We had heard–but hadn’t had time to follow up–that the Issue Project Room, the performance space on the Gowanus Canal next to the Carroll Street Bridge would be moving. We had been told it had something to do with the upcoming Big Stink as the Canal’s flushing system is shut down for repairs, but the […]

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Our Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection Sunday feature this week takes us to the 3 Train. Actually, we were going to do the G Train, until we found this. It attracted us because of its written-on-the-fly quality and lack of spill chocking spell checking. Plus the raw emotions conveyed within. Here you go: blondie with freckles […]

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Once a week, we highlight GL’s reader comments. Here’s a selection of some of them from the last seven days: Radiac Redux: Fun with Low Level Radiation in Williamsburg. “I would still think that a 10-day holding period still poses a danger to the area. I won’t be totally relieved until it’s completely shut down […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy Mother’s Day to all!!! Photos: Court Street Haiku [seriously excited!] Game in Coney Island [Lex’s Folly] Greenpoint at Night [INSIJS] Advance Truck and Auto Repair [Brit in Brooklyn] Red Hook Container Port [Nathan Kensinger Photography] Coney Island Ride (and Model) [Wendy Ploger Photography] Jessica […]

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As you may know, we post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of what we did over there this week: Tahoe Triangle Now Has People, Lawn Chairs, Etc. (above) Exclusive: 184 Kent Design Makeover Revealed New Brooklyn Neighborhood Blogs Magic’s Greenpoint Building Gets Foul, Refuses To Go To Bench? Party Time on […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Here’s a small selection of Park Slope-related vids from the YouTube. Click on the embed below or click over to the playlist via this link:

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Looks like The Modern, the Williamsburg building we featured on Monday, may be so advanced that it’s operating in a future in which New York City building codes and regulations have been repealed. Or, maybe, they’re working in the present, when you can just ignore them with impunity. But, we digress, the reason we turn […]

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If you don’t want to see the pics this way, you can always click over to the flickr photoset here or go directly to the GIF above by clicking here.

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Here’s an interesting one: A “four-man artist collective hailing from Austria” has been digging and refilling a big hole on the beach in Coney Island since May 7. They call it a “durational performance piece.” We’ll let them explain: We will dig a hole in the sand, seven hours of digging, and in the evening […]

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We were amused to come across this gentelman in Williamsburg shooting video of the Roebling Oil Field, the building site at N. 11th and Roebling Streets that has been oozing oil since last fall. We don’t know if the vids had anything to do with the oil or if he just found it a picturesque […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Images: Henry Street, Cobble Hill [Seriously Excited] Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 8PM [Blue Jake] Color Among the Ruins [Big Sky Brooklyn] Gowanus Shadows [Velvet Sea] Tired Pup After Court Street Fair [BK11201] Rooftops [Bed-Stuy Blog] Brownstones [A Test of Will] More Blogfest: Top Ten Brooklyn […]

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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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(Clockwise from the top left are Kinetic Carnival, The Food of the Future, Eefers and Big Sky Brooklyn) Needless to say, there has been a decent amount of coverage of last night’s Second Annual Brooklyn Blogfest, along with some great photos posted on flickr. In particular, Sewell Chan offered a pretty comprehensive rundown over at […]

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Much will be written over the next day or two about the Brooklyn Blogfest, which took place last night at the Old Stone House in Park Slope, and attracted 100 people. (100 was the capacity limit of the building). It was organized by Louise Crawford of OTBKB (above) who opened the festivities that she had […]

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Does living within incineration distance of an Liquid Natural Gas storage facility get you ten percent of the asking price of a new condo? Yesterday, when we were looking up documents about Radiac in Williamsburg, we came across the Liquid Natural Gas issue in East Williamsburg and started wondering. Here’s a sense of the issue […]

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We return to our “What’s That Thing on Top” feature, looking at interesting building additions around Brooklyn. The “Thing” comes to us from 116 3rd Place in Carroll Gardens and it is currently especially noticeable given that it’s yellow. The addition is a fourth floor and a penthouse and we can happily say that a […]

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The city’s Economic Development Corp. has issued a “Request for Expressions of Interest” for the Brooklyn House of Detention (AKA the Jail with Retail) on Atlantic Avenue. The RFEI, as it’s known, talks about a 165,000 square foot jail expansion for 720 inmate beds and two towers with 238,500 square feet of residential or commercial […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. 2nd Annual Brooklyn Blogfest Yearbook [OTBKB] Bloggers Blogging Endlessly in Brooklyn [Empire Zone] More Possible Trouble for the Finger Building [TRD] Peeking into a Factory [INSIJS] Coney Island Hoopla! [Kinetic Carnival] Sum-Sum-Summertime [Erica’s Blog] Brooklyn Buyers Loving On Prospect Park [Brownstoner] The Design of Condos […]

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The annual Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition spring show opens on Saturday (5/12). The show at the coalitions pier exhibition space is at 499 Van Brunt Street. The Connections show will run through June 17 and is open on weekends from 1PM-6PM. It’s always an interesting and wide-ranging exhibition and more than 325 artists and photographers […]

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It’s time for Bklyn Designs again, starting today and running through Sunday May 13. It’s billed as “Three days of hot young talent showcasing art, design and architecture, in DUMBO.” It’s the fifth anniversary edition with a record 65 exhibitors, including 30 newcomers and 35 show veterans. Locations are St. Ann’s Warehouse at 38 Water […]

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The story of Williamsburg’s Radiac Research Corporation is not a new one. The firm, which is on Kent Avenue, operates as a transfer station for low-level radioactive waste and hazardous chemicals, and has had its share of publicity, including a campaign to shut it down. Yet, it is still there, and the threat it presents […]

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[Photo courtesy Timmygunz/flickr] David Bowie’s Highline Festival kicked off last night with a great performance by Arcade Fire at Radio City Music Hall…and the manhandling of at least one fan by Radio City security. Dozens of spectators were caught in the middle, and many were hit and shoved in the process. In the scheme of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Chris Curen] The Great Wall of Red Hook has gone through many phases, some of which reflect the unhappiness of some residents about the retail behemoth rising in their midst. Red Hook correspondent Chris Curen reports that, among other thing, that sign that appeared, disappeared and reappeared that proclaims Ikea’s investigation of […]

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