The new St. Clair Restaurant, which is taking the place of the old one at the corner of Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue has a new sign. “Glad the new owners kept the old name, and, taking the sign’s aesthetics as face value, they seem to be trying to retain the spirit of the diner.”–Lost […]

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This guy was found in Park Slope on Sixth Avenue and Sixth Street last night, after apparently being injured by a car. The people that rescued him posted this on Brooklynian yesterday afternoon: My husband & I found a cute brownish/reddish dog on Sixth Ave & Sixth Street around 11pm last night. He’s about 25lbs, […]

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A Federal Appeals Court has dismissed the eminent domain case brought against Atlantic Yards. It is the last remaining major legal challenge against the project. The decision can be still be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Forest City Ratner distributed copies of the 24-page ruling to the press. Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn quickly issued […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brownstoner] Our friends at Brownstoner attended last night’s Community Board 1 Landmark Committee meeting and caught the developer’s presentation about the New Domino. The photos are either riveting or alarming, depending on one’s point of view, and show a project that, as expected, would radically transform Williamsburg. The full set is over […]

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Those who have mourned the demise of the paving stones torn out of Beard Street in Red Hook to make way for a smooth, paved street that can handle Ikea traffic can stop: the paving stones are back. They are not on the street, but rather on the sidewalk, alternating with spaces where trees will […]

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Whenever we pass by the building that we like to call The Bunker on Bond Street because of its lack of windows superior abundance of wall space, we check to see how much progress has been made. We’re not sure if it’s the slowest moving building project in Brooklyn, but that’s only because there is […]

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How one feels about the way the Target on Flatbush Avenue looks probably depends on how one feels about Atlantic Center-type buildings versus wanting to have a Target nearby. In any case there are many photos which one can use to draw conclusions in case one hasn’t seen it.–Fading Ad Blog

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Among the stranger details to emerge from a presentation that Rafael Viñoly gave about the planned New Domino development in Williamsburg yesterday was the fact that he wanted to build a pedestrian bridge to Manhattan, but that the developers had said no. Other relevant information sent to Curbed yesterday included a description of the big […]

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Another Carroll Gardens small business is in its last weeks. Hole in the Wall Video on Court Street is closing in March. It has been there for two decades and will be closing its door for good on March 19. “During those years, my kids went from renting The Little Mermaid to checking out Deadwood. […]

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A GL reader sent us an email yesterday with an observation and a question that is worth passing along: “I just drove by park circle and saw a goose that I hear has been living there for 4 days or so. Doesn’t that seem strange? I think there might be something the matter with that […]

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We stopped and stared when we were taking photos on Beard Street and realized that a stoplight was being installed in front of what will be an entrance to the new Ikea. We will admit that this is an insignificant thing to many people, but it is a rather symbolic thing to those that recall […]

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Some of the architecture on Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill is uniquely Brooklyn and certainly makes for a great photo feature. Yet, there is one photo missing from the collection: “Not pictured is the man I spotted pulling down his pants and taking a shit on the sidewalk. That’s right. I saw someone shitting on […]

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Ikea sent press releases out everywhere yesterday “announcing” that it is accepting applications from the general public. The release said that Ikea “has begun the general recruitment process for its 1st New York City store, set to open Summer 2008 in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook.” Ikea had previously announced that it would only […]

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Brooklinks is selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Will Ward Bakery Be the Next to Fall on Atlantic Yards Property? [Brownstoner] Nasty Clash Over Khalil Gibran School at City Hall [Sun] Altered Movie Posters of the G [New York Shitty] Russian Mobster Gets Two Long Sentences in Killings [NYP] Bay Ridge to Lose Longtime Wine […]

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“Chinese New Year 2008, the year of the Rat officially begins on February 7th, but since it’s a work day the real fun will be three days later” on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park where thousands watch the celebration. “The Brooklyn Chinese American Association that sponsors the annual Chinese New Year’s Celebrations on 8th Avenue […]

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The Brooklyn Botanical Garden is hosting a Lunar New Year’s celebration on Sunday (2/3) from 10AM-4:30PM. They write: Because plants are such an important element of a traditional Lunar New Year celebration, the Garden is the ideal setting to welcome 4705. Plants native to China, Korea, and Vietnam in Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s outstanding collections will […]

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They’re having a marsupial moment at the Prospect Park Zoo, where they have a four-month old joey (whose mom is named Christy and dad is named Junior). The marsupial will grow up to be five feet tall and be able to jump 30 feet. Once they figure out if it is a he or a […]

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Can you find the One Way sign in this photo taken on Lewis Avenue in Bed-Stuy? It’s not that hard to locate in a photo, but we can see where it might be a bit challenging in a moving car and could result in some issues if the direction of the street in question is […]

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I.R.O.N.Y: Those big, blow-up rats that are brought out to protest non-union work at development sites and businesses are made in a non-union shop. “Go figure. On a rare trip to Midtown East for a meeting Wednesday morning, we spied an all-new yellow “union rat” peering into the second floor windows of an office building […]

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This flier is posted around Bushwick. It says “please give him back,” which leads us to conclude that Poffy did not run away of his own volition. The photo comes from our Greenpoint Correspondent, who like us, loves animals.

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Anyone who’s walked down Union Street in Park Slope has probably seen the sometimes funny and sometimes weird posters in the window of a home. There is a man and a story behind them, of course.–Gothamist

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