We went over to the Roebling Oil Building, aka 204 N. 11th Street in Williamsburg, yesterday morning to get some photos of new test wells that have been drilled. As a bonus, we discovered a Sunday Construction Symphony coming from inside. (For a long time last fall, as the builders rushed to get the building […]

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[Photo courtesy of Klopaze/flickr] An estimated 10,000 people came to the Brooklyn Book Festival yesterday to stroll around the booths set up by publishers and book sellers, let alone take in the readings and panel discussions. We’ve posted a photo above from Klopaze’s photoset posted to flickr. You can check out a all the Brooklyn […]

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You can set your watch on Sunday to the start of construction work at 525 Union Avenue in Williamsburg. It as reliable as the church bells ringing at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church next door. We will give the construction workers credit for being more quiet than usual this weekend, but they were out […]

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Every neighborhood has some special spots that attract an inordinate number of taggers. One of Park Slope’s is a building at the corner of Prospect Park West and Ninth Street. Not the entire building, mind you, but some stairs on Prospect Park West. They’ve been tagged and repainted and tagged and repainted and…well, you understand […]

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The image upon which you are gazing is 149 Newell Street, which is in Greenpoint near McGuinness Boulevard. It was taken and filed by our Greenpoint correspondent, who noted that this lovely structure is doing wonders for the quality of life on the block. “This place has been derelict for months,” she write. “Could you […]

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Here’s a little before & after action at the corner of Bond and Union Streets in Gowanus. The building is still on the market, we believe, for $12 million, but it’s currently occupied by the Iyyun Center for Jewish Enrichment, which accounts for the makeover. Very striking shade green they selected. Ariella Cohen had a […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Brooklyn Book Fest [Metro] Society for Clinton Hill General Meeting on 9-20 [No Land Grab] Skate Park Could be Part of Steeplechase Plaza in Coney [NYDN] Coney Island Lager Video [Kinetic Carnival] Advertising Affordable Homes (in Georgia) in Brooklyn [AYR] Cranberry Street Fair Needs You […]

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If you want to get the lowdown on what’s going on in Gowanus and find out what some very involved residents are thinking about it, then we recommend the monthly meeting of Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, aka FROGG. FROGG’s having its monthly get together on Tuesday, 9/18. It takes place at the restaurant […]

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These “It’s the Law, Clean Up…” signs, which are quite old, provide endless material for photos of really messed up street signage. On some, like this Williamsburg specimen, you can actually see layers of tags and stickers from over the years.

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Yes, the weekend’s just over, but here’s a music fest to put on your calendar for next weekend. It’s the Brooklynbretta Music Festival, which was started in 2006 by White Shoe Records and Brooklynbretta, the scooter shop. It will take place on Saturday, September 22 from Noon to Nine at 644 Sackett Street between Fourth […]

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In a move that is certain to change the activity patterns of hundreds, if not thousands, of Park Slope children, parents and nannies, the Third Street Playground is closing for long-planned renovations tomorrow. The renovated playground will have new safety surfaces, improved drainage and new water features. The work was actually originally planned for spring […]

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This week’s Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection comes to us from Bushwick. It’s got a certain something: mckibbin lofts roof party the cops broke up – w4m – 22 NYU Philosophy student! I was talking to you on the upper roof deck Friday night. I threw a beer can before climbing down. I’m a girl (duh), […]

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We knew there was something odd about the street art that popped up around the building going in next to 55 Berry in Williamsburg last week. Something about it told us the material on N. 10th and N. 11th Streets wasn’t a standard installation of street art, but we had no idea what it was […]

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Every week, we take highlight a few comments left behind by GL readers during the previous week. Here are this week’s choices: Subway “Potty Time” on the Way to the Park Slope Food Coop “Would she do the same with her incontinent grandmother? When my bundle of joy arrives, I do solemnly swear that the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Life at the Park Slope C-Town [NYT] Peregrin Falcons in Cadman Plaza? [A Brooklyn Bachelor] Bed-Stuy Eyesore No One Cares About [Bed-Stuy Blog] Awful Murder-Suicide in Bay Ridge [NYT] Bay Ridge Residents Call for End to War [Right in Bay Ridge] Bushwick Apartment Roundup [Bushwick […]

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Here are a few vids from the Conflux Festival from the YouTube, which continues in Williamsburg today, with our event to watch being the Slow 5K in McCarren Park starting at noon. Only one or two of the vids are from this year’s fest so far.

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On a Rainy Day, Brooklyn[Photo Courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios]

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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

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We are in deep debt to our Greenpoint correspondent for this image, which certainly captures a certain something about the flavor of the weekend that is in progress. This comes from the Fur Suit Portrait Paint-Off last night at the Jack the Pelican gallery in Williamsburg. It is but one of the many interesting images […]

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Brooklyn neighborhood groups are upset that the state has not followed through on a number of promises concerning the Atlantic Yards development, even though site demolition and preparation work are moving forward. Prime among the complaints is the fact that an ombudsman to handle problems has not been appointed. So, the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, […]

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The 7th Annual Coney Island Film Festival is coming up soon, from September 28-30. It will take place at Sideshows By The Seashore and The Coney Island Museum, which are located at W. 12th Street and Surf Avenue. The opening night screening is American Scary at 7:30PM on Friday, Sept. 28, followed by an opening […]

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studio] Photos: Gowanus Autumn Standard View [Bluejake] Bay Ridge Freight Line Heavy Metal [Gowanus/flickr] Red Hook Grain Terminal and Baseball Game [seriously excited!] Goodnight Astroland Desktop [Brit in Brooklyn] Fire Hydrant Fun [Park Slope Street Photography] Splinter [Lex’s Folly] Greenpoint Coffeehouse [Erin Sheehan/flickr] Not Photos: Nets CEO Predicts Arena Groundbreaking […]

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Today’s street signage isn’t so much compromised as it is a touch ironic, depending on how one views tall buildings in Williamsburg and their architecture. The building in the background is the Toll Brothers Northside Piers. It is one of our least favorite highrises in Brooklyn, primarily because we find the architecture really bad. We’re […]

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If you read GL, you know that from time to time, we enjoy posting photos of what we call Street Couches. Some are in great shape. Some are in excellent locations. And, some, like this one, are trashed. This one comes from our Greenpoint correspondent and was found on Scholes Street in East Williamsburg. That […]

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If you read GL, you might know of our doings over at Curbed. Here’s a small selection of this week’s Brooklyn output over there: Here’s Williamsburg’s Metropolitan Cinema & ApartmentsBig Bird Statuary Freakin’ Owns GreenpointBushwick Building Has MySpace Page for Its BedbugsBarge Pool Ditches Brooklyn Heights for Bayonne & the BronxFor the Brooklyn Nabe With […]

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