The new A.P.C. Surplus on Grand Street in Williamsburg is open. “There were a few people shopping when we stopped by at 1:30pm, but the scene was quieter than we had expected; the lack of a crowd can probably be attributed to the sudden downpour that hit right before opening time.” The retailer has filed […]

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Bayard Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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In a setback to groups fighting the Atlantic Yards development, a suit by 26 groups challenging the environmental review for the huge project has been dismissed. Early details were sparse, as the decision was announced at 4:30 PM, but New York State Supreme Court Judge Joan Madden ruled in favor of the Empire State Development […]

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Although the opening of the massive Ikea store on Beard Street in Red Hook has been delayed until August, the retailer is starting to hire and is taking job applications from Red Hook residents as of January 14. The Red Hook applications can only be submitted online. (The company has already filled about 20 management […]

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The Queens Ledger published a story yesterday that has some good news and bad about the former Roebling Oil Field, which is the site of the new condo called Warehouse 11. The good news is that Department of Environmental Conservation head Pete Grannis sent a letter to Assem. Joe Lentol saying, “Based on our analysis […]

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From “absolute absence of democratic process” to “you’re the victim” with stops in between at things like “brutally weird” and “instant gentrification,” here’s the complete guide to Atlantic Yards terms and phrases.–AYR

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The plan to build condos and retail around the Brooklyn House of Detention, what McBrooklyn calls a “supersize jail-aganza,” may be dead due to lack of developer interest, but plans for a reopened and bigger jail are moving forward. Sarah Ryley reports in the Brooklyn Eagle that there are still plans to double the jail’s […]

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Can the city afford its ambitious Coney Island plan? With city budget gaps looming, the future of projects that don’t already have some money in the bank could be up in the air.–Kinetic Carnival

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Those who remember the old wasteland look of N. 5 Street in Williamsburg (which requires thinking back all of about 24 months) might take note that the street’s New Look is quickly coming together. The fences are down and the new streetscape is taking form. (Part of the new streetscape, on the other side of […]

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Northside Piers is getting an actual pier. Now, the question is whether it will be a New York Water Taxi stop (when the East River service comes back from winter vacation…with or without public subsidy.)–INSIJS

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The saddest post we saw yesterday was from Icky in Brooklyn, who announced that, being occupied with other projects, he was not going to be Icky anymore. Having started one of the best neighborhood blogs that appeared in Brooklyn in the last year, we certainly hope we haven’t seen the last of his wonderfully researched […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Big Rental Project Coming to Berry St. Near McCarren Park [Brownstoner] 624 Grand Street Gets All Stuccoed Up [New York Shitty] Prisoner Beating at Brooklyn Federal Detention Center on Video [amNY] Sidewalk Signs Are Okay [Gothamist] Clinton Hill Methadone Clinic to be Watched More Closely [Brooklyn […]

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There something interesting looking about 210 N. 10 Street in Williamsburg as it come down and its walls briefly look like those of a burned building that has partly collapsed. The chairs in the lot next to it with the rubble also add a nice touch and we also like the upright vacuum in front […]

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“Construction workers frantically scrambled to secure a lift after a rope apparently slipped from the roof of a Bay Ridge apartment, sending one side of the platform hurtling down with a worker inside.” There are many photos, although in the end, no one was hurt.–Right in Bay Ridge

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Construction claims another sign. Look closely and you will see that Beadel Street and Kingland Avenue has become “Adel” Street & Kingland, with the “Be” being eaten by scaffolding. The pic of Adel Street comes courtesy of our Greenpoint Correspondent.

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“A Papa John’s has opened on 4th Avenue between Baltic and Butler, no doubt gearing up to deliver pies to the thousands of people who are going to live in the strip’s many new buildings.”–Brownstoner

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Is the Department of Environmental Conservation stonewalling and not turning over reports about all the test wells it drilled adjacent to the Roebling Oil Field (as recently as this fall) where luxe condos are now on sale? That is what a neighborhood activist who’s been working through a State Assembly Member and a City Council […]

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Supporters of the Grand Street downzoning, which turns out to include most off the members of Community Board 1, did some fast work to vote in favor of the proposal. Activists says that fast action is critical because a race is underway between developers that want to put up buildings as tall as 14-stories before […]

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Of course, it’s only a sign, but it is a sign that packs a lot of symbolic importance. It’s about the pending closure, on January 16, of the Carlton Avenue Bridge for work on the rail yards related to the Atlantic Yards project.–Brit in Brooklyn

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Groups opposing adding any more floor to the Finger Building in Williamsburg, and some which argue that floors should be removed, have finally gotten the paperwork from the Department of Buildings that will allow an appeal of a Board of Standards and Appeal Decision. The BSA ruled that the building was legal at its current […]

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“On the corner of 15th and 8th you find the Royal businesses, the Royal Deli on the South East side of the intersection and the Royal Supermarket on the North East. The Royal Supermarket was just gutted and revamped, it is now brighter, cleaner and more spacious inside. The people who work their seem a […]

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Park Slope may have its mugging situation and standoffs with the cops, but Prospect Heights (which has also had a wave of muggings), had two different shooting incidents yesterday. In fact, the Prospect Heights Forum now has two different discussion threads. One for the overnight shooting. And one for the daylight shooting. The overnight shooting, […]

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There’s finally additional information on that Sunday night standoff between an armed person on Ninth Street who refused to come out of his house and the police. Gridskipper, which followed the situation, reports: We confirmed that an arrest was made following Sunday evening’s tense standoff in Park Slope when a man in a Ninth Street […]

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We return to our very occasional series “What’s That Thing on Top?” to update the status of one of the most notable things to be put on top of any Williamsburg building: the growth added to the building on Karl Fischer Row that is now known as the Ikon. We last viewed it from behind, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Teen Says He Was Beaten by Cops for Taking Photo [NYP] City Council Passes Plastic Bag Recycling Bill [NYT] Cat Call of the Day on Meserole [New York Shitty] Downtown Brooklyn DOT Meeting is Tonight [Clinton Hill Blog] About the Dog Next Door [Bed-Stuy […]

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