Welcome to Brooklyn Webcam!

Dear visitor,

My name is Mike and I live in Brooklyn, New York. This web project is very special to me — I love my neighborhood and I think it's a great idea to show people all around the world how we're doing in here, check local weather or even get assistance with own street webcam project.

First Brooklyn-Webcam.com's image was uploaded on October 22 2001, at 4:30 PM (archive coming soon). My Webcam is working 24/7/365, except short maintenance breaks (less than 5 minutes per week). Every day webcam processing approximately 1920 images (about ~70Kb each). The most interesting photos will be in our archive. If you found something interesting, something unusual, please send webcam screenshot to mike@bkcam.com.

You can reach Brooklyn Webcam via following urls: brooklyn-webcam.com or bkcam.com. I've recently added easy to remember URLs like brooklyn.st and webcam.st, so please feel free to bookmark any of them.

Webcam will turn 10!

Brooklyn Webcam image, November 2001

When I started this project in 2001, it had only 1 page with blur 320x240 image. This year my webcam will turn 10 and I would like to say thank you to all visitors, neighbors, long time supporters and friends who helped me a lot. I've redesigned entire website, removed outdated uggly pages, added guestbook and even twitter! I also going to replace existing webcam (2 megapixel sensor) with new Logitech 5 megapixel model this spring. Webcam archive will be added here as well. Everything must be ready by webcam big anniversary!

Future webcam

Why bother with those clumsy static images? It's 2012 already! We could do much better — stream high quality, sharp panoramic images of Brooklyn 24/7. We can also stream video over internet and even more with professional, outdoor-ready AXIS Q6032-E. You may take full control over webcam with PTZ! Precise pan/tilt performance and high zoom AXIS Q6032-E has a fast and precise pan/tilt response. In addition, it can tilt 20° above the horizon for a total tilt range of 220°, enabling better views, especially over uneven terrain. It has 35x optical and 12x digital zoom. License plates can be read from a distance of 160 m (525 ft.)

We've already received written permit for webcam installation and also generous donation ($1000) from our long time sponsor — WestNIC. However, webcam (AXIS Q6032-E) cost about $2500 + $150 PoE switch (AXIS T8124), so we're less than half way to dream webcam in New York. If you like my webcam, appreciate dedication to Brooklyn Webcam Project (it's online since 2001), if you wish to support our new webcam project, please help us! You can donate any amount through Paypal button below. If you wish to donate with credit card (avoiding Paypal), please let us know — we accept Visa, Mastercard and AMEX. All donations and scanned receipts (as soon as we buy webcam and switch) will be posted on this page. You may also post a link to your website/company (it will stay here for good). If you wish to hide your name and website, please contact us prior donation or simply write "from anonymous" in comments (on Paypal website).

Technical details

Brooklyn Webcam #1 was installed in August 2010 (replaced old broken webcam). Current uptime is 95%

Advertise on Brooklyn Webcam

More than 2000 unique visitors each month visit Brooklyn Webcam, mostly from US (79%), UK (7%), France (6%) and Germany (4%). January, February, September and December are the most busiest months — over 25K page views each month. If you wish to advertise on Brooklyn-Webcam.com, please contact mike@bkcam.com.

Additional Services

I have no idea how many websites we designed in the past. If I didn't have primary job, which take 10-12 hours of my life every single day, I would definitely become a webdesigner. I really enjoy it. If you need assistance with your website, logo, company stationary, blog, forum etc — please let me know. I know how to install and configure most php driven scripts, templates, CSS and so on.