brigham street park
Nearly a year after initial designs were unveiled [/blog1.php/news-features/breaking-brigham-street-park-designs-unv] for the Brigham Street Park [http://www.sbpbcivic.org/brighampark] and news of the project teetered off, the little park we’re all hoping for is back. Councilman Lew Fidler has given it new life with an injection
di fara pizzeria
After Coney Island’s Totonno’s Pizzeria burned down in March [/blog1.php/crime/fire-destroys-totonno-s], we were devastated by the loss of a legendary pizzeria near our ‘hood. Now local pie-hunters are taking one more hit, as another celebrated dough tosser near our borders raises its prices to damn-near-unaffordable. Di
meir sadan
This week’s slightly late mid-week photo comes to us from Israeli Meir Sadan [http://www.flickr.com/people/sadan/], who caught this beautiful shot of a commuter at the Sheepshead Bay train station back in 2006. -[via Flickr]
(Coney Island’s Seaside Summer Concert Series 2012 Full Schedule. [/coney-island-concert-series-marty-markowitz-2012-schedule/]) UPDATE as of 7/27/09: Please note changes* in the performances for July 30 and August 20. The concert originally scheduled featuring Franki Valli and the Four Seasons and Connie Francis has been moved up to July 30
Maybe this guy doesn’t think acute angles are very cute. Or maybe his reaction to obtuse ones is, well, obtuse. Or perhaps he foresaw a blogger making cheesy puns at his expense and liked the idea of collecting tickets to pay for our literary sins. Whatever the case may
drugstores
It appears as if the exterior work on the Walgreens going up on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue W is almost done. Construction started about six months ago, notes Lisanne Anderson [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/], who shot the above photo, and looks as if it may open sometime
charles schumer
Senator Charles Schumer, a Park Slope resident, wrote an article for Huffington Post about his life-long love affair with biking through our borough. > Starting in Brighton Beach and riding north through Brooklyn, always reminds me what makes this borough so special. As I watch the neighborhood go from predominantly
Yet another photo coming in from Lisanne Anderson via Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lisanne001/], who has been documenting development in Sheepshead Bay with photography. She posted this photo of an adorable little bungalow chilling out between two new behemoths on Coney Island Avenue between Avenue X and Avenue
fillmore ave
Councilman Lew Fidler and the NYPD are hosting a Crime Prevention and Safety Tips Information Session tomorrow evening at Marine Park JHS. Representatives of NYPD Patrol Borough Brooklyn South and the 61st and 63rd Precincts will offer a presentation, followed by a Q&A session. The event comes in
cheap
New York Daily News featured our neighbors in Gravesend [http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2009/06/16/2009-06-16_savings_in_gravesend.html#ixzz0Io1oZqSl&D] for its “Savings in…” column. While we may disagree with them calling “Gravesend … one of the last places in Brooklyn where you can
golden sunshine
(Photo courtesy of vracing via Flickr [http://www.flickr.com/photos/vracing/]) For all the bird-brains out there, the New York City Audubon Society has planned a Jamaica Bay Sunset Cruise departing from Sheepshead Bay this weekend, Saturday, June 20th. South Brooklyn residents are lucky to live near one of
mermaid parade
We’re just three days away from what will most likely be the largest (and most politicized) Coney Island Mermaid Parade to date, and the organizers of the southern Brooklyn staple are calling out for volunteers. The event, which takes place this Saturday, June 20, relies on over 150 volunteers