Here are a few still images that we shot this weekend of the demolition crew working for Thor Equities methodically hacking off pieces of the Revere Sugar Dome in Red Hook. The top three segments are now gone, except for the two panels seen above, which will probably be dispatched first thing today. You can […]

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Although Thor Equities demolition crew didn’t do much work on the Revere Sugar dome during the bitter cold last week, the mini-warm up on Saturday had them out with their blow torches again. We caught the tail end of their labors. Click here or just watch the embed below.

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Last weekened, we noticed that some children’s rides in Coney Island on property owned by developer Joe Sitt were still there and wondered what would happen to them. Today, we know the anwswer: a Coney Island watcher who goes by the name of Captain Nemo reports on the Coney Island Message Board that some of […]

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City officials–some of whom have previously questioned allowing highrise condos along the Coney Island boardwalk as part of Thor Equities redevelopment plan–may already be edging toward a deal with the developer. Courier-Life reports there was a meeting in Borough President Marty Markowitz‘s office last week that included developer Joe Sitt, Council Member Domenic Recchia (who […]

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A reader with an incredible eye and superb research skills tipped us off this with a comment. The building on top is 150-158 Fourth Avenue in 1936. The building on the bottom is 150-158 Fourth Avenue in 2007. We posted about the building a few days ago. The photo is from the Museum of the […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Cop’s Husband Shoots Cops in Park Slope [Gothamist] Cop Arraigned After Park Slope Shooting [Sun] Caro Urges Keeping in Mind Impact of Moses’ Projects on People [AYR] Image: The Beach at Brooklyn Bridge Park [Dumbo NYC] Not Yet Renovated in Brooklyn [Lost City] Wiki War Over […]

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A year ago today, New York City got a boatload of snow, although we still wonder whether it was the record 26.9 inch snowfall measured in Central Park. This was Seventh Avenue in Park Slope on this date last year. Snow is in the forecast for Wednesday, but what a difference a year makes.

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(A Note From GL: We never re-run a post, but we put this item up on Saturday morning and things go to the bottom of the pile quickly here because of the number of daily posts we do. In case you don’t read us over the weekend or if you have some reason to wander […]

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Today’s Times pays some attention to Public Place, the big empty property in Gowanus that is the former home of a Manufactured Gas Plant and the site of serious toxic issues whose scope remains unknown. Here’s an excerpt from the piece: It is what’s under the ground that makes the site noteworthy and explains why […]

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It’s Sunday, the day we turn to our favorite Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection of the week. We didn’t spot anything totally off the wall this week, so we’re going to highlight one of the more amusing ships passing in the night postings about a teacher, a guy and his dog. you are an 8th grade […]

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Photos: Armory Pigeons [Atomische] Prospect Park [Eric_1132/flickr] Mary Whalen [Lex’s Folly] Frozen Japanese Pond at BBG [Dope on the Slope/flickr] Brooklyn Backyard [seriously excited!] Memorial Building of Brk..ly. [Runs with Scissors/flickr] Park Slope [Joe’s NYC] Newtown Creek Digester Slideshow [I’m Just Sayin/flickr] Burned Out in Gowanus [f.trainer/flickr] Words: Rep. Clarke Pulls Support for Atlantic Yards, […]

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Here’s a short playlist of eight vids you can click through on the player, including a quirky Coney Island short at the end. Most have been uploaded fairly recently.

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Remember Pool Aid, the group that was agitating against concerts produced at McCarren Pool by Live Nation, the Clear Channel spinoff? They were shooting a video last summer at the pool and it appears they’re launching it this month. Their email says, in part: Save McCarren pool from corporate interests and anti-fun noise protestors by […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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The censors officials at the Brooklyn Public Library have decided that some art from the Footprints show can’t be shown at the library. Is it gay-themed art or something overtly sexual? Nah. Just a depiction of Atlantic Yards as a toilet bowl, a portrait of Develop Don’t Destroy’s Daniel Goldstein and that sort of thing. […]

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We came across a couple of interesting bits of information about McCarren Pool yesterday. One came from an article in Metro about how management of the historic pool will be turned over to a conservancy run by the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn. That arrangement will probably start next year. The article noted that […]

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The rendering above, if you didn’t catch it yesterday on Daily Intel, is of the New Look Greenpoint-Williamsburg waterfont. This vision was presented by the city this week and has gotten relatively good reviews, apparently, from local groups, according to DI. Apparently, developers of three projects turned the open space over to the city, which […]

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Images: Awning Duel [Atomische] Gnarly Gowanus Reflection [e-liz/flickr] Hot and Buttery Desktop [Brit in Brooklyn] ESP Construction Corp. [Bluejake] Atlantic Avenue Lights [seriously excited!] No Words_Daily Pix [Hugh Crawford/OTBKB] Blue Train [Park Slope Street Photography] Gowanus Street Art [Food of the Future] Clean Society Cleaners [Clinton Hill Blog] Words: Bloomberg Wary of Starrett City Buyer […]

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The city has formally asked developers to submit proposals for a residential tower of up to 20 stories at Ashland and Fulton in the BAM Cultural District. The development will include 150 apartments. The Danspace Project and retail space will occupy the first floor. Half the apartments will be affordable to low-, moderate-, and middle-income […]

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The image above is from the blog Velvet Sea. The blogger writes, “How cold is it out there? Break out the ice skates cause it’s cold enough to freeze over the Gowanus Canal (or at least a portion of it). Who knew that 150 years worth of oil, mercury, PCB’s, and lead could actually freeze?” […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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We’ve been on the development site we have dubbed the Roebling Oil Field for some time since we were first attracted to it by the smell. We’d photographed the demolition of the building that used to be on the site, but hadn’t paid any particular mind to it until the digging began and an overpowering […]

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This was posted on Meathaus, which doesn’t normally cover planning and development or Coney Island. It’s bitter and funny and very much to the point. So good, in fact, that all we want to do is copy and paste: NYC has been seeing a lot of local coverage of this story, and now the developer […]

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We’re not sure why we didn’t come across this until now, but in looking at things related to the sale of The Gallery Mall by Joe Sitt and Thor Equities, we came across an old story in Shopping Centers Today, which is published by the International Association of Shopping Centers. (Please don’t tune out yet, […]

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