The suicide of the owner of Lowen’s Pharmacy, who was caught up in a steroids scandal was reported yesterday. “I’ve shopped at Lowen’s many times over the years. This business has long roots in the neighborhood – Kenny was telling me how he remembers their old location, and the real life Mr. Lowen, pharmacist ,who […]

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The photo above is from Deborah Matlack, a local photographer who’s contributed some photos to GL in the past. Coney Island is among the places she photographs often, and some of her Coney pics are on display at the Patio Lounge in Park Slope through early March. Patio Lounge is s located at 179 Fifth […]

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There’s very cool series of film present by Spoke the Hub called “New York Matters” coming up at the Gowanus Arts Building, which is located at 295 Douglass Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. The films will be shown at 7:30 PM on the second Friday of every month. Here’s some wording about the series, […]

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This sofa comes from the streets of Greenpoint. It was titled “Mary D’s Couch for Seniors” after the residence behind which it was photographed by our Greenpoint Correspondent.

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The trouble at 475 Kent “all started with a standpipe. When the Fire Department passed by for a routine inspection of the sidewalk in front of 475 Kent Avenue last week, they discovered a rusted, non-working pipe. This led them to follow the pipe down to its source in the basement, where they were greeted […]

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The planned rally to call for action on a downzoning of Carroll Gardens took place on the steps of Borough Hall this morning. Our special Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Correspondent was there and reported back with photos and a details of the rally. City Council Member Bill de Blasio promised to push the downzoning, which City […]

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It looks like the race to get a fourteen-story Karl Fischer building in the ground at Grand Street and Driggs Avenue before a downzoning is moving full speed ahead. The building was approved last year under current zoning by the Department of Buildings. A rezoning, which must still work its way through the city’s land […]

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On the left is the former International Longshoreman’s Association Building at 340 Court Street in Carroll Gardens. On the right is a building in Prague. We would love to take full credit for juxtaposing these two structures cut from the same cloth, but it actually goes to our special Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Correspondent who writes: […]

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A followup and a more tidbits from that wild frontier of retail and dining excitement, Park Slope: 1) Reaction to the closing of 2nd Street Cafe in Park Slope has been mostly one of dismay, if not anger. One reader writes, “This was my one of my favorite reasons to go to my girlfriend’s neighborhood…Hopefully […]

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“The infant-mortality rate in Brownsville surged dramatically in 2006, jumping from 9.1 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2005 to 12.5 – eclipsing all other neighborhoods in the city, records show. The grim statistics, which also reveal a slight spike in HIV-related deaths in East New York and Canarsie, come as the city’s overall death […]

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The rally organized by City Council Member Bill de Blasio to call for fast action on a downzoning of Carroll Gardens and an interim moratorium on any buildings more than 50 feet tall takes place today at 11AM on the steps of Borough Hall. It will include Assembly member Joan Millman, The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood […]

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So, what was a Union Market van doing in Sunset Park? Uh, perhaps buying produce from Rossman’s Discount Fruits, which is a wholesale/retail fruit market / grocery store on 3rd Avenue under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park. “So the next time you pay $15 for that independent-grassroots-organic-locally grown-farm fresh avocado or that artichoke direct […]

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Last week, we had some photos of workers doing what appeared to be asbestos removal on the building at the corner of N. 9 and Roebling. Today, we feature this lot at 261 N. 9 because it is such a wretched mess. The fence is down and the lot has been used for dumping…for a […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Ratner Could Back Out of Atlantic Yards Project Without Penalty [NYP] Details on Litigation and Atlantic Yards Financing [AYR] Ratner Financial Problems Coverage Roundup [No Land Grab] Myrtle Building Boom from Above [Brownstoner] RIP Matty Franz, the Rot in Hell Guy [NYShitty] Bay Ridge Pharmacy […]

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We came across this boat on N. 9 Street between Wythe and Kent Avenues. It had both a parking ticket and one of those bright stickers they attach to vehicles that interfere with alternate side of the street cleaning. There were some chopped car parts inside the boat and the trailer had flat tires. Curious.

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The St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation will be hosting a candle light vigil and sleep out demonstration at 202 Franklin Street tomorrow, January 30th starting at 6:30 p.m. For those of you who are not in the know 202 Franklin Street caught fire nearly four years ago. Despite numerous demonstrations, making light of their plight […]

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The two images above are pinhole photos of Coney Island shot by Anna Sawaryn, who is having a show of her work called Coney Island Through the Invisible Lens that open on February 2. She writes: This is photography in it’s simplest form, using a wooden box, NOT a camera. The box does not have […]

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“The pleasures of an Urban Outfitters shopping trip—Cheap Monday jeans and faux-vintage accessories among them—won’t be available in Cobble Hill for at least a few more months.” The new Urban Outfitters at 164 Atlantic Avenue “doesn’t doesn’t look anywhere close to being finished.”–Racked

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Okay, it’s not a street couch per se. But this very comfy chair, a photo of which came from our Greenpoint Correspondent last night, is so big that it’s almost a couch. It comes to us from McGuinness Boulevard, just off the Pulaski Bridge and across the street from the Casanova Italian Restaurant.

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Is the Great War on Borough Hall Rats being lost? “Well, I may be imagining things, but in that short time, the critters seem to have become much larger, judging by the size of their burrows. The rat holes are enormous. Could this be why the City has given up and called in the professionals?” […]

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There is a potentially interesting property mystery in Gowanus on what is suddenly the very hot selling market on Third Street between the Gowanus Canal and Hoyt Street. Last month, two properties went on the market between Bond Street and the Canal (photo below). A very knowledgeable source has emailed GL about a big property […]

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Idiotarod 2008 is nothing but a (well-document) memory now, but we thought we’d round up some Idiotarod-related material (including our own) from the weekend, and toss up a few individual photos we shot as well. Enjoy: 2008 Idiotarod Insanity: The Photos [GL] 2008 Idiotarod Insanity: The Video [GL] Best of the Idiotarod [Gothamist] Idiotarod 2008 […]

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Yesterday, we posted the surprising and sad news that the 2nd Street Cafe on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope had gone out of business. We’re repeating the news today and following up with some additional details in case anyone missed the news that a GL tipster has obtained confirmation that the cafe wasn’t temporarily shuttered, […]

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Let’s say one’s beloved cat dies and that one can’t bear to part with him/her. Perhaps, one might want the cat, uh, stuffed, so it can be there forever. What to do? Call a concierge that will locate a taxidermist, of course, and find a place to freeze him/her until the stuffing can happen.–NYDN

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When we passed by the 340 Court Street development site late Saturday afternoon (the site of come contentious asbestos removal, among other things) on our way back from the Idiotarod finish line in Red Hook, all was quiet. Not so on Sunday, however. Our special Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill correspondent reported early yesterday (when people shouldn’t […]

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