Something tells us that the big building that will rise along N. 9th and N. 10th Streets in Williamsburg between Driggs and Roebling Streets is going to be a prize winner. (The addresses on this side of the property are 208 and 210 N. 10th Street.) This is the third time we’ve taken note of […]

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Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn, which is the site of the Underground Railroad Houses that the city is planning to demolish for an underground parking lot topped by a park is being “co-named” Abolitionist Place this afternoon. We’ve guessed all along that if the buildings are demolished, the park will end up with some sort […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Fun with 143 Huron Street [newyorkshitty] Who Were the Havemeyers? [Brownstoner] Checking Out Il Tabarro on the Mary Whalen [Tugster] Really Digging Boerum Place [McBrooklyn] The “Ebbets Field Fantasy” [AYR] Brooklyn Developer Goes Green [Sun] Clooney-Pitt Brooklyn Heights Filming Alert [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Brooklyn Blogger […]

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It looks like the city is saying no to several planters on Union Street in Park Slope. The concrete planters near Seventh Avenue contained small evergreen trees. News was posted over at Brooklynian: The city in it’s infinite wisdom has revoked the permits we had for the planters along union street. They have given us […]

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There are a couple of transportation-related Community Board sessions in Brooklyn tonight. One is a Community Board 6 Transportation Committee Meeting that is taking place in Park Slope. That session will take place at 6:30PM at Middle School 51, which is located at 350 Fifth Avenue. There will be a presentation by representatives from the […]

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There’s a meeting coming up on Monday (9/24) that asks “What if the Atlantic Yards project isn’t built?” or is only partly built and presents some alternate visions for the site. It’s called UNITY and will take place on Monday. The subject is “A realistic, community-sensitive proposal for the development of Brooklyn’s Vanderbilt rail yards. […]

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We return to 70 N. 9th Street in Williamsburg, site of our Scaffold Collapse Candidate, for this image, of a stop sign hanging from a splintering piece of the sidewalk structure.

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It’s not that we intended to do daily posts about the Roebling Oil Field this week, it’s simply working out that way. First, we had new test well drilled and some documents passed along to us. Then, we had an email from DEC that was forwarded. (Not to mention the illegal Sunday construction work.) Now, […]

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We went over to N. 9th Street and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg to check on the “Thing on Top” that had sprouted on the old industrial building whose working name is Wythe Avenue Lofts. What we found was a sidewalk shed that appears to be in danger of collapse and a work site that looks […]

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We’ve come across some complaints this week that street art in Williamsburg is too “negative” and “dark.” Well, this isn’t classic street art, but it’s a street-art like display we found on N. 8th Street near Kent Avenue. There is nothing dark or negative about it. Dare we call it cheerful?

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There’s a meeting coming up about the impact that Atlantic Yards is going to have on neighbors, especially as efforts to prepare for construction move forward. It’s on Monday, September 24 at 7:30PM and it will take place at Immanuel & First Spanish Church, which is located at 424 Dean Street. The objectives of the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Johnson Wins Brooklyn Surrogate Primary [NYT] Price Cuts at Bridgeview Tower [Brownstoner] Miss Heather Finds Waterfront Housing [newyorkshitty] An Open Letter About the F Express [Brooklyn Streets] The Coney Island Arena Option [AYR] Brooklyn Public Library Looking to Raise Private Funds [Sun] Save Coney Island […]

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[Photo courtesy of mrthespy/flickr] It can’t be, can it? Hotel Chatter reported that Le Bleu, the Gowanus hotel on Fourth Avenue with the white-and-blue themed interiors, glass showers and industrial neighborhood views, would be open around October 1. It described the vistas as follows: As for those views, half the rooms do have a glimpse […]

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A big plan for a remake of Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill was posted yesterday. The document is the result of a long period of planning and community meetings by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Parternship and the Project for Public Spaces. Streets Blog wrote of the effort: The days when Myrtle was […]

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One is a little on the very short side and one is in the street. They are in Williamsburg. We have no idea how they got this way.

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There’s a “localized plume” of oil at the Roebling Oil Field, according to a Department of Environmental Conservation official. The description is in an email that was sent yesterday after our post on new test wells being drilled on N. 11th Street in Williamsburg to several Williamsburg and Greenpoint residents as well as a variety […]

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We looked up to find the proverbial “sidewalk shed” going up around the buildings at 67-73 N. 6th Street, the former National Sawdust Factory. Street art fans will know part of the site for the wall that has hosted art work by Faile and other artists and as the site of splashings earlier this year. […]

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We were more than a little amused–and so were countless passersby of all ages and backgrounds–to find the sales banner for 80 Metropolitan in Williamsburg had undergone some changes. It is one of the only times we have seen people stopping and staring, and laughing, at a condo sign anywhere in Brooklyn. Those of you […]

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The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods held a press conference yesterday to note that the ombudsman promised by the state to oversee the Atlantic Yards development has not been forthcoming. The ombudsman was supposed to be on his/her way after problems like the parapet collapse in April at the Ward Bakery. Therese Urban, who co-chairs the […]

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In this very, very off political year, even we had almost forgotten that today is primary election day in New York City. There are several races in Brooklyn, the most prominent of which is the one to elect a judge for the Kings County Surrogate Court. According to Gotham Gazette, which offers a very good […]

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We were wandering on Kent Avenue when we looked down near N. 8th Street and saw a bunch of flyers and a sign that said “Take One.” So, we did and found that they were for a meeting about East River State Park (aka the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal Park) across the street that will […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: What You See While Cruising Newtown Creek [newyorkshitty] City Says Brooklyn Bridge is Safe [CityRoom] …City Council Says Brooklyn Bridge Safety Questions Unanswered [amNY] Will Apple Put a New Brooklyn Store in the Gowanus? [Racked] An Apple Store Grows in Brooklyn (Possibly on Atlantic Ave.) […]

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A lot of photos from the Conflux Festival in Williamsburg have make their way onto flickr. Amusingly, a photo of street art pictured above was sent to Curbed yesterday along with an email saying that its placement was dangerous and that it was “dark, negative art.” In fact, the developer asked why it couldn’t be […]

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Okay, so it’s not signage, per se. Nonetheless, this walk/don’t walk signal that we found hanging at Kent Avenue and Metropolitan was certainly deeply compromised. Must have been quite the bad turn by a truck that caused it, although it certainly looks like they were unscrewed.

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New test wells have been drilled on N. 11th Street in Williamsburg across the street from the Roebling Oil Field. The latest wells are in front of 213, 215 and 217 N. 11th Street, which is across from the Roebling Oil Field/Roebling Oil Buildling. In July, the Department of Environmental Conservation hired a contractor to […]

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