[Photo courtesy of Chris Curen] What you are looking at above, is an “action shot” of Ikea work crews filling in the historic Graving Dock on the former Todd Shipyard property in Red Hook. The vast dry dock is now almost full. The conveyor on the right is used to dump fill into the dock, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn related information and images: Springy: The Only Decent Place to Get Flowers [Clinton Hill Blog] Early Blooming Cherry Tree at Brooklyn Botanic Garden [New Yorkology] Opening Day at Gowanus Nursery [Brooklyn Record] Fort Greene Climate Change Festival [Myrtle Minutes] Not Springy: Mystery, Fear Surround Roebling Street Sludge [News […]

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A couple of items to report from the Williamsburg food front: 1) Easy come. Easy go. Remember that Amazon Cafe whose presence we noted on N. 12th Street across the street from McCarren Park? Well, stick a fork in it because it’s done. We found it closed on Sunday with signs for the Patisserie Lafayette […]

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We wanted to make sure to touch on the Coney Island angle in the new Grand Theft Auto IV story. Maybe you read where any number of local officials are condemning the game that will be released this fall and its setting in a city that is very much like New York City. Says Council […]

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We have always believed that the oil oozing from the ground at the Roebling Oil Field at N. 11th Street and Roebling in Williamsburg was emanating from a ruptured tank nearby that can be found on environmental maps of the neighborhood. Workers have also noted digging up an oil tank on the site. Yet, the […]

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Dick Zigun, the head of Coney Island USA and a member of the Coney Island Development Corp. board has posted a very long and thoughtful statement on the Coney Island Message Board laying out his position on redevelopment of Coney Island. In it, he says that he supports redevelopment of Coney Island (as does virtually […]

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On Friday, we ran an item about Gowanus and baseball, which prompted a kind reader doing some heavy duty historical research to send us the image that we reproduce above. For those of you disinclined to decipher the clip, which is from the July 20, 1887 issue of Sporting Life. It says: The occasional victory […]

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A couple of new retail developments to report in Park Slope and on Court Street: 1) Park Slope residents will no longer have to travel elsewhere for their fix of Tibetan fashions and accessories. The Bodhi Tree is slated to open soon at 396 Sixth Avenue. It’s named after a Pipal Tree at the western […]

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[Opening Day Cyclone photo courtesy of akinloch/flickr] Of yesterday’s Coney opening, Jake Dobkin wrote on Bluejake that “It was cold and windy down in Coney Island today, with a slight mist of rain. The weather kept most of the people away, and except for reporters, amusement park workers, and a few die hard fans, the […]

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While yesterday was a dark and chilly day that kept people away from the opening of Coney Island, and this morning doesn’t offer a lot of hope either so far, Saturday was a different matter. We captured a few images that demonstrate that hope, well, springs eternal. Any day now, and Brooklyn will be full […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Another Day, Another Brooklyn Rally: Save Wards Bakery [Brit in Brooklyn] Will 470 Vanderbilt Be Added to Atlantic Yards? [AYR] “Marty Won’t Listen…” [No Land Grab] Coney Island Aquarium Sculptor Dies [OTBKB] A Creek Runs Through It [Brooklyn 11211] Boat Not Floating [GerritsenBeach.Net] Gowanus Nursery […]

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Developer Joe Sitt will rebuild the Revere Sugar Dome, which his firm demolished in Red Hook, in Coney Island. “We know that Brooklyn loves a joke,” Mr. Sitt said. “That’s why we pretended to demolish the Revere Dome. We did it so we could rebuild it as an arena it in Coney Island.” Mr. Sitt […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Is Atlantic Yards a Project or a Place? [AYR] Getting There on Ye Olde B61 Bus [Callalillie] Volunteer Crocuses [Dope on the Slope] Bloomberg with 1,000 Days Left [NYT] Manhattan Bridge from the Clocktower [Dumbo NYC] Show Your Support and Sign the Coney Petition [Kinetic Carnival] […]

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This week’s choice for our Craigslist Brooklyn Missed Connection of the week is simplicity itself and proves the old adage that less is more. Here it is: Rachel&Rebbecca Park Slope Sisters – m4w – 29 You gave me the wrong number, which was probably intentional, on the other hand, it was before the fact that […]

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[Photo courtesy of magicalthemeparks.com] And, the Coney Island fence is up just in time for the official opening of the new season. The big fence surrounds Thor Equities demolition zone on Stillwell Avenue. Permits had been issued for it last week. No more embarrassing photo of Coney Island demolition wreckage. This photo comes from a […]

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Here are some Coney Island vids uploaded to the YouTube in the last month or so. If you don’t know, today is opening day for what could be the Coney’s last season before a long period of (a). rebuilding or (b). demolition and emptiness.

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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As you may know if you read GL regularly (and thanks for doing so), we also post at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of this week’s goodness over there: Last Original Building Left on Roebling Street Gets a Prize (above) Karl Fischer Row is Coming Along Slowly Kensington Gets Developed, Towering Crane Included […]

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