[Photo for GL courtesy of Meg Groome] Perhaps Coney Island can be the kind of pace where can chill out all year round. Our photographer writes of this group in front of the historic Child’s Buiding: “This group was basking in the sun and tucked in away from the winds.”

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] The industrial beauty of this shot under the (soon to be repaired) Culver Viaduct in Gowanus on Ninth Street. We’ve always felt that as grungy as it is, there is an oddly compelling beauty to the thing above and to a scene such as this.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] To the extent that it’s not being marred by out-of-context, fugly new development, Bed-Stuy is one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful neighborhoods as displayed in this shot from our own Gary Mirabelle.

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Here’s a part of Coney Island that most visitors or bloggers or New York Post reporters ever bother to visit. Fortunately, our dear contributor Deborah Matlack does. Here’s a view of the “other” Coney Island.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Meg Groome] Subway plus pretty light equals compelling photo.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] For those who don’t know, there are still trains and train tracks on First Avenue in Sunset Park. This pic comes our wide-ranging photog, Deborah Matlack. She writes, “I had occasion to be on First Avenue in the 40’s, and got this shot of a Union Pacific caboose […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of Steven Skollar] Once again, those Red Hook sunsets prove themselves to be spectacular.

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[Photo courtesy of Steven Skollar] The moon comes up over Fourth Avenue and Union Street.

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[Photo courtesy of Susan Fox] All we could say when we saw this photo sent to us by Susan Fox, founder of Park Slope Parents, was wow. This is a rainbow that appeared yesterday morning around 7AM.

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of Charles Andrisano] This photo perfectly captures the emptiness of the far end of the Coney Boardwalk in front of the Child’s Building on a very cold winter day.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] A little bit of Bed-Stuy wall art courtesy of local artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle.

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Ah, the fun of the weeky Polar Bear Club gathering and dip in the bracing waters of Coney Island.

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Yes, the sunsets in Coney Island are beautiful, especially this time of year when the sun sets over the water, but they’re spectacular in Red Hook too as this pic from our dedicated contributor Deborah Matlack shows.

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[All photos courtesy of Gary Mirabelle]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] We used to think this was one of the scariest looking buildings in Brooklyn. It’s the old grain terminal in Red Hook. Sometimes we still think it is. But when its captured in this kind of beautiful light by contributor Deborah Matlack, even ominous structures can take on an attractive […]

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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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[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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[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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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Saying anything about this would just be stupid.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] This is Bond Street in Gowanus in yesterday’s snow, looking peaceful. The building in the photo would be the southernmost part of the property upon which the Toll Brothers want to build their big Gowanus Condo Project.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Here’s a little taste of Windsor Terrace on a wet evening thanks to GL contributor Gary Mirabelle.

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[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] There is something appealing about all those trailers sitting there in Gowanus near the shores of Brooklyn’s Grand Canal.

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] Meg, who just returned from Hawaii, says that Brooklyn sunrises are prettier than Hawaiian ones. We need a tad of convincing on that front having seen some pretty damned nice ones on Maui especially in the special paradise called Hana, but regardless, this is a very nice Brooklyn sunrise.

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Why the hell are we still running Christmas pictures? Because as of this weekend, Brooklyn Borough Hall was still lit up like Christmas is tomorrow. Time to turn out those light, Mr. Borough President. It’s practically Memorial Day already.

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[All photos for GL by Meg Groome] Our wonderful contributor Meg Groome just got back to Brooklyn a few days ago from…Hawaii. Talk about climate change. In any case, she captured some nice images of the early snow yesterday. The one above proves that Traffic Enforcement is always on the case.

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