“just as i was leaving my apt. for the holidays i was met by an IDT employee, who apologized for coming on christmas and proceeded to go through the whole sales pitch. i declined and he moved on, but it was weird nonetheless. just want people to be alert for this.” [GL Inbox]

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This is from an email that came to us via the South Slope email list. We’re not sure we full understand it, but it is definitely interesting: “There are spaces of Prospect Park being used as a dump by a “friend” of our mayor, in clear violation of all aggrements.This is also happening on 3rd […]

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“Alternate side parking (street cleaning) regulations will be suspended on Monday, December 22, 2008, for snow removal. All other regulations, including parking meters, remain in effect. “–GL Inbox

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Not that you need us to tell you this, but we’re in the mood: “The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) in conjunction with the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) today announced the suspension of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) regulations citywide for Friday, December 19 to facilitate snow removal. However, parking meters will remain in […]

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CB1 will be having its monthly meeting tonight (Tuesday 12/2) from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at 211 Ainslie Street, corner Manhattan Avenue (Swinging Sixties Senior Center). Among the issues to be discussed and voted on are this 40-story Ismael Leyva tower on the Greenpont Waterfront that has already been approved by the land use […]

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There had been a report that something called Flea by Sea would be operating on the Astroland property in Coney Island next summer, but it’s not true. There may be something called Flea by Sea but it will be on the Thor Equities property on Stillwell Avenue that was home to some rides for part […]

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Council Member Dominc Recchia, with whom we disagree violently about Coney Island redevelopment, has put up an online petition to beat back Mayor Bloomberg’s effort to kill the property tax rebate. It can be found here. [GL Inbox]

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City Council Members Bill de Blasio and Letitia James, who have led the fight against extending terms limits, are having a press conference with other city officials on the steps of City Hall today at noon to announce the lawsuit they’re filing against the Council’s action. [GL Inbox]

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The Board of Standards and Appeals, which rules on disputes about developments about which there is deep controversy, has postponed making a decision about the troubled 360 Smith Street development in Carroll Gardens. The issue is whether the building should rise to 70 feet under original zoning or be reduced to 55 feet per a […]

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Barrette bar in Prospect Heights is holding an anniversary party on Thursday, October 16 from 8:00pm to 4:00am. Now a year old, Barrette was one of the new bars that have paved the way for the revitalization of Vanderbilt. Barrette announces, “We’re doing our grand opening party again, only this time we have More! More! […]

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There is a letter writing campaign underway in Carroll Gardens involving 360 Smith Street (which is going to have a hearing in front of the Board of Standards and Appeals) and Council Member Bill de Blasio. Here’s the latest: “”I have followed this process closely for some time. It is clear that the community has […]

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Here’s an unpleasant tidbit that landed in our inbox via our very reliable Carroll Gardens Correspondent. It’s sort of unsettling. All our correspondent, who is normally quite effusive, said is this: “My neighbor got salmonella from some eggs bought from the Carroll Gardens farmers market.”–GL Inbox

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This isn’t normally our cup of tea, but the founder of the Brownie troop in question at a school on Henry Street in Cobble Hill was resourceful enough to email half the blogs in New York City, some of which will run her request. So why not? Here goes: “I am a parent of two […]

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The mystery of the latest sinkhole on Bergen Street may be close to a solution, per an email making the rounds via the Boerum Hill Group. “DEP came to my house to day and ran a camera through my sewer line. It turns out there are some cracks in my sewer line that could be […]

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The Red Hook Vendors will be celebrating the long weekend by staying open on Labor Day. We got an email from Ceasar Fuentes asking us to help spread the word, which we’re glad to do. Mr. Fuentes writes: “I wanted to share some last-minute good news with you in advance of our broad public announcement […]

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“Safe Haven Bar and Grill just opened in BarBQ’s old space on 6 Ave and 20 St. Last night was the ‘grand opening’–very packed, good crowd, good beer (it was a Six Point fest), good music, and free food for the opening–catfish fingers were delicious. I hear that the kitchen’s not yet open, but I […]

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City Council Member Bill de Blasio is among those criticizing Long Island College Hospital for closing its maternity ward. (The hospital is actually selling two buildings that could end up being luxe condos, which is part of the broader real estate development angle to the story.) Just into the inbox: “”I am extremely troubled by […]

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There was a mugging yesterday in the South Slope on 15th Street above Seventh Avenue. An elderly man riding a bike was robbed of a chain by some people who got out of a car, pushed him over and robbed him. The incident took place around 10AM.–GL Inbox

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The screening of ET and fireworks in Prospect Park scheduled for tonight has been canceled, per an email from the Borough President’s office “due to inclement weather.” A new date will be scheduled.–GL Inbox

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From City Council Member Bill de Blasio, who has been a close associate and supporter of Sen. Hillary Clinton: “I am proud to announce my enthusiastic support for Barack Obama for President of the United States. Senator Obama is one of the most inspiring figures in recent political history and it is an honor to […]

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Hundreds of people in Boerum Hill are still without power a day after manhole fires knocked out service and took the F, G and other lines out for a while. Readers reported nasty service problems on the subway lines all day and one reader writes that he’s “still without power and living in a sweatbox,” […]

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From the GL Inbox last night at 12:00 AM comes this missive: “I saw a very strange light above the western horizon over Brooklyn at 11:47 p.m. Saturday night. If it was a shooting star, it was the biggest I have ever seen. It flashed blue-green and then disappeared. I am freaked out. Did anyone […]

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Per a reader email last night after midnight: “Know anything about the fireworks that were tonight (Sunday) at midnight? Like, some of us in Brooklyn need to sleep. Is this even legal?” We heard them in the distance too. Apparently, there have been late night fireworks over New Jersey several times in the last week, […]

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As it turns out, the photo of the Red Hook parrots that a reader kindly passed along to us this week has a back story. These aren’t the first parrots that have staked out real estate in the Hook. Our most knowledgeable Red Hook sources writes, “They were there a few years ago with a […]

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The space that was most recently occupied by the defunct Biscuit on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, is coming back to life as a spot named Lookout Hill. A GL reader reports that the new name has appeared on the awning.–GL Inbox

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