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Brooklyn author and illustrator Melanie Hope Greenberg's blog "Mermaids on Parade" (named for her popular illustrated book of the same name) is in the running for a Fascination Award in the 'Art Teacher' category.
Specifically, her post about the Betsy Bird Saturday Children's Literary Salon panel (called "Connect the Dots") was nominated.
Check out her post and if you like it, help support a Brooklyn artist: By clicking on the nomination badge at the top right of the post you can contribute your vote. (You need to be using Google +) Voting runs through June 25.
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- Pervert impersonating a cop molests teen boy he met in subway station in Sunset Park. NY1
- Dog stolen from animal shelter tracked down after alert employees noted license plate of suspicious-looking woman. Brooklyn Eagle
- NYC's crackdown on Brooklyn's DIY spaces. Village Voice
- What Brooklyn hipsters got for Christmas. Die Hipster
- Now there's a fight about which is the official menorah of Brooklyn. F**ked In Park Slope
- Cyclist crackdown promised by city in 2012. Gothamist
- What to do with your Christmas tree after the holiday. Carroll Gardens Patch
- We're not blogging any of these words. Gawker
- Giant alien prawns invade Gulf, threaten native shrimp. Chron
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- Murray Handwerker, visionary entrepreneur of Nathan's Hot Dogs, dies at 89. NY Daily News
- Locals call for ban on helicopters over Brooklyn Heights. BHB
- Brooklyn bloggers gather in annual rite at Blogfest, where a professor at CUNY’s Graduate School of Journalism was possibly unaware of the Brooklyn Eagle's existence. Brooklyn Eagle
- Hold off on the frozen food at NSA on Washington Avenue. Brooklynian
- Ground broken on Brooklyn College's new Performing Arts Center. Brooklyn Eagle
- Massive ticket-fixing probe, cops hooking up with hookers, etc. Gothamist
- Court upholds order barring Riverside Garage construction. BHB
- One out of four adult New Yorkers -- including one out of three below the age of 30 -- plans to flee the state in the next five years. NY Daily News
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- Markowitz slams Mayor's choice of Nissan taxi, says the fix was in. Brooklyn Eagle
- Apartment fire on Pacific Street yesterday. CGPatch
- To get big tax breaks, two big condos in Williamsburg built "affordable" rental units for low-income residents -- but require them to use a separate, shoddier entrance and bans them from the pool and other amenities. Gothamist
- Dance the Night Away -- an adult-only prom -- in Brooklyn. Brooklynian
- AOL hires Brooklyn hyperlocal blogger to increase community engagement for Patch.com. NYConvergence
- George W. Bush declines Obama's Ground Zero invite. NY Magazine
- Hipster Threat Level was High at the Brooklyn Bridge last night, when Matt and Kim did a musical video shoot involving bike bells. Gothamist
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- The Nets unveil the latest billboard reminding people that they'll be moving to Brooklyn. NY Magazine
- You're not dreaming -- It's Christmas in April on Smith Street. PMFA
- Judge sentences racist Brooklyn woman to jury duty for life. NY Daily News
- The Brooklyn Blogfest website is up and running. OTBKB
- Father finds son and another man shot to death in Brooklyn basement. NY Times
- Foxy Brown's attorney sued for alleged "masturbation attack." Brooklyn Eagle
- Lefferts Historic House is seeking volunteers to maintain fires and “prepare foods using traditional tools and methods.” Brokelyn
- CB2 is voting on April 13 to convert part of the Brooklyn Municipal Building to retail. Brooklyn Eagle
- Reginella calls it quits on Atlantic Avenue. Brownstoner
- E-mails show that U.S. regulators privately doubt some nuclear power plants are ready for a disaster. Huff Post
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- Two stabbings: one at Lafayette Gardens, one in Red Hook.
- Possibly the scariest video of Mayor Bloomberg you'll ever see. NY Observer
- Grieving widow who lost 2 kids, husband in fire salvages urn with 16-year-old daughter's ashes. NY Daily News
- They hoarded 100 cats in their Williamsburg apartment, with predictable results. Brooklyn Eagle
- Tasting Brooklyn event in DUMBO April 5. DumboNYC
- BP Markowitz wants to keep cars in Prospect Park. Gothamist
- Tickets are now available for the Brooklyn Blogfest, the 6th annual gathering of Brooklyn blogger. OTBKB
- What was going on with the police at the 25th Street/ 4th Ave. station this morning? Brooklynian
- Cash For Gold pops up on Flatbush Ave. Brownstoner
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McBrooklyn.com is back up and running earlier than we expected. Thanks for your patience everybody.
