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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Siren Love Tale

July 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments

[Photo courtesy of heartonastick/flickr] Yes, we already had a list of Siren Festival-related Missed Connections, but a reader (who we believe to be the person that posted this item say that it’s a “true story”) pointed it out and we found it both compelling and romantic in a Coney Island kind of way. Here it […]

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Tags: coney island · Missed Connections

Disconnected in Brooklyn: Siren Festival Extra

July 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

[Photo courtesy of Matt Tyson, Ear Farm/flickr] We started with a Brooklyn Missed Connections Siren Festival theme yesterday, but here are the MC’s that have appeared so far from one of the best annual events for missed connections in Brooklyn: Jul 21 – Pretty brown hair girl at siren fest standing next to me – […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Siren Festival Boys & Girls

July 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Siren Festival Boys & Girls

[Image courtesy of dag2008/flicker] This Sunday, we turn our weekly Craigslist Missed Connection attention to the Siren Festival. We’ll start with one we like an then list a few more. Siren Festival Girl – m4w – 32 (* see below) hey…you know who you are…we exchanged glances, (or was i suffering from heat stroke and […]

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Tags: coney island · Missed Connections

Disconnected in Brooklyn: He Who Smelt It Dealt It?

July 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: He Who Smelt It Dealt It?

We haven’t had a Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connection related to flatulence in a long time. Today’s concerns that always interesting event one might call Fartus G Trainus. Here it is, short, uh, sweet and to the fragrant point: you smelt it and RAN… – m4w – 23 (Gtrain 8am) i sat across from you this […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Monday Panties in Hand Extra

July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Monday Panties in Hand Extra

We’re not sure what’s going on with this one, but we overlooked it yesterday in doing our weekly Sunday Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection and, well, they need to be posted. We’ are just going to go directly to the copy and paste, staring with Craigslist Missed Connection Number One: You gave me your panties… – […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Hotties & Sex Bombs on the F

July 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Hotties & Sex Bombs on the F

It’s Sunday which, of course, brings us to Brooklyn Missed Connections. Today, we turn to the F train and two different MC’s. One involves a “sex bomb” and the other a hottie. First, the hottie: F Train Hottie This Morning 8:30ish – Brooklyn to Manhattan – w4m – 29 (7th Avenue ) Hi…I don’t do […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn Monday Special: I’m a Clown

June 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn Monday Special: I’m a Clown

We’re posting an extra Brooklyn Missed Connection today because we had to post yesterday’s short story and leave this one on the cutting room floor. Yet, it concerns a clown, and we feel compelled to post it, so here goes: FOODFIGHT THE CLOWN AT THE CONEY ISLAND MERMAID PARADE – m4w (RUBY FOOS AFTER THE […]

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Disconnected in Brookyn: Slope Bike Ride Short Story

June 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Yes, it’s Sunday, which means it’s time for our weekly Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection selection. Today, we have our first Missed Connection story story. It’s an epic concerning a bike ride up a hill in Park Slope, which is either a true missed connection or just a creative writing exercise (better odds). Either way, it’s […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Park Slope · Uncategorized

Disconnected in Brooklyn: Midweek Mermaid Special

June 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Midweek Mermaid Special

Normally, we turn to our Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections on Sunday. Since we found a bunch of Mermaid Parade-related ones this week (as we knew we would), we’re doing a Midweek Mermaid Special. Enjoy: The most beautiful mermaid – m4w – (Coney Island Mermaid Parade) From Coney Island to Astoria N train yesterday.. – m4m […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Trapeze Bruise + Fedora = Desire

June 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Trapeze Bruise + Fedora = Desire

If you know how to do trapeze and you were wearing a fedora and fishnets while waiting for the L at Bedford Avenue, someone is looking for you: Trapeze Bruise in a Fedora – m4w – 27 (L-train Bedford) You have a bruise on your leg. I was wearing a navy blue baseball cap. Around […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn Poignant Tuesday Overflow

June 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn Poignant Tuesday Overflow

Every now and then we put a couple of Craigslist Missed Brooklyn Missed Connections in reserve for a weekday because they move us. So it is with the very short tale of tears and dropped ice cream on Bedford Avenue: clumsy girl at penny licks – m4w – 25 outside penny licks on thursday, about […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Williamsburg

Disconnected in Brooklyn: Kabbalah, Sex & Probation

June 15th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Kabbalah, Sex & Probation

It’s Sunday, which means that it’s time to turn our attention to that wonderland known as Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections. Today’s selection…well, we’ll let it speak for itself: kabalah sex book in probation office. – m4w – 38 (210 joralemon) i was shocked to see a woman reading a kabalah book in probation, happy it […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: Biking Drunk, Confused About Bridge

June 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, here’s a bicycling-related Sunday Missed Connection that doesn’t have to do with near misses or being run down, but with drunk biking (and seeming confusion of the Williamsburg Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge). Here we go: Glad you wear a helmet, but you should really get blinky lights! – m4w – 27 (Kent under […]

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Filmmaker Seeks Missed Connections

