There’s an important meeting coming up in Williamsburg about what used to be called “The People’s Firehouse.” Here is something from the email we got: On Thanksgiving Day 1975, the City told the firefighters of Engine 212 in Williamsburg it was going to close because of the city’s dire fiscal crisis. Within hours, a crowd […]

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Astroland is now truly dead. Carol Hill Albert and her employees vacated the premises on Saturday night at the expiration of their lease. And so ends and enterprise that began in 1962 with that Space Age Optimism. It now belongs to the Age of 2009 Diminished Expectations and Recession. It is in the hands of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Heights. GL Contributor Deborah Matlack sent us this pic after one of the recent light snows/slushes/ices.

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Usually, our GL Day Enders are sort of routine posts, but this one brings us pleasure because it involves a friend and fellow blogger who does great work, Flatbush Gardener. He will be giving a talk about Community Blogging at the Monday Morning Coffee Talk sponsored by the Historic Districts Council. It’s on Monday, Feb. […]

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[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool]

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richard meier’s bldg is almost done. Originally uploaded by urzzz Is Richard Meier’s glassy On Prospect Park building killing birds? One poster on Brooklynian writes: The last couple of days I have noticed dead starlings along Eastern Parkway and Plaza Street West. This morning it dawned on me the things were’t cold or old, they […]

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Coney Island’s Parachute Jump was originally part of the 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair. Here it is in action at the Fair.

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There’s a ULURP and Waterfront Committee Meeting meet together tonight at 6:30PM at The Lady of the Snow Society facility, 410 Graham Avenue (between Withers Street and Jackson Street). On the agenda: 1.) Item heard at the Public Hearing – CITY PLANNING – WATERFRONT TEXT AMENDMENT (N090239 ZRY) – The Department of City Planning (DCP) […]

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Another day, another tale of IDT Energy Scammers. This one comes from a GL reader who is also a reliable source and contributor about an unwelcome visit: Uggghhhh…. Horrible…. I had a guy come by yesterday nearly two weeks after my first report. Told him to leave. Stared me down and kept on buzzing people […]

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Today (1/24), starting at 7pm will be the opening reception and post-screening discussion of award-winning documentary filmmaker and photographer (not to mention GL contributor and friend), Nathan Kensinger’s Abandoned Brooklyn and “Covered Tracks” at UnionDocs (322 Union Ave. b/w 1st & Maujer Streets). Click the flier to see it full size. [Nate’s] work explores off-limits […]

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If you read GL you know we love animals and go out of our way to help them find homes. So, when we came across this email via the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association about Mega Pet Adoptions today, we knew what we had to do. Cats, kittens and dogs are available for adoption and it […]

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Sunday (1/25) from 10am-4pm, the Brooklyn Botanical Garden is hosting the 3rd annual Lunar New Year Celebration and Flower Market celebrating the New Year traditions of China, Korea and Vietnam. Between the plentiful plants in BBG’s Asian collections thought to bring wealth and good fortune (which will be highlighted on tours in both English and […]

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· Guess Which Brooklyn Nabe is Top Ten Dreamy [Curbed] · Checking on 47 Dean [Brownstoner] · Thngs to Call the Wilson L Stop [BushwickBK] · It’s Bruce Ratner’s Birthday [No and Grab] · Rec Center Murals [BVIB] · Car Accident Aftermath [GerritsenBeach.Net] · The Notorious Prospect Place [I Love Franklin Avenue] · Galapagos Has […]

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As we noted there was some sledding mayhem in Prospect Park on Martin Luther King Day and a child ended up being injured. Here’s the rest of the story and the outcome from a Park Slope Parents email. As it turns out, it wasn’t a teen that injured the child, but an adult, who then […]

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Of all the things to end up discussing after the city’s massive Coney Island plan was released, the fate of Nathan’s famous seemed unllikely. We figured we’d be talking about the four high rise hotels the city would allow or the dozens of residential towers. But no. One of the biggest items of mainstream media […]

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[Photo courtesy James and Karla Murray] The Brooklyn Historical Society’s current exhibition, “The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn’s Storefronts” is a captivating look in to the storefront facades that shape our neighborhoods. The exhibition has been extended through March 29, 2009 and is a must see. Brooklyn’s neighborhood storefronts have the city’s history etched in their […]

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The BRIC Rotunda Gallery new exhibit “The New Deal, Art and Currency” runs from January 21 through March 7, 2009. Opening reception is tonight from 7 to 9 pm: A New Deal, Art and Currency highlights relationships between American presidents and the economy, while observing how these relationships affect art-making. This exhibition takes its name […]

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Astroland, originally uploaded by dietrich. We got a little caught up in the MLK Day stuff and the inauguration yesterday to take note of a sight that we found especially awful and as depresessing as the removal of the Astroland rocket. Workers have been busy removing the Astroland signs from the Surf Avenue side of […]

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While most of the attention is focused on Coney Island, Brighton Beach, which has seen its share of out-of-context development is up for a rezoning. About 50 blocks of the neighborhood with either be upzoned or downzoned, with the city preferring to dwell on protecting block where bungalows have been demolished to build some fairly […]

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To get back from today’s lofty history, to the ridiculous, we have the continuation of the discussion about the little ones riding their bikes on the street or sidewalks of Park Slope. Here’s one Park Slope Parents email: I have two children aged 7 & 10 and I always ride on the sidewalk with them […]

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Where were you when you watched this? We’ll never forget where we were.

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As many of us may remember, the night before Rev. Martin Luther King was murdered, he spoke in Memphis and, in effect, predicted his own death. If you haven’t seen this clip or haven’t seen in it a while, watch it, paying attention when he says “I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get […]

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The Dream comes true tomorrow. If you haven’t seen this speech in a while, watch it in its entirety.

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(We thank E.C. Stephens from the bottom of our our hearts for taking over production of GL this past weekend and for doing so in a magnificent way. She ran this item on Saturday, and while we rarely pull or re-run items, we think it’s important enough that we didn’t want it to get lost […]

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Usually we only do the Adoptable Cutie on Saturdays but it breaks our heart to know that Curious, a mutt with an amazing personality and love for people, has been saved from being put down only to be unwanted and without a home for months! Sean Casey Animal Rescue is taking care of Curious, a […]

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