If you’re looking for another contentious Brooklyn issue, look no further than parking permits. The Boerum Hill Association and groups from Brooklyn Heights and Fort Greene are currently running an online survey to gauge resident opinion on the subject. The group writes: A study released by the NYCDOT reveals that these three neighborhoods meet the […]

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There is very little left to say about the destruction of Red Hook’s Revere Dome by Thor Equities. A New York Times story about Red Hook this weekend noted that “All along the waterfront are reminders, functioning and not, of Red Hook’s industrial past. One recently dismantled, to the anger of preservationists fighting a development, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Atlantic Yards Opponents Go Off Message, Confess Doubts [AYR] Three Years Ago, Atlantic Yards Meeting Created New Bloggers [No Land Grab] Spurned Starrett City Buyer Has New Plan [NYDN] I Have Invaded Gowanus [Gumby Fresh] Shoot the Freak Injured by Thor [Gothamist] Shoot the Freak […]

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Saturday, March 10, 2007

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We would have thought that Williamsburg’s 55 Berry–which has had more than its share of challenges to face–would have been cleaned of the tagging that appeared last week. But we were wrong. The tags were still around for Williamsburg Sunday Open House Day, meaning that someone either thought they’d add some cred to the building […]

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There was a meeting and press conference at St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church in Sunset Park yesterday to formalize the agreement cutting a controversial proposed new 12-story building on 42nd Street in half. The developer signed a commitment memo and also agreed to consult with the community on future projects. The press conference was hosted […]

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It’s Sunday, which means it’s time to scan the all the ships that have passed in the Brooklyn night this week and have posted about it on Craigslist Missed Connections. This week’s Number One selection raises the question: If you fart when you’re near someone, does it automatically cause them to lose interest in meeting […]

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We return to our Brooklyn Back in the Day series of photos with this shot of the Bowery in Coney Island from 1911. The caption that comes with it says, “Section of Coney Island amusement area known as Bowery that extended from Steeplechase Park to Feltman’s Restaurant; many pedestrians and large sign over street (“Stauch’s”).” […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. Images: End/Era [atomische] Atlantic Yards Everything Must Go Sale [Brit in Brooklyn] Gowanus [f.trainer/flickr] Park Slope [The Food of the Future] Sun Burst Man [Park Slope Street Photography] Concrete, Gowanus [Joe’s NYC] Coney Island Sunrise [donshades/flickr] Words: Quinn Admits City’s Abdication of Responsibility […]

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For our YouTube Sunday video player offering, we turn to vids about Greenpoint. Click through them on the embed below or go over to the playlist by following this link.

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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If you visit often, you may know we post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s a sampling of this week’s Brooklyn output in that domain: Northside Piers Gets Reflective, Nears Full Size (above) Atlantic Yards Made Easy The Curse of 55 Berry Continues: Now w/100% More Tags Forte Condo Explains Charges, Knocks Competition […]

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The 12-story building on 42nd Street in Sunset Park that would have been triple and quadruple the height of most of its neighbors and would have blocked views from the park itself, is no more. The developer has backed off from plans and will build a 5 1/2 story building on the site. The Sunset […]

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Yesterday, we posted an item about the crappy nature of postal service in Boerum Hill–mass misdeliveries of mail, never being able to get a package delivered to your door, etc. The comments left by readers are as fascinating as the original emails, so here’s a furhter sampling of Brooklyn Postal Horrors. We’ll start with this: […]

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On Thursday, we wrote about the crappy fence at the 110 Green development site in Greenpoint. Well, it became a little more interesting (for a fence) when Magic Johnson’s development firm announced it was investing money in the big project. By afternoon, workers were toiling on the fence, installing big poles. We have complete faith […]

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[Photo courtesy of the superb photoblog seriously excited!] Images: Brooklyn Water Tower [Atomische] Ward’s Bakery [Brit in Brooklyn] Off-Topic But Very Cool: Southeast Asia Outtakes [Bluejake] Danger, Thin Ice [seriously excited!] Winter East River Sunset [i’mjustsayin/flickr] Laundromat [Park Slope Street Photography] Red Hook Dog Run [Lex’s Folly] 500 Looms [A Test of Will] Streetcar [lornagrl/flickr] […]

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GL’s got a story in the Brooklyn Paper this week about the building that Barbara Corcoran bought in Red Hook a couple of years ago. The building’s storefront, at 293 Van Brunt, is still empty, which may or may not say something about the long timeline for developing retail in The Hook. In any case, […]

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Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn

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Is there a neighborhood in Brooklyn where people are happy with the service they get from the Post Office? Well, we can say with some confidence that it’s not Boerum Hill. We came across a bunch of emails that have been circulating in Boerum Hill groups. So, we thought we’d excerpt from a few of […]

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We got an email from a reader living on State Street who details the situation at a building that shows 66 code violations from the beginning of 2006 through last week, not counting hundreds more in previous years. The resident writes: I live at 451 State Street in Brooklyn and it’s a nightmare and there […]

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The Carroll Gardens-Gowanus skyline is changing. The building with the growth on top is the one dubbed the Carroll Gardens Hell Building because of the infernal nature of some of the construction work. The Bunker on Bond, meanwhile, is our name for that big cinderblock thing on Bond Street that looks like a huge gun […]

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The Department of Transportation proposal to make Sixth and Seventh Avenues one-way has stirred up a hornet’s nest of opposition in Park Slope. The developments have been detailed over at Streetsblog, which first broke the story of the plan that could turn both avenues from two-way streets into one-way streets with speeding cars. Latest to […]

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Turns out that a representative of Quadriad Realty won’t be making an appearance at a Community Board meeting in North Brooklyn next week after all. The presentation has been postponed. North Brooklyn community organizers were already trying to turn out community members for the presentation about the proposed Quadriad Realty mega-project on Beford Avenue in […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. City Will Spend $100 Million to Purchase Atlantic Yards Land [AYR] Peyser Finds Ratner’s Ass, Inserts Nose [Brownstoner] The “Over and Under” of Atlantic Yards [Dope on the Slope] Brooklyn Gentrification, One Bodega at a Time [WNYC] Empire Roller Rink to Close [NYDN] The Origin […]

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Over on Karl Fischer Row along McCarren Park, aka Bayard Street, the Aurora has lost its scaffolding but seems to have attracted some vandals. The building is at the most advanced state of construction of all the Bayard developments, which seem to have been underway forever. It’s interesting to see how the first building will […]

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