The striking photograph above comes courtesy of a new blog called imnotsayin imjustsayin produced by Williamsburg resident James Striebich, who has a keen eye for and interest in the waterfront along Kent Avenue. The photo is of the ruins of the former Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal, which is set to become Douglaston Development’s “The Edge,” […]

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New York has published it’s always-fun “cheap eats” story, so Gowanus Lounge is doing our borough duty and listing the Brooklyn entries. The magazine defines “cheap” as most of the entrees on the menu being under $20. One can quibble about what’s “cheap” and what isn’t, but we do know that a bunch of the […]

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Today’s New York Sun has a lengthy and very upbeat article on our namesake, the Big G, that continues the excellent press our once scorned South Brooklyn Seine and environs has been getting in recent months. The Sun notes the upcoming opening of the Gowanus Holiday Inn Express (which we learn, to our disappointment, does […]

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In case you just dropped in from someplace that is not Brooklyn or New York City, the photo above is Beard Street in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The red brick buildings in the top photo belonged to the Todd Shipyard, property now owned by Ikea. They are separated by almost exactly two months.

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On Monday, we wrote an item about Saturday’s wonderful Indie Designers Market show in Park Slope that focused on some background noise created by the Old Stone House, which hosted the show. Several of the designers (very appropriately) noted that we overlooked their hard work. That was not our intent. The show featured two impressive […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images. So Blighted You Need a Freaking Gas Mask: Subway Smells Mapping Project [Gawker] Blighted: About Blight and Crime at Atlantic Yards Site [AYR] Looking for Blight in Prospect Heights (and Not Finding Any) [Gothamist] Heath and Michelle Staying in Bklyn, Blight and […]

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As we noted in an update on Ikea’s Red Hook demolition progress over at Curbed on Monday, people are still hoping to save the Graving Dock on the Todd Shipyard property where the Swedish retailer intends to build its big blue box on New York Harbor. (The Graving Dock is a huge dry dock where […]

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The Board of Standards & Appeals formally handed opponents of highrises in the South Slope a major victory yesterday by denying developer Isaac Katan’s application to build an 11-story tower at 182 15th Street under old zoning regulations that allowed highrises like the one pictured above. Parts of the South Slope, Greenwood Heights and Windsor […]

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We don’t usually list performances at Celebrate Brooklyn, as our favorite neighborhood summer music fest does a great job of promoting its shows. But Thursday night’s performance by the world-renowned Phillip Glass and the Kronos Quartet deserves emphasis. They will be performing an original score to 1931’s Dracula (with Bela Lugosi), which Glass and Kronos […]

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Big ups to the blog Z. Madison for promoting the Red Hook Movies in the Park Summer 2006 series. The venues for the series, which runs through September 23, are Coffey Park, Valentino Pier and the Red Hook Community Farm. Hook Productions is presenting short films produced by neighborhood teens before each feature. The schedule […]

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The rumor mill has been abuzz since news surfaced that Brooklyn’s first family, AKA Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, were departing Brooklyn for Hollywood. Untrue! No Land Grab is reporting that it’s all a misunderstanding and Heath and Michelle are staying in Brooklyn. Specfically: It’s pathetic for NoLandGrab to have to stick our noses into […]

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Remember the “Brig”? Know where the Wallabout section of Brooklyn is? Sure you do. The Brig is the old Naval prison across Flushing Avenue from the Brooklyn Navy Yard that was visible from the BQE until it was demolished last year. It was located on a square block bounded by Flushing Avenue to the north, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news articles, blog items and images. Food: Greenmarket Coming to Carroll Gardens [Brooklyn Record] Bar Toto’s Panino Americano in the Slope [Gothamist] Tuk Tuk Gone; Ghang Thai Kitchen Coming [A Brooklyn Life] Poor Beautiful Sherbet [423 Smith] Red Hook: Best Mexican Food in NYC [Daily Hook] Ice Cream […]

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A new free film and music series called Summerscreen starts at McCarren Pool in Williamsburg tonight. The series is produced by L Magazine and Sens Productions (and sponsored by Volkswagen). Door open at 7PM, with music first and films starting after dark. The series will run every Tuesday night through August 22, with a special […]

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When we read the story in the New York Times on Sunday about the farm tractor in Park Slope, we had the nagging feeling that we’d seen it before. But, we consume way more information than we can retain so we couldn’t put our finger on it. Today, we know. One of our favorite blogs–and […]

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Gowanus Lounge attended the Park Slope Designer Market at the Old Stone House in J.J. Byrne Park on Saturday. It presented a nice assortment of clothes and accessories created by local designers. The little scene we witnessed at the front desk, though, has had us scratching our heads ever since. We’ve hestitated even getting into […]

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Gowanus Lounge was out-of-borough for a while yesterday, and we made a point of passing through blacked-out Astoria, where up to 80,000 people are still without power. The streets are full of Con Ed trucks, NYPD and FDNY vehicles, portable generators and traffic cops directing traffic at intersections where traffic lights are out. We saw […]

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The Arts Build NY website has a fascinating collection of renderings and drawings of ongoing or planned expansions or development by 55 cultural institutions. Gowanus Lounge was especially taken by the drawings of two planned cultural institutions near the Brooklyn Academy of Music–the Visual and Performing Arts Library, which is pictured above, and the Theatre […]

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Brooklinks is a Selection of Brooklyn-related articles, blog items and images. Ennis Del Mar can’t quit Jack Twist but can quit Brooklyn [Sunset Parker] Heath: Fair Weather Brooklyn Friend [OTBKB] Consequences Sought for Con Ed in Blackout [AP] Tragic New Red Hook Trend [NYPost] Passengers Board Ship That Tipped [AMNY] Atlantic Yards Right for Brooklyn? […]

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Gowanus Lounge was on Court Street and looked up to see evidence that the Tea Lounge is opening a branch on Court. We passed by sort of quickly, and only saw the logo, so we don’t know whether this is imminent or not and all the Tea Lounge website says is “Coming Soon: Cobble Hill.” […]

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news stories, blog items and images (with a news-related detour to Queens today): Brooklyn Items Manhole Blasts Hit Sunset Park [NYDN] Brooklyn Bridge Park Housing Debate Rages [NYT] Movie in the Hook [Z. Madison] Coney Island Early Morning [e-liz/flickr] Brighton Beach Boardwalk Promenade, Soviet Style [NYT] Kids Perform […]

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Here’s one way to spend the next three minutes and nineteen seconds of your life: Click on the video below or on this link and watch Twist of Fate. It’s a short motion graphics film, with Williamsburg streetscapes, “that deals with the notions of non-linear history, fate, and synchronicity,” in the words of its creator. […]

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Hats off to the always intelligent, thoughtful and in-depth Brooklyn Ramblings for finally posting the redevelopment plan that NYU Wagner School students recently offered for a key parcel of land along the Gowanus Canal between Smith and Hoyt Streets and Fifth and Ninth streets. (You can see all the details at the Public Place website […]

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