The big strip of new developments and construction sites on 16th Street in the South Slope (that’s “Suite Sixteen” in the photo above) may be getting a new addition. Via the South Slope news group: Rumor on the street is Ganmar electronics is sold to the developer currently building next door, as well as the […]

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“The high rise apartment buildings being built here in New York City have more than just a passing resemblance to the ones built in East Germany from the 1960’s to the 1980’s. I am thinking in particular about the ugly buildings going up on newly rezoned Fourth Avenue as well as the ones wedged in […]

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The Roebling Oil Building, now known as Warehouse 11, as it enters the marketing phase (although the banners outside the building and the website haven’t gone up yet), is getting windows. This is exciting to us as we have followed every development at this building since it was just a construction site with a big, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Praying to Variance Gods at 205 Water [Brownstoner] Annotated Posters on the G Line [New York Shitty] Brooklynites Have Best Vocabulary, Says Times Square Test [NYDN] Civic Involvement Always Interesting in Manhattan Beach [GerritsenBeach.Net] Prospect Park Playground Being Renamed for Slain Officer [Brooklyn Junction] Weekly […]

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We’re guessing that the owner of this home on Union Avenue took issue with people trying to buy the property at some point in the past. The “Attack Dog” sign beneath it would also seem to be a disincentive to anyone that wants to ask about the availability of the property.

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Would you put on a diving suit and jump into the Gowanus Canal? Didn’t think so. But Ludger Balan and other members of the Urban Divers actually dive in the Gowanus (plus other somewhat less frightening local waterways). Mr. Balan says you’ve got to “zen” with a dive beforehand.–NYT

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[2006 Atlantic Ave. Tree Lighting courtesy of michellekarshan/flickr] If it’s the holiday season, it’s tree lighting season in Brooklyn. Here are a couple of local events coming up (and we’ll fill in more as we get emails or see them listed). The Annual Atlantic Avenue Tree Lighting Ceremony is taking place on Thursday (11/29) at […]

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There’s a lot of traffic around Flatbush and Nostrand, so what will it “look like if congestion pricing becomes the law in Manhattan?” Readers have a lot of opinions and have left many comments.–Brooklyn Junction

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We got an email from Lara Wechsler, who does the Park Slope Street Photography blog, about a exhibition of her Coney Island photos at the 440 Gallery in Park Slope. It will run from November 29 through January 6 and feature “present day scenes from Brooklyn’s fading fantasy emporium.” The opening reception is Thursday (11/29) […]

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Need a doppio? You will have 75 more opportunities to score one within the next three years as chains continue to discover the glory of Brooklyn and all of its untapped market potential (compared to Manhattan). The Daily News fills in more detail about the coming wave of Bux, banks, chain drugstores from a conference […]

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Taken from Manhattan Avenue near Driggs, here’s a long shot of the decorations with Manhattan itself in the background. GL welcomes appropriately festive or interesting holiday shots from our readers. If you have a ‘Tis the Season shot, send it along to thegowanuslounge (at) gmail (dot) com. We’ll happily supply a photo credit, but the […]

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We’ve noted the alarming conditions at 1000 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint in the past, and check in with our old friend to see how the battle between gravity and building is coming along. While it would appear to be a standoff, in that 1000 Manhattan hasn’t collapsed yet, it remains one of the leading candidates […]

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We’re not sure if it’s a sign of serious change on the Gowanus side of Fourth Avenue, but it’s definitely a sign of the times. Brooklyn Bean & Tea Company, which opened in September at Atlantic and Hoyt, is opening another cafe at the corner of Carroll Street and Fourth Avenue. Blogger Velvet Sea caught […]

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Here’s Prospect Park as it appeared on Saturday, November 24 in all its late Fall glory.

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Given that we’ve featured the Gowanus Whole Foods fence when it was open again last week, it’s only fair to note that it’s been closed up again. How long it stays that way is anyone’s guess. The site has been in a semi-abandoned state for more than a year, with only a burst of demolition […]

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On Friday, we ran an item (while most people were away or out shopping) that Hotel Le Jolie, the first hotel to open in Williamsburg/Greenpoint, had opened its doors. We stopped by yesterday to grab a photo of Hotel Le Bleu’s North Brooklyn sister property. Le Bleu rooms, we believe, offer stunning views of the […]

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On Saturday, we ran a photo that a reader had sent in of one of those “No Menus” signs hanging in Cobble Hill. She wrote back to say that it had been torn down, but also, in response to a reader question noted that they are available at Tony’s Hardware on Smith Street (181 Smith) […]

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The Smoke Shack at Urban Green–which we named as such because of the 24-7 exhausts wafting from the engine running within the shack-is gone. This should be a relief to the neighbors (and better for the small children living next door in whose direction the fumes drifted depending on the wind) of the big development […]

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When last we heard about Poolaid, its URL had been domainnapped and was being held for ransom. Or, at least, someone had bought it and wanted to sell it back to them. There’s no word on how they got the domain back, but an email went out last night that the website is back up […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Bummer Black Friday at Fulton Street Mall? [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] Community Board 13 Meeting on Wednesday [Kinetic Carnival] In the End, It Might Come Down to Coney Island Monuments [Lost City] Upside to Neighborhood Construction: Reflecting Pools [IMBY] Good Times Ahead for the G? [Gothamist] […]

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Don’t have time to check out every store on Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope? Have no fear. We’re checking out a ton of stores and, when we’re done with our annual holiday gift guide, you will see there is no reason to ever go to Manhattan to shop.–OTBKB

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This Brooklyn Santa comes from a store window on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint. We’ll be feature Christmas themed photos between now and the end of the year and can’t get to every block in Brooklyn, so if you photograph a fetching store window or decorated house or decoration and you’d like to share with GL […]

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Don’t know where to get a Christmas tree in Brooklyn? Then check out this Brooklyn Tree Buying Guide, which points out a few places you can get one and helps you ID your tree.–About Brooklyn

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This sign, which isn’t a street sign at all, but a building sign, caught our eyes in Greenpoint. The fish and the water theme work well together.

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The subway and Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections are perfect together. This week, we noted that there were 56 subway Missed Connections in Brooklyn, so we settled on a Brooklyn post that raises a vital New York City Missed Connection question: How do you talk to a female on the subway? (The same could pertain, we […]

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