(RIP Deep Throat, Mark Felt, American Hero) · Three Patients Found Dead a Brooklyn Nursing Home [NYT] · One Cop Murder Suspect Acquitted [NYP] · Could Gehry Get His Architects Back? [AYR] · Fulton Finally Gets Its Business District [Brownstoner] · Mill Basin Christmas Lights [GerritsenBeach.Net] · Revere Sugar Refinery Lives. In an Oil Painting […]

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Holy fucking guacamole. GL’s Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens has made one of the most bizarre food discoveries in Park Slope in recent memory. It’s a little thing, really, dealing with a restaurant that many rank as mediocre. Yet it is truly, truly strange. Remember how Maria’s Mexican Bistro morphed into Mercado Social? That would have […]

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This came in from Park Slope yesterday afternoon and tells us that (surprise) the slimy energy scammers that have been working their asses off all over Brooklyn trying to rip people off are still out there: “A male-and-female team of IDT Energy reps just rang our door bell (Thursday, 2 p.m.). I told them to […]

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What else are you going to do on a day when snow, sleet and whatever are threatening than turn to funny ass photos of bizarre signs. For instance, this one submitted by a GL reader who writes, “I walk my dog by it every day and it never fails to crack me up. It’s on […]

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What can we say about this building at 365 Union Avenue designed by the King of Brooklyn Architects Robert Scarano except that it fills our hearts with light to see such a fucking black building. Especially during the holidays. Of course, next year, if anyone buys a condo in the Prince of Darkness or rents […]

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Want to be a member of Community Board 6? The application deadline is January 1, 2009. This comes from CORD, which does spectacular work as a watchdog–a classic, effective, grassroots, pain-in-the-ass one (and we say this with respect because calling grassroots people a pain in the ass is the highest compliment that one can pay […]

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There is so much need in Brooklyn amidst a lot of affluence, that it does our hearts good to see giving. The borough president who likes everybody to call him Marty took part in handing out hundreds of toys that were donated at this year’s annual Borough Hall Toy Drive. Many Brooklyn-based service organizations, including […]

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[Photo courtesy of megunski/flickr] GL Correspondent Meg Greene says of Brooklyn’s readiness for snow–yes we can. She writes: “The plows have been set out on 2nd Ave in anticipation of a heavy snowfall. So far we’ve just had light dustings but these have been ready to go on the sanitation trucks since Thanksgiving.”

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Not that you need us to tell you this, but we’re in the mood: “The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Friday, December 19 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in […]

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The Friends of Sunset Park along with the staff of the Sunset Park Recreation Center will hold their 4th Annual Trees Lighting Ceremony this Friday, December 19th, at 6:00 p.m. LET’S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT AND CELEBRATE COMMUNITY AS WE SING FESTIVE SONGS, BRIGHTEN OUR BEAUTIFUL PARK AND SHARE HOT COCOA AND COOKIES IN THE […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Here’s one from S. 3 Street in Wiliamsburg. Always nice.

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[Photo courtesy of New York Shitty] This beauty and pubic safety hazard is 61 Huron Street in Greenpoint. It will ultimately end up (perhaps) as a six story building with 15 units. Curiously, the original application on the property was submitted by the King of Brooklyn Architects Robert Scarano in 2000. The current architect is […]

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[Photo for Gowanus Lounge Courtesy of Meg Groome] In addition to these whimisical ice scultpures on display outside the Community Bookstore on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue last weekend, the shop introduced a new online book site.  Wanting to shop local, we tried out their online book ordering service and not only found all of the […]

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There may come a time when rooms in Gowanus are available for $29.99 a night because the entire Manhattan market has crashed, but for now, the hotels that will be charging those prices are moving along. We’ve already written of the Super8 that will be nearing completion on Third Avenue, but there is also activity […]

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Tonight Barrett Bar in Prospect Heights will hold the Sucia All-Stars Holiday Party with resident Dj Juice E. spinning funk, soul, house, reggae and old school hip hop. The party starts at 10pm with no cover and there will be holiday drink specials. Location: Barrette, 601 Vanderbuilt Ave at Bergen Street. —E.C Stephens

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Answer without even watching the vid: pretty f’ng bad. And it’s got to be right because Columbia Journalism School students discovering Brooklyn say so.

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The Center for the Urban Environment (CUE) had an opportunity to speak with Jasper Goldman, Senior Policy Analyst at the Municipal Art Society of New York, about the film City of Water and the future of our waterfront. To learn more about the subject, come and see the compelling new documentary by the Municipal Art […]

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· Are People, Uh, Lying About Attendance at Nets Games? Really? [AYR] · More on Frank Gehry’s Lay Off of Atlantic Yards Staff [NYDN] · Hooooly Shiiiiit: Studio B is Up for Sale [Gothamist] · Carrroll Gardeners Comment at Gowanus Green Meeting [PMFA] · Remembering the heyday of massive dog shit [BHB] · 101 Kent […]

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The new Roots Cafe in Park Slope boasts, “You’ve never tasted finer coffee! Never!” Opening on December 27th, Roots will offer breakfast themed paninis, and also bagels, muffins, lunch paninis plus sweets like pies and cookies. But let’s get down to the brass tacks, what about the coffee? The website claims they’ll have drip coffee, […]

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We poke a lot of fun at Park Slope, and will be the first to admit that a lot of it is stereotyping and, well, maybe unfair. On the other hand, we don’t write the stuff–we just copy and paste it–and sometimes people say what they say and it doesn’t reflect well. Just to show […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Nathan Kensinger] You know that things in Coney Island are fucked up when Shoot the Freak starts falling apart. (Well, it’s fallen apart in past winters too.) But there’s something symbolic about Shoot the Freak’s sign falling apart and the spot looking like shit, particularly when its owner is one […]

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[Photo Credit: Tom Callan/Brooklyn Paper] We received news overnight that former State Assemblyman and Carroll Gardens activist Frank Verderame has died. As a private citizen, Mr. Verderame was involved in just about every issues in the community and possessed a history of things and body of knowledge held by no one else. Mr. Verderame knew […]

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] Look closely and the title of the photo will be clear.

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] One word that does NOT come to mind is invitingIn.

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Brooklyn’s New Year’s Eve at Grand Army Plaza will include the usual: fireworks at midnight! Free hot Starbucks beverages, from 11pm, for revelers and the sound of R&B and Mountain from Blacksmith and Friends. Also we should note: Special Holiday Hours at Wollman Rink is open for skating Christmas Eve day, Christmas day, New year’s […]

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