Remember the groundbreaking for the Gowanus Whole Foods? That was way back in 2006. Since then, the site has largely sat abandoned, although it has provided many opportunities for strolls on the frequently open property. Yesterday, our friend Gabby Warshawer, who has been keeping close tabs on the development, reported on Brownstoner that the Department […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Advertising High School Coming to Canarsie [NYDN] Slope-Heights Mugging Map! [Brownstoner] Doubts About Atlantic Yards Parking Study [AYR] Tow Cop’s Cars at Atlantic Terminal Mall & Get Hassled by Cops [NYDN] L Train Will Be Screwed Up Again This Weekend [amNY] Revisiting the High School […]

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Here are some upcoming Brooklyn community board meetings, taken from a list compiled by the New York Daily News: Community Board 1 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg) will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 211 Ainslie St. Community Board 2 (Fort Greene, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn Heights, […]

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Brooklyn writer Gabriel Cohen has published three books in three different genres within the last year. The first was “Boombox,” published last May by Academy Chicago Publishers. The second was “The Graving Dock,” a sequel to his crime novel Red Hook, that Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Minotaur published in November. The third, due on March […]

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The image of this street couch, which comes from Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, was passed along to us by our Greenpoint correspondent. It also came with some dialog: Miss H: That sure is a nice couch.Man: Yeah.Miss H: I wouldn’t take that home if I were you, it might have bedbugs.Man: Really? Can they get […]

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Yes, it’s almost here. So, for some last minute options–because some places are already booked solid–you might want to check this excellent list for options like Farm on Adderly, Dressler’s, Palo Santo, Dumont and others. Also some suggestions on where to get treats. And, if you are anti-Valentine, well, there are regular things to do […]

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The Buildings and Construction Subcommittee of Brooklyn Community Board 7 is having a meeting today (2/7) at 6:30PM. It takes place at the Board’s office, which is lcoated at 4201 Fourth Avenue, with the entrance on 43rd Street and Fourth Avenue. The agenda includes review of a draft of a booklet called “Know Your Rights” […]

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This Williamsburg No Parking sign, on a street east of the BQE and south of Metropolitan Avenue has clearly seen better days, being both bent, stickered and kind of hanging there.

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Here’s a thought piece on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue that has a lot of an analysis of the issues plaguing what Borough President Marty Markowitz calls “a grand boulevard of the 21st Century.” Does the Novo Park Slope “looms fortress-like over the playground next door”? Does the Crest greet “passersby with man-sized industrial vents”? Does Hotel […]

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We started getting emails yesterday afternoon about boring machines drilling test holes at the future site of the controversial 360 Smith Street building in Carroll Gardens. It would indicate that the project is getting closer to getting underway. Speaking of which, we understand that 360 Smith developer Billy Stein will be appearing at the Carroll […]

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[Image courtesy of Rafael Vinoly Architects] The Landmarks Preservation Commission heard testimony about the five-story glass box developers propose to put atop the historic Domino Factory in Williamsburg yesterday, but took no action on the plan. It will hold another session in a few weeks. The Williamsburg-Greenpoint Preservation Alliance’s blog said that the LPC commissioners […]

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Red Hook may be a little less isolated by fall with the proposed extension of the B77 and B71 buses to South Ferry in Manhattan via the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. The changes could make life easier for some people hit by the planned closing of the Smith-9th Street station. The B77 bus runs from Park […]

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In another sign that upscale retailing is creeping south in Park Slope, the Department of Transportation is adding parking meters on Seventh Avenue from 11th Street through 15th Streets. A poster on Brooklynian quotes some information about it from Community Board Six: The Department of Transportation is under no legal obligation to notify affected property […]

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Here’s how you “bastardize” a townhouse: First, start with a developer and an architect. Then, you need greed and a real estate agent to peddle it. Also, you can’t have any consideration from the neighbors. Make it stand out from everything else in the historic neighborhood, hopefully by adding something to the roof that can […]

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The rebuilt McCarren Pool will feature a huge swimming pool in summer and ice skating in winter, although this will be the last year for big concerts at the site. The details of the $50 million renovation were presented to a community meeting in Williamsburg. “I was very impressed at how sensitive they were to […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Judges Criticize Handling of Arabic School Principal [Sun] Federal Appeals Court Questions Lawyers About Almontaser Firing [NYDN] “Feds Hit City on Arab School Ax” [NYP] Forest City Ratner Admits Inflated Atlantic Yards Revenue Claim [AYR] Photographers Have Rights, Even at Atlantic Yards [No Land Grab] […]

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We have been watching the demolition around Kellogg’s Diner at Metropolitan and Union Avenue, knowing that the Chetrit Group is planning a large building for the site that would have a significant retail element. We posted an early rendering of the frighteningly ugly building last year. Yesterday, a reader pointed Curbed to an updated rendering […]

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The siding at 167 Wyckoff is impressive, indeed. Very impressive, in fact, because there is so much of it. “I have not seen such exquisite use of aluminum siding in a very, very long time. You can always leave it to our friends down in Bushwick to be on the cutting edge of aluminum siding […]

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BCAT will be broadcasting the “State of the Borough Address” by Borough President Marty Markowitz on Thursday (2/7). It will air from 7PM-8:30PM on Time Warner Channel 56/ Cablevision Channel 69. Here’s a bit from BCAT: Don’t miss Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s final State of the Borough Address, live from the Brooklyn Cruise Ship […]

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Pay a visit to Canarsie, check out the photos and consider the debated etymology of Varkens Hook Road. “Varken simply means ‘pig’ or ‘hog’ in Dutch and is attributed to any domestic swine (or person resembling one). Varkensvlees means ‘pork meat’ as well. Hook, which the English adapted from the Dutch ‘hoek’ does mean corner.” […]

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Not far from the excellent Roebling Street Sofa that we posted yesterday, our Greenpoint Correspondent found this table with refreshments. In fact, if you squint hard, you can make out the sofa in the distance. Curiously, it had a rather nice looking muffin and bottle of what appears to be iced tea or punch atop […]

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Developer Shaya Boymelgreen has sold the hotel at Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue that was to be called The Smith to Hersha Hospitality Trust. The Smith will henceforth be known as the Nu and is supposed to open sometime in the third quarter of the year.–Brownstoner

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The development at 125 N. 10 has taken some liberties with street signage. We just noticed this amusing change to an alternate side parking sign. It may have happened earlier, but the sign sort of blends into its surroundings and is placed where one wouldn’t expect to find it.

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Here are some very cool, almost timeless, photos of Coney Island culled from contributions to the “Goodbye Coney Island?” flickr group. The Coney Island Sunset photo and Time to Rain, in particular, are gems.–Brooklyn Museum

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We thought we’d pass along a comment left by a GL reader that encountered a less than ideal situation when trying to vote this morning. Our reader writes: Voting chaos! I went to vote this morning at my polling place in Park Slope (8th Ave and 13th St) and was met by absolute chaos. After […]

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