We’re starting a new series this week that we hope will be a regular weekly feature–or, at least, a fairly regular one: adoptable pet of the week. We’re going to be featuring animals available for adoption at the Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. If we help one kind soul hook up with one […]

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A GL reader writes: “Last night I came across a simple 8×10 sheet of paper taped to the wall of the Bergen Street subway station with plans listed for asbestos abatement. From what I can remember, the project is slated to begin on 2/23/08, and continue until 12/31/08. That’s a lot of asbestos!”–GL Inbox

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We always like the way this building on rapidly changing S. 6 Street in Williamsburg looked when it had it’s older look. It still has a look thanks to the door, but the overall impact now is different thanks to the paint job and the less old and moldy look. The top photo is two […]

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Stories of credit card fraud from Park Slope, involving bogus cards being used to run up charges far from Brooklyn continue. A reader passed us a report from another Park Slope Parents email from someone with a card in the family that was used to buy gas in Kissimmee, Florida. “Coincidentally, I did some shopping […]

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“Coney” – Excerpt from the Documentary from Mike Healey on Vimeo.This is a short preview of a very interesting documentary about Coney Island that we found on Vimeo. Enjoy.

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[Cool pic of the South Slope courtesy of f.trainer/flickr;Food of the Future] Photos: Alone in Coney [lornagrlphotos] Brooklyn View [Blue Jake] Dumbo Room [Atomische] Desktop Day: Williamsburg Bank [Brit in Brooklyn] Sheepshead Bay #7 [seriously excited!] Brooklyn Fisheye [Ann Althouse/flickr via Brooklyn Heights Blog] Coney Wedding [lornagrlphotos] Bushwick Birdhouses [New York Shitty] Brooklyn Day [babadri/flickr] […]

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Here is some info on the Winter Festival in Prospect Park that starts today and runs through Sunday, February 24. The Audobon Center at the Boathouse and Lefferts Historic House are open daily from 12 to 4 p.m. From Feb. 16-24 you can catch Winter Festival: Coming In From the Cold, 12 – 4 p.m […]

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If you’re in or near Bay Ridge, then, think about checking out the Pet Adopt-a-Thon today at the Happy Pets store on Fourth Avenue between 98th Street and Marine Avenue for an all-day pet adopt-a-thon! The store’s owners have teamed up with Sean Casey Animal Rescue. “Everyone can use a little bit of love – […]

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This “Stop Sign Ahead” sign is friends with the building going up at Berry and N. 5 Street in Williamsburg that comes from Karl Fischer. It’s been working very hard and listening to a lot of construction noise and just want to take a break for a while.

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So, if you stop and take a photo of the NYPD’s “Tower of Fun” skywatch thing, which is currently stationed in Crown Heights, an undercover officer might pull you aside and suggest that you’re a terrorist. Like this: “What are you, a terrorist? You look like you’re taking photographs of the officers in that secure […]

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N. 3 Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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“The Gowanus seems to endlessly inspire. Real estate speculators. City historians. Mafia hit-men. Artists. Ah yes. The light of the Gowanus has been compared to Venice. Even Hepcat, who takes many a picture there, says so. What is it? The romance of the industrial landscape? The Kentile sign? The view of Manhattan and the elevated […]

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There is no more certain a sign that the end is near than the erection of the fence around the building that will be dispatched. So it is with 340 Court Street, which will be the site of a controversial project from the Clarett Group that has been opposed by many nearby residents. And also […]

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We finally got our hands yesterday on some high quality renderings of the Rogers Marvel plan for McCarren Pool in Greenpoint/Williamsburg and posted them on Curbed. (Full slide show below.) The renderings came with the caveat that they are “drafts” and the reminder that, of course, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has to sign off on […]

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This was almost a given. There are now dueling petitions over the controversial oyster bar on Hoyt Street that restaurant operator Jim Mamary wants to open. There’s a pro-bar petition at Bagels by the Park on Smith Street. Now, the Hoyt Street Alliance, which is trying to block an Oyster Bar, has started an online […]

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Is this the image of a 2009 Carroll Gardens development discussion? A “for sale” sign has gone up at 227 Carroll Street, which houses the Casa Rosa restaurant. Last night, we got an email titled “Development Fever Spreading,” that said “huge realtor sign on Casa Rosa Restaurant….Building for Sale…development Site…” It’s being marketed by Massey […]

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When all is said and done, lighting up the Parachute Jump will have cost $3.45 million, give or take. Last week, Borough President Marty Markowitz announced a $2 million redo of the lighting designed by Leni Schwendinger and the city issued an RFP for the job. Mr. Markowitz is now calling it “Phase II” of […]

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1) Park Slope: Work is very much underway on the Seventh Avenue storefronts that once housed D’Agostino’s and Gothic Cabinet Craft. The plywood is up around two-thirds of the property and permits have been issued by DOB, although they don’t make clear who the new tenants will be. When we passed by, not a single […]

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The newest venue for music in Brooklyn is…the Masonic Temple in Fort Greene. “This 99-year-old hall, a place known for secret society meetings and wedding receptions for Masons and friends of Masons only, is Brooklyn’s new alt music venue, and we have Brice Rosenbloom, of boomBOOMpresents, to thank. The Fort Greene music promoter, who’s booked […]

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Yesterday, someone who it would be fair to say is not a fan of the city’s decision to reject a proposal that would have radically remade the Brooklyn House of Detention at Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street, emailed the proposal around. The proposal came from a group that included Hamlin Ventures and Time Equities as […]

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As of 7:50 AM today, the petition calling on the Mayor to allow the 200 residents of 475 Kent Avenue to return to their home had gotten 2,802 signatures.–475 Kent Ave. Petition

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The big project that Quadriad Development has underway right up the block from The SteelWorks Lofts that we noted below is making progress. The five-story buildings are the first phase of a project that could include towers up to 24-stories tall, although current zoning limits buildings in this location to six stories. The site has […]

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If you’ve ever gotten really ticked off at 311 or, conversely, if you’ve ever been pleased or okay with it, here’s a chance to offer an opinion. The city is doing a 311 “customer satisfaction survey.” Click here to fill it out. Even if that call about construction work next door going on at 11PM […]

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The Rat-Squirrel House of Cobble Hill is one of those stories that you know is going to have legs: a decrepit house amidst valuable property with a possible eccentric person living inside with rodents. Come on, you know it’s going to show up on TV and in a couple of papers. The real question is: […]

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[Photo courtesy of Nathan Kensinger Photography] Filmmaker and photographer Nate Kensinger takes a look at Deadhorse Bay on his Nathan Kensinger Photography blog this week and the images are riveting. He writes: Dead Horse Bay lies at the southern edge of Brooklyn. Once a marsh, this area was slowly filled with rubbish. Its name comes […]

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