Our Greenpoint Correspondent, who always ranges fare and wide, called this photo “Mixed signals at Troutman and Central Avenue.” We say, definitely look both ways.

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It seems like it’s been so long since the clock atop the Williamsburgh Saving Bank building has actually told time that we’ve almost forgotten. It starts running again at noon today, which is also the same day that people start moving into their luxe One Hanson condos.–The Real Estate

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Here are some of the Brooklyn Community Board meetings taking place today (1/16), courtesy of the list compiled by the Daily News.: Community Board 4 (Bushwick) is holding its regular monthly meeting at 6PM in the Hope Gardens Senior Citizens Center, which is located at 195 Linden Street. Community Board 7 (Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, […]

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A GL reader left this important information about how to report instances of credit card fraud that readers may believe to have originated in Park Slope. There have been more than six dozen reports on Park Slope Parents, GL and Brooklynian of cards being counterfeited and used around the country. If this has happened to […]

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The Red Hook Ikea started taking applications yesterday from Red Hook residents for positions at the sprawling store that will open on Beard Street in August. There is some good news and some bad news for residents with limited job experience or training. We went through Ikea’s job listings yesterday and found that the big […]

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Every now and then someone leaves a comment on GL that deserves its own post. So it is with this message from someone who appears to be very close to the threat in Carroll Gardens to poison feral cats. Yesterday, Jotham Sederstrom wrote a story in the Daily News about an ugly sign that threatens […]

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The 163 Washington Street building that could rise to 16 stories in a neighborhood that has been downzoned to seven stories goes to a “third round” at the Board of Standards and Appeals today. Brownstoner has been all over the story as it’s developed, noting that there is ample evidence the building should not be […]

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We weren’t aware that Nathan’s had veggie hot dogs, but no we know that it does. The chain is being sued for trademark infringement by Northern Soy over the term ‘not dog.’ No word if the subjects of the litigation were ever served in Coney Island.–Kinetic Carnival

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Yesterday, we posted a number of complaints about the Times Plaza Station on Atlantic Avenue between Third and Fourth Avenue. There were so many that a resident collected to send to a manager at the Postal Service who professes interest in fixing the situation that we decided to break the post into two parts. Here […]

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We’re confident that some of the victims of the credit card fraud that first surfaced via emails in the Park Slope Parents group are figuring out whether there is any commonality in local merchants. So far, nearly five dozen cases of counterfeit cards being made and used around the country have been related via emails […]

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We went over to shoot a couple of photos of the storefront at Seventh Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope that had been occupied by Tempo Presto because we’d noticed that it had been tagged up since the eatery closed. We ended up taking photos of the two empty storefronts on the block (the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Newswalk Bldg is Evidence Against Stagnation [AYR] Slowly but Surely at 122 Vanderbilt [Brownstoner] Fewer Parking Tickets and Car Thefts in Brooklyn [NYDN] Great Moments in Bushwick Real Estate [New York Shitty] Identity Theft in Clinton Hill [Clinton Hill Blog] Bay Ridge Traffic Makes News […]

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Let’s say you spend a lot of time on the train and you’re also an artist and illustrator. What are you going to do? Simple: do sketches on the train, scan them and start a blog to post them. That’s what Ami Undeground, a new blog from a Brooklyn resident is all about. The image […]

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The proposed waste-transfer station in Gravesend wouldn’t be popular among some people for obvious reasons, but there is also a lot of fear that the dredging that will be done could stir up generations of toxins and other things. A sampling: lead, PCBs, mercury and toxic ash. And there’s more.–NYDN

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Some street sofas are neat. Some a trashed. And some come with a lot more than cushions. Our Greenpoint correspondent found this one, which comes with a great deal of added value, on Humboldt Street.

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The dramatic “fire bombing” of a botanica on Fifth Avenue at Douglass Street still hasn’t been solved, according to the FDNY. The owner of the religious artifacts store hasn’t been heard from either. Have people really moved back in upstairs?–Brownstoner

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The photo of this nut truck in Carroll Gardens was sent to us by a GL reader who wrote, “Who says Carroll Gardens isn’t an Italian neighborhood anymore?” We won’t touch that one, but we’ve got to say that the Carroll Gardens location lends the nut truck a certain something. Pardon Me For Asking also […]

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Ever since we first saw it with glass installed, we’ve been riveted by the Graham Avenue building we like to call the Fish Tank Building. We are intrigued by the castle-like roof line, which reminds us of the White Castle that is not too far. We appreciate the aqua-blue color of the glass and the […]

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Complaints about and evaluations of postal service in Brooklyn never fail to amuse and enlighten. This one is about the Times Plaza Station on Atlantic Avenue between Third and Fourth Avenue. The comments come via the Boerum Hill Yahoo group, where a member has solicited and collected comments from readers to share with the officials […]

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Ever since the controversy over 360 Smith Street developed, Carroll Gardens residents have been pushing for fast action on a downzoning of their neighborhood, although the time frame that has been heard most often is 24 months. In response, the CORD group has been pushing for an interim moratorium on buildings more than 50 feet […]

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Yesterday, we noted an outbreak of credit card fraud in Park Slope. There were nearly two dozen emails circulating via the Park Slope Parents group from Park Slope residents noting fraudulent use of their credit cards. Most reported charges–some of them well into the thousands of dollars–from gas stations and chain stores a great distance […]

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While the Department of Environmental Conservation has sent a letter saying that the contamination of the Roebling Oil Field / Warehouse 11 site was confined to that property before a clean up took place, some local residents are skeptical and want to see all the documentation. GL has been told to expect at least one […]

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Call it irony. The first of the two new traffic lights installed on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg became operational this week. So, yesterday, we happened upon the immediate aftermath of an accident, a block away at Bedford and N. 11th, which doesn’t have a light. And so it goes.

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Someone is threatening to poison feral cats in Carroll Gardens, having posted a sign at an empty lot where someone leaves food for them that he/she will poison the cats. One sign says: “Every time you place cat food here, I will soak it in ammonia.” Another one says: “The owner of this property insists […]

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Today’s featured construction site comes to us from Carroll Gardens and it’s one that the Department of Buildings has actually noted. Like all our favorite construction sites, the fence at this one has apparently come down a bunch of times, but we haven’t gotten any photos of it opened up. DOB issued a Stop Work […]

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