[Click to enlarge photo] A very, very kind GL reader sent us this photo of Coney Island in its prime that he purchased years ago. It shows the Steeplechase Pavilion that was murdered by Fred Trump and to its right the Thunderbolt roller coaster, which was slaughtered by Rudolph Giuliani. The date of the photo […]

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Borough President Marty Markowitz supports the reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention, but is against the Jail with Retail expansion plan. (Well, he is for a Jail with Retail, but not for a bigger one.) In a statement he says: “It is my understanding that the DOC is within its right to reopen the […]

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Times are tough for everyone right now, I’m sure we all know at least one person that has been laid-off or is looking for work. According to the Department of Labor we are experiencing the largest decline in private sector jobs in more than 7 years! Unemployment rates are only climbing higher in 2009 and […]

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· Mr. Chang Doesn’t Want to Build More Brooklyn Hotels [Brownstoner] · Brooklyn Rental Market Holding Up Fairly Okay For Now [Curbed] · Dude Fined Nearly $1M for Escaped Circus Tiger [NYDN] · “Massive Security” for Brooklyn Bridges? [McBrooklyn] · Guy Wonders About Lottery Ticket [New York Shitty] · Nets CEO Says the Arena Opens […]

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Park Slope being Park Slope, the Fresh Direct tipping discussion has turned into a war about Fresh Direct itself. Thus far, the emails seem to be far more supportive of good old FD than bashing them. We go to the copy and paste, which is what we do when presented with thing like this. Here […]

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There have been dozens of post on Park Slope Parents over the last couple of days about how much to tip the dudes that deliver stuff for Fresh Direct. (It has sense degenerated into a classic PSP debate about whether FD is a Satanic scourge or a neighborhood God.) Most people talked about tipping a dollar […]

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As captured by Captain Nemo, who has done everyone a great service by documenting the murder of Astroland in a very methodical fashion. While we feel like throwing up watching this and our ears are almost ringing with rage, we are grateful for your work, sir.

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Holy shit. The Astroland Rocket was removed yesterday afternoon from atop Gregory & Paul’s. Captain Nemo and Pablo Jonesy recorded the sad moment on the Coney Island Message Board. Captain Nemo writes: “It was a sad day, for even the sky was crying. It seemed this wasnt a planned media event. Several photographers seemed to […]

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We stopped by the new Khims Millennium Market at Driggs and N. 11 in the Burg over the weekend, which now occupies the site of the old second-hand junk shop. The look in the eyes of shoppers was something between people sightseeing on Mars on those that had been temporarily blinded by a brilliant flash […]

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Already? It can’t be. Little League registration will begin this Sunday, January 11th at Long Island University (corner of Flatbush Avenue and DeKalb Avenue) from 10am to 2pm. Parents can register their children for Tee Ball & Farm League ($100), Minor & Major League ($130) and Jr. Pony League ($145). Kids will also be able […]

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[Photo courtesy of robby-T/GL Flickr Pool] Gowanus industry, taken close to where the photographer lives.

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] These are pigeons huddling against the winter cold on the subway overpass over Ocean Parkway in Brighton Beach, just before the road turns right as it reaches the boardwalk and the ocean. And, to all, a good evening.

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[Photo courtesy of vaduzuvunt/GL Flickr Pool] If this is not street couch perfection, we don’t know what is.

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[Photo courtesy of New York Public Library] This is Carroll Street at Bond Street looking toward the Gowanus Canal. The building with the smokestacks is the power plant that is still standing today. This photo is from 1930.

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[Photo courtesy of E.C. Stephens] This is a little scene near Union Street on the Park Slope side of Fourth Avenue. It’s been there like that for a while, but Correspondent E.C. Stephens managed to capture the essence of the healthy bike versus the solitary tire.

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A sunset behind the Brooklyn Bridge from Garen Barsegian on Vimeo.

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This is the sad little “shrine” that’s appeared at the boardwalk gate to Astroland in Coney Island, which is in the process of being dismantled. The destruction of this little amusement park at this point in time is pointless, counterproductive and disgusting. All those responsible–and there are many–should hang their heads in shame at what […]

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This is 218 N. 9 Street in Williamsburg, where demolition started months ago and then stopped abruptly. Since then, the fence has been more open than closed, allowing for all sorts of sordid activity not to mention being a threat to public safety. That shredded thing above is a city violation and we’re running this […]

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We finally managed to wander past the Metropolitan Cinema and Condos at 136 Metropolitan Avenue between Berry & Wythe this weekend and got some nice shots of the new facade. The building was designed by Caliper Studio and that’s a zinc exterior with glass discs that will be illuminated from behind at night by LED […]

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· Development Delays in Boerum Hill North [Brownstoner] · Atlantic Yards Arena 2013? [AYR] · Rendering vs. Reality: Scarano’s Fourth Avenue Monster [Curbed] · Brooklyn Lamp Posts That Will Light Up Your Life. Zzzzt. [McBrooklyn] · Two-Car Inferno on Troutman [Bushwick BK] · Ghost Bikers Gather [BVIB] · Casa Mon Amour is Toast [New York […]

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Anyone who goes to Coney Island knows this dog and his companion. They guard some of the kiddie rides on the Bowery. This one didn’t really seem to have his heart in barking at us on the day we went to play with him.

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Our dear friends at Park Slope Parents raise an interesting issue in a series of emails about whether the little ones can play in the hallways of the condo and what to do if a mean neighbor or (gasp) the all-powerful condo board isn’t into it. Here’s the illuminating email: I’ve lived in a Brooklyn […]

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It feels like we’ve been covering the contentious issue of the reopening and expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue forever. Well, tomorrow (1/6) at 9am there’s to be a rally in front of the Brooklyn Courthouse to protest and there will be another court hearing. The Stop BHOD Coalition, elected officials […]

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East River State Park may be closed for the winter unless things change before April 1, but the long delayed N. 5 Street Pier is now open to the public. These were some of the pics we were shooting yesterday before we were accosted by a twentysomething woman who thought she could tell people not […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is another one of Deborah Matlack’s series of interestingly colored shots of Coney Island. We love the bleakness of the black and white combined with the very faded touches of color.

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