Tomorrow (12/13) is Park Slope’s Snowflake Celebration, which is part of the Buy Local campaign. The list of participating merchants has grown to 150 and includes both shops, restaurants and cafes. Many are offering specials and special discounts. For the full list, click here. All the shops are staying open until 10PM and there will […]

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Here is a nice list of creative gift ideas for men (but some for women too) that are related to Brooklyn, made in Brooklyn or sold by Brooklyn-based merchants. There will be a second part tomorrow.–Brooklyn-Based

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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It’s more of a listing of stores with great photos, but nonetheless, Atlantic Avenue Holiday Shopping & Restaurants is valuable for those looking to hit up the interesting area and its establishments. It’s being produced by the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corp.–Atlantic Avenue Holiday Shopping & Restaurants

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Coney Island, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of ConeyHOP/flickr and Kinetic Carnival]

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There is a pillow fight club in Bushwick. “Mattresses make the ring, an announcer gets the crowds attention — mic in hand, and the regulation size pillows are held firmly in the contender’s hands. There are 16 guys and girls in all, fighting one-on-one until an elimination is made and one moves to the next […]

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We got an email from the press office at the Department of Buildings responding to the controversy about the “stipulations” signed by Buildings Commissioner Patricia Lancaster concerning architect Robert Scarano. A Daily News article on Sunday detailed agreements the Building Commissioner signed as part of the arrangement that led to Mr. Scarano’s giving up of […]

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The devpavingstoneification of Beard Street in Red Hook to make the drive smoother for the up to 50,000 a cars a week that will be coming to the neighborhood once Ikea opens next year, looks like its on schedule. Here’s a redone segment of the street, with new sidewalk and blacktop. Other cobblestone streets in […]

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Given that the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp.’s president, Andrew Kimball, has already publicly stated a commitment to tearing down the historic buildings on Admiral’s Row (saying he doesn’t want the property with any conditions attached), tonight’s meeting about the buildings will be interesting. The city is planning to demolish the buildings to make way […]

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There’s more information about that yawning hole in Pacific Street between Nevins and Bond from a couple of Boerum Hill Yahoo Group emails. It is not pretty. First, this description: It is like a demolition derby out there this morning. Cars that hit it full-on smash their front ends into the depression and wreck their […]

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Among the Brooklyn subway stations getting an overhaul soon, are a number along the Q & B Lines, starting with the Neck Road and Avenue U stops. The image above is of the Neck Road Station before and after the reconstruction. Services at the stops will be disrupted for several years. Second Avenue Sagas looks […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Ready for New Construction on Fourth Avenue [Brownstoner] Take the G Train, Find Annotated Posters [New York Shitty] Upzone or Downzone Flatbush? [Brooklyn Junction] “Bench Apartheid” in Fort Greene Park [McBrooklyn] Hanukkah Greeting Leads to Hate Crime on Q Train [NYP] Alia on N. 6th in […]

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We weren’t able to get to this yesterday, because we already had a Construction Site du Jour post with the Red Hook Ikea’s early invite to the general public to walk through their fence and check things out, not to mention the recurring issues at the Whole Foods site in Gowanus. However, this post about […]

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This is a time laps shot from a Brooklyn apartment window that is worth a view if you enjoy the genre.

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We’ve featured this sign before. It was relocated as part of the process of building the condos called 125 N. 10 at the corner of N. 10th and Berry. We feature it again because it’s gotten a bit tagged up since we last looked.

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“A construction fence went up around 185 Ocean Ave. last week, indicating that the house is slowly moving towards its demise. Still, we have received very few details about what will be built in its place – as we’ve said before, it had better not be some ugly piece of shit.”–Across the Park

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The Brooklyn Reading Works series continues on Thursday (12/13) at 8PM with “jazz writing, writing jazz. Roy Nathanson will read his jazz/spoken word poetry and author and Jason Weiss reading from his fiction and non fiction. The series takes place at the Old Stone House at JJ Byrne Park, which is at Fifth Avenue and […]

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Kensington, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Flatbush Gardener/flicker]

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American Stevedoring always puts up a Christmas display in the corner of Red Hook that the container port occupies. This year, they may have more to celebrate, as moves to evict the port seem to have died. “Perhaps this new ray of hope has encouraged them to bump up the display a bit this year. […]

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Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Vandals seem intent on make sure the environmentally-challenged Whole Foods site in Gowanus stays open, as yet another opening has appeared in the fence. This is the third or fourth time the fence has been open at the abandoned site. Interestingly, the Department of Buildings did check up on a complaint logged on October 20. […]

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Is the Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall where residents have been posting murals and news articles about development news in their community in danger? It could be. There’s a sense among residents that both the police and local politicians may try to put an end to what has become a community fixture over the last six […]

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After yesterday’s story about a deal between architect Robert Scarano and the Department of Buildings, might a borough-wide development moratorium be in order until the system is reformed? “Why not ask for a moratorium on all building here in Brooklyn until the Department of Buildings is re-organized, made functional and more importantly made less corrupt?”–Pardon […]

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The Red Hook Ikea, which is a hub of activity as it rushes toward an opening next year, has a bit of an issue with its fence. Given that we’re always game to point out a construction or demolition site that’s open to the public, we’d be remiss in not pointing out that the fence […]

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One of Brooklyn’s best new blogs of 2007 offers up the Windsor Terrace 11, a list of local blogs. “Happy holidays, my stalwart Brooklyn blogging compatriots. You do the community a great service by continuing to chronicle our neighborhoods in your own words, through your own eyes, calling ’em like you see ’em. I take […]

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