Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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There are only a few more days to get your sushi on at Inaka Sushi House on 7th Avenue. Reader reports say it’s closing at the end of October. Another victim of change.–OTBKB

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This is not a Brooklyn story, but it is a deeply bothersome story: The Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals thinks the Port Authority is lying when it says the feral JFK cats it is trapping won’t be killed. The Alliance’s s Jane Hoffman says it is “lying to the public by saying these animals will […]

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The owner of the dachshund that was attacked and nearly killed in Prospect Park at the dog beach this week by another dog left a comment late last night on one of our posts. We think it’s worth sharing here: I am the owner of the dachshund. He is a mini wirehaired named Wolfgang with […]

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Here’s an interesting tidbit to ponder on a dreary and wet Saturday when summer finally seems far, far way: A poster known as coneyislandbarker reports on the Coney Island Message Board that he was on the Coney Island Boardwalk yesterday and that two workers marking up the boardwalk told him the entire boardwalk was going […]

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We have nothing to add to this except to say that we wouldn’t want to do it, no matter how much we like the Gowanus, and even wearing a harness and if the six-pace of Mountain Dew has been rigged.

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We just got an email from Eugene Patron at the Prospect Park Alliance, who always keeps us up to date about goings on in park. He writes to say that “as of 9:30am we’re still on. Even if some activities end up get scaled back there is still events at Audubon, Lefferts and the zoo.” […]

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The new “no menu” and “no fliers” signs that are going up around Boerum Hill and Carroll Gardens are certainly noticeable. We can’t wait to use them.–Pardon Me for Asking

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Retailing in Williamsburg still has that home-spun, non-corporate touch. These “Wanted for Shoplifting” fliers have been up for a while in store windows on Bedford Avenue and surrounding streets.

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[Green Street Time Machine courtesy of chicapoquita/flickr] Images: A Girl and Her Father in Prospect Park [Blue Jake] Neptune Afternoon [Atomische] Crates [Lex’s Folly] Sleeping Beauty on Manhattan Avenue [New York Shitty] Late Night Filming at Cobble Hill Cinema [BK 11201] Moon Over Brooklyn Bridge [Self-Asbsorbed Boomer] Not Images: Port Authority Trapping Cats at JFK […]

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This is 242 Bedford Avenue, which is reprising as a Construction Site Du Jour. Behind that partly open door on busy Bedford Avenue is a two-story (or so) drop. Records show that it’s owned by an array of LLCs, including one named Sky Lofts LLC. The architect of record is Henry Radusky, aka “Too Tall,” […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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We heard from the local sponsors of a Step It Up Day 2007-National Day of Climate Action event, who are trying to get word out about their banner painting event for kids here in Brooklyn, and we’re glad to help. The email says, in part: Please join me and tens of thousands of others across […]

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This is not a Brooklyn item, but it is a very upsetting story that you may have seen yesterday. You can contact the Port Authority to tell them what you think of their roundup of the feral cats at JFK and the fact that they could very well be put to death. Please help.–Gothamist

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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What would it be like if you got a Con Ed bill for, say, $65,000 or perhaps $35,000? Apparently, this is what happened to two loft tenants at a building at 300 Morgan Avenue in East Williamsburg. We got an email from Frank Shifreen, the artist that Carroll Gardens blogger Pardon Me for Asking posted […]

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“Something has gone off the rails in this city” when six-year-olds get citations for chalk drawings and a guy is arrested for it. Seriously. Something is very, very wrong.–Brooklyn Paper

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The most interesting question about Coney Island, of course, is what the city’s zoning recommendations will be and when they will be announced. They’ve been delayed repeatedly and the subject of intense speculation, given that there have been some fundamental differences between what the Coney Island Development Corporation and city planners envision in terms of […]

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This is the site of the massive Edge development on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. (The photo was obviously shot before the recent bout of rain.) A massive amount of soil testing was done on the site, which is in the midst of a very environmentally interesting waterfront area. There was once a massive Manufactured Gas […]

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A group is collecting hand-made scarves for the needy for the holidays. “I know Greenpoint and that little place to the south called Williamsburg have many knitters in their ranks. I’ve seen women knock out a scarves on the L train like no one’s business. Why not knit something and donate it to this cause?”–New […]

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Since Monday, Workers have been handing out F Train report cards to riders who want to fill them out. They’re also available online. (No, they don’t ask for one’s opinion about closing the Smith-9th Street Station for a year or about an F Train express.) If you want to fill one out, you can click […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Myrtle Ave Highrise Revealed [Brownstoner] DDDB’s Daniel Goldstein Responds to Village Voice [No Land Grab] Jane Jacob’s Reminder at Brooklyn Bear’s Garden [AYR] 12-Year-Old Brooklyn Student Dies From Staph Superbug [NYP] Murder in Greenpoint [11222] Mr. DeBlasio Changes Mind About Two Trees Atlantic Ave. Bldg […]

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In Park Slope, Halloween means the Annual Halloween Parade on Seventh Avenue. This year’s edition will take place on (surprise!) October 31. There’s a “Pre-Halloween Parade Party” from 4PM-6pM at the Prospect Park Y on Ninth Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenue. It includes pumpkin decorating, dancing and candy treats and is for children ages […]

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We noted this yesterday, but the list is so nice we don’t mind bringing it up twice. There are 31 Brooklyn Halloween events listed here. Yes, 31 of them. Did we say, 31? You won’t be able to say that you didn’t know it was taking place.–A Child Grows in Brooklyn

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