Vinny From Brooklyn

Brooklyn is becoming a popular tourist destination of late and the hotels are going up faster than any other buildings lately. Here is the current list of hotels in Brooklyn.

Holiday Inn Express 625 Union Street (718) 797-1133
Red Carpet Inn 980 Wyckoff Ave (718) 417-4111
Best Western Gregory Hotel 8315 Fourth Ave (718) 238-3737
Best Western Brooklyn Bay 3003 Emmons Ave (718) 769-5000
New York Marriot (Brooklyn Bridge) 33 Adams street (718) 246-7000
Howard Johnson 599 Utica ave (718) 774-0018
Comfort Inn 3218 Emmons ave (718) 368-3334
Comfort Inn 279 Butler street (718) 855-9600
Hotel Le Bleu 370 Fourth ave (718) 625-1500

You can always see an updated list on the site http://www.vinnyfrombrooklyn.com/brooklynhotels.htm

Well I was just looking at the forum and thought that it looked rather plain when you first get on the homepage. Even though I am the worst person to do graphics on the whole planet I figure I give it a try.

By cropping some pictures that I had from that great logo that was made for me I made up a little banner of pictures.

Now everytime you go to the Vinny From Brooklyn forum you will get to see a little bit of brooklyn. The pictures from left to right are the old atlantic avenue kiosk that has not been used for years. It has wonderful details and will be used again when they build the new arena for the Brooklyn Nets basketball team. It is on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush avenue.

The second picture is taken from under the Brooklyn Bridge and it shows some cool orange-like clouds.

The third picture is the top of BAM as we call it, Not many people look up and see this detail. It is located a block from the famous clocktower.

The fourth pictures is taken under the Brooklyn Bridge also of the little park that is under the Bridge. They have a cool walkway down there. To see it on the forum Click Here

It seems that they are almost done fixing the clock tower down on Atlantic and Flatbush ave. They started to take the wrappings off the other day. It does appear to be cleaner than it use to be. I wonder if they are gonna fix the time on the 4 clocks.

The clocks use to tell all sorts of time. It all depended on which side of the clock you were facing. You can see more about the tower here http://www.nyc-architecture.com/BKN/BKN005.htm