Millions for new Coney Island amphitheater
Brian Wilson show in Coney Island - July 17, 2008 (Rubys Host)Borough President Marty Markowitz brought home nearly $90 million worth of bacon in capital funding from the fiscal year 2009 city budget,...
View ArticleAstroland in Coney Island to close for good on Sunday
Astroland, Coney Island (Klingon65)After 46 years of calling Coney Island home, Astroland is tearing down and packing up its rides for good. Owners say they could not come to terms with developer Thor...
View ArticleNERD, MIA, Marty Markowitz & the rest of the Diesel pics
M.I.A.N.E.R.D. Diesel Post 1, Post 2, Post 3, and the end... Continue reading…
View Articleresidents oppose Asser Levy amphitheater in Coney Island
Two competing impressions of the new amphitheater planned for Asser Levy Seaside Park -- one fanciful, the other nightmarish -- collided head-on in Coney Island last week at a contentious and often...
View ArticleDavid Byrne played Eno-songs @ Celebrate Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell...
David Byrne opened the Celebrate Brooklyn 2009 Season with a free show at the Prospect Park bandshell last night (Monday, June 9th). The show continued Dave Byrne's year-long tour of material from his...
View Articlethe 2009 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival – in pics & review
The theme of this summer has been rain, and though the skies opened up halfway into the 5th anniversary show of The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival on June 20th in Empire Fulton-Ferry State Park, that didn't...
View ArticleIssue Project Room gets more than $1 million from Brooklyn Borough President...
Issue Project Room during a benefit w/ Moby in April (more by Toby Tenenbaum)Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz has generously granted $1,133,000 to ISSUE's capital campaign to renovate 110...
View ArticleMission of Burma, Fucked Up, Pontail, Jemina Pearl & Marty Markowitz @ the...
photo The first Jelly NYC Pool Party of 2009 went off under blue skies at the new Williamsburg Waterfront location. A more-than-6,000-strong crowd (according to the NYT) visited East River State Park...
View Articlewhat will happen @ the Michael Jackson birthday party in Prospect Park on...
"Marty Markowitz, the Brooklyn borough president, will present a proclamation declaring the day Michael Jackson Day in Brooklyn. The Rev. Al Sharpton will supply the prayer... Continue reading…
View ArticleNovember 15 is Suzanne Fiol Day in Brooklyn
"This Sunday, the office of the Borough President Marty Markowitz will issue a proclamation officially declaring November 15th "Suzanne Fiol Day in Brooklyn, USA"... Continue reading…
View ArticleMcCarren Pool actually getting closer to being a pool
in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint buffer zone, Mayor Bloomberg & friends gathered to break ground--or should we say threw some finely placed dirt on astroturf--on the long-awaited McCarren Park Pool...
View Articleinitial Coney Island & Wingate Field 2010 free concert lineups (“Beach Boys”,...
Asser-Levy Park bandshell (Lisanne!) The initial/partial schedule for the 2010 Seaside Summer Concert Series at Asser-Levy Park in Coney Island is posted below... Continue reading…
View ArticleMermaid Parade pictures (w/ Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson)
The 2010 Mermaid Parade happened Saturday afternoon in Coney Island with special guests Lou Reed & Laurie Anderson acting as king and queen... Continue reading…
View Articlelocal synagogues suing to try & stop Coney Island concerts
Marty Markowitz @ the 2010 Mermaid Parade (more by Chris La Putt)Local synagogues and worshipers filed a lawsuit filed today that threatens to pull the plug on Brooklyn Borough President Marty...
View ArticleAretha Franklin cancels her two free Brooklyn shows
NY Times reports that Aretha Franklin's two free shows scheduled Brooklyn shows - August 9th at Seaside Park and August 12th at Wingate Field - have been canceled because of an (as yet unspecified)...
View Articleprisoners used to set up & clean up Coney Island concerts
B-52s @ Asser Levy Park on August 19th (myny1974)Last Friday morning, roughly 15 inmates were back on duty, cleaning up the aftermath of the B-52s concert while six guards kept a close watch......
View ArticleNorthside Fest confirms Beirut, Deer Tick, Twin Sister, Allo Darlin’ & more...
Marty Markowitz & Beirut & L Magazine staff @ Brooklyn Borough Hall As you can see in the above photo, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz was on hand at the press conference this...
View ArticleDon’t get carried away Marty… +++ Northside Fest tix on sale
Four-day, all-ages badges to the Northside Festival will go on sale at noon "for a limited-time price of $60". As the press release also pointed out, BrooklynVegan will be back with a Northside...
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2011 Seaside Summer Concert Series lineup (free shows in Coney Island – Joan...
Though no longer in Asser Levy Park (for now), Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz returns for the 33rd time with his Seaside Summer Concert Series in Coney Island in 2011. Now located at West...
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Celebrate Brooklyn kicked off w/ Jimmy Cliff (pics), continues w/ Laura...
photos by Ryan Muir Jimmy Cliff at Prospect Park – 6/5/12 The 2012 Celebrate Brooklyn series at Prospect Park kicked off on June 5 with Jimmy Cliff. Pictures from that show are in this post. JImmy...
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