We linked to this item from the Historic Districts Council Blog yesterday, but it’s worth noting in a bigger post. The Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint & Williamsburg has had an petition online for some time calling for the historic Domino Plant on Kent Avenue to be landmarked. Lanmarking would be significant, as the parcel […]

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Yesterday, in his State of the City Address, Mayor Bloomberg mentioned Coney Island as one of the parts of New York City that will be rezoned to promote new development. We’ve been following the blow-by-blow of various Coney land deals, renderings and ideas, and the Daily News website today posts an article by Jotham Sederstrom […]

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For those that have been having a hard time seeing what might go where in the new Coney Island, an article in the Daily News by Jotham Sederstrom has a map and text that lay out the possible new configuation and projects. Here’s the key to the map: 1. New York-based Taconic Investment Partners hopes […]

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What’s under Gowanus? A little bit of everything, apparently, given the neighborhood’s industrial lineage dating to the 19th Century. Among the many things contained in the 161-page Gowanus Comprehensive Plan is a sobering look at the environmental challenges in and around the Big G. The map above shows possible brownfield sites in the neighborhood based […]

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While much of attention recently has been focused on the benzene in and around the future site of the Whole Foods in Gowanus, the site itself has an interesting past. The Department of Environmental Conservation’s website notes “subsurface soils and groundwater are contaminated with volatile organic compounds, semi volatile organic compounds, and chlorinated solvents.” Among […]

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Here’s another one from our Gowanus Back in the Day feature of historic photos. Like many others, this is from the Brooklyn Public Library‘s extensive collection of historic Brooklyn pics. It’s simply dated as “1950s” and is an aerial showing the bridges over the Gowanus. Look closely and you can see some landmarks that still […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. On Thursday, we focus on food. Food: Petite Marche is “Comme Ci Comme Ca” [Brooklyn Enthusiast] Petite Marche Draws Attention [Brooklyn Heights Blog] David Rosengarten Unhappy with DiFara’s Experience [Chowhound] Bruni One Stars Porchetta [NYT] Wednesday Food and Drink Roundup [Brooklyn Record] Vivir on Court […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Here is some of today’s coverage of the Atlantic Yards arena naming deal: Barclays Bets on Brooklyn Nets [Gothamist] Brits Coming to Brooklyn Thanks to Ratner [Daily Intel] Something Fishy About the Barclays Deal [Gumby Fresh] Naming Rights Could Pay Half the Costs of Arena [AYR] […]

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The Gowanus Canal CDC has released its final plan for Gowanus. The news comes via a release from the CDC and its chair Michael Ingui. The final plan is posted on the CDC’s website. (We are not posting a direct link to the PDF because it is big and can virtually freeze your computer depending […]

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So where would the development that will be used to pay for the park elements of the waterfront “civic and land use project” known as Brooklyn Bridge Park go? We concocted the above map to show the approximate location of the mixed-use hotel-residential complex (with up to 225 hotel rooms and 150 condos) that would […]

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Today’s Daily News fills in more details about the story we reported yesterday about Broken Angel’s future as condos, courtesy of developer Shahn Andersen. Creator Arthur Wood says he rejected offers of up to $1.8 million that would have destroyed the unique work of art he has created over time. Here’s an excerpt from the […]

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In case you were wondering what building yesterday’s Post story was talking about in discussing the “development team with close ties to ex-Gov. George Pataki” that “stands to rack up nearly $700 million in gross revenue by selling more than 400 luxury condos to be built within the state-planned Brooklyn Bridge Park,” that’s it above. […]

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We would be riveted enough by the spectacle of the development site at 406-408 15th Street 9and Eighth Avenue) in the South Slope that threatens to undermine a variety of properties in the neighborhood, but we are utterly fascinated by the bureaucratic incompetence, malfeasance and nonfeasance surrounding it. The damage has been going on since […]

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The colorful little barge above docked at Pier 2 on the site of the future development called Brooklyn Bridge Park is the Barge Pool. It’s the Neptune Foundation‘s pool on a barge that will serve as a city park this summer. No word on the location(s) at which it will be docked, but it certainly […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooking information and images. Most Lucrative Arena Naming Deal Ever? Meet the Barclays Center [NYP] Eminent Domainia [No Land Grab] Subtle Process of Rewriting Atlantic Yards History [onNYTurf] Empire State Development Corp. Evaded Crime Issue [AYR] Brooklyn’s Notary District [423 Smith] Plant Thief Loose in Clinton Hill [Brooklyn Record] […]

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We revive our Gowanus Back in the Day feature of historic photos of the Big G with this excellent old black and white that has been lurking on our hard drive. The photo is from the Brooklyn Public Library‘s extensive collection of historic Brooklyn pics. The photo would have been taken, more or less, from […]

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The next installment of Brooklyn Reading Works, the series held at the Old Stone House between Third and Fourth Streets and Fourth and Fifth Avenues, features Adarro Minton, the author of the short story collection Gay, Black, Crippled, Fat. He’ll be reading on January 18 at 8PM, and admission is $5. A short excerpt from […]

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It’s official, the Clinton Hill landmark, Broken Angel, has been sold and will be developed as condos. Creator Arthur Wood will work to design the new development. The move toward a sale had been reported over the last two weeks. The new figure in the Broken Angel saga is Shahn Andersen (although an email from […]

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Red Hook’s old Revere Sugar Refinery does not have long to live. While the demolition work appears to have slowed on the front part of the structure, Thor Equities, Joe Sitt and Breeze Demolition have been busy tearing the Red Hook icon down from behind. There is now a gigantic dent in the dome, most […]

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Check out this rocking photo of Red Hook taken from the roof of the huge Grain Terminal by f.trainer and posted on his flickr page. Clearly, he was on the same photo expedition that resulted in the cool Bluejake post. The little pic we’re reproducing here–that shows the former Todd Shipyards site in all its […]

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Check out the latest installment in the war between developers and residents on 22nd Street, this time with youtube videos of some night demolition activity. This specimen comes from 338 22nd Street, which is the subject of many ongoing complaints. You can click on the embed below for Part I. Click here for Part II […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. ESDC Didn’t Quite Address Some Atlantic Yards Impact Statement Comments [AYR] $700M Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Goldmine for Pataki Friends [NYPost] A Crane Falls in Gowanus [Brownstoner] What’s Up with Snooky’s? [OTBKB] Join a Brownstone Shtetl [New York] Myrtle Avenue Blog! [Clinton Hill Blog] Three […]

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We’ve been known to say an unkind thing or two about the New York Times’ coverage of Brooklyn, most of it having to do with the way the most important paper in the nation covers our borough infrequently and incompletely. A lot of Brooklyn news, unfortunately, does not appear fit to print. In any case, […]

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We found the map below courtesy of Gothamist, which located it on the Brooklyn Properties website. For the handful of you that haven’t seen it, we’ve been meaning to run it for days, because we find it compelling in terms of testing our neighborhood knowledge. How many of these Brooklyn neighborhoods do you? How many […]

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