The Old First Reformed Church was doing brisk Christmas tree business this weekend. This man carried his tree, hopefully just around the corner, while others wrestled their trees into their trunks or lashed them to the roof of their car. The smart owners of the distinctive Wafels and Dinges truck was parked out front of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Nothing says Happy Holidays quite like a street couch, does it?

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Chief Correspondent E.C. Stephens, who has ably stepped up to the plate and filled the shoes of ex-contributor “Max Casey” brought this one to our attention: Dude that got mugged on Evergreen Ave last night – w4m (Evergreen Ave) Dude, that sucked, and I kind of feel bad that I just stood there and stared […]

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The soundtrack alone is enough for some serious yucks.

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[Photo for GL by Meg Groome] Meg Groome, who it thrills us to have as a new part of the GL scene, writes: “I just can’t help but get in the holiday spirit when it begins to snow and it inspired me to take some pictures of the holiday lights. Here’s 7th Ave at night, […]

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Remember the old G&D TV Repair Shop on Henry Street near Atlantic Avenue that correspondent F. Jasmin Adams reported had closed and speculated that it would be turned into a restaurant or wine bar? Wall, Ms. Adams passed by poked her camera inside and found that 329 Henry Street is, indeed, being converted to an […]

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There’s an art opening tonight at Kean University in Jersey that is near and dear to our hearts in that it includes images from the wall that we dubbed the Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens at the site of the 360 Smith Street building (aka Oliver House). Per the press release from Triada Samaras, a […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] Last night.

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This Thursday, at 6pm, Community Board 6 will be gathering to hear a presentation and review of the Department of City Planning’s proposed Bicycle Parking Text Amendment that if approved will to require indoor bicycle parking in new multi-family residential, community facilities, and commercial buildings. The proposed text amendment would provide for bicycle parking at […]

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[Photo for GL by Meg Groome] Everybody knows about the roof guard dogs in Gowanus and some people have seen them from street level or from the F Train. Well, GL Contributor and blogger Meg Groome caught them and here what she wrote about them: I was at the Smith and 9th Street station and […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Yes, it’s one of the famousy decorated houses in Dyker Heights. More to come before this holiday stuff is finished.

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A new cafe is opening up in Prospect Heights – Ortine will open this tomorrow (12/17) at 622 Washington Avenue (between Pacific & Dean Streets). They have great hours too! Especially wonderful for the java heads on their morning commute from Monday – Thursday 7:30am – 10:00pm, Friday 7:30am – 11:00pm, Saturday 8:30am – 11:00pm and Sunday 8:30am […]

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It’s the gift giving season and if you thought everyone on your list was covered, you might want to think twice. It seems there’s been some talk over on the Brooklynian board about what, if anything, you tip your sanitation workers, postal carriers, supers and even landlords, with many stating that tipping is out of […]

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Two new shops have opened on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. One is the UGGs store (above), which fills the space that had been occupied by Beacon’s Closet, which moved much further down the block. The other is called Celine, which bills itself as a discount fashion shop and which we believe also has a […]

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Evan from the Brooklynian message board is warning retailers in the Park Slope to keep an eye out for a couple of would be con artists that are tricking cashiers and grabbing cash in registers. Here’s his first hand account and how he saved the day for one lucky employee: just a heads up to […]

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· Surprise: Brooklyn Pysch Ward Sucks [NYDN] · Greenpoint’s Viridian Going Rental [Curbed] · Slopers Trying to Get Planes Out of Sky. Good Luck. [Brownstoner] · Degraw Delight [Lost City] · Ruby’s Bar and Grill Still Waiting for a 2009 Lease [Kinetic Carnival] · Stripped Car [Gunset Park] · Protecting the Brookyn Bridge in 1916 […]

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The ongoing Wiliamsburg Bike lane wars, which have pitted bicyclists agains the Hasidic community, will take an interesting turn on Wednesday when Bike Clowns show  up to protest. This Wed (12/17) from 8:30-10am, clowns will be riding amuck through the streets from the Williamsburg Bridge and following a route South on the new Kent Ave […]

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Sunday night we heard this alarming news from the Brooklynian message board: Several NYPD cruisers were parked at and near the corner of Park Place and Underhill tonight. It looked like the police were going door to door along the brownstones and townhouses on the south side of Park Place near Underhill. Anyone know the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Nifty Pete/GL Flickr Pool] It’s a train leaving the Smith-9th Station high above the Gowanus Canal and valley.

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GL’s resident poet, Graziella Radici, is not quite pleased with the Pubic Place cleanup plans and the way in which it’s being presented to the community. Public Place: The intended use is housing, and lots of it Public Place, That vast, contaminated tract of land in Carroll Gardens, The intended use is housing, and lots […]

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We want to give special thanks to our contributors today, without whom there wouldn’t be much of a Gowanus Lounge today. We were occupied with some most unpleasant logistical issues most of last night and they stepped up to the plate and helped us fill in a lot of slots. Special thanks to E.C. Stephens, […]

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Just somewhat symbolic, that’s all, with the destruction of the park goiing on within. Video from the intrepid Captain Nemo.

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/Gl Photo Pool] To not only get a pic of a street couch of Ocean Parkway, but have it leather and include a sofabed is magic. This comes courtesy of GL Contributor and Master Southern Brooklyn Photographer lornagrl.

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This song reduces snarky assholes like us to streaming tears for obvious reasons and for very private and personal ones. These are few vids made using Death Cab for Cutie’s Coney Island. We posted one that we’d made a couple of years ago yesterday, and it, too, is on this list. This song combined with […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Veteran and dedicated GL Contributor and talented photographer Deborah Matlack dropped this one into our inbox over the weekend. It show the tree under the arch at Grand Army Plaza. Sadly, once again, there are no Prospect Park in Lights. We sure wish a corporate sponsor would have […]

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