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Phil DePaolo, community activist in Williamsburg sent CORD (Carroll Gardens Coalitions for Respectful Development) a letter reminding us that that one year ago Bob Guskind, passionate Brooklyn community activist and author of the Gowanus Lounge blog, died.
DePaolo's letter -- "What Would Bob Say?" -- is a moving memorial to the mark that Bob left on Brooklyn. He writes about what Bob would be proud of today ("he would be thrilled and very proud of the residents of Gowanus who won a Superfund designation yesterday over the objections of the Mayor") and what would piss him off (what happened at Atlantic Yards).
Read the letter here (you'll have to scroll down a bit to see it.)
You can still see Bob Guskind's writing and thoughts at
www.bobguskind.com and http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/
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- The state won't tell Daniel Goldstein or The Brooklyn Paper how it determined that the Atlantic Yards holdout's apartment is worth $80,000 less than he paid for it six years ago. (The Mafia probably has a word for it, though.)
- Mayor Bloomberg and the NYC DDC announced Tuesday that they are suing Comptroller William C. Thompson to try to force him to approve a contract in connection with the proposed renovation and expansion of the Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue. Brooklyn Eagle
- Brokelyn has put together a roundup of the first annual NYC Bloggers Do the Holidays Roundup, including a month's worth of free or cheap holiday-ish things to do.
- Grab your checkbook: Bond-rating agency Moody's has given a barely investment-grade rating to the bonds for the Atlantic Yards arena. The Empire State Development Corp. could make its initial bond offering as soon as today. No Land Grab (summary from other sites)
- A deer swam from New Jersey to Governors Island. Really. New York Magazine
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Here's a video from the newish BK Southie blog, which we just added to our blog roll. It shows Mustard, Ketchup, and Relish racing between innings at a Brooklyn Cyclones-Oneonta Tigers game on August 15.
Go Mustard!
Check out the entire post here, where BK Southie reports on the game and soaks up the atmosphere.
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- The New York Comic Con will have a "powerful presence" at this year's Brooklyn Book Festival on in September. OTBKB
- So these two artists walk into a bar . . . Brooklyn Eagle
- Fun in Red Hook: More than just IKEA and Fairway. Mommy Poppins
- Losing it: A new poll shows that Sarah Palin's favorability rating has dropped to just 39 percent. New York Magazine
- Brooklyn’s "somewhat-infamous" federal pen, the Metropolitan Detention Center, is looking for a warden tough enough to handle thousands of the country's most challenging prisoners, from accused al-Qaida operatives to the "whiny" John Gotti Jr. Brooklyn Eagle
- The Knitting Factory will reopen in a smaller space in Williamsburg on Sept. 9. The club's TriBeCa lease expired in July. NYTimes
- Michael Locke, recently laid off from Time Inc., is preparing to launch My Little O, a news web site serving Fort Greene/Clinton Hill. Folio Mag via NYConvergence
- The MTA confirmed that the agency is “in negotiations with a buyer” for its drab building on the corner of Wyckoff and Smith Streets. Brooklyn Paper
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We really did want to visit this new neighborhood blog, advertised on lampposts in Brooklyn Heights:
"Come Visit Bunny Blog! www.wwwbunnyblogcom.blogspot.com
It's Going to be Awesome!!! (Note that one article is made a day.)"
It is a rather unusual web address. (When we tried variations, what we found was definitely not a youngster's blog . . . )
So, if anyone is familiar with the creator of www.wwwbunnyblogcom.blogspot.com, let us know what's going on. We'd love to read a young blogger's bunny blog: It sounds awesome!
Photos by MK Metz
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Find out why Brooklyn is the bloggiest place in America at the Fourth Annual Brooklyn Blogfest on May 7, 2009. Doors open at 7 pm at powerHouse Arena in DUMBO.
Brooklyn Blogfest 2009 is an exciting, idea-filled event for bloggers, blog readers and the blog curious, where you will find: Insight. Advice. Inspiration. Resources.
Here's your chance to meet your favorite bloggers; learn about blogging; be inspired to blog.
"Where better to take the pulse of this rapidly growing community of writers, thinkers and observers than the Brooklyn Blogfest?" ~ Sewell Chan, The New York Times
This year's event is dedicated to Robert Guskind (1958 - 2009), the founder and editor of Gowanus Lounge.
WHY WE BLOG is the theme of a panel discussion moderated by Brooklyn Independent Television's Megan Donis and featuring Jake Dobkin of Gothamist, Anne Pope of Sustainable Flatbush, Tracy Collins of Freakin' Blog, Bed Stuy Banana, and Melissa Lopata of Hip Slope Mama.
