The first step for the Toll Brothers firm in trying to win approval for its big proposed development in Gowanus will occur tomorrow (Thursday, 3/13). That’s when a “Scoping Hearing” to determine the contents of an environmental impact study (or its scope) will take place at the Department of City Planning. The scoping document is […]

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In case anyone had a shred of doubt remaining, the new Kent Avenue will be nothing like the old one, which certainly didn’t have any pools with terraces looking over the East River and Manhattan. Although, it did once have piers and locomotives and warehouses.–Curbed

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Atlantic Yards and PlaNYC 2030 [AYR] Brooklyn Bridge Park Needs Bus Routes, Bikes [NYDN] Strong Opinion on Smith [PMFA] In Praise of Booty [New York Shitty] Haunted in Bed-Stuy [Bed-Stuy Banana] Broadway & Hart 70 Years Ago [Bed-Stuy Blog] Drug Dealer Attacks 2 in Brooklyn […]

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Some reactions from Brooklyn bloggers to the Eliot Spitzer scandal: Eliot Spitzer Inspires New Song: “Love Client No. 9” [Bay Ridge Blog] Client 9 [Sustainable Flatbush] Even Governors Get Lonely [White in Bay Ridge] Another Moralist Bites the Dust [Brooklyn Optimist] Jackass #10 [Bad Advice] Whither Spitzer? [Self-Absorbed Boomer] On Spitzer [Brooklyn Junction] Prostitutes and […]

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At the end of Huntington Street and the Gowanus Canal, it really is the end, particularly if one were to go over the barriers and check out the water.

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The city will be installing a new traffic light at Bond and State Streets in Boerum Hill to try to cut down on accidents. Some residents think it will make matters worse with cars speeding up to try to make lights (one person writes, “We should take a stand against all these lights…“), but others […]

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This beautiful specimen comes from Leonard Street at Montrose Avenue in East Williamsburg via our Roving Greenpoint Correspondent. She writes, by way of background: As anyone (especially women) who live in the area can attest, this corner is often populated by large groups of men “hanging out”. While drinking beer they sometimes enjoy themselves (and […]

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“On Thursday night, there was a robbery on the corner of Front and Washington Street. Another story said that the “same group” jumped a man and tried to “pull his eye socket out”. In another incident, the group pulled a man between cars and mugged him…With the increased number of families in the area, we […]

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It is face down on Meeker Avenue and may have been the victim of a traffic accident. It appears to have been in this condition for a while, given the dust and grit that have accumulated. Then again, on Meeker Avenue in the Burg beneath the BQE, that could happen in a matter of days.

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There is morning gloom at our Brooklyn weather observatory this morning. The forecast calls for a morning rain or (gasp) snow shower here and there. Otherwise, it will be cloudly, but the clouds will give way to some sun. The high will be 50, but it will feel like 44. Tonight, there will be patch […]

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No matter how you cut it, the survival of the Red Hook Ball Field vendors with a six-year permit is a victory. A beloved local institution has been saved, after a long struggle, and it is national news. The AP story on the permit has been picked up and is running in more than 60 […]

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Yogo Monster, the new very Oko-Pinkberyesque frozen yogurt place on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope opened on Saturday. We stopped in late yesterday afternoon to take a few photos and sample the goods. It wasn’t the most enticing evening for frozen yogurt, but give it a few weeks, and Yogo Monster will look like a […]

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Will 333 Carroll Street lose the growth that it gained on top, which is visible from a great distance? It’s unclear, but neighborhood blogger Pardon Me For Asking reports that Council Member Bill de Blasio told the monthly Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting last night that the Department of Buildings has found issues with the […]

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Today’s Daily News confirms what everyone already knew: the desperately needed repair of the Coney Island Boardwalk won’t happen until after the summer season, leaving people vulnerable to falls and serious injuries all summer long. Meanwhile, million-plus lawsuits filed by people that have been hurt by what we call Coney’s trip-and-fall boardwalk will continue to […]

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A lot of trees and tree branches came down during the weekend storm (like these in the South Slope) and we’re actually surprised there wasn’t more damage. In any case, yesterday a reader sent us an email about and a photo of the aftermath at Eighth Avenue and Garfield in the Slope, where a car […]

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“More than 30 Brooklyn subway stations could be targeted for badly needed renovations under the proposed capital budget plan released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority last week. From Bushwick to Bensonhurst, and many neighborhoods in between, dilapidated stations could receive $3.7 billion in repair and refurbishing over the next four years.”–NYDN

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These are a couple of images shot at the “Save Coney Island” event at Southpaw in Park Slope this past weekend sent our way by photographer and blogger Adrian Kinloch. The big–and happy–news that came out of the event is that boardwalk entrepreneur Dianna Carlin, AKA Lola Staar, will be operating a roller rink in […]

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Here’s an interesting question: Why are they rebuilding the sidewalk on Flushing Avenue in front of the Brooklyn Navy Yard without planning for the Brooklyn Greenway? “Seems kinda silly.” Indeed.–Brownstoner

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[Image courtesy of A Year in the Park] That 20-story glass structure that would rise in Prospect Lefferts-Gardens that we revealed last week, would be visible from parts of Prospect Park. This is a quick approximation that blogger A Year in the Park, who does wonderful items on Prospect Park every day, threw together. We’re […]

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[Image courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brookyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Legislator’s Corruption Trial Starts [NYT] Spitzer Scandal Fallout for Atlantic Yards? [AYR] City Says No Drugs in Water, but They Don’t Test for Them [NYDN] 35 PPW Whopper Chopper [Brownstoner] Park Slope Food Coop Considers Bottled Water Ban […]

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Sunset Park is among the many, many Brooklyn neighborhoods up for a rezoning, and City Planning will be making a presentation of its Sunset Park rezoning study this month. The big day is Thursday, March 13, and the presentation is scheduled for 6:30 PM in the office of Community Board 7, which is located at […]

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Here’s a random sampling of some reaction and posts by Brooklyn bloggers on the Spitzer/Client 9 prostitution scandal: The Spitzer Spritzer [New York Shitty] Holy Crap: Spitzer and Prostitutes? [Brooklyn Streets] The Spitzer Scandal: Any Fallout for Atlantic Yards? [AYR] Gov. Spitzer to Resign? [DITHOB] What Happens After Spitzer? [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Jackass #9 [Bad […]

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Local writer Gabriel Cohen, who is a wonderful person and whose work we admire, is doing a reading and presentation tonight (3/11) at BookCourt in Cobble Hilll. He will be presenting the third book he’s published in the last year, Storms Can’t Hurt the Sky: The Buddhist Path through Divorce. It’s a very personal story […]

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What are the retail possibilities for the huge Edge development–which will have 60,000 square feet of retail space–in Williamsburg and what do they mean for Kent Avenue? Consider the bit of speculation that Racked engaged in in its Like/Likely feature: …Who’s going to be doing business at the Edge? What we’d like to see open: […]

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It’s rare to find a mannequin with such cleavage, or even to pay attention to one, but this one at Dr. Jay’s in Downtown Brooklyn is “falling out of her dress stacked.”–McBrooklyn

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