Bklink: Brooklyn Yachting

Do check out the yacht clubs of Brooklyn. For instance: "Let's say you don't know anyone with a boat, there are still some low-cost options out there for you. One is the Sebago Canoe Club located on the Paerdegat Basin in Canarsie, Brooklyn. SCC has been around for 75 years and is easily accessible to Jamaica Bay after a short sail/paddle under Belt Parkway. As we can personally attest, Jamaica Bay is a fantastic sailing area, but our friends at SCC tell us that Paerdegat Basin "can be a bit nasty at times - particularly when the sewage goes to the storm drains and empties into the Basin, but once out of the Basin and into the Jamaica Bay it is an amazing place to sail and perfect for small boats and truly beautiful."--Sail Brooklyn

Bklink: Actual Rats

"Rat sightings have closed down six classroom trailers at a Brooklyn elementary school, with a teachers union official saying she spotted numerous rodents nosing around the temporary classrooms. Four pre-kindergarten classes, a kindergarten class and a special-education class usually meet in the trailers at P.S. 272." The school is in Canarsie.--Metro

Bklink: Vaekens Hoek

Pay a visit to Canarsie, check out the photos and consider the debated etymology of Varkens Hook Road. "Varken simply means 'pig' or 'hog' in Dutch and is attributed to any domestic swine (or person resembling one). Varkensvlees means 'pork meat' as well. Hook, which the English adapted from the Dutch 'hoek' does mean corner." Or, check out Congregation AAA.--Fading Ad Blog