June 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Filmmaker Seeks Missed Connections

It seems that our weekly Sunday “Disconnected in Brooklyn” feature has helped spark a creative idea with a local filmmaker who’s now making a Craigslist Missed Connections documentary. Here’s the email we received: Inspired in part by your ‘Disconnected in Brooklyn’ feature I’ve begun a short documentary on the Missed Connections section of Craigslist…I am […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn: the First Ikea Missed Connection

June 1st, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: the First Ikea Missed Connection

The Red Hook Ikea won’t even be open for another 17 days, but we have our first Ikea Missed Connection to share as our Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connection of the week. It involves lust among the workers setting up the store. Here is is: We work in the new, big blue and yellow building in […]

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Tags: Ikea · Missed Connections · Red Hook

Disconnected in Brooklyn: Monday Slope Food Coop Bonus

May 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

This particular Brooklyn Missed Connections involves a couple of compelling things, that hotbed of lust on Union Street in the Slope known as the Food Coop and, well, letting someone into the express line with extra items because they’re cute. We have seen people nearly dragged to the basement and forced to pack cheese for […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Park Slope

Disconnected in Brooklyn: Al Swearengen Mustache Guy

May 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: Al Swearengen Mustache Guy

This is our first Bedford Avenue / Al Swearengen / Deadwood Sunday Missed Connection and, in all likelihood, the last. Here it is: “Al Swearengen” mustache guy at L.A. Burrito, 10pm Saturday night – w4m – 23 (Bedford Ave., Williamsburg) When I saw you, I said to my friend, “Jesus Christ that is an amazing […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Williamsburg

Disconnected in Brooklyn: “Subway Sasquatch”

May 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: “Subway Sasquatch”

Yesterday’s Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connection about the sex addict in Park Slope was such an obvious choice to feature that we had to leave an excellent candidate behind at the station. It’s about a somewhat hirsute Missed Connection: Subway Sasquatch, where are you? – w4m – 22 (L train 8AM) YOU: Head of a hipster, […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Williamsburg

Disconnected in Brooklyn: I Lost My Park Slope Sex Addict

May 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: I Lost My Park Slope Sex Addict

Sundays mean one thing around GL HQ: Our Sunday Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection. This week, we turn to one that’s a bit different than the usual weekly choices. It’s not a Missed Connection on the L Train or anything like that. Rather, it’s an online Missed Connection. Read on: Missing my sex addict pal that […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn Monday Special: Sexy Meat Girl

May 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn Monday Special: Sexy Meat Girl

There was such an abundance of Craigslist Missed Connection goodness this last week that we held a couple over. Here’s one we didn’t have a chance to get to. It’s short, sweet, to the point and amusing in a meaty kind of way: Ave U Meat Supreme Girl – m4w (Bensonhurst) Ave U Meat Supreme […]

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Tags: Bensonhurst · Missed Connections

Disconnected in Brooklyn: You Were Really Hot When You (Almost) Ran Me Over on Bedford

May 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn: You Were Really Hot When You (Almost) Ran Me Over on Bedford

It’s Sunday, which means that it’s time for another episode of Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections. This week, we again turn to the topic of a near mishap that results in lust: You almost ran me over! – m4w (Bedford & N. 8th) At about 11:45 AM you almost committed vehicular homicide on me. Had I […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Williamsburg

Disconnected on Craigslist: You Hit a Bicyclist

May 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Sometimes, hitting someone on a bicycle with a pickup truck can have unexpected benefits. As evidence we present our Brooklyn Sunday Craigslist Missed Connection: Car accident with cyclist on smith st. – m4w – 27 (Brooklyn) You got were in accident…your car with a bicyclist. You are a defense attorney and me a cop. We […]

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Tags: Missed Connections · Smith Street · Uncategorized

Disconnected on Craigslist: Who Put the Dead Bird in My Mailbox?

April 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected on Craigslist: Who Put the Dead Bird in My Mailbox?

This is not the standard Missed Connection, that much is clear, but in perusing the listings for our weekly Sunday Craiglist Missed Connection we came across this interesting specimen from Crown Heights. We don’t know what it, but do know it’s worth featuring: who put the dead bird in my mailbox? – w4m – 27 […]

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Disconnected on Craigslist: Hot Dude in Tight Pants on the L

April 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected on Craigslist: Hot Dude in Tight Pants on the L

Yes, it’s Sunday and that means it is time to return to that ocean full of ships passing in the night known as the Craigslist Brooklyn Missed Connections. The instant we saw this entry, we know what we had to do: Hot Dude on the L train – w4m – 25 (L Train)this morning around […]

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Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist: Sunday Grand Slam

April 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Disconnected in Brooklyn on Craigslist: Sunday Grand Slam

When it rains it pours and, this week, it’s a Craigslist Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connections monsoon. There is so much weird and juicy goodness that we simply couldn’t decide, so we’re presenting all our top choices: 1)To the gentleman with the small penis that I brought home – w4m – 21 (Williamsburg)Let me begin by […]

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