Propsect Park is going to host some interesting new light displays for the holidays. Called “Prospect Park in Lights,” the lighting installation will feature more than 600,000 lights. The illuminations will be featured at four of the Park’s entrances, viewable every evening from November 27 through January 7, 2007. The display is being sponsored by […]

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There’s just something about the G Train that inspires a certain something. (And, boy, is it going to inspire some writing after residential development in Greenpoint and other neighborhoods makes thousands more writers dependent on the line.) Case in point is this item posted on the blog Kneecapped: Last night, while sprinting down the Bergen […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and, especially on weekends, images. Photos: p.s. I Love You (Nightshoot) [A Test of Will] Love [bluejake] Batcave Inspection [f.trainer/flickr] Friday Photo: Kids Watching Pizza [Clinton Hill Blog] Waterfront in Red Hook [jUSTINYC] Counter [No Words_Daily Pix/OTBKB] Union Street [Frank Lynch/flickr] Gowanus Bay Swan [Lex’s Folly] Horizontal […]

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On Saturday or Sunday, depending, we like to review some of our Brooklyn-related productivity that has shown itself over at Curbed and not really made it over to GL. Here’s a sampling from this week: A Sign the Old Williamsburg is Bravely Clinging to Life (Above) Formula for New, Improved Williamsburg Mustard David Walentas Hates […]

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Not to do overkill on Thor Equities proposal for Coney Island, but one critical element that’s clearly been downplayed is the plan to build up to four highrises in the amusement area near the boardwalk. At least one would be up to 40 stories tall. How tall is that in the Coney Island context? Pretty […]

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Whole Foods held the long-awaited groundbreaking in Gowanus yesterday for their 68,000 square foot store at Third Avenue and Third Streets. The store will include a three-story, 430-car parking garage in addition to surface parking. According to a release made available by Borough President Marty Markowitz the store “will feature unique Brooklyn touches like egg-cream […]

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This week before the start of the Holiday Season was one of much news about two significant Brooklyn development proposals. First among equals, of course, is Atlantic Yards. The Final Enviornmental Impact Statement was released and within 24-hours a lawsuit about it was already in the works. The release of the document–which could lead to […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. More Atlantic Yards: State Okays Ratner’s “Impact” [Brooklyn Papers] Second Atlantic Yards Lawsuit Coming Over Impact Statement [AYR] Mad Overkiller Overkills Self [No Land Grab] Let’s Build Atlantic Yards [Bay Ridge Blog] Rubber Stamp Approval [DWIJR: Brooklyn Edition] More Everything Else: Flatbush: My Little Town […]

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We’re always on the lookout for attempts to annex Gowanus into Park Slope and for signs of Park Slope Manifest Destiny. So, we noted that Park Slope is now “the greater Park Slope area” in a nice New York Times review of the restaurant Sheep Station on Fourth Avenue (generally regarded as the current-day Park […]

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The photo above is of the first three floors of the first of three highrises on Kent Avenue being built by the Toll Brothers known as Northside Piers. The buildings will eventually reach 30 stories and have a rather glassy look. For now, they’ve got an interesting ad campaign. Another view of the structure, which […]

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Here is a selective sampling of some of the reaction to yesterday’s release by the Empire State Development Corporation of the Atlantic Yards Final Environmental Impact Statement. Final approval of the document could come in a matter of weeks. For exhaustive coverage, analysis and links we strongly suggest the superb coverage of Atlantic Yards Report […]

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You learn something every day. Today, for instance, in checking out a post about the past weekend’s Gowanus Habitats happening at the Brooklyn Lyceum we learned that there’s a blog called Gowanus Oyster Garden Stewards. We vaguely knew that people had oysters in the Gowanus from a past boat ride on the Big G with […]

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[Photo Courtesy slice/flickr] Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-releated news and images. On Thursday, we focus on food. Food: Wednesday Food and Drink Roundup [Brooklyn Record] Fort Greene’s Stonehome Wine Bar: Not Executed Well [L Magazine] Brooklyn Restaurants Open for Thanksgiving [About Brooklyn] Brooklyn Korean Spots [Heading East] Zipi Zape Reigns as the City’s Best […]

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We don’t want to overstate this comparison, but 20/20 will run a segment on Friday on the “dark side” of the building boom in Dubai, which is the Middle Eastern bastion of wealth and architectural weirdness. We found this via a blog called Left at the Gate, which is about horse racing, but has some […]

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We generally won’t run a press release, but will make an exception in this case by excerpting the release that went with the new renderings of the Thor Equities Coney Island project. The document highlights several aspects of the plan–the new roller coaster, an indoor water park and a multi-story carousel. Here is a bit […]

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So, now that the new renderings of Coney Island have been marinating for 48 hours, give or take, it’s time to look at some reactions. To us, Jen Chung at Gothamist hit the story dead on with her headline, “Coney Island Developer Wants Residential Zoning.” The developer is trying to sell it as a “new […]

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Holy crap, so to speak. We somehow missed this one in the Brooklyn Papers until we saw a link to it on the Bridge and Tunnel Club blog. B&TC concludes that this story should serve “as a useful reminder to the Parks Department PR machine that some things are better left unpimped.” The story is […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Must Read: Getting Hitched in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Record] Definitely Read: Final Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Statement Coming Today [AYR] Open City Council Seat [Across the Park] Court Street Blockbuster is Toast [Brooklyn Record] Coney Island, Holy S**t [Polis] Artist in Angel Home Battle Sells Work […]

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Chris Wood, the son of Broken Angel‘s creator, sent out an email yesterday to update everyone on the state of the endangered Clinton Hill landmark. As it turns out, Broken Angel will be in court today for a hearing and owners are trying to raise money for what will likely be the very expensive task […]

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Many times, we’ve posted different maps of Brooklyn and New York City showing how screwed we are if we’re ever hit by a hurricane. We missed a fun Christian Science Monitor article on the subject (but came across it thanks to always excellent and intelligent coverage of streetsblog) that offers wonderful color about what could […]

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We know you may have difficulties with us depending on your point of view on certain issues, but this question is about whether you’ve been experiencing any technical problems. We ask because Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn writes “Here’s what happens when I go there: it takes a really long time to load and often […]

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There have been many reactions to the newly-updated Thor Equities renderings of its Coney Island vision. We will deal with them at another point. For now, we have a few details to share about the big roller coaster in the proposal. So, we won’t dwell on our own concern that the drawings and hype are […]

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With the building boom along Fourth Avenue well underway, a new local group is saying that it’s time to rethink the rezoning that allowed buildings up to 12 stories tall along the avenue. The group is called Fourth Avenue Neighborhood Preservation and it’s holding it’s first meeting today (11/14) at 7:30. The meeting will take […]

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These flyers were up all over Berry Street in Williamsburg and surrounding streets where p.s. I Love You is being shot. Nothing unusual about cars being “relocated” for film shoots and other events. (The Running of the Tow Trucks is always interesting to see.) But there’s a bit of unintended irony when the flyer says […]

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