Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: “No Comments” on Forest City Ratner Contributions to Dem. “Slush Fund” [AYR] East New York Principal Says School Cuts Will Cause Kids to Join Gangs [NYDN] Trader Joe’s Gets Thumbs Up from LPC [Brownstoner] Rally to Save Bay Ridge Green Church on Saturday [Bay Ridge […]

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Jonathan Bowles of the Center for an Urban Future sent us an email about an interesting panel the group will be co-sponsoring with the Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. at the Brooklyn Public Library on Wednesday, March 5. It’s called “Harnessing Brooklyn’s Creative Capital: The Impact of Self-Employed Creative Professionals on the Borough’s Economy.” It will […]

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Space in the “Venice Springs Industrial Park” might be suitable for any number of things from edgy restaurant to artist studio and scrap processing to bakery. Oh, and canal boat tour operator. Well, it’s an interesting way to get people to pay attention to the ad for the commercial space that one is leasing on […]

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Local filmmaker and poet Stepanie Gray is doing a reading poems from her book Heart Stoner Bingo at Vox Pop in Ditmas Park on Saturday (2/16) at 7PM. She emailed us to say that several of the poems she’ll be reading “are specifically about NYC and neighborhood themes/gentrification like Park Slope, East Village and Wburg/Bushwick.” […]

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“So what is the reason for its descent from glorious burger haven to rundown, just-about-to-be-closed burger shack (besides reported loss of lease)? Well, I think raising the prices was a mistake. Or at least it was a mistake when patrons have to put up with generally incompetent service, unsurprising moments like flat draft root beer […]

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In addition to only being placed about four feet of the ground and suffering a variety of indignities, this sign just got tagged up. It’s not remarkable compared to some, but there’s something we like about it because it’s somewhat diminutive.

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The Toll Brothers have revealed plans for their unnamed development on the banks of the Gowanus Canal. The plans are in a “scoping” document filed with the Department of City Planning. The developers are looking to rezone a three-acre property between the Canal, Bond Street, Carroll Street and Second Street as a “special mixed use […]

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If you know Greenpoint, then you know that this building seems to have been under construction forever. It has been. The original application for a permit was filed in 2001, although work hasn’t been underway quite that long. It’s been hit with a variety of Stop Work Orders (most recently for lacking at standpipe, which […]

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It looks like the petition that is a letter to Mayor Micheal Bloomberg about 475 Kent is drawing from a wide base of support. As of 8:00 AM today, there were 2,359 signatures. The petition only went up online on Monday. It says, in part, “in the spirit of the cultural tradition that has long […]

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“Yesterday evening’s public scoping meeting at Lincoln High School was a fairly orderly and tame affair. This wasn’t too surprising- considering that the meeting was devoted to specific responses to a specific document (the Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS)– but was still a departure from the emotion and boisterousness of other meetings that the Coney […]

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Leni Schwendinger, who designed the lighting scheme for the Coney Island Parachute Jump that Borough President Marty Markowitz announced it’s being done again as a “Phase II,” is speaking out and is not entirely pleased. The city has issued a 178-page RFP for the “lighting enhancement.” (Mr. Markowitz originally called the redone stucture “a beacon […]

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If finding a place to live in Brooklyn isn’t dramatic enough for you, perhaps you will enjoy it as a drama. There’s a play called “Open House” that’s all about, well, real estate and open houses. “Now through March 16, The Foundry Theatre is making it possible for you to enter private living rooms in […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] Ward Bakery is almost toast. Photographer Tracy Collins got some shots of demolition equipment moving in on the buildings, which many had sought to save. Atlantic Yards plans show the site will probably be used as a parking lot for nearly a decade before anything is built there. Mr. Collins […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: See ‘Ya Jason Kidds, Salesperson for Atlantic Yards [AYR] City Council Passes Electronics Recycling Bill [Sun] Hudson Companies Doing 13 Stories on Emerson Place [Brownstoner] Slain Principal’s Widow Against Red Hook PS 15 Charter School [NYDN] Checking Out Grove Street [New York Shitty] Valentine’s Day […]

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Are you waiting until the last minute? Could today turn into a love disaster? Fear not. Here are some last-minute tips that will enable anyone to look like a hero or heroine of love when all is said and done.–OTBKB

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We’ve posted about this before, but the day of free admission at the Wollman Rink in Prospect Park is taking place on Friday (2/15) from 8:30AM-9PM. Admission is free all day and skate rentals are $6. From the email: Wollman Rink offers fun for all seasons, providing 26,600 square feet of ice for skaters in […]

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The attempt to put a Green Street into Gerritsen Beach is dead in the face of community opposition. “Green Streets died tonight. It is now a dead issue. The community really came out if force against this proposal. P.S. 277 auditorium was packed to the point that it was standing room only…Then after a resident […]

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Just in from our Greenpoint Correspondent and in time for the day of love: A Valentine’s Loveseat from Kent Street in Greenpoint.

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There is little that can actually be said about this sign on Fifth Avenue for the “Park Slope Trail,” other than we wish we had taken the photo ourselves. The sign is genious.–Gothamist & Brownstoner

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Fitting the Valentine’s Day theme, we got an email from Nicole Block, who’s a Brooklyn-based custom stationary designer. She wrote to let us know that she’s co-hosting a bridal event with Yvonne Chu of Kimera, the dress and design shop on Atlantic Ave: It is called the Stationery and Skirts Event, and it’snext weekend, the […]

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Franklin Street, Greenpoint, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather]

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“How long has it been since you found the true love of your life? If it was at least 50 years ago, then you’re invited to Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Valentine’s party.” The party honors Brooklyn couples who’ve been married a half century or longer. RSVP to 718-802-4488. The event starts at 2pm at […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Among the things that one can do today, is bake something for the significant other. (You have time to bake, right?) For instance, Red Velvet Cupakes. “In a small bowl, sift the cake flour and set aside. In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugar until […]

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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