Arts & Culture
1973. From The Waters of Our Time [http://www.thomasroma.com/essays/44/]. © (Thomas Roma via The Steven Kasher Gallery)Since 1971, Thomas Roma has been taking photos, almost all of them of Brooklyn. A born and bred Brooklynite, in his own words Roma is from “all over in Brooklyn,
Bensonhurst
In past years people have gotten engaged [/30086/] and burst into song [/watch-dyker-heights-lights-tourists-break-into-song/] beneath the lights in Dyker Heights, but this year the neighborhood’s annual Christmas display made news for tour bus madness [/39793/], the theft of a blowup Santa [/video-dyker-heights-house-robbed-christmas-decoration/] and, of course, being among (if not the)
Holidays
In past years people have gotten engaged [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/12/30086/] and burst into song [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2015/12/watch-dyker-heights-lights-tourists-break-into-song/] beneath the lights in Dyker Heights, but this year the neighborhood’s annual Christmas display made news for tour bus madness [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/
Central Brooklyn
Boathouse on the lullwater of the lake in Prospect Park. (Photo by Anna Typor)It was so nice to have this recent bout of bitter cold validated with some beautiful flakes this past weekend — which quickly turned into slush and rain. But before it melted, neighbor Anna Typor snapped this
Bensonhurst
Behold, Coney Island, 1983 to 1988, as preserved through Municipal Archives tax photos [/relive-1980s-coney-island-tax-photos/]. It speaks to Coney Island’s timlessness that if it weren’t for the cars and the phonebooths many of these photos could be mistaken for present day photographs, three decades in the future. The awning
history
13The 1980s weren’t a pretty time for Coney Island. Both the residential and amusement portions of the neighborhood were wracked with poverty and property disinvestment. Indeed, the People’s Playground became scarier for its crime rates and abandoned buildings than for its horror attractions. Looking back now, though, photos
![[VIDEO] Southern Brooklyn’s Backwards Wheelchair Lady In Action](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/unspecified-2.png)
Bensonhurst
Bensonhurst’s backwards wheelchair lady is a local legend in her own time, a defier of logic who wheels in the wrong direction and appears to have full use of her legs, occupying a wheelchair only by choice — or so many of those who have seen her believe. For real,
Neighbors
Adam Yauch Park, Brooklyn Heights. November 19, 2016. (Photo by Justin Fox / BKLYNER)On Friday, November 18, abhorrent graffiti was painted on playground equipment at Adam Yauch Park [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/adam-yauch-park] in Brooklyn Heights. The response was swift. The graffiti was removed overnight. Community members redecorated with
Bensonhurst
We reposted a video of a whale [https://www.facebook.com/BensonhurstBean/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE] that was taken near the Statue of Liberty on Facebook earlier today. In doing that, another video that was taken in our water, Plumb Beach specifically, by our reader Rolf Mayleas came to our
Bensonhurst
(Photo courtesy Prospect_ Park / Instagram)New Yorkers have a new way to learn about our urban landscape just in time for the last hurrah of the autumn leaves. The NYC Parks Department’s newest tree census data charts our urban forest on a micro and macro scale, so we can
![Brooklyn’s Inaugural Comic Con This Weekend A Smash! Pow! Hit! [Photos]](/content/images/size/w600/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-10.50.45-AM-1.png)
Bensonhurst
Photo via The Stylez Vinyl Stickers [https://www.facebook.com/The.Stylez.Custom.Stickers/]This past weekend Brooklyn saw its inaugural Comic Con take place in Fort Hamilton, with Marvel characters, Warriors look-a-likes and other cosplayers, graphic novel enthusiasts, and kindred comic spirits coming together at the borough’s western
Bensonhurst
How familiar are you with Bensonhurst’s history? So much has changed since these photos were taken, you might be a neighborhood native and still not recognize what your street looked like a half century ago. Take a look at the below pictures to test your knowledge. Their addresses, along