Nothing like summer love in Coney Island, lost or otherwise.

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This covers so much territory that we don’t even know where to begin. The info comes from our most valued Red Hook source and much has been reported here and there, but it makes a strong impression viewed in its entirety. We think we’ll just let the tipster tell the stories: The consortium that operates […]

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We love new buildings going up right on top of the BQE. There’s just a certain something about the idea of buying or renting an apartment with tractor trailers going by about 100 feet away. (In this case in a particularly nasty spot near the McGuinness Boulevard exit.) But this one–240 Meeker Avenue–is just extra-special […]

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/flickr] This is a miniature of Brooklyn produced using a Photoshop technnique.

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“The borders between Park Slope and Gowanus are as follows: If you see people with double wide carriages you are in Park Slope. If you see a guy with a shopping cart loaded with garbage and car fenders you are in Gowanus.”–Shooting Friday Night in Gowanus or Just “Gunplay”?

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[Photo courtesy of Atomische.com/GL Flickr Pool] We love this space between buildings on Nevins Street in Gowanus near Union Street.

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There’s a ULURP and Waterfront Committee Meeting meet together tonight at 6:30PM at The Lady of the Snow Society facility, 410 Graham Avenue (between Withers Street and Jackson Street). On the agenda: 1.) Item heard at the Public Hearing – CITY PLANNING – WATERFRONT TEXT AMENDMENT (N090239 ZRY) – The Department of City Planning (DCP) […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] We used to think this was one of the scariest looking buildings in Brooklyn. It’s the old grain terminal in Red Hook. Sometimes we still think it is. But when its captured in this kind of beautiful light by contributor Deborah Matlack, even ominous structures can take on an attractive […]

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For some reason some “service change” (which is an MTA euphemism for “you’re fucked”) notices are more complicted than others. We found this at the Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer St. Station in Williamsburg. We had a hard enough time with it at 2PM totally sober. What we’re wondering is how this looks at 2AM after a ton […]

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[Photos courtesy of Katia Kelly/PMFA] We’ve run so many posts about energy scammers running all over Brooklyn lately it makes our blood boil. (Even more so that mainstream media haven’t focused on this story like a laser beam and that consumer protect officials haven’t gone after these people like crazed jackals.) Here’s a really helpful […]

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Another day, another tale of IDT Energy Scammers. This one comes from a GL reader who is also a reliable source and contributor about an unwelcome visit: Uggghhhh…. Horrible…. I had a guy come by yesterday nearly two weeks after my first report. Told him to leave. Stared me down and kept on buzzing people […]

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Watch a guy dressed as a freaking banana run through Prospect Park at 750AM on a Sunday morning when it’s 18 degrees. It’s kind of little documentary that just proves how grand life can be in our favorite borough in the city so nice they named it twice.

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Despite all the abandoned construction sites around Williamsburg, there are still plenty of projects under construction from huge ones like the Edge on Kent Avenue, to small ones, like the one above, which is 196 N. 9 Street. It will be a four-story building with six units from Frank S. Smith Architects.

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This baby has been on N. 9 Street and Roebling in the Burg for quite a while. It’s across the street from Buffalo Exchange and it is a seriously sad sight.

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· Marine from Park Slope Killed in Afghanistan [NYP] · Guess What? Brookyn Losing Graffiti War [NYDN] · L’amour in Gowanus & Williamsburg [Curbed] · This is What They Want to Dump on Crown Heights [Brownstoner] · Stop Signs in Greenwood Heights on CB7 Agenda [BVIB] · Want to Rent Patois Space on Smith? [PMFA] […]

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If you’re upset about the cuts in service the MTA is proposing and the fare increases, there’s a meeting on Wednesday that will be off interest. We got an email from Tom Gray at Council Member Bill de Blasio’s office that has been circulated widely. The Public Hearing takes place tomorrow night (Wednesday, January 28) […]

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[Photo courtesy scaredy kat/flickr] With all the attention being paid to whether or not LeNell’s is closing, there is other news to report of closure in Red Hook. First, however, we will turn to a colorful detail about LeNell’s (and what detail about her and her place isn’t?) from a prized Red Hook store has […]

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Manhattan may have its mysterious maple syrup smell, but Boerum Hill has a mysterious nighttime diesel fume smell in the area around Pacific Street and Fourth Avenue. This comes from an email from the Boerum Hill Group: Anyone know what that diesel smell is? I live on Pacific b/t 3rd and 4th, and the past […]

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We’d have to say this looks like a case of dog theft, which is clearly on the rise. This pup was taken from outside Sunac on Union Avenue in Williamsburg.

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This is about right for a post that goes up at 8AM. It’s the late Nick Drake’s Northern Sky set to some photos that someone shot. There was a time when we were very young that this song touched us so deeply that it always made us cry. Now, we can make it to the […]

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[Photo courtesy of herrc/GL Flickr Pool] We love this shot from the Carroll Street Bridge in black and white.

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Into our email box comes this invitation to enroll “a child aged 14 through 20” in the NYPD’s 78 Precinct Explorer Program: The Explorers is an NYPD-sponsored youth organization, open to young men and women ages 14 through 20. It educates young men and women about Law Enforcement as a potential career path choice, by […]

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[Photo courtesy of New York Public Library] This is Willow and Poplar Streets in Brooklyn Heights, looking west in 1936, in the pre-BQE era.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] A part of the Coney Island Boardwalk running from W. 12 Street to Stillwell Avenue is finally being repaired so that people no longer face injury by tripping or falling through the rotting, loose boards. This is an interesting view under the boardwalk, as they say, which will […]

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Are you a member of our GL Photo Pool yet? Why not? Are you a member but not contributing much? We want your photos. Please join or add photos, we love seeing them and running them. [Photo courtesy Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] Nice place to sit under the Manhattan Bridge on an ice cold winter […]

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