It’s gloomy at the Brooklyn weather observatory early this morning and if the forecast is right, it’s not going to be the nicest day for things like Coney Island’s first day and the Park Slope St. Patrick’s Parade. The forecast calls for a little morning rain followed by wind and a chilly feeling. The high […]

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The spit-and-tape fence at the toxic Gowanus Whole Foods site took a hit during last weekend’s windstorm. A week later, it’s still down, although someone has thoughtfully added yellow “caution” tape to the wreckage. The good news is that no one even has to duck in order to go for a walk on the polluted […]

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From a distance the new sign being painted at the former Tempo Presto space on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope looks frighteningly like a Dunkin’ Donuts. And, it was closer to one yesterday than it was the day before: maroon and pink, but with a golden yellow stripe. The store also acquired the frame for […]

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Here’s this week’s adoptable pet of the week from the Sean Casey Animal Rescue shelter in Kensington. This is Tiny. Here is a bit more about here: Tiny is a one year old Jack Russell terrier/Pekingese…she’s spayed, dewormed, treated with Revolution to prevent fleas, ticks, ear mites and heartworm and she’s up to date with […]

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Last weekend, we posted the bizarre story of a Park Slope mugging in which the criminal got out of and drove off in an old Plymouth. At that time, the victim wrote in a Park Slope Parents email: It seems that this is a NEW kind of mugging, apparently the police had never heard of […]

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The status of the rehab of the Loew’s Kings Theater in Flatbush has been a mystery for a while, but today’s Post seems to confirm a report that appeared on Brooklyn Junction back in January that there is significant progress in finding a developer. In January, Brooklyn Junction noted that a “major” operator was interested […]

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Both of Coney Island’s amusement parks open for the season tomorrow. Even though Astroland is getting all the publicity because it’s back from the dead with another “final season,” adajacent Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park also opens on Sunday (3/16). The weather forecast calls for rain, which if memory serves, is what happened on opening day […]

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The Brick Oven Pizza Gallery on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg is toast, taking a small piece of us away with its gone-forever Brooklyn Caviar. We also enjoyed the outside patio they added a couple of years ago. Gone. All gone.—Brooklyn Paper UPDATE: This report is incorrect. Before we were able to check and verify it […]

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Yes, it’s that time. The annual St. Patrick’s Parade will take place tomorrow (Sunday, 3/18) in Park Slope. It starts at 1PM. The Parade runs down 15th Street from Prospect Park West to Seventh Avenue and then along Seventh Ave to Union Street. It goes up Union Street to Prospect Park West and then down […]

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[Way cool Gowanus photo courtesy of neonsplash/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Images: Gowanus Managers Office [Blue Jake] Outreach [Atomische] Litchfield Villa [Dalton Rooney] Construction Site [DavidGardinerGarcia/flickr] Wallabout Door [Clinton Hill Blog] Third Avenue [Park Slope Street Photography] Gowanus Rocks [neonsplash/flickr] Not Images: Brooklyn Schoolgirl Hit by Stray Bullet [NYDN] […]

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A new building on 39th street between 8th and 9th Avenues in Sunset Park is going to be a hotel. “Those were the rumors and buzz going around. One could also see that the architecture seemed to be more fitting for an office building or a hotel. Now we can confirm that it is a […]

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The quality of this looong video is sucky, but in a toy camera kind of way. The poster writes, “The sights and sounds of Coney Island as filmed by a Fischer Price Pixelvision camera circa 1993. Landmarks include the Cyclone and (now demolished, then abandoned) Thunderbolt roller coasters, the Wonder Wheel, Astroland.”

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Park Slope, Brooklyn

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“Toll Bros. Inc., the Horsham luxury-home builder, said it might face ‘significant’ losses if its joint-venture partners on a number of projects were unable to meet their financial obligations….Toll Bros. said that since it might not have a controlling interest in some of these ventures, ‘we may not be able to require these joint ventures […]

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Here is one from Lexington Street in Bed-Stuy as forwarded to our inbox by our Roving Correspondent Originating in Greenpoint. We call it an upside down couch.

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The forecast calls for periods of rain and drizzle this morning, although it certainly appears not be the case at the Brooklyn weather observatory. Morning clouds will give way to some sun. The high will be 56. Tonight, we’re looking at overcast skies with a bit of rain and snow toward dawn. Yes, that’s what […]

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We got an email from the Heart of Brooklyn Partnership about the kangaroo naming contest that started yesterday for this joey born at the Prospect Park Zoo. Frankly, we’d take any excuse to run these photos we requested from them, but the naming contest, which runs through March 20, is also a very good reason. […]

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The City Planning Department held its Scoping Hearing yesterday for the proposed Toll Brothers development on the Gowanus Canal. With neighborhood resistance to the project getting organized, the hearing attracted more attention than the average technical City Planning session. The room was full during the afternoon session and about 18 people spoke on the project. […]

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Even thought Lt. Gov. David Paterson does not assume the governorship until Monday, it’s never too early to get the campaign started urging him to “pull the plug” on the Atlantic Yards project. [Original image via Atlantic Yards Report]

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“Rat sightings have closed down six classroom trailers at a Brooklyn elementary school, with a teachers union official saying she spotted numerous rodents nosing around the temporary classrooms. Four pre-kindergarten classes, a kindergarten class and a special-education class usually meet in the trailers at P.S. 272.” The school is in Canarsie.–Metro

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Is the Brooklyn Museum in for some Atlantic Yards/Bruce Ratner blowback? Atlantic Yards Report notes there was visible anger at a meeting about Atlantic yards last night about an upcoming April 3 Gala honoring developer Bruce Ratner. AYR notes: …the crowd’s ire was spurred by breaking news that Forest City Ratner CEO Bruce Ratner would […]

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The neon sign has come off the Tempo Presto space at Seventh Avenue and Third Street and one side has been painted pink. For a brief moment we looked and thought it was being prepped for Dunkin Donutdom, but DD signs don’t have a pink background. Then we thought of the Rosa Mexicano chain, but […]

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Photoblogger Nate Kensinger celebrates the first anniversary of his blog by going inside Admiral’s Row and return with superb photos of the wrecked state of the historic buildings at the heart of a development controversy. If you haven’t seen them yet, check them out as they are very cool.–Kensinger Photography

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A few weeks ago, we noted that the Fashion Cafe on Seventh Avenue in the South Slope had closed suddenly and that some people that had clothing on consignment there were less than happy as they couldn’t get their things back. We don’t know the outcome there, but we do know there’s a sign in […]

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Who needs McCarren Pool? Our Carroll Gardens correspondent was wandering around Williamsburg & Greenpoint and filed this photo of the festering construction site at Manhattan and Skillman Avenues which seems to hold water nicely. Officially known as 123 Skillman, it’s been an open pit (or a hole with a foundation) for a loooong time, with […]

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