2013 #Brooklyn #HalfMarathon draws 20,000 runners

Ocean Parkway and Avenue Z is less than 2 miles from the 13.1 mile finish on the Coney Island Boardwalk. Shoe rubber replaced tire rubber for a successful event sponsored by New York Road Runners.  More on the race and more photos coming soon.

Green-Wood Cemetery In Brooklyn, State's Largest Cemetery, Celebrates 175th Anniversary

Green-Wood Cemetery In Brooklyn, State's Largest Cemetery, Celebrates 175th Anniversary (PHOTOS)

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The 478-acre site is celebrating its 175th anniversary this year with an exhibition opening Wednesday at the Museum of the City of New York. While it cannot replace a visit to the cemetery grounds, "A Beautiful Way to Go: New York's Green-Wood Cemetery" provides historical context for one of only four U.S. cemeteries to be granted National Historic Landmark status.

Founded in 1838 in what was then the City of Brooklyn, Green-Wood was an early example of the "rural cemetery." In contrast to the somber church graveyards in lower Manhattan that were rapidly filling up, it offered vistas of the New York Harbor and a new view of death that essentially said: "If you live a good life, this is the kind of afterlife you will have. It will be a place like this," said curator Donald Albrecht.

Bathroom pods hit a clog

All the pods are up in Brighton and Coney Island except this one opposite Oceana Condominiums. Recently residents of Oceana protested against the erection of these new bathrooms because of loss of their scenic view from their very expensive apartments. But we have heard that the reason work was stopped was because the concrete pilings hit bedrock.

Not ready to go up because pilings may have hit bedrock during installation.