You simply don’t see a lot of drawbridge signs in New York, but there are a number of them in Gowanus, where there are five drawbridges over the Canal, all of which open and close from time to time. This signs is on Ninth Street as one approaches the Ninth Street Bridge under the Smith-9th […]

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It’s official, “A week from now, Atlantic Ave will be irrevocably changed. Mark those calendars.” The new Urban Outfiters is opening on March 13 and there is photographic proof.–Racked

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[Photo courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent]We’ll simply call it St. Agnes in the light.

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There is little one can say about today’s weather other than it’s going to be pretty darned nice. It will be partly sunny with a high of 54, which will feel like 56. Tonight, look for partly cloudy skies and a low of 40. Tomorrow, though, clouds increase and rain is expected late.–Accuweather

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A new South Brooklyn neighborhood coalition is in the works in Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook to push issues on which there might be common ground. A private meeting took place on February 27 to discuss the mechanics of setting up the group and to work on developing a mission statement. Several groups, including […]

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The demolition of 340 Court Street is underway with windows now removed from the building. The fence and sidewalk scaffolding, which should be features of life on Court for 18-24 months are also completely up. The Union-Sackett Block Association had a meeting with executives from the Clarett Group last week, but haven’t disclosed what was […]

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“So, which Brooklyn Post Office bites the most? Is it the Kensington Post Officer, where the guy was went postal on the famous YouTube vid last year? The Times Plaza Post Office, whose horrors could generate its own blog? Or the Ninth Street Post Office in Park Slope, whos suckitude has also been well documented? […]

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These newest complaints from Boerum Hill are of a specific nature, but interesting in terms of some potentially new obstacles that residents face. Here’s one: I just came back from the post office to retrieve a package I had tracked; the information online was that a notice had been left (it wasn’t – or it […]

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Is Park Slope a generic description for a certain kind of neighborhood? Well, the discussion is filling up the Park Slope Parents email list to judge by the number of them we’ve seen in the last twenty-four hours. It began with a Park Slope resident contemplating a Boston move and wondering “Is There a Park […]

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When we last visited 333 Carroll Street, the troubled building with the Robert Scarano-designed growth on top that helped get the Carroll Gardens downzoning movement rolling, the lights were burning late into the night. Yesterday, the Carroll Gardens Hell Building was hit with another Stop Work Order and a “ten-day letter of intent” to revoke […]

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Some Pratt professors and students are trying to come up with plans for Admiral’s Row in the Brooklyn Navy Yard that would allow for both preservation of the Historic Structures and development of a supermarket on the property. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that “City planning and architecture students have come up with a number […]

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[Rendering courtesy of Rafael Viñoly Architects] The Landmarks Preservation Commission considered the proposed changes to the landmarked Domino Plant in Williamsburg yesterday, and told the architects to come back with a different design. The WGPA blog brought news of the hearing yesterday afternoon. New Domino architect Rafael Viñoly even appeared at the hearing, but it […]

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“A Domino’s Pizza marketing campaign that offers speech lessons to Brooklynites who want to rid themselves of their ‘annoying, fake’ accents has irked borough pizza lovers. The telephone hotline campaign, a tie-in to the national chain’s Brooklyn Style pizza, argues, among other inaccuracies, that fuhgeddaboudit is – get this – three words. ‘Our accent-recognition technology […]

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The image of the Fingerish Building below came with a photo of this humongous TV on the street outside, courtesy of our wide-ranging correspondent Miss Heather. It’s seen better days, but boy, is it big.

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Nevermind the prudish reactions to the news about Babeland opening on Bergen Street in Park Slope. There is evidence that the Slope is a very, uh, lustful place. “…not only are Park Slopers uninhibited; they’re downright kinky! A quick browse through Craigslist’s personals for this particular pocket of Brooklyn proves it. Park Slope is rife […]

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This is 31 Kosciusko Street in Bed-Stuy between Bedford and Nostrand. Miss Heather emailed it over after having a look at new construction in the neighborhood because it struck as being somewhat Fingerlike. We agree that it has the essential qualities that make a Finger Building, although the height of the building it adjoins doesn’t […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: What Will Replace Bergen Tile in Prominent Development Site? [AYR] Brooklyn Jury Acquits Man of Trying to Murder Officers [NYT] Brooklyn College Opening First Dorm by Spring [NYDN] Junior Mynt Near Completion [Bed-Stuy Blog] The Bed-Stuy Beer Bong [New […]

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Here’s the rundown of the Brooklyn Community Board meetings coming up in the next week, courtesy of information compiled by the New York Daily News: Community Board 1 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg) will hold its next board meeting at 6:30 p.m. on March 11 at 211 Ainslie St. Community Board 2 (Fort Greene, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, […]

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Things may be looking up for subway access in parts of Brooklyn as MTA chief Eliott Sander announced that the MTA “is studying plans to rejuvinate the sleeping giant of a rail line that passes near the Junction from points east in Brooklyn and Queens.” The plan would involve converting a freight line for subway […]

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Park Slope is not the best place in Brooklyn to find violated street signs in Brooklyn, but one does come across them from time to time. This one is from Ninth Street and Sixth Avenue.

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From the City’s Office of Emergency Management: “The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Watch beginning Tuesday, March 4, at midnight. The Flood Watch is expected to stay in effect until Wednesday afternoon, March 5. Rainfall totals may reach 2.5 inches in New York City, with localized flooding possible, and minor coastal flooding likely […]

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[Photo courtesy of Eric Provost] It’s not just that this latest Coney Island sunset photo sent to us by Eric Provost is gorgeous. It is. It’s that there is something fun in the photo if one looks closely. More pics of them tomorrow.

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Although a flood watch is still in effect, the forecast calls for rain early this morning with clouds eventually giving way to some sun. The high will be 58. Tonight will be breezy with patchy clouds and a low of 37.–Accuweather

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What will the proposed zoning change in Dumbo do? GL spoke with Brooklyn City Planning Office Director Purnima Kapur yesterday who laid out the changes and the rational behind them. (She also spoke separately with our friends at Brownstoner, indicating the Department is pushing to explain its proposal.) She describe the changes as being with […]

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As we noted yesterday afternoon, the MTA sent out a reply via its Government and Community Relations staff downplaying the asbestos removal work that upset many Carroll Gardens residents over the weekend. The agency said that the work was done in a safe manner and that air monitoring showed acceptable levels of airborne contaminants. It […]

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