It is with a heavy heart that we note another local landmark is threatened. This time it’s the lobster sign outside Armando’s Restaurant on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. The restaurant is said to be closing. “Is it time for the BHB community to stand up and say SAVE THE LOBSTER! The sign has been […]

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Those that actually look at building permits see the name Fekete constantly. This is because the Fekete Brothers are expediters hired to, well, expedite the filing of building plans and permits. They are responsible for thousands of building permits and regularly work for very busy architects like Karl Fischer. (The building above, our friend 525 […]

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Those zoning text amendments drafted by the American Institute of Architects that would have allowed bigger buildings and were greeted by a lot of opposition once they were widely known, have been dropped. Queens Crap posted the full text of the AIA letter to Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden yesterday. The changes were complex, but would […]

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[Eclipse and Laundromat courtesy of broddi/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: “Lunar Eclipse Brooklyn” 2008 Tagged Photos [flickr] Lunar Eclipse from Brooklyn Heights [McBrooklyn] Buildings Dept. Cracking Down on Scaffolding [Sun] Greenpoint to DEP: Clean Up Your Act [New York Shitty] Edge Ready for Big Sales Push [Curbed] Meet the […]

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[Photo courtesy of Mirabelle Studios] This photo comes from the camera of sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle who is a regular GL photo contributor and whose work we love to feature. Check out a couple of other shots he sent us recently here and here.

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There are any number of tickets one could score to watch or do things this weekend. How about watching the Miss Brooklyn Pageant? Or dropping $200 for the Oscar Party at Steiner Studios? (There’s a less expensive event at Monkey Town in Williamsburg if one is motivated). Coming up, there’s also the Speak Up! benefit […]

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We got an email about a young Huskie that was rescued after being hit by a car somewhere on Ocean Avenue. He needs adoption and help. Here are the details: My sister saw an adorable puppy huskie get hit by a car running across Ocean Avenue. His leg and foot may be broken, and he’s […]

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We got an email from Park Slope United Methodist Church about their big annual book sale which is happening this weekend. Here’s the info: SATURDAY, Feb. 23 (8:30am to 4pm) SUNDAY, Feb. 24 (afternoon only – 1pm to 4pm) As always, there will be thousands of new & used books as well as DVDs, videos, […]

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One of the boardwalk gazebos in Coney Island (one of the most popular gathering spots, in fact) is now in a battered state. Actually, it’s been flattened, looking like it was hit by a car or truck, unless gravity and the wind conspired with rot to take it down. Will it be rebuilt in time […]

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One of our favorite of all messed up street signs are the directionally challenged one-way signs. Our Greenpoint Correspondent came across the one on Catherine Street in East Williamsburg.

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It could be the ebb and flow of retail and restaurants, but there are five businesses on Fifth Avenue that are either closing or have just closed: Biscuit BBQ, Nancy Nancy, Cocotte and Hollywood Video. Much elaboration in the comments section.–Brownstoner

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This specimen comes to us from Greenpoint, where the indefatigable Miss Heather has been coming across a large number of wonderful street couches. It is from Newton Street.

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“…Out of the corner of my eye I could see her beginning to slouch, rest her head on her extended left arm. The sighs were what really tipped me off. As we approached East Broadway, only one thought crossed my mind: What would I do if this girl suddenly began to puke. And just then….she […]

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If you thought the proposal for a big underground power plant in Williamsburg that would be built by Transgas at the Bushwick Inlet was killed in 2006, you’re wrong. If you thought it died in 2007, well, you’re wrong again. The Power Plant with Nine Lives is still technically alive, and there is yet another […]

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Yesterday, Brownstoner took note of the fact that the townhouses that are part of the 80 Metropolitan development on the site of the demolished historic Old Dutch Mustard Factory have gone on the market. We posted a photo gallery of them on Curbed and will simply note here that they are priced at about $1.635 […]

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Call them the perfect plants for parts of Brooklyn apartments that get no light and for people that want a very low maintenance house plant. Their name is Tillandsia “and are known in general as an epiphyte — something that gets all of its moisture and nutrients from the air (and rain, if it lives […]

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We ran still photos of the crap flow on the Gowanus after a heavy rain a couple of weeks ago. Since then, the Toll Brothers have shown their hand and the plans for the property bounded by Carroll Street, Second Street, Bond Street and the Canal. If the development gets the go-ahead and if it […]

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We used to enjoy the murals painted on the side of the Manhattan Chocolate Factory in Williamsburg, but not nearly as much as we’ve been enjoying the mess created since 568 Union Avenue was demolished. The site has even been violated by the Department of Buildings, but that has not impressed anyone enough to fix […]

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What sort of park is built with a twelve-foot wall on the East River that could block views of Manhattan? Well, it’s a possibility at the weird temporary park that is going in at the foot of India Street in Greenpoint. “They are going to pave over with colored concrete, remove the chain link fence […]

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We’ve been amused watching the building we call the Monolith of Fourth Avenue rise. One of the reasons for the monolith nickname is the fact that it’s so tall and thin, but the other is that it was going up without windows. Of course, we expected some to be added, but the way things are […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Rat-Squirrel House Now on TV [Lost City] Life Without OTB Betting Parlours? [NYT] Hawk Dines at 110 Amity Site in Cobble Hill [Curbed] Nets Newark Rumor Chat on WFAN [AYR] New Look Vanderbilt Playground in Windsor Terrace [Brownstoner] PLG Traffic Calming Forum on March 13 [Hawthorne […]

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The Red Hook Playgroup, a community-based preschool for local children, is having its 1st Annual Winter Fundraiser on March 5. A release says that the benefit concert will “christen” chef Neil Ganic’s new Beard Street restaurant Bouillabaise and adjoining Annabelle’s bar/music club. The performance will come fromm Las Rubias Del Norte. Here’s a bit from […]

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It’s hard to say whether the B61 bus or the G Train generate more discontent, except that we think the G generally gets more space on blogs and in print. Yet, the B61–which runs from Red Hook to Long Island City, via Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg–does manage to drive the people that depend on it […]

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We got an email from Heart of Brooklyn about Children’s Corner, which is described as “a kid-centric sanctuary in Prospect Park that includes Lefferts Historic House, the Prospect Park Carousel and Prospect Park Zoo” and includes the Brooklyn Public Library’s Kidsmobile. They’ll be hosting “Kids’ Sundays!” from 1-4pm on the first Sunday of every month. […]

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This messed up signage comes from Dodworth and Broadway in Bushwick, where there are many battered signs. It comes via our Greenpoint Correspondent, aka Miss Heather.

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