Planning on taking something from Miss Heather’s blog and, say, running the story without credit in the paper? Miss Heather has a form that can be filled out and a new email address to which it can be returned so the process is seamless and easy.–New York Shitty

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For those building controversy fans that have been following the Finger Building in Williamsburg, there has been a court case over the building’s air rights (or lack thereof) and an issue about its building permits. There was a Summary Judgment earlier this year about the air rights that found the developers didn’t have the right […]

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[Photo courtesy of Racked] 1) What’s up at the Trader Joe’s that supposed to be coming to Court Street and Atlantic Avenue? Our colleagues at Racked, who cover so much territory in this city it makes your head spin, took a peak inside and found….nothing going on. There have been rumors that the deal has […]

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Attention doubters: The Great Park Slope Umbrella Experiment seems to be working. Merchants report that those yellow Buy Local umbrellas sponsored by the Park Slope Civic Council are being used and–this is the important part–returned. Wow.–NYDN

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. If you are traveling today, be safe. If you are staying at home, enjoy the lack of travel! Protests at Funeral for Teen Shot by Police [NYP] Irving Square Park Makeover [Brownstoner] State Sen. Karl Kruger as “Community Advocate” [AYR] Where Do You Get 500 […]

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Do you have any electronic devices–computers, monitors, printers, etc.–that need to be recycled? If so, there are opportunities coming up in both Fort Greene and in Park Slope. The Fort Greene recycling drop off spot will be the Habana Outpost on Fulton Street at South Portland Avenue. The dates and times are: Saturday November 24, […]

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Neighbors of the notorious Giant Fart Cloud Building, which is being demolished at 5 Roebling Street in the Burg, now have gas. Seriously. KeySpan is digging. The good news is that the phones and internet are back, so they can phone, email and text before the block goes boom.–Bad Advice

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This gorgeous view of Green-Wood Cemetery comes from the camera of Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios, and is one of many beautiful fall shots he sent along. You can check out Mr. Mirabelle’s work extraordinary work as a sculptor by clicking here.

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Yes, friends, the Prospect Park Track Club’s Turkey Trot 5M is upon us tomorrow morning. It takes place at 9:00AM on Thanksgiving. The race starts at starts and ends near the Oriental Pavilion in Prospect Park. Same day registration is at the Wollman Skating Rink from 7:30 to 8:30 AM. The race begins at 9 […]

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Face it, a four-day weekend can present some recreation and leisure challenges, especially if you don’t fancy yourself in the middle of a consumer maelstrom. From the Brooklyn Museum to tying one on at that Williamsburg bar you’ve never tried, here are some non-shopping-related suggestions.–Brooklyn Based

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There will not be a full Prospect Park in Lights holiday display this year. While there will be holiday lighting at Grand Army Plaza, the LED display that lit up all the park entrances last year won’t be going up. We checked on them yesterday and were told that an announcement about Grand Army Plaza […]

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It sounds like it was quite a scene at Coney Island Hospital last night for the first public forum on the city’s new Coney Island zoning strategy and plan, which did not get off to an auspicious start. We couldn’t attend because we’re somewhat under the weather, but had been in contact with Coney Island […]

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Yesterday evening was one of those times when it would have been useful to be in several places at once. At things would have it, we were under the weather an unable to be at any of them. So, we’re grateful to be able to refer to some superb coverage today by people that did […]

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We have seen many street couches, but all they were generally in one place or, at least, on the same block. Not this one. Our Greenpoint correspondent found this one in parts, several blocks from each other. We’ve provided a map with the photos because it just isn’t the same simply noting that one part […]

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If you’re interested in the concept called cohousing–which is a cooperative living arrangement–you can learn more about plans for cohousing in Brooklyn tonight. The meeting is organized by the Brooklyn Cohousing Group. Here’s some info about it: A successful reality in Denmark and now in more than 100 locations in the US & Canada, cohousing […]

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The new Prudential Center in Newark, which was beset by cost overruns and controversial public subsidies could provide some very interesting and valuable lessons for Brooklyn. Let’s start with the 33 percent cost increase…–Atlantic Yards Report

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We caught the Bedford Avenue Dancer doing his thing again at Bedford Avenue and N. 7 Street in Williamsburg. We also asked him a few questions. His answers and some dance are in the YouTube vid.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: A History of “Coney vs. The City” [Kinetic Carnival] Opposition to Coney Plan is Crystallizing [Brooklyn Daily Eagle] Bay Ridge Insists on Calling Its Tree a “Christmas Tree” [NYDN] Floyd Bennett Field Center to Get $4.8M Overhaul [GerritsenBeach.Net] Former Arabic School Principal Suing City [Sun] […]

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Given that the environmentally-challenged Gowanus Whole Foods site is semi-abandoned and that the grocery chain has a history of not keeping an eye on the property (well, except for recently when it made the Daily News and Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum criticized them for failing to keep people off a hazardous property), there should be […]

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Here’s a scary tale we came across on the Boerum Hill group email list that’s from someone who was caught in the middle of an armed robbery in Park Slope late Saturday night: I just wanted to share a pretty scary thing that went down on Saturday night in the Park Slope `hood. At 2 […]

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The weather interfered with the opening of the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park last year and it appears to be up to the same tricks again this year. We got an email from the Prospect Park Alliance sayind that “Due to weather conditions which have hampered the ice making process, the opening of the Wollman […]

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This gorgeous shot of Green-Wood Cemetery in fall comes from regular GL photo contributor Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios. You can read more about Mr. Mirabelle, who is an extraordinary sculptor, by clicking here.

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Miss Heather is fed up and it turns out that the straw that broke the camel’s back was a New York Post photo of and article about some street sneakers she’d found and featured a couple of weeks ago. “I haven’t been schooled in Blog-Trolling 101— which is clearly one of the tricks of the […]

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One suspects and entire daily series of damaged bus signs–especially ones like this–if readers were to start sending them. This is a B71 schedule. It hasn’t been tagged, so as long as one is willing to get on hands and knees, the schedule is still there for the reading. It comes from Union Street in […]

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Anyone who wonders why Brooklynites live in fear of waking up to find the building next door to them is coming down and a new one is going up, need look no further than the neighbors of 5 Roebling in Williamsburg to understand why. The demolition of 5 Roebling was halted by the Department of […]

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