This is the future site of a condo being built at 214 Green Street at the corner of Green Street and McGuinness Boulevard. The developer is “Green Palace LLC” and it’s going to be a five-story building with 10 units from the studios of the ubiquitous Karl Fischer. (There is no rendering posted yet, sadly.) […]

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Last week, we posted photos of some toys and Garfields on and near the Carroll Street and Union Street Bridges over the Gowanus. Last night, someone posted a comment that needs to be run as its own item. The writer says he/she is responsible and explains the original of the stuffed Garfields and toys. If […]

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An email about an Atlantic Yards Hoax site, called atlanticyardspark.com, made the rounds yesterday, causing a small stir among those that clicked over to the website. (The distribution list seemed to have excluded a number of blogs and online news sites, however.) While ostensibly a satire about the controversial development the site was full of […]

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The Park Slope Armory is looking pretty spectacular inside after a long $16 million renovation project.–Brownstoner

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We’re happy to note two new Brooklyn blogs, including one in Sunset Park, where we’ve been hoping to see some renewed neighborhood blogging activity: The Sunset Park entry is The Sunset Park Blog, which is tied to a website called sunset-park.com that also includes a message board that could turn out to be both interesting […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Arena Construction Schedule Says 2011 at the Earliest [AYR] Holy Crap: Email to DOB Commissioner Elicits NYPD Response [Queens Crap] CB6 Tries to Avoid Amity Street Horror [Brownstoner] Riviera Suites Resumes Construction [GerritsenBeach.Net] Racist Incidents at Brookyn Precinct? [NYP] How Many Times Can You Say […]

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The space shown above has been a long time in the making, so we were happy to get this “Save the Date” in our inbox last night. The full website is here and it has some details about the undertaking, except that the address isn’t obvious. Here’s a bit about it: Located in Gowanus Brooklyn, […]

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One best not start counting on buying their favorite Trader Jones products at Atlantic and Court Street anytime soon. A look inside reveals no rush to get the new store open.–Racked

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Red Hook, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of luluinnyc/flickr] Normally, we’ve been running Brookyule pics without comment. However, in this case, we’ve got to say this is one of our favorite photos of the season.

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Still shopping (as many of us are) for holiday gifts? Then, check out the Dumbo 2007 Holiday Gift Guide. There are many shopping options on these streets between the bridges.–Dumbo NYC

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Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Court Street, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of a GL friend]

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We’ve been called many things since we started GL, but no one, besides blogger, has called us spam. Or, “potential spam.” The very same day that Brit in Brooklyn sent us an email noting that BIB had been declared “potential spam” and that Blogger software had shut down BIB for a week–a week, we might […]

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GL made one of our annual pilgrimages this weekend to see the over-the-top holiday decorations collectively known as the Dyker Heights lights. The slideshow is below. As always, they’re a must see with one’s own eyes. It also seems like there could have been a blog fest in Dyker Heights this weekend given the number […]

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Despite the fact that some posters were torn down last week and there have been rumblings of opposition from local officials, there some new artwork at what we like to call The Democracy Wall in the plaza at the Carroll Street subway stop in Carroll Gardens. The new poster deal with development, of course, and […]

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“A high-end steakhouse chain and luxury retailers are expected to set up shop along a drab street near the Brooklyn Bridge, the Daily News has learned. The steakhouse and as many as six luxury clothiers and other retailers will move into the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge and two floors of an adjacent […]

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We’re going to roll out a couple of more installments of our Brooklyn Holiday Gift Guide this week, angled of course, to the last minuteish shopper. We figured we’d start with some Brooklyn-related calendars, given that they have to be ordered online. Check shipping policies and availability before ordering, of course: I Heart Brooklyn Girls. […]

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Some modest improvements in L Train service start today. Rush hour trains are running three-and-a-half minutes apart instead of four minutes. Two trains are also being added to the “shoulder hour,” between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. “On weekdays, L service will run six minutes apart, instead of eight, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and […]

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The last time GL paid a visit to Carroll Park, it was in the context of an incident that had taken place there, which sparked a tiny community furor before dying down. Now, it seems, there are issues with park maintenance. At least, that would seem to be the case, per this message from Carroll […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Aspiring Nurse Killed in Cross Fire in Crown Heights [NYDN] Atlantic Yards Security Issues is “Sort of Like Watergate” [AYR] Savoring the Domino Landmarking [Gotham Gazette] Meet #3 & #2 of the Greenpoint Ten [New York Shitty] Intriguing Neighbors are Gone [Bed-Stuy Banana] 2007 Landmark […]

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The Greenpoint Gazette‘s offices had a serious fire last week. We came across the email from the publisher, who is working on keeping the paper going: The long-time headquarters for the Greenpoint Gazette, at 597 Manhattan Avenue, was destroyed by fire this past Wednesday, December 12. If anyone is aware of available office space near […]

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One of the neighborhoods that has seen a blogging boomlet this year is Bay Ridge, with three relative new blogs bringing news every day from that corner of Brooklyn. Yesterday, Right in Bay Ridge–one of the new crew blogging away there–noted the neighborhood’s 154th birthday with a great post reviewing its history. A sample: Like […]

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While we’re sort of in the mood for a virtual visit to a place in the tropics where it’s warm and sleet isn’t falling a couple of times a week, there’s a fun author presentation coming up at the WORD bookstore in Greenpoint from the author of The History of the Snowman. It takes place […]

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If you’re out buying books at the Park Slope Barnes & Noble (not that we’re endorsing it over Brooklyn’s indie bookstores) on Seventh Avenue, AmeriCorps members and people from the Reach Out and Read program, which is a literacy program sponsored by Lutheran Family Health Centers, are going to gift wrapping purchases there for donations […]

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Dikeman Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Jamiee Lynn Nelsen]

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