[All photos courtesy of Katie Lee Rush] Indie rockers Yo La Tengo headlined yesterday’s final Sunday Pool Party at McCarren Pool, ending a series that’s filled Williamsburg with music on summer Sunday afternoons for three years. GL’s new Music Correspondent Katie Lee Rush shot all the photos above. She described the show as “crowded, but […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Man Goes to Meet Woman from Craigslist is Robbed, Shot & Dies [NYDN] · Power Broker Clarence Norman’s Life is Different Today [NYP] · McCarren Park Observed [NYT] · Will New Head of ESDC Check Out AY Footprint? [AYR] · Sign Check at Triangle […]

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Here’s a little something interesting to start the last week of August: Some residents on and near the southern end of Court Street in Carroll Gardens (near the elevated Gowanus Expressway) are saying that they are noticing an unusual number of dead birds. The word comes via some email exchanges on the BoCoCa Parents Group, […]

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It seems like a statement of incredible optimism these days that a neighborhood would be working to get an indie bookstore–given the attrition rate of existing ones all over NYC–yet that’s exactly what Fort Greene is doing. There’s even a kickoff event for the Fort Greene Indie Bookstore Initiative on September 16. Per an email […]

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[Photo courtesy of Erinmelina/GL Flickr Pool] Check out that Sheepshead Bay sky outside Randazzo’s Clam Bar on Emmons Avenue. Opinions about Randazzo’s may vary, but should be fairly more uniform regarding the sky.

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“Long before the “humpbacked” street signs showing cross streets were installed on cast-iron lamps in the 1910s…long before porcelain, enamel and aluminum embossed signs appeared in the 1950s…and long before color-coded vinyl and aluminum signs appeared around 1964 (the green and white successors of which still dominate around town) … there were street signs chieseled […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This pic placed into our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by lornagrl almost leaves us speechless. It is classically Coney Island and absolutely timeless.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory right now it’s cloudy and dark. Today’s forecast calls for “intervals of clouds and sun with a shower or thunderstorm around.” The high will be 87. There will be some showers and thunderstorms around tonight too; otherwise it will be partly cloudy. The low will be 65.–Accuweather

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Remember the “upsetting incident” of oral sex on the steps of 15th Street F Train stop that made a stir a couple of weeks ago? Well, the women’s shelter that was implicated in the incident has sent out an email about it, apologizing for the “graphic public vulgarity” to which someone was exposed. (There was […]

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Today’s Sunday CL Missed Connection comes to us from Park Slope and mixes bicycling, lust and romance, which are all good topics: “ya like, bikes?” cute biker on 7th ave by garfield st – w4m – 24 (park slope) it was around 12:30am tonight (friday am) and i was walking down 7th ave with my […]

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] Today, this is a Nathan’s outpost and Cha Cha’s. Shoot the Freak would be to the right. Old timers still look at the building on the Coney Boardwalk and call it The Atlantis.

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We have no idea whose work this, but we do like this art that we found wheatpasted to a Williamsburg wall the other day. It clearly has to do with money and the burning thereof.

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The Second Annual Closing of Astroland Forever Spectacle is about to begin. We will have more about that as the situation develops and we attend “Astroland’s Last Day” for a second time as negotiations with developer Joe Sitt about a third “Astroland’s Last Day” next year continue. For now, though, some Astroland vids.

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[Photo courtesy of themikebot/flickr] There will be a forum this Wednesday (8/27) to talk about Williamsburg Walks, the project that shut Bedford Avenue to traffic on successive summer Saturdays. Word comes via the Neighborhood Watch blog from NAG: Did you enjoy Williamsburg Walks as much as we did? Would you like to see it come […]

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Definitely check this out. It’s a very nicely done Point of View ride on the Cyclone.

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] This, friends, is the most symbolically exquisite street couch that has come our way (via Miss Heather, of course). It was photographed outside Radiac. What does that mean? Well, Radiac, has a bit of history in the neighborhood and let’s just say that a Geiger Counter placed next to the […]

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“I sense big box retail on the Revere lot and the two bus lots. Ramburg and I believe Red Hook Marble are leaving. I’m afraid that Brooklyn Brewery has probably assessed all available space. They are getting priced out. When the economy recovers big box retailers and aggressive luxury residential developers will be the only […]

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/Gl Flickr Pool] This cool shot of a bike at a subway station at an undisclosed Brooklyn location comes from frequent GL Flickr Pool Contributor weenieart. We love it.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory we’re sensing a little bit of a cook up for today. The forecast calls for it to be “more humid with more sunshine than clouds” and a high of 87. Tonight will be partly cloudy with some showers or thunderstorms toward dawn with a low of 69.–Accuweather

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[Photo of fountain on Dean Street courtesy of adopt/le-font] First, the news: There’s a cool program allowing one to “adopt” a fountain like the one pictured above. Here is their message seeking temporary homes for the fountain: ADOPT/LE-FONT is looking for participants throughout Brooklyn to adopt and temporarily house a simple fountain. The fountains will […]

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We have a vid this week of some very available (and dare we say killer cute) kitten available through the Empty Cages Collective: For info about these lovelies, contact the Empty Cages Collective at emptycagescollective (at) gmail (dot) com. They are also in need of volunteers via the same email. Anyone interested in contributing can […]

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[Photo courtesy of galvarez51/GL Flickr Pool] There are many pics around of the Thunderbolt, which sat in a glorious state of decay in Coney Island for many years (until demolition crews dispatched by the Giuliani Administration showed up to tear it down without warning). We are always fascinated when we come across them and this […]

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This comes from a construction fence on Keap Street in Williamsburg on the site of some new condos going up. Actually, there are condos and rental units going up all around it.

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Holy craWow. It’s only a few weeks until the Brooklyn Book Festival comes around again. This year’s event is scheduled on Sunday, September 14 from 10AM-6PM. It will take place a Borough Hall. Much more later, but for now, we’ll copy and paste from the email: Major free public event: Joan Didion, Richard Price, Jonathan […]

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