Robert Rodriguez, a 10-year Ridgewood resident by way of Bushwick, says hipsters have begun to penetrate the southern reaches of Ridgewood from neighboring DeKalb and Jefferson avenues in Bushwick “little by little.” With their arrival, the neighborhood has improved. “They’re definitely coming in and cleaning things up around here… They’ve even made it to Wyckoff. […]

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Grimshaw Architects have been picked to design a possible Coney Island amphitheater in Asser Levy Park in Coney Island. The announcement came from Borough President Marty Markowitz’s who said the Grimshaw firm, which has dozens of high profile projects around the world in its portfolio and is doing the redesign of the historic Queens Museum […]

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We are suckers for stories about the Little Pissing Princes of Park Slope, aka the little ones that take whizzes out in the street and the parents that help them. One the one hand, we understand the problem. On the other, we’re not sure why people think it’s okay to have their kids go on […]

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Was it barely two years ago that the lighting scheme designed by Leni Schwendinger was unveiled? Well, the very subtle lighting debuted to mixed reviews and apparently hasn’t done the trick and, now, Borough President Marty Markowitz is pushing a $1.5 million project that would include another redo of the lighting for Brooklyn’s Eiffel Tower. […]

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When last we heard about the 110 Amity Street development, the developer had sent out an email saying that they were going back to the drawing board to redesign the project so that it would be more in line with the community’s wishes. There had been objections a number of elements of the project, most […]

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Among the highlights of Borough President Marty Markowitz’s State of the Borough speech last night was a suggestion that the city cancel a that puts the New York Aquarium in Coney Island under the Wildlife Conservation Society, which runs the Bronx Zoo. Mr. Markowitz basically suggested the institution is getting a raw deal in terms […]

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It looks like Banbalotto, the hooka bar and Mediterranean restaurant on N. 4 Street near Bedford Avenue, may not be drawing smoke much longer. We came across a listing for a restaurant/lounge available for “amazing under market rent.” When we went to look we found it was a “a 2200 sq ft Hooka Bar on […]

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“Is anyone else disappointed at the quality of the coffee at the 7th Ave (10 St.) Tea Lounge? It used to be the best coffee around, but lately it’s fairly hideous…Plus, the place really looks filthy. Behind the counter it’s disgusting, the couches are even worse, and the outside of the place is a total […]

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This is the site of the proposed Oyster Bar on Hoyt Street near Union that has local residents fired up, opposing a new establishment on the quiet, residential street and raising cries of Not Another Smith Street. Our Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill correspondent sent the photo and an observation: This is the site of the Jim […]

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Someone forwarded us an email that originated with the busy and often interesting Park Slope Parents email group that returns to the topic of muggings in Park Slope that had flared up a few weeks ago, but that hadn’t been borne out by a statistical upsurge in robbery. In this case, someone living on Tenth […]

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Maybe it’s a little premature to say that Third Avenue is about to become the new Fourth Avenue (or something like that), but there is clearly a lot of activity on and around this forlorn Gowanus boulevard. All you need to do is put everything together on a map and the picture crystallizes. In short, […]

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That story about the MTA officer that harassed someone shooting video of the Atlantic Yards footprint reported by Atlantic Yards Report pissed off a lot of photographers and bloggers, many of whom do duty as journalists without the minimal protections offers by press credentials. (Not that a press card is a shield against those bent […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Markowitz Gives Final State of the Borough Speech [NYDN] Pushing a G Train Connection at Atlantic/Pacific Streets [BDE] Brooklyn Heights House Has Serious Case of Shingles [McBrooklyn] Hello Living Continuing to Rise [Brownstoner] 17th Street Fence Details [Brooklynometry] Across from the Domino Plant, Circa 1998 […]

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With the big development at 340 Court Street about to enter the demolition phase, the Union-Sackett Block Association, which is keeping tabs on the controversial development, is having its next meeting on Saturday (2/9) at 11:30 AM. The meeting will take place at the Carroll Gardens Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, which is located […]

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McCarren Park, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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The Burg is getting a green building at 439 Metropolitan Avenue. It will have a mix of apartments and office space from Helder Design. It’s NYC’s first LEED Platinum rating for a mixed-use buildings and one of several green buildings going up in Brooklyn, including the Greenbelt, another Williamsburg structure. The bad news is it’s […]

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We don’t know how long this sign in Fort Greene that was felled by street work has been sitting there, but we suspect it has been down for a very long time, we also believe that an ongoing project at Rockwell Place near BAM rendered it irrelevant. It makes for a lovely photo, though.

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Here’s an email that is making the round to promote a new “monthly lecture series” called Adult Ed that is “devoted to making useless knowledge somewhat less useless,” which is a cause we can always get behind, if not relate to. Per the email, “Each month is devoted to a given theme, and 4 speakers […]

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This street sofa is from Troutman Street in Bushwick and it comes via the busy camera of our Greenpoint Correspondent, who titled it a “Fubar Couch.” Indeed, it is monstrously fucked up beyond all hope. Miss Heather, who has photographed many street couches, offers a bit of analysis as well: Each neighborhood I visit has […]

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Everyone is buzzing today about the new Union Hall which will be opening on Seventh Street between Second and Third Avenues, and both Brooklyn Vegan and Gothamist had details as well as a statement from Union Hall’s owner. The Food of the Future blog first reported news of the new venue nearly two months ago, […]

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A reader sent us some photos a weird house on Orient Avenue that is not too far from an odd condo project being marketed as Olive Park. It’s ostensibly a far corner of Williamsburg, though some people consider it a far corner of Greenpoint. Here is the description that came with the photos: A guy […]

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The former Roebling Oil Building, now Warehouse 11 or W-11 on N. 11 Street at the site of the former Roebling Oil Field, keeps moving along. We were wandering past the other day, reminiscing about what the construction site still looked like a year ago when oil was oozing from the ground, when we noticed […]

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Schnäck, the eatery on Union Street in Red Hook, is going belly up. The end has been in the works for a long time, we guess, but it still makes us sad to lose one of our favorite stops for veggie burgers and a basket of artery clogging fries and onion rings. Not to mention […]

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The lighting project in McCarren Park has made major progress! The floodlights around the soccer field in McCarren Park, which will light up the night sky outside the expensive condos of Karl Fischer Row on Bayard Street, have been put up. We don’t know if they’ve been turned on yet, but they should be easy […]

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If your building is a floor shorter than your neighbors, what can you do? Well, on Dean Street, near Smith, the owners decided to add a new floor. Not only did they make the building taller, they did up the exterior with “shiny new metal” and “three small square windows.” The effect is quite impressive.–PMFA

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