Last night around 9PM in a little community garden on Fifth Avenue.

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We have nothing to add other than knock, knock, knock.

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[Photo courtesy of mikkime/GL Flickr Pool] Williamsburg gorgeousness.

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Kentler International Drawing Space (353 Van Brunt St.) is presenting two one-person shows simultaneously, with opening reception for both this Friday (2/6) from 6-9pm. Two artists inspired by their homelands will be divided between two rooms of the gallery. Hawaii’s Joel Sokolov will be presenting his Big Island Drawings, while Alabamian Hugh Williams will be […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] We call this the S. 3 Street Beauty from the Southside of Williamsburg. If you look really hard you will notice pigeons admiring it too.

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We love old pictures of Brooklyn, old being anything pre-1990. We’re guessing many of our readers may have some gems and scanners. If so, and you’d like to share them, send us the JPEGS at thegowanuslounge (at) gmail (dot) com. [Photo courtesy of Betty Blade/flickr] After a snowstorm in March, 1956. The photographer writes: “When […]

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There was an abundance of riches on Missed Connections this week and we put several in the reserve bin because they were amusing. Here’s a dude looking for an Albanian hottie. And if he can’t find this particular one, he’ll take any Albanian hottie. (Warning contains crudely expressed lusty thoughts.) Enjoy: Albanian hottie i am […]

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Hey, it’s snowing and wintry today, so why not look at a vid of the cherry blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with the Cocteau Twins as the soundtrack?

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Park Slope’s NoNo Kitchen is for rent. A couple of weeks ago we’d noticed some strange signs in the window about how the menu was being changed, which struck us as signs that the Cajun spot (which we never cared for much) was having some trouble. The “for rent” sign now in the window indicates […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] This is from a wall mural in Bed-Stuy and is as meaningful today as the day it was painted many years ago.

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This is 441 Grand Street in Wiliamsburg, east of the BQE, just off the hoping Union Avenue Triangle. While we’re tempted to blame Robert Scarano for this one–as it has many of the King’s flourishes like lots of walls and lack of windows–the blame can not go to him. It’s actually the work of Kutnicki-Bernstein, […]

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· After the Fire: Miss Williamsburg Diner [Brownstoner] · Growing Sexual Abuse Scandal in Hasidic Community [McBrooklyn] · 81-Year-Old Dockside Cafe Closed [GerritsenBeach.Net] · Mucking About the Park [AYITP] · Making Fun of Kensington [Kensington Stories] · Thank God: India House Space for Rent on Court Street [PMFA] · Flatbush Shots: Ocean Avenue [Flatbush Vegan] […]

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One’s perspective on this depends on one’s status and feeling about current loves or past ones. Valentine’s Day has become another one of those gargantuan opportunities to sell! Sell! Sell! And if you don’t pony up in the right way. You, my friend, are an unromantic (expletive deleted). Of course, if you are unattached or […]

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Remember when another important little piece of Coney Island history was destroyed when the landmark B&B Carousell sign was painted over. Well, now we know what’s going in the space: a bowling place called “Magic Bowling.” How do we know this? Our keen powers of observation. Sure woulda’ been nice if they hadn’t destroyed an […]

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The Parks Dept. and architects Rogers & Marvel are going to be providing an update on everyone’s favorite spot in Wiliamsburg, McCarren Pool. It will be in the form of a presentation to the Community Board’s Parks Committee on February 10th and will happen at 6:30pm at Our Lady of Snow (410 Graham Ave.  between […]

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The Daily News has figured out via a source why the cost of Frank Gehry’s Atlantic Yards arena shot up to $950 million: the cost of making the glass bulletproof. (We would have thought bomb proof, but whatever.) Here’s some of the lowdown: The stratospheric cost of protecting the Atlantic Yards from terrorist attacks could […]

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[Photo courtesy of Jennifer Dunne/GL Flickr Pool] It’s a heron on the ice at the Japanese Garden at the Brookyn Botanic Garden. No worries. Cherry blossoms will be here in no time at all.

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There’s an important meeting coming up in Williamsburg about what used to be called “The People’s Firehouse.” Here is something from the email we got: On Thanksgiving Day 1975, the City told the firefighters of Engine 212 in Williamsburg it was going to close because of the city’s dire fiscal crisis. Within hours, a crowd […]

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[Photo courtesy of Best View in Brookyn/GL Flickr Pool] This is Second Avenue in Sunset Park at 39th Street, which the photo (and blogger) notes looks out into a favorite local spot called Peyton’s Playpen, which has been the subject of much local controversy.

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Here’s a sampling of the photos we shot on Astroland’s last day. It’s by no means our last Coney story, but definitely our last Astroland pics. There were not a lot of dry eyes in the house as the eviction deadline loomed. The Astroland office, by the way, is now in trailers next to the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] We have heavy, heavy leather from South Williamsburg.

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Slope Natural Plus which we first reported on in mid-January is now open at the corner of Fourth Ave & St. Mark’s on the Slope side of the great Fourth Avenue Slope-Gowanus great divide. Another business open on Brooklyn’s Park Avenue.

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This is a really nice man named Roy Sargeant who works for the Sanitation Department but whose first job was at Astroland in the 1980s. Roy showed us around the ruins on the day lease ran out. Give him a quick view. Oh, and Roy, thanks for helping us out on Saturday.

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This is the foul scene that greets those walking down Withers Street in Williamsburg to dine at Bamonte’s, an icy sidewalk and crap-ass fence that surrounds the construction site at 544 Union Avenue, which would have been a hideous building designed by Gene Kaufman. We put the Kaufman Building in our Dead Pool of likely […]

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Today, we’re starting a new GL feature with vids of Brooklyn bands. If you’ve got any to bring to our attention let us know. Likewise bands, send us your links to embeddable content. We can be reached at thegowanuslounge (at) gmail (dot) com. Also, we’re looking for a regular music correspondent. Interested? Email us. Here […]

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