• No sooner do I write about the high surf at Brighton Beach last night, than the City closes it’s Atlantic-facing beaches, including Brighton and Coney, through the weekend due to dangerous surf conditions brought about by Hurricane Bill.  (Daily News, Sheepshead Bites)

• A public service announcement from yours truly – The Feast of Santa Rosalia, the 10-day festival that runs down Bensonhurst’s 18th Avenue from 67th Street to Bay Ridge Parkway (75th St), begins on Thursday, August 27. I haven’t confirmed yet, but if it is anything like the last two years, the street fair will be open from 6pm-10pm each night.

• Thor Equities has shut down the rent-a-carnival that sits on the Astroland lot for failure to pay rent. (Brooklyn Paper)

“Dreamland has been locked out because it has not come close to meeting its financial obligations in many months,” said Stefan Friedman, a spokesman for Thor Equities.

Translation: “We tried to have amusement rides here, we rlly rlly rlly rlly tried, but there’s just no money in them. We have NO CHOICE but to build condos hotels! Rlly!” It’s hard to say since he’s passed away and can no longer refresh our memories, but didn’t Bob Guskind over at Gowanus Lounge have this development pegged almost a year ago? If I’m wrong, I’ll take it back, but if someone has a better memory and/or linkage, please let me know.