Here are some vids posted to the YouTube of yesterday’s West Indian American Day Parade down Eastern Parkway.

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Will Coney Island’s Astroland die or live another year or two? A year after hundreds of reporters showed up to record “Astroland’s Last Day,” the process has started again, with a number of TV reports on Labor Day and an article in the Post on Friday suggesting that Thursday might be the park’s final day. […]

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“The boardwalk is getting a lot less crowded on Coney Island. Beachgoers snubbed the iconic Brooklyn spot for the second summer in a row, Parks Department statistics show. Only 4.5 million people enjoyed Coney Island’s sand and surf this summer – a little more than half the 8.6 million visitors who came in 2007. And […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Housing Authority Cuts Could Hurt Seniors and Kids [NYDN] · Elevator Failures at Senior Towers [NYT] · Wyckoff Homesteads Gets New Energy [NYDN] · City Answers FOIL Request, Ducks Question About $100M Subsidy [AYR] · Goodbye Summer [Brooklynometry] · Labor Day at the Newtown […]

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There is progress to report in the long-running saga of the Gowanus Whole Foods. This comes on the heels of a post we had in early August about activity on the site and of statements from the grocer that they’re working up a revised plan, but that the company has certainly not abandoned its plan […]

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[Photo courtesy of Bumpershine/flickr] Yesterday, of course, was the huge annual West Indian Carnival on Eastern Parkway and hundreds of thousands of people turned out to watch. Here are links to some of the photos and posts that have appeared at this fairly early point: · brooklyn carnival tagged Flickr Photos · West Indian American […]

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“I am so freaked out by the Brooklyn Heights raccoon!! A few weeks ago he was sitting on my deck Willow and Cranberry – doors were closed and he was watching my sweet little doggie eat his treat. I have had nitemares ever since! What can we do??!!!”–Bklink: Brooklyn Heights Raccoon

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[Photo courtesy of sabeth718/GL Flickr Pool] Yes, it’s the Gowanus Canal. These are some of the pilings near the one of the bridges over our favorite b body of water in Brooklyn.

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One of the more interesting things to do in Brighton Beach, if you’re up to it, is to go food shopping. My favorite store is M & I International Food, right on the main drag and across the street from the elevated train…It is fun just to walk around and see all of the food. […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is Coney Island as it appears from Breezy Point, which is at the tip of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. The pic comes from GL Flickr Pool Contributor Rubys Host.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory a warm day is dawning. The forecast calls for it to be “very warm with plenty of sunshine” and a high of 89. Tonight will be clear with a low of 67.–Accuweather

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Labor Day means one thing in Brooklyn: the West Indian Carnival, which takes place today along Eastern Parkway. The parade starts at 11AM near Rochester and Eastern Parkway and doesn’t end until 6PM. The wrap up point is at Grand Army Plaza, and there’s a stage at the Brooklyn Public Library. That would make for […]

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This is old news in the sense that it happened at the beginning of the weekend, but it only merited a few lines in the crime blotter of the Post and we’ve been seeing a lot of emails on the local email lists asking what happened at the Douglass Pool in Gowanus. Here’s an email […]

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The Bergen Street sinkhole is still there and the city is still is going to be looking into it either before or after it opens wide and eats something. Here’s an update from the Boerum Hill Group: Your information is inaccurate. They have not determined it is a defective sewer line and have not threatened […]

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Here are a few vids posted to the YouTube of the Sonic Youth show at McCarren Pool, which was also the last big concert at the pool.

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[Photo courtesy of mugsniffer/GL Flickr Pool] This Labor Day Street Couch Classic comes from Guernsey Street in Greenpoint. Enjoy.

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We always enjoy a Brooklyn Missed Connection that involves some some form of personal injury or near personal injury. For instance, this one from Summer Screen at McCarren Pool: i kicked you in the head last night (by accident) at summerscreen – w4w – 19 (Greenpoint) you are easily one of the most beautiful girls […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack Photography] These were the last Friday night fireworks of the season as captured on camera by GL Contributor Deborah Matlack from the fishing pier in Coney. We assume the fireworks will be back next season, but it’s unclear right now what shape Coney will be in if the Coney Island […]

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Here’s a fun and very short time lapse shot on the Brooklyn Bridge Walkway and just posted to the YouTube.

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This photo comes to us via GL Flickr Pool contributor lornagrl and showcases some of the fine fruits available at the markets in Brighton Beach.

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Succumbing to pressure from those who said the NYC Waterfalls were killing trees and causing other problems, the hours have been cut in half, from 100 a week to 50. The Brooklyn Heights Association had been calling for the falls to be shut off entirely. As of September 8, the new hours of operation (get […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory we have the makings of the magnificent kind of day that makes us sad Summer is coming to an end. The forecast says it will be warm, with a high of 87, and brilliant sunshine. Tonight will be clear with a low of 67.–Accuweather

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This item blends three items of interest: public school, community boards and, well, cockroaches. It comes from an email posted to the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association list and concerns the auditorium at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens, which is often the site of Community Board 6 and other neighborhood meetings. Here’s what it says in […]

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This is the first time we’ve eve had a Missed Connection from Spumoni Gardens, the pizza place and Italian Restaurant on 86th Street in Bensonhurst, and as such is very exciting: Hottie at Spumoni garden 12:00 noon / Black mercedes / married? – m4w – 42 (Spumoni Garden Brooklyn) I must say you are the […]

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