This year Brooklyn Blogfest introduces BLOGS-OF-A-FEATHER, special small-group sessions led by notable bloggers in a wide variety of blog categories, where you can connect with other bloggers who share your interests.
Also on the agenda: A VIDEO TRIBUTE TO BROOKLYN'S PHOTO BLOGGERS by Adiran Kinloch of Brit in Brooklyn, WHY WE BLOG VIDEO SPOTS by Blue Barn Pictures, THE ROBERT GUSKIND VIDEO, and the annual SHOUT-OUT: a chance to share your blog with the world!
For information, interview and sponsorship opportunities for Brooklyn Blogfest, contact Louise Crawford (e:louise_crawford(AT)yahoo(
Tributes to Robert Guskind, founder of the Gowanus Lounge blog, continue to pour in from bloggers.
Guskind died Tuesday.
The Gowanus Lounge's tagline, as seen when searching for it on Google, was "Gowanus Lounge -- Serving Brooklyn." Guskind served us all since April 2006, covering all of Brooklyn, but especially Gowanus, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg and Dumbo.
He warned us about the condition of the Boardwalk at Coney Island, the problems with the Red Hook vendors, and the battle over 360 Smith Street. He analyzed developer tax breaks, discovered a bizarre Wikipedia war going on between a prominent developer and his detractors, and covered community board and other civic meetings. He linked us to hundreds of other interesting blog postings, seemed to never sleep, and was a vital part of the web ecosystem.
The latest version of the blog, online since May 2008, is mysteriously down. His earlier work, however, is preserved on Blogger at http://gowanuslounge.blogspot.com/.
UPDATE: Gowanus Lounge is back up, thanks to a friend who also helped with the technical side of the blog.
The New York Times rolled out it's "hyperlocal" Clinton Hill / Fort Green blog -- The Local -- this week. It's a pilot project focusing down on a couple of Brooklyn neighborhoods (and two more in New Jersey, via another blog). The Times will be posting "creative works" from people in the community and drawings from local children, and will also be using student bloggers from the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.
Andy Newman, the Times' resident blogger, says, "There’s a growing consensus in the media world that one way that newspapers can sustain themselves is to foster what is known as participatory journalism or citizen journalism. The Times wants to see if it can find a sustainable way to do this. Your backyard is the petri dish where we will try to grow it."
Here are some comments and advice to the new blog from the Blogosphere:
- Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn: "Some advice: keep it real, do it with passion, love and a true interest in the community that you're covering. And post frequently.There are some hungry blog readers out there."
- Gothamist: "Oh, thank you so much for helping to continue the gentrification of my neighborhood by promoting it as the new cool local place for (white) people who read the NYT to be!"
Brownstoner on Techcrunch: "One big question will be whether The Times fits smoothly into the existing ecosystem of local blogs or whether it becomes seen as an 800-pound competitor soaking up the already small amounts of local ad dollars available . . . It will also be interesting to see whether The Times brand will be able to nurture enough good will on a local level to generate reader tips, the lifeblood of any good blog."
Courierpostonline: "I think the New York Times’s strategy of having staff writers and editors curate the blogs is inspired, and give these a much better shot than so many unmanaged, automated citizen journalist blogs before them."
Econsultantcy: "If it works, all those kids who have abandoned the newspaper for social media will be reborn under the banner of The Local. Why post on Facebook when you can write for the NYT? “Yo dude. See my post in The Times today?”
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So then Kuntzman tells Gothamist that the Brooklyn Heights Blog, being a blog, has a lower standard of what they can print, and that's why he didn't follow up Homer's hint to the Brooklyn Paper about the Busy Chef's manager being a crook. And then Homer says, as for a blog’s standards being lower than a newspaper’s, well let's look at what your classy newspaper prints anyway. Then he links to one of the Brooklyn Paper's memorably gross T & A shots (Hello, neighbor!), and a disgusting poop video and more, and then says "Yes, we bloggers live in the gutter. Those newspaper guys are so classy."
So that's why the Brooklyn Paper didn't write about the crook at the Busy Chef after Homer gave them the head's up. And furthermore, Kuntzman says, the fact that the Busy Chef was an advertiser has nothing to do with it.
We hope that clears it up.
- Arrested Busy Chef Partner Has a History in Boston
- A Busy Brooklyn Chef Now Under Arrest
- Downtown Brooklyn Busy Chef Pretty Busy
- Busy Chef Empire: Frozen Dinners or Homemade Cuisine?
- Busy Chef coming to Court Street
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