Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Deep Analysis of Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Court Hearing [AYR] Daily News Notes How Blogger Chased by Deranged City DEP Worker [OTBKB] Parents to Protest Park Slope Arabic School Plan [NYP] Something Nasty This Way Comes: Gowanus Flushing Tunnel Closing [Gothamist] Everyone’s Fascinated by the […]

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The final session of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy‘s series on improving water quality in the Gowanus and making the community a greener place concludes tonight with a session on “Green Gowanus.” Speakers will be presenting their experiences of developing and implementing green projects in Brooklyn. There will also be a round table discussion on specific […]

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If you wonder why people living near development sites go slowly insane and some become obsessed with the project next door or across the street or down the block, look no further than this video. It was posted by the creator of the blog One Sweet World, which is not dedicated to real estate and […]

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Not to overkill the Roebling Oil Field today, but if the average picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth at least several hundred, give or take. The top picture is the sheen on pooled water at the west end of the development site at N. 11th and Roebling in Williamsburg that we […]

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Six months after oil started oozing into the construction site at N. 11th and Roebling Street in Williamsburg–and years after it was discovered on a site across the street–the Department of Environmental Conservation is trying to figure out from where the Williamsburg Black Gold is coming. There are now two “test wells,” one on the […]

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One of our kind readers sent us the photo above of trolley tracks on Union Street just east of Smith Street that have been unearthed during construction. So, we passed by yesterday (we owe our reader, because we wandered past this scene on Saturday on the other side of the street and didn’t even notice […]

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We found the Toll Brothers having a different kind of open house at Northside Piers on Kent Avenue yesterday. The sales office was closed for the holiday, but the construction site was wide open and security was nowhere to be seen. For the sheer scope of the potential danger to the public we found, Northside […]

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Something tells us that songs lamenting the gentrification and development of Brooklyn could become a genre in coming years. Call it gentrirock or developunk. Last year, Radio 4 touched on the topic last year and, now, local indie rockers Life in a Blender are dipping into the well. (Actually, the song was written in 2001, […]

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There are more screenings of the documentary Brooklyn Matters–which takes a look at the Atlantic Yards development–coming up. So, we thought we’d list them for anyone interested. As always, complete information about the film is available at the Brooklyn Matters website. April 9 7:00 pm – First Presbyterian Church 124 Henry Street, Bklyn April 12 […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. One-Way Park Slope Streets Debate Goes to Community Board on Wednesday [AYR] One-Way Safety Claims are Based on 1970s Studies [Streets Blog] 9th Street Bike Lane Plan Would Protect Pedestrians, Cyclist, Motorists [P.S. Courier] Yassky Atlantic Yards Traffic Plan is Mostly Refried from Earlier Ones […]

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That supportive housing development at 575 Fifth Avenue in the South Slope that the Fifth Avenue Committee wants to develop gets its next hearing this week. This time, it goes in front of the City Planning Commission on Wednesday, April 11 at 10AM. The project got a thumbs up from Community Board 7, but was […]

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Greenpoint, BrooklynFranklin Street

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Another Sunday, another Craigslist Brooklyn missed connection. So many choices this week, but we settled on this one, mostly because it has a certain something to it, especially if you read it with an Eastern European accent. IE, “You were with a black suite and also black pants with white lanes.” Here’s Borat:WE WERE IN […]

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There are few neighborhoods in New York City, or Brooklyn, where conversations about development and the future immediately turn to sewage. (Although, there are some where the talk can turn to toxins.) In this, Gowanus is unique. Case in point: the article about Gowanus by Jake Mooney in today’s New York Times. The piece deals […]

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Union Street

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If you read GL–thank you for doing so–you know that we post at Curbed during the week too. Here’s some of the last week’s Curbed goodness: Brooklyn Development Update Mania #1: Overlooking Death (above) Brooklyn Development Update Mania #2: Meier’s Glass Brooklyn Development Update Mania #3: Standing Tall Dumbo’s Corner of Light is Shining With […]

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Here’s a fun video, newly posted on YouTube, of the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island. Very nicely done.

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Van Brunt Street

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. To everyone celebrating Easter today: Happy Easter! Images: 57 Varieties [Atomische] Out Like a Lion [Dope on the Slope] Easter in Carroll Gardens [Found in Brooklyn] Easter Stegosaurus [Flatbush Gardener/flickr] Boycott Eggs! [arimoore/flickr] Woman in Vestibule [Park Slope Street Photography] York Street Station [Atomische] Sunset […]

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Truth be told, we were freezing yesterday as we shot these photos around Grand Army Plaza and Prospect Heights. They’re hopeful pictures, though, in that they show that in no time, Brooklyn will be full of color and greenery. (And people sneezing, but that’s another story.) On a day like yesterday, when it was way […]

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There will be a rally next Sunday, April 15, at 2PM to protest planned demolitions of two blocks of buildings in Prospect Heights that will be used as parking lots. The rally is sponsored by Brooklyn Speaks and will take place on Pacific Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues — the location of one of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] We expect to get nasty emails about our problematic construction site feature, but not a thank you note. That, however, is exactly what we got from an artist named RENE iATABA, and in a very sincere way. Turns out the creator of the fence pictured here at 128 Dupont Street, […]

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Downtown Brooklyn

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. Photos: A Bulldozer on Nevins [Bluejake] Springy Friday Photo [Clinton Hill Blog] Lola Staar Moving Out [lornagrl/flickr] Man on Fifth [Park Slope Street Photography] Nuclear Surf Avenue [ConeyHOP/flickr] Chute [Lex’s Folly] Words: Velmanette Montgomery Already Has State Sen Challenger in ’08 [AYR] […]

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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