Are you part of GL’s excellent Flickr pool? If not, we hope you’ll consider joining and/or tagging your photos “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of threecee/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s one from the Vanderbilt Rail Yards from Tracey Collins, a stalwart GL Flickr Pool contributor and chronicler of Atlantic Yards, who’s been busy creating an invaluable photographic record […]

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[Photo courtesy of itsnothatfar/GL Flickr Pool] This image of a man lounging against the background of a big brick wall comes to us from Red Hook. He looks very small on that big wall against the large building.

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[Photo courtesy of vaduzuvunt/GL Flickr Pool] Looks like someone has been up on the Culver Viaduct at the Smith-9th Street station tagging up a message. Our Flickr Pool photographer Vaduzuvunt calls this pic “Votin’ time approachin’.”

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] Yes, those who look at our In the Pool Photo Series know that we’ve had a lot of Coney sunsets recently, but they’re so gorgeous that we can never have too many. This one comes from the eye and camera of Rubys Host, who has provided us with […]

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Have you jumped in the pool and joined our big and growing GL Flickr Pool? If not, we hope you take the plunge because we’d love to see your photos and post them here. You can join the pool here or simply tag your pics “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of rembklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a view […]

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[Photo courtesy of woodendesigner/GL Flickr Pool] Perhaps one can call it Coney Island Light. In any case, whatever the label, here’s another gorgeous Coney sunset. This one is from the boardwalk on Friday night.

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[Photo courtesy of mugsniffer/GL Flickr Pool] We often have photos of pretty South Brooklyn sunsets, but they’re nice in the north too. This is a Greenpoint rooftop at sunset.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] With Tropical Storm Hanna moving up the coast and Astroland closing tomorrow, we zeroed in on this photo of the end of Labor Day Weekend dropped into our GL Flickr Pool by Rubys Host. Summer memories, yes?

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[Photo courtesy of rembklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here is the Gowanus Canal reflecting some of its tagged up surroundings in another gorgeous shot submitted to our GL Flickr Pool by rembklyn.

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Are you a member of our rocking Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool? More than 120 local photographers are and they’ve contributed more than 1,800 photos since Spring. We’d love to see your work and to be able to feature it here. Please join the GL Flickr Pool and/or tag your pics “gowanuslounge.” Also, we do take […]

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Are you a member of our rocking Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool? More than 120 local photographers are and they’ve contributed more than 1,800 photos since Spring. We’d love to see your work and to be able to feature it here. Please join the GL Flickr Pool and/or tag your pics “gowanuslounge.” Also, we do take […]

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[Photo courtesy of stoneyjimrocks/GL Flickr Pool] The photographer calls this one Beach Patrol. We call it horses on the beach at Coney Island. We also think it could mean there is horse shit on the beach?

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a gorgeous shot of Brooklyn Heights via the HDR technique in Photoshop that is designed to combine exposures and create some really dramatic looking pictures.

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[Photo courtesy of Incandenza/GL Flickr Pool] This is some flower action alongside the Gowanus Canal at the Union Street Bridge courtesy of Incandenza and our GL Flickr Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of sabeth718/GL Flickr Pool] Yes, it’s the Gowanus Canal. These are some of the pilings near the one of the bridges over our favorite b body of water in Brooklyn.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is Coney Island as it appears from Breezy Point, which is at the tip of the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. The pic comes from GL Flickr Pool Contributor Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/GL Flickr Pool] This photo comes to us via GL Flickr Pool contributor lornagrl and showcases some of the fine fruits available at the markets in Brighton Beach.

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[Photo courtesy of mikebny/GL Flickr Pool] This is beautiful Union Street in Gowanus and the view toward Park Slope. The image comes from mikebny through our GL Flickr Pool. Do consider jumping in an joining if you haven’t.

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peeps/GL Flickr Pool] This is a house in Boerum Hill. Per the photographer: “In the Midwest, they put campaign signs on their lawns. In NYC, they express their political leanings in mosaic/mural form. This is 108 Wyckoff — otherwise known as the house of hope.”

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[Photo courtesy of weenieart/GL Flickr Pool] This is Mr. Softee up close in a photo taken at an undisclosed location in Brooklyn.

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[Photo courtesy meghannmarco/GL Flickr Pool] This is some of the You Go Girl graffiti that has been popping up here and there around Brooklyn. This sample comes from Downtown.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is the Concorde at Floyd Bennett Field, which is now an honorary Brooklynite. It lost its distinctive sharp nose cone in an accident when a truck rammed into it in July. The plane is supposed to be repaired. It normally resides on the Intrepid in Manhattan. No […]

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[Photo courtesy of Erinmelina/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s another cool pic of Sheepshead Bay around dusk placed in our GL Flickr Pool by Erinmelina. Fishing boat, orange clouds and water, a perfect Southern Brooklyn scene. The boat sails at 7AM.

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is Plumb Beach in Southern Brooklyn as seen from the bike trail there. The photo comes from one of our favorite GL Flickr Pool contributors, Rubys Host.

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[Photo courtesy of Erinmelina/GL Flickr Pool] Check out that Sheepshead Bay sky outside Randazzo’s Clam Bar on Emmons Avenue. Opinions about Randazzo’s may vary, but should be fairly more uniform regarding the sky.

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