Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning, the sun and clouds are fighting it out. Today’s forecast calls for “intervals of clouds and sunshine with a couple of showers and a thunderstorm; humid.” The high will be 82 and it will feel like 90. Tonight will be more evening thunderstorms around. The low will be […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this first Saturday of Summer, there is alternating sun and clouds. The forecast calls for it to be “warm with times of clouds and sun.” The high will be 86. Tonight will be “ostly cloudy and more humid; a shower or thunderstorm around late.”–Accuweather

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“There’s neighborly, and then there’s neighborly. Apparently, someone’s assumption that ‘your hydrangea is my hydrangea’ was a little presumptuous. The note reads ‘To the ‘Neighborly-type’ person who came up my stoop and cut SIXTEEN STEMS off my Hydrangea: This plant is in memory of my deceased mother. I hope you sleep well at night.’”–Brooklynometry

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It’s not Brooklyn, but WNYC does the best radio coverage around of our borough, so we’ll note that today is the final Big Moving Day from the venerable studios high atop the Municipal Building where the station’s great staff has been toiling in amazingly, uh, modest surroundings forever. Here’s an audio slideshow of the move.–WNYC

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Do people in Williamsburg care about their food? “Absolutely. The majority are NYU-student dipshits who are buying their clothes at Urban Outfitters and are living here because it’s cool.” (Do not click if butchers holding pig heads upset you.)–Grub Street

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Summer begins at 7:59 PM tonight and, of course, today is the longest day of the year, per the 2008 Equinox and Solstice map, time zone by time zone. Happy Summer!!!–Archaeastronomy

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The weather outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this longest day of the year and first day of summer. There will be “More sun than clouds with a shower or thunderstorm in the area this afternoon” and a high of 78. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 64.–Accuweather

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“The designy walls have been finished and ready for coloring at the Coney Island USA building. They plan to be open provisionally in time for the Mermaid Parade, though the interior may still be in the process of completion.”–Kinetic Carnival

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“First came the elation – then the frustration. Customers love the Ikea furniture, especially the low prices. But lo the assembly! The Daily News hooked up with college professor Yvonne Mullings as she took her brand-new $69.99 Malm- a white three-drawer bedroom chest – flattened down tight into a bulky brown box, into her Brownsville, […]

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“A Brooklyn appeals judge yesterday sprang disgraced ex-assemblywoman Diane Gordon from prison, issuing a stay of sentence that allows her to remain free until her appeal is decided. Justice Steven Fisher ordered Gordon, 58, released on $100,000 bail from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester, where she was set to begin a 2-to-6-year sentence. The […]

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“We noted a few weeks ago that renovation of the Lundy’s space is underway; now we’re happy to bring you confirmation of the new tenant. And the business that will be operating in the iconic building is… [cue drumroll]… Cherry Hill Gourmet Market, a local food market with a storefront currently on 2278 86th St, […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, we’ve got sunny skies and cool temps this morning. Today’s forecast is for skies that are partly sunny with “a shower or thunderstorm around this afternoon.” The high will be 75. Spotty showers and thunderstorms tonight too, with a low of 61.–Accuweather

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The Greenpoint Gazette has finally gotten a website. The paper has been around since 1973 doing local coverage. “This is a definite great addition to the web for Greenpointers!”–Greenpointers

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The reports being filed from the Ikea tent line by Adam Robb are alternately funny and weird, with the blow-by-blow of what it’s been like to camp out at the Red Hook Ikea (and await a free Ektorp sofa) being particularly compelling. Check out all the glorious coverage by clicking here.–Racked

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The rezoning that put the wheels in motion for the development of Brooklyn’s Park Avenue four years ago covered most of 4th Avenue between President and 15th streets, allowing for the construction of 12-story residential buildings on the thoroughfare. What was left out of that rezoning is now set to join the higher-rise party. One […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning, it’s quite nice. Today’s forecast calls for it to be cool with clouds and sun. There is a good chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms coming through. The high will be 73. There will also be some showers and thunderstorms around tonight with a low of 60.–Accuweather

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“It’s been well documented that Ikea — with its endless living rooms and curtain solutions — has been known to spark screaming matches between normally mild-mannered couples.” So, here are some tips from a clinical psychologist about how to avoid a divorce when looking at the Billy bookcases.–Brooklyn Based

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Oh no. We were led to understand that the “log sawing” that will replace a ribbon cutting at the Red Hook Ikea tomorrow is a Swedish tradition. Now, we learn that it’s not so, per Raquel Ortigueira, who handles cultural and public affairs for the Swedish Consulate General. “This isn’t a Swedish thing, it’s an […]

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“A cook at Brooklyn’s famed Junior’s Restaurant was charged with larceny yesterday after co-workers caught him with 15 frozen lobster tails stuffed down his pants and into bandages around his legs, cops said. Prep cook Raymundo Flores, 40, was spotted in a walk-in freezer by colleague Adam Marks, allegedly taking lobster tails and stuffing them […]

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There are many ways to convey one’s displeasure with an annoying car alarm from leaving notes to smashing windows. Leaving a collection of dog turds on the hood, plus a bunch of notes explaining why all the shit is on the car is another way of communicating.–ABL

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory today, we’re off to a nice start. The forecast calls for it to be less humid with partial sunshine and a high of 78. Tonight will be “clear and moonlit” with a low of 62.–Accuweather

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The political version of pork is always interesting to watch. “The Department of Housing Preservation and Development put aside $2 million to counsel and protect tenants, and said it would hire local groups to do the work. A coalition of seven nonprofits from the neighborhood applied as one in a bid to handle the whole […]

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The Red Hook Vendors sort of came back on Saturday with five of them appearing at a block party at Coffey Park in Red Hook. The pupusa stand was there (minus the insane lines of late last summer and fall) as well as four others.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory we’re looking at what would appear to be an unsettled day. The forecast calls for “intervals of clouds and sunshine with a heavy thunderstorm around this afternoon.” The high will be 83. Tonight will feature showers and thunderstorms, with some of them heavy.–Accuweather

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Check out some graphic images shot around the Atlantic Yards site by GL contributor Adrian Kinloch. Okay, they’re images of graphics, both signs and other things, along Pacific and Dean Street.–Brit in Brooklyn

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