Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and information: Congestion Pricing, Atlantic Yards & Bloomberg’s Sustainability Plan [AYR] Last Skate at Empire Rink [NYT] Earth Day [Green Brooklyn] Life Aquatic [Callalillie] Brooklyn Bridge [Esthetic/Aesthetic] Bushwick Shack [Bluejake] Support Artists in PLG [Across the Park] About Corbin Place in Manhattan Beach [NYT] Dogshit Queen Scores […]

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Gowanus, Brooklyn

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As some of you know, we post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of this week’s Brooklyn Goodness over at Curbed: Further Evidence of the Bushwick Moment: Boats (above) Edge Tosses Up a Fence on Kent Ave., Gets Ready to Rock Old Williamsburgh Bank Tower to be Uncloaked Soon Will New, Improved […]

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Dumbo, Brooklyn

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[Photo courtesy Secret Agent Josephine/flickr]So, we’re mucking around looking for photos of our beloved Sludgie, the deceased Gowanus whale and what do we find? A Sludgie the Gallbladder Pillow. First, we find photos of said Sludgie on flickr. Then, we follow the trail o’ clickage over to the creators blog, Secret Agent Josephine. What we […]

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The crochet pattern creator writes on her blog, every word’s a purl: Maybe I just like wayward sea creatures. Maybe I’m partial to the Gowanus Canal. Or maybe I needed something to smile about. But for some reason, the tale of Sludgie the Whale — a minke whale who ended up in Brooklyn — really […]

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It’s Earth Day weekend and there are a few events in and around Park Slope that are of note. First, there’s the Eco*Fair and Recycle-In at JJ Byrne Park on Fifth Avenue. That takes place from 11AM-4PM and will include Electronics Recycling, Clothing Recycling, Bike Repair, a Recycled Fashion Show, Community Supported Agriculture, a Kids’ […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/flickr] Images: Fifth Floor Window, Brooklyn College (above) [seriously excited!] Development Closing in on Bushwick [Bluejake] Blue Sky [elizabeth weinberg/flickr] Bay Ridge Avenue Subway Station [Bay Ridge Blog from Ewwwwwwww/flickr] Carroll Street Subway [Park Slope Street Photography] Obligatory Spring Picture [angela/flickr] Slope Blossom [Brit in Brooklyn] Bloke in Williamsburg [Bluejake] Gowanus […]

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“On the Sofa” is a new, regular feature wherein we highlight some of the more interesting comments–positive, negative or neither–that GL has gotten: Red Hook “Until Recently Wasn’t a Neighborhood”? Really? “It’s simply missing a comma. Should be: ‘Until recently, Red Hook wasn’t a neighborhood, much less dining, destination.’…’Red Hook wasn’t a neighborhood destination.’ AND […]

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Here’s Episode Seven of the superb vbs.tv series Toxic Brooklyn. If you haven’t seen it already, click on the embed. Find all the episodes by clicking over here.

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Ninth Street, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Mirabelle Studio]

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Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Joan Madden has declined to issue a Temporary Restraining Order to block Forest City Ratner‘s demolition of buildings within the Atlantic Yards footprint. A hearing on the challenge to the state’s environmental review and approval of the project, as well as a motion for a preliminary injunction, will be heard […]

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Anyone expecting fireworks at the Gowanus meeting last night held to lay the groundwork for an upcoming rezoning that will change the face of the neighborhood would have been disappointed. More than 200 people turned out for the session held at PS 32 on Hoyt Street held by the Land Use Committee of Community Board […]

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Did you think Sludgie, who died in Gowanus Bay on Wednesday evening, was the first Gowanus whale? We did. But we were wrong. A GL reader pointed us to information on the placeinhistory website from the Brooklyn Eagle in June 1952. That article said that a baby whale tried to move into the canal itself […]

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Sludgie, the Gowanus whale that delighted us all and broke our hearts with his/her death on Wednesday, was recovered from the waters of Gowanus Bay yesterday. The whale had been tied to a dock overnight, but slipped from a knot on a first attempt to life the body from the water. Divers were called in […]

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What you are looking at is the Hotel Le Bleu, as seen yesterday, now revealing itself in all its glory on the Gowanus side of Fourth Avenue. The hotel is slated for a July opening. It’s an eight-story boutique hotel with 48 rooms designed by Andres Escobar. There will be a restaurant, which the Brooklyn […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: David Walentas Stirs Up Trouble [Brooklyn Enthusiast] Oder Continues to Shed Valuable Light on Atlantic Yards [No Land Grab] Will DOT Come Clean on “De-Mapping” Part of Fifth Avenue? [AYR] Ratner Awaits Demolition Ruling [BP] DOT Plans for Grand Army Plaza [Streets Blog] Ex-Brooklyn Judge […]

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After overflowing its banks in places on Sunday and days of unusually large amounts of crud floating on its surface, we’re pleased to report that the water quality in the Gowanus Canal has returned to normal. Which is to say some garbage and unidentifiable crud and a lot of oil on the surface. The oil […]

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Yesterday, the Daily News ran an article about the continuing battle over the future use of two shuttered Brooklyn fire houses, and the fact that some non-profit groups were anxious cut a deal with the city for the properties. Activist Phil DePaolo, who was one of the leaders of the fight to keep Engine 212 […]

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Omar Robau, the person behind the always superb Coney blog Kinetic Carnival has outdone himself. Check out his Thorasic Park vid below or click over to his blog item with the vid. It’s excellent. And, while you’re at it, check out his post on Predictions of a Thor-Coney Future. Us, we’re simply excited that the […]

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It may seem frivolous to be sad about a whale dying during a week in which 32 people were murdered by a maniac and on a day in which nearly 200 people were killed by car bombs in Baghdad. The whale had gained the nickname Sludgie (originally bestowed by the Daily News because of Fudgie […]

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The young whale known as NY 3673-07 by officials and nicknamed Sludgie, by the Daily News, died around 5:00 PM yesterday. Here are some links to whale coverage: 317 Stories About the Gowanus Whale [Google News] Frolicking Visitor Delights Hearts, Then Dies [NYT] Tragedy: Poor Sludgie Succumbs in the Gowanus [NYDN] Young Whale Found in […]

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There has been no work done on the Whole Foods site in a long time, but it looks like the retailer has publicly claimed the site by putting up a sign proclaiming the land its domain. And, apparently, no one is shy about “Whole Foods” and “Hazmat” appearing in the same photo frame. On another […]

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The news about the Cat Powers show at McCarren Pool on July 7 and what it may mean is down below. (Yeah, we’re burying our lead.) Meanwhile, there’s an interesting letter in the Greenpoint Star from the President of Independent Friends of McCarren Park dealing with the background of landmarking efforts. (The Landmarks Preservation Commission […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. A $5.6 Billion Forest City Ratner Lie? [AYR] Call it the Park Slope Triangle [OTBKB] Bay Ridge Church Selling Out [Brownstoner] Salsa, Baby [Brooklyn Record] The Smell of Coney Island [Gothamist] Gravity + Construction Work = Building Collapses [IMBY] Former Brooklyn Dem. Boss Clarence Norman […]

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