[Photo courtesy of Property Shark] The talk of Cobble Hil and Carroll Gardens this weekend–at least among those who pay attention to real estate in the neighborhoods is a Friday report that Continuum Health Care, the company that owns Long Island College Hospital, has put a large number of properties on the market via Grub […]

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This is an amazingly amusing short film from the 1950s that’s about Cleveland from the perspective of Brooklyn. Priceless. Props to E.C. Stephens for coming across this. Seriously, if you want to chuckle, watch this.

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[Photo courtesy mikkime/GL Flickr Pool] We’ve been following the long running saga of Urban Green in Williamsburg since it was a gaping pit threatening to undermine its neighbors and since the fence was open so people could play on the construction equipment we called it Urban Death. But, we haven’t dealt with its urination and […]

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· Did Ratner Sacrifice Nets Success for Move? [AYR] · Abandoned Atlantic Ave. RR Tunnel Draws Big Crowd [PMFA] ̭ January Thaw [AYITP] · Channel 7 Goes to Buzz a Rama [Kensington Stories] · Veggie Castle Lot Still Empty a Year Later [Flatbush Vegan] ̭ Dead Amusement Parks [Kinetic Carnival] · Greenpoint Gentrification Watch: BoWiAn […]

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This one caught our attention as we were skimming the Rants and Raves on Craigslist. Why wouldn’t we exam a rant called “Damn Hipsters”?: Damn Hipsters (Brooklyn) Damn hipsters. Why is it that every personal ad that catches my attention ends with, “and I only go for skinny hipsters.” I can never be a hipster […]

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[Photo courtesy of donkey attack/GL Flickr Pool] Ha. Ha. ha. Ha. Gentrificatiion caution tape. It comes from the site of the (possible/unlikely) Whole Foods site in Gowanus. Ha. Ha. Ha. Utter genius by both the person who put it up and the photographer that captured it.

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[Photo courtesy of Save the Slope] From what does Park Slope need to be saved, on might ask, other than the little ones running amok and moms wielding strollers like weapons? From destruction, of course. This is actually a serious post about the critical subject of extending the Park Slope Landmark District, which currently covers […]

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Meg writes of this photo that “is the Brooklyn bridge from a moving D train right at sunset. I love the colors and the ghost-like look of the bridge.”

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If you recall, we introduced you to Shop Art (51 Bergen St b/w Smith & Court) back in December. Well, they’re back and ready for their 2nd Opening on Saturday, 2/7, from 4-7pm. A group show, presenting works on paper by Hilary Lorenz, photographs by Anne Attal, drawings by Tony Ingrisano and wall sculptures by […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Our valued contributor Deborah Matlack not only adores spending time take photos of Coney Island in winter, she manages to capture some of the most incredible sunsets around. The proof is right there above.

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Ah, Sunday, time to dip our toes into that alluring pool called Cragislist Missed Connections. There were so many choices this week we may be running some overflow in coming days. In any case, here’s today’s choice: Digging through books on Ainslie St. . .You believe in aliens. – w4m – 21 (Ainslie & Graham) […]

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We’ve been featuring a lot of cats lately and the dog lover in us wants to make sure they get equal time. In that spirit, here’s a special  Sunday Adoptable Cute from the wonderful Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Kensington, which does magnificent work: Here’s the info about Blanco: Blanco is a one year old […]

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We have no answer here, just a question submitted by a GL Reader: I hear from one of my neighbors that there was a shooting last night, a few minutes before midnight, on 12th St between 3rd & 4th. Unclear if someone was shot or if it was ‘just’ gun-play. Any word on this? We […]

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[Photo courtesy of nifty pete/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes of this station in Coney Island, “I think this station is beautiful, but when you get in close the details show their utilitarian drabness.”

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From the Park Slope Parents email list comes news that nothing is sacred. Not even a stroller outside the new Trader Joe’s at Court and Atlantic: ust fyi – our blue & yellow Maclaren Triumph (3 yrs old, beat-up, with a very used Bundle Me inside) was stolen from the front of Trader Joe’s! Just […]

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Simply beautiful to watch and listen to.

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[Photo courtesy of pixonomy/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer writes: “Do swans migrate? I guess Brooklyn swans know that nothing beats Prospect Park, so they don’t head south for the winter.”

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Here’s one of our GL Adoptable Cuties for this week, Peaches. We’ll have a pup tomorrow! Peaches was abandoned in my building’s back courtyard, where she huddled, terrified, for two weeks, until the super finally told us she was there (he hadn’t thought to feed her, though). As soon as I found out about her […]

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Today (1/24), starting at 7pm will be the opening reception and post-screening discussion of award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer (not to mention GL contributor and friend), Nathan Kensinger’s Abandoned Brooklyn and “Covered Tracks” at UnionDocs (322 Union Ave. b/w 1st & Maujer Streets). Click the flier to see it full size. [Nate’s] work explores off-limits […]

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The Bee Whisperer [Brooklyn Based] Brooklyn Heights Filmmaker Wows Sundance [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Streetlevel: Gialety’s to Open on 8th Avenue [Brownstoner] Reborn House of Yes Feeling Positive on their New Show [The Villager] Less Flippancy Please [Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn] Dumbo Specials: Health and Body Editions [Dumbo, NYC] Clothing Swap at Sycamore [Kensington, Brooklyn] Bus […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Charles Andrisano] From the New York Aquarium in Coney. Mr. Andrisano writes: “This Sea Turtle was a picture ham. He kept coming up to the glass, and that’s when I snapped away, (no pun intended).”

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If you read GL you know we love animals and go out of our way to help them find homes. So, when we came across this email via the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association about Mega Pet Adoptions today, we knew what we had to do. Cats, kittens and dogs are available for adoption and it […]

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Sunday (1/25) from 10am-4pm, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden is hosting the 3rd annual Lunar New Year Celebration and Flower Market celebrating the New Year traditions of China, Korea and Vietnam. Between the plentiful plants in BBG’s Asian collections thought to bring wealth and good fortune (which will be highlighted on tours in both English and […]

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[Photo courtesy of Nifty Pete/GL Flickr Pool] The Q outside in Sheepshead Bay in some gorgeous light.

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Friday, Feb 6, bundle up and head on out to Wollman Rink in Prospect Park for a night of Skating Under the Stars. From 9:30pm-midnight is the perfect night to skate, nosh on rink snacks and drink hot cocoa (they’ll even spike it for ya!) and Brooklyn Beer. If you’re like us, and ain’t so […]

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