You might remember the rumors this summer that Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams had fled Boerum Hill. The rumors were quickly dismissed, but now, Mr. Ledger is definitively squashing them. He tells amNew York today that they haven’t moved and they love Brooklyn. The story isn’t online, so we’ll reproduce a couple of key parts: […]

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Seems like the previous concert and event season at (and controversy about) McCarren Pool–the happening venue in Greenpoint/Williamsburg–is barely over. In any case, planning is already starting on Summer 2007 events. And so, most likely, is the controversy. First up, is a Parks Department meeting next week on Tuesday (11/14). The discussion will be about […]

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Here’s a fun video we came across on youtube of a commute across the Williamsburg Bridge on the J/M/Z. Great views of Williamsburg, plus music by Ranier Maria. Click on the link here or simply play the embed.

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If positive thinking, planning, science and art have a role to play in helping to fix the Gowanus and steer the future of the community around it, Habitats should be an interesting event. The festival is taking place today (11/9) through Sunday (11/12) at the Brooklyn Lyceum, which is at 227 Fourth Avenue. The event […]

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[Photo courtesy of A Test of Will & TrespassersWill/flickr] Food: Wednesday Food and Drink Roundup [Brooklyn Record] Domino’s ‘Brooklyn-Style Pizza’ Goes to Totonno’s [NYT] Nothing is Sacred, Least of All Brooklyn-Style Pizza [Gothamist] Slope Gets a Gastropub [Grub Street] Kate’s Joint Now in Williamsburg [A Test of Will] Mass Download Food Roundup [Eating Clinton Hill] […]

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Baluchi’s, the Indian chainlet, which closed its Smith Street eatery this Spring and also shut down its Bay Ridge location, is opening a new branch on Fifth Avenue. The new Baluchi’s, as noted in Chowhound, will be at 310 Fifth Avenue in the Slope. It will be in the space formerly occupied by Lu Lu’s […]

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It’s the happiest morning after in years for Democrats, as they have finally managed to put an end to the total Republican control of Washington. The House is back in Democratic hands and the Senate is still hanging in the balance, with the final outcome contingent on sure-to-come recounts. Dems also scored a clean sweep […]

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The thoughtful–and far too infrequent blog–Brooklyn Views posts this week about “Learning From Newark.” Resisting the temptation to be glib about a city that has been robbed blind over the last several decades by one of the most venal municipal governments in all of America, what can Brooklyn learn from the sad case of the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images, although today we include some non-Brooklyn-specific political news. Meet the New Boss: After Spitzer’s Election: Day One, Everything Changes? [AYR] In Albany It’s Statehouse Quo [NYPost] Clinton and Dems Sweep NY Races [NYT] Now Dems Must Put Up or Shut Up [Sun] Election 2006 [Gothamist] […]

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Thumbs up to the Brooklyn Record for bringing the story in Block Magazine about breastfeeding in Williamsburg to our attention. According to the Record, “In Williamsburg, groups of new mothers are meeting up at baby-friendly cafés like Willie B’s and Mamalu’s.” Block reports: Williamsburg has an apparent lack of resources for breastfeeding mothers. Most women […]

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Put a little sunshine back in your Brooklyn day with the video below, shot in Coney Island back in April. It’s nicely done. (Click on this link or the embed.) We came across this courtesy of Kinetic Carnival, the Coney blog, which also links to several other Coney vids. Hey, we find it more uplifting […]

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With entire corners of Williamsburg being turned into construction or demolition sites, we thought this a good day to summarize a few of the more interesting goings on: 1) The first buildings going up at Northside Piers are now several stories tall. We’d noted the progress from ground level within the last couple of weeks, […]

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It’s just a coincidence that it’s Election Day, but David Langlieb, the Parks Department employee who touched off a small tempest with an essay on Greenpoint that some believed contained ethnic slurs, has apologized. Meanwhile, the high school student who dressed up as Hitler for Halloween, didn’t apologize, but joined in a protest against his […]

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Forgotten-NY was one of our favorite sites long before we ever any thought of blogging, and we always await its new items. The latest is a wonderfully done item on Dyker Beach and Bath Beach that is full of both information and photos. A sample: I began at the subway at 4th Avenue and 86th […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Election Day: Local Campaigns Draw to Close [NYT] Election Day Info [NYT] Atlantic Yards/Eminent Domain Election Guide [No Land Grab] Another Day: Talk is Cheap: City Planning Chair Praises Jane Jacobs [Gotham Gazette] Do Growth Right, Says Pratt’s Shiffman [AYR] It Came From the Blogosphere [No […]

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If you read too many items or stories about crime in Park Slope and environs and you might think that crime is going up. Apparently, it isn’t, except for assault. The Police Department tells the Park Slope Courier that crime in Park Slope and Windsor Terrace is down for the year other than felonious assaults, […]

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Looks like a 21-story glass-looking building will soon be going up in Coney Island near Brighton Beach and the New York Aquarium. Coney blog Kinetic Carnival expands on reports that a luxury condo will soon rise at 271 Sea Breeze Avenue. The site is north of Asser Levy Park and northwest of the New York […]

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Not that Donald Trump would be interested in tossing up one of his tacky elegant buildings in Brooklyn, but one of his Manhattan undertakings could have have fallout in Brooklyn neighborhoods that are still home to manufacturing. Trump is trying to put up a 45-story “condo hotel” at Spring and Varick streets in Manhattan. Why […]

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We caught the New York City Marathon, as we usually do, from Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn between Park Slope and Gowanus. The crowd watching along this part of the route seems to get bigger and bigger every year. Watch the slideshow below or click here to go over to flickr and check out the pics […]

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The New York Times today catches up with the incredible level of development in Williamsburg and Greenpoint and the level to which it is having a negative impact on quality of life and on the community itself. The article also deals which such issues as the lack of affordable housing in the first developments being […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Marathon: The Marathon from Williamwsburg [Making the Connection] Watching, Helping from the Sidelines [Gothamist] Bruce Ratner Makes the Marathon [No Land Grab] Celebrating Marathon Madness [NYPost] Lances Finishes the Marathon [NYDN] Non-Marathon: Williamsburg-Greenpoint Residents Say Development Out of Control [NYT] Learning from Newark [Brooklyn Views] […]

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By about 1:30 yesterday afternoon, Fourth Avenue was a ghost town. No runners. No spectators. And, no cars. Just post-marathon trash. It looks liked something you’d see in a sci-fi film about Brooklyn after all the people disappear. Check out a very unusual view.

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Who says Coney Island is dead after the summer season? Z. Madison blog thoughtfully posted a vid of the David Letterman Show blowing up a huge pumpkin on the beach in Coney one night last week. Go over to Z. Madison to watch — or just go over to Z. Madison because it’s always a […]

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The weekend means many things, and one of them is our weekly post of our favorite Craigslist Missed Connection. CL’s Missed Connections have a bit of everything: comedy, tragedy, romance, psychostalking, etc. This week, we again skip over the subway and turn to a natural location: the gym. NYSC Are you the blondie im in […]

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