online Delivery in Burg, Etc. [NYT] · Thieves Rip Off Cops in $60,000 Cell Phone Scam [NYP] · Teacher […]

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This is from an email that came to us via the South Slope email list. We’re not sure we full understand it, but it is definitely interesting: “There are spaces of Prospect Park being used as a dump by a “friend” of our mayor, in clear violation of all aggrements.This is also happening on 3rd […]

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[All photos by JP Pagán/flickr] Say that ten times fast. In any case, GL Contributor JP Pagán ran into some Christmas carolers in Gardens last night and got some nice shot of them. They were on Third Street in the Gardens.

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[Click to enlarge] Perhaps you remember the Meeker Avenue Plume. It even got some PR in the New York Times last week, leading Curbed to call it the “Toxic Death Cloud.” Well, there’s a meeting about it coming up for residents in January 14 at 6PM. It is a hazard to both long-term residents and […]

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A GL Reader sent us this pic of squatters leaving a boarded up building in the Greater Gowanus Metroplex. We not going to get into the address and have crop out identifying details as well as blurred the faces of the people leaving. We think the continued presence of squatters in the neighborhood is an […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of some holiday cheer from Brighton Beach. Well, at least they’re trying.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Meg Groome] Our newest contributor Meg Groome, who has a knack for taking evocative and meaningful photos, got this one in Prospect Park and called it “Wacky Adults.” Indeed.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] This is one of the decorated houses on Ninth Street in Park Slope between Fifth and Seventh Avenues.

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“Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, December 22, 2008, for snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. “–GL Inbox

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