Yesterday, we noted a protest and public hearing about the Underground Railroad Houses on Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn. Well, the Eminent Domain hearing is today. (The city wants to take the property via eminent domain so it can build underground parking). The hearing takes place today (5/22) at 10AM at New York City College […]

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[Photo courtesy of jukeboxgraduate/flickr] An item about a new vegetarian restaurant in Greenpoint deserves its own item in GL. So it is with the interestingly named William Taft Vegetarian Diner and Deli at 155 Calyer Street. The restaurant bears the name of U.S. President William Taft, who was a patient at John Harvey Kellogg’s Sanitarium […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Considering the Arabic School Controversy in Brooklyn [Sun] An Atlantic Yards Lie, Circa 2003? [AYR] A Lot of Brooklyn Artists, Not Much Brooklyn Public Art [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] Downside of Summer: Noise [My Life in Brooklyn] Burglar Leaves Resume at Dep. Brooklyn Borough President’s House […]

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If you haven’t seen Brooklyn Matters yet–and you might enjoy doing so–here are a few more opportunities over the next couple of week, starting tonight (5/22): May 22nd, 7 PM @ Phoenix House, which is located at 174 Prospect Place (between Carlton and Vanderbilt) in Prospect Heights. The showing is sponsored by the Prospect Place […]

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Q: How bad can things get in Brooklyn when property owners and/or developers create quality of life problems that escape the attention of or are ignored by a nonfeasant Department of Buildings? A: Horrendous. Take the awful case of 18-20 Jackson Place, a small street in the South Slope between 16th Street and Prospect Avenue […]

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We’ve always maintained that Coney Island is a top shelf brand name (and, sadly, that it could become nothing more than an empty one if most of it is leveled and no safeguards are put in place by the city). But we digress. Our point is to note that the Brooklyn Industries summer catalog features […]

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Unlike last year’s Fifth Avenue Fair, which featured a thunderstorm and downpour, this year’s was marked by some great weather. We like the Fifth Avenue Fair because, while you can score tube sock and sunglasses, most of the local businesses come out and represent. We’re now totally done with street fairs for the season, with […]

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This Williamsburg sign has been like this for many years, but we haven’t posted a photo of No Shitass Parking. Until today.

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1) If you’re a fan of the Brick Oven Gallery on Havemeyer Street, you’ve probably noticed that it’s been closed for a few weeks. It’s always been one of our personal favorites for a pizza in Williamsburg and we’re fans of its “Brooklyn Caviar.” In any case, we went past it again yesterday to find […]

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More action on the Duffield Street Underground Railroad Houses front. Those are the historic homes in Downtown Brooklyn that the city wants to demolish to make way for underground parking for hotels across the street and other nearby developments. Many historians believe the buildings were safehouses for the Underground Railroad. There is a rally today […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Fifth Avenue Fair: 5th Avenue Street Fayre, Brooklyn [Brit in Brooklyn] 5th Ave Fair [Kensington Brooklyn] Fifth Avenue Street Fair [Brooklyn Mama] The Biker Fair Down the Street [Esthetic/Aesthetic] Not About the Fair: B63 Reroute and Fifth Avenue Closing Not Happening This Week [AYR] Ratner […]

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This could well be one of the only wedding announcements that GL ever posts, but yesterday’s New York Times brought news of the betrothal of the great-great-great granddaughter of Edwin C. Litchfield, one of Brooklyn’s first big developers and the man who built the Gowanus Canal. Her name is Emily Katherine Larned and she married […]

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This is the building going up at 525 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. It’s another Karl Fischer design (no rendering available), however. What attracted us to it yesterday morning around 10:30 was the wonderful symphony of noise emanating from within. The Williamsburg Symphony for Hammer and Saw was loud enough to be heard nearly two blocks […]

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We’ve written about Room 58 before, but it’s having it’s grand opening celebration on Wednesday (5/23) from 7PM-9PM. The venture, which is a shared space for writers, and one of a handful of its kind in Brooklyn, is part of the Brooklyn Artists Gym, which is located at 168 7th Street and very convenient to […]

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We see many Craigslist Missed Connections as we peruse them every week looking for our favorite. We have never, until now, seen one like this: Girls on Stilts in Coney Island – m4wThere were 2 of you walking on stilts, you were wearing black pants & showing off your dance moves. You are devastating. Loved […]

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Today’s Miami Herald takes a fun look at Coney Island, in a piece actually written by someone that recently moved to New York. The story is a travel piece, but it touches on the big Coney redevelopment plans: Last November, the owners of Astroland — a second-generation park that dates to 1962 — sold out […]

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As has become one of our Sunday habits, we offer some vids from the YouTube. Today’s topical selection is Red Hook.

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Don’t forget the Fifth Avenue Fair and the Park Slope House Tour today: Alternative Songs for Mister Softee Trucks…from Park Slope [NYT] It Came from the Blogosphere [No Land Grab] Hula Lessons in McCarren Park [A Test of Will] Smith Union Market [seriously excited!] Thank You […]

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Here’s a small selection of some of the comments left by our GL readers this week: Park Slope’s Little Peeing Princes. “I’m anti-tree-peeing in theory but also anti my kids peeing in their pants, on the sidewalk or the floors of a store. With a few public bathrooms as there are — and, the childless […]

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We enjoy a Dumbo Block Party, and in that spirit, the first event in the annual DUMBO Block Party Series sponsored by the Dumbo Improvement District, in conjunction with local businesses, will be taking place on Saturday, June 2nd. It will include music, food, activities for children, and booths featuring products and services from local […]

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As many of you know, we also post over at Curbed on weekdays. Here’s some of this week’s Curbed output: North Bklyn #1: Introducing the Greenpoint Sandwich (above) North Bklyn #2: Doublemint Green or Pepto Bismal Pink? Bedford Ave. Fun: Work Sort of Underway on Big Project Interesting Technique in Maspeth Ave. Condo Alley Revenge […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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The old Domino Plant on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg is moving a bit closer to landmarking. (At least, parts of it are.) The Historic Districts Council Newstand blog passes on word that the plant’s Filter House, Pan House and Finishing House are up for landmark consideration. Specifically, the Landmark Preservation Commission will have a public […]

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Community Board 6’s Transportation Committee voted unanimously on Thursday night to support the Department of Transportation’s plan to install bike lanes and pursue other traffic calming measures on Ninth Street in Park Slope. It had previously voted to support the plan, but the issue was sent back to the committee for further discussion. Dalila Hall […]

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Brooklyn tour season is upon us, and there is much coming up. Here are two pending events. One takes place today (5/19) and is sponsored by BCUE, which keeps up a full schedule of superb Brookly tours. The other comes from the Municipal Art Society, which always offers incredible panels and excursions. 1) The Red […]

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