We always find tales of “customer service” interesting, so we were drawn to this item posted on the Park Slope Forum at Brooklynian asking if other people have had “terrible service” at the Park Slope Branch Library. The short answer is that some don’t like it and some say that the staff is helpful. Here’s […]

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Red Hot Szechuan, the Chinese restaurant on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, whose fate has been the subject of much speculation since the steel grate was rolled down a few days ago and failed to open again, is definitely dead. Its demise has been confirmed although no cause of death has been offered, leaving Park […]

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This is Gowanus Green from the Hudson Companies team. The design is from Rogers Marvel Architects and landscape designers West 8 and Starr Whitehouse. (Rogers Marvel and West 8 designed the winning proposal for Governor’s Island and the architectural firm is also designing the redo of McCarren Pool and 340 Court Street in Carroll Gardens.)

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Here are a whole lot of miscellaneous kinds of tidbits that could be of interest from the custom Ork Brooklyn map to the really good local taqueria that just reopened on Myrtle Avenue. There is a lot of music, dance, arts, and a drink or two in between.–Brooklyn Based

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We were going to categorize this as an “Upcoming” event, but it’s more than that because the meeting is about forming a group tentatively called United Friends of McCarren Park that will try to build support for and work on a variety of McCarren Park-related issues. An email has gone out from the Greenpoint Waterfront […]

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The guy at the newsstand next door to the space that was Tempo Presto at Seventh Ave. and Third Street and before that Mojo Cafe and before that….says it’s going to be a Mexican restaurant. They are doing renovation work. It looks like they took the bathroom out and are putting in new doors. (Curiously, […]

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We have to say that the issue of rezoning a small part of Dumbo to allow for higher density residential development almost seemed to come out of nowhere. On Tuesday, the Architects Newspaper reported that the Department of City Planning is considering rezoning an area bounded by Bridge Street on the north, John Street on […]

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As we’ve noted many times, the Williamsburg waterfront power plant proposal is still, astoundingly, alive. An obscure state agency called the Siting Board will meet next month to (again) determine its fate. The GWAPP group “urgently needs volunteers in the weeks leading up to the meeting. There are jobs big and small for anyone with […]

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There’s a new online petition to help push an idea to connect the G Train, which stops in Fort Greene near BAM to trains that stop at Atlantic Avenue. The MTA is promising to study whether such a connection between G and the lines at the Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street subway stations would work, but construction […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Cell Phones & Measles: Some Brooklyn Students Getting Cell Phones with Free Minutes For Getting A’s [NYT] Health Dept. Probing Measles Cases [NYDN] Brooklyn Measles Cases Raise Concerns [Sun] Other Stuff: Why Didn’t Forest City Ratner Announce Miss Brooklyn Cuts? [AYR] Deals by the Dozen […]

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Dig into the some of the people trying to help the Brooklyn Public Library raise money, which is having a kickoff event on March 8. They’re hoping to raise $10,000 this year, but only have 21 members so far and “a ways to go.” The goal is 300-500 members by the end of the year […]

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There’s a session this weekend on “Re-Zoning the ‘Atlantic Yards’ Footprint.” It’s presented by the Hunter College Center for Community Preservation and Development (CCPD) and sponsored by the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods. Here’s what the email says: What if our community was given a voice in planning redevelopment over and around the Vanderbilt rail yards? […]

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“At Coney Island Bagels in Brooklyn, a plain bagel with nothing on it has reached the one-dollar mark – up from 60 cents last year.” This is still cheaper than some bagel places in Manhattan, though, where they’re $1.20. Bagels were 30 cents 20 years ago and 50 cents just five years ago.–NYP

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There’s a panel discussion on “The Future of Coney Island” coming up at the Museum of the City of New York on Wednesday, March 19 at 6:30PM. We found it via the Historic Districts Council Newsstand and the Coney Island Message Board. Here’s a bit about it: Lynn Kelly, President of the CIDC, will present […]

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No one, it seems, wants the Khalil Gibran International Academy, the Arabic-themed school in Brooklyn. Park Slopers gave it the boot last year. So, it moved to a spot in Boerum Hill, which it apparently has outgrown. The plan for next year is to move it to PS 287 in Fort Greene. Guess what? “At […]

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[Photo courtesy of Eric Provost] We were going to put this photo in our Street Couch Series, but since it’s only a chair, and a wooden one at that, we decided against it. The photo comes from Eric Provost, who hit us off with a bonanza of images this week. The blue fence is the […]

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We were sad to get an email overnight from the person behind the Right in Bay Ridge blog announcing that the blog is being suspended. The email said, “After much reflection and a shift in priorities, I have decided not to continue running the Right in Bay Ridge blog any longer…Should I be able to […]

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American Gangster Math Tutor, Williamsburg

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We got an email from Kim Maier, who runs the Old Stone House in JJ Byrne Park and has turned it into an active community facility for the arts and other programming about an upcoming Friday Night Jazz event on March 7 at 8PM. Here’s more: The Old Stone House of Brooklyn is the perfect […]

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Well, this parking sign is still there and still readable if one tilts one’s head. It is a victim of the building going up at 111 Kent Avenue, at the corner of N. 7 Street.

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It’s going to be quite sunny, but breezy and colder today. The Brooklyn high will be 30, but it will feel like 17. Look for clear skies tonight with a low of 21 that will feel like an invigorating 12 degrees.–Accuweather

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Yesterday, we noted that one of the more interesting things that was said at the community meeting on Monday night about the big Public Place development along the Gowanus Canal was the fact that the owner of a neighboring property was said to be interested in joining with the winning development team. The privately-owned parcel […]

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Someone was kind enough late yesterday to send us high quality renderings of the Related Companies/Monadnock proposal for the Public Place parcel. Related is one of the two finalists along with the Hudson Companies to develop the long-vacant property which was once home to a manufactured gas plant. The city will likely choose a developer […]

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The big $16 million renovation of the Park Slope Armory had a ceremonial ribbon cutting yesterday. City Council Member Bill de Blasio, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Department of Homeless Services (DHS) Commissioner Robert V. Hess, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Linda Gibbs and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber took part. […]

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There is no definitive word on the fate of Park Slope’s Red Hot Szechuan, whose possible closure we first reported yesterday, but the signs are not good at all. No one in answering the phone and the steel grate is down. Our investigation took us to the Dept. of Health inspection database, but there’s no […]

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