Are the skateboarders in front of Homage on Smith Street a menace and does skatboarding on Bergen Street make driving a nightmare? Or, is the real nuisance the parade of strollers and the mindboggling jam in front of the Tea Lounge on Court Street? There are many opinions, including nearly 80 comments.–Curbed

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There’s a certain something about the mass of this sofa and the way everything is piled atop it as it waits to meet its maker that is compelling. It comes from the camera of Miss Heather and was captured on Roebling Street in Williamsburg.

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The gloom we’re seeing at the Brooklyn weather observatory is a precursor to what is supposed to be a rainy day. The forceast calls for some rain, starting around 10AM, and a high of 49. Tonight will be rainy with a low of 38. All in all, a good day to use and lose an […]

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Is there a miniature game of Beat the Clock underway with the controversial building at 360 Smith Street and others in Carroll Gardens? A text amendment to city zoning that would change an odd city definition that has defined a number of very narrow street in Carroll Gardens as being wide (allowing taller buildings) is […]

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The battle over the proposed downzoning of Grand Street to eliminate the possibility of towers in a predominantly low-rise neighborhood is coming down to the wire. Much of the impetus to get it done has been an effort to thwart two particularly tall Karl Fischer buildings that developers want to build at Driggs and Grand. […]

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We consider composer Phillip Glass the ultimate cerebral musician. Therefore, we take great pleasure in watching him ride the Cyclone in this video which is part of the trailer from a fascinating looking new documentary on one of the true living musical geniuses of our time. The documentary is called GLASS: A Portrait of Phillip […]

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We write about the area around Carroll and Bond Street a lot, but usually in the context of development issues. Yesterday, around noon, a reader sent us a photo of a police investigation related to a death at 326 Carroll and said that foul play was being investigated. As it turns out, someone living in […]

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Our frequent coverage of Coney Island has landed us on an interesting mailing list. Yesterday, we got some interesting spam from Svetlana Timofeeva in the Republic of Moldova asking us if we’re interesting in buy a carnival ride called Top Spin 2: “Our company name is ‘Sinax’ SRL and we are the owner of a […]

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One of the hallmarks of some of architect Robert Scarano’s work is the use of exterior wood. Among the buildings that have gotten this treatment is the one on Bond Street that we call the Bunker. (The same building with the dogs that attacked people and a small black dog last week.) The vicious attack […]

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We got an email yesterday alerting us to the opening of Metal and Thread on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook on Saturday. The shop opens Saturday (3/29) at Noon and there’s an opening party from 4PM-7PM. It’s located at 398 Van Brunt, which is between Coffey and Dikeman Streets. One can check out some […]

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As we reported yesterday, PS 154 in Windsor Terrace became the first school in New York City to ban the use of styrofoam trays and substitute eco-friendly trays made from a sugar cane fiber known as Bagasse. Whereas styrofoam is a petroleum-based product that takes tens of thousands of years to break down, the cane […]

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Olive Vine, which has two Park Slope branches, is opening up a new location on Court Street. “All I got on this one at 316 Court Street at Degraw Street is what the sign says–fine Middleastern [sic] Food coming soon with the name of Olive Vine Cafe. Hey, if it means a secondary spot for […]

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We’re slightly behind the curve about Brooklyn Flea this week, but given all the press big and cool new flea market coming to Fort Greene from our friends at Brownstoner has gotten the last few days, (New York Magazine hit it on Monday; the Daily News wrote it up at length yesterday.) one would have […]

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It’s hard to make too much of this, but there something in the decline reported in “four Brooklyn neighborhoods hard hit by the subprime lending crisis over the past six months.” A report from HMS Associates says that home sales in Bed-Stuy, East New York, Brownsville and Ocean Hill were down 64 percent. The reports […]

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We love new blogs that get us to stop skimming and actually read. The wonderful new Carroll Gardens Brooklyn History blog. It combines informative posts about neighborhood history with vintage photos and some more current issues. Check out an excerpt from this post about the Carroll Street Bridge, which is one of our top five […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Killings in Two Brooklyn Neigbhborhoods [NYT] Mr. Ratner’s Brooklyn Tech Pledge [AYR] Doctoroff Cleared to Work on Big City Projects [NYT] 150 Myrtle Revealed [Brownstoner] Street Trees Now Mandatory for New Development [110 Livingston News] Street Trees No Longer an Optional Accessory [CityRoom] Details About […]

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We’re a little early on this, but it’s never too soon to start thinking about the real onset of spring. April 5 is “Opening Day” at Prospect Park and will include the Little League Parade, a volunteer cleanup and other activities. Here’s a bit from Eugene Patron of the Prospect Park Alliance, who sent this […]

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The scaffolding around the Quadriad Development site on Bedford Avenue at N. 3 Street in Williamsburg is up and the Stop Sign…well, it’s still visible, as long as one is not in a hurry and looks carefully.

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“Yesterday I finally brought our deceased Volvo’s license plates to the DMV Express on 34th Street. We knew that we couldn’t discontinue our insurance unless we surrendered them. Who can forget the hall of hell that the Department of Motor Vehicles used to be. Sometimes I think I am hallucinating when I go to the […]

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This seating comes from Eldert Street in Bushwick and even has seat belts. It comes via the roving camera of Miss Heather.

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The Karl Fischer building at N. 4 Street and Driggs in Williamsburg has a name: nforth. The tagline is “Go forth.” Will construction sites next to it and behind it be a disincentive to buyers?–Curbed

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[Photo courtesy of Charles Andrisano] The photographer, Charles Andrisano, emails to say, “Spring is in the air, and I took advantage of our ever present sparrows. This shot was taken from my living room window in Bay Ridge two days before Easter Sunday.”

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Today’s forecast calls for some spotty showers this morning, with cloudy skies that will yield to sun and a breeze, although outside the Brooklyn weather observatory it would appear the clouds have or are yielding early. The high will be 59. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 71.–Accuweather

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PS 154 in Windsor Terrace officially became the first school in New York City to ban styrofoam lunch trays and replace them with environmentally friendly trays made from sugar fiber. Council Member Bill de Blasio appeared at a press event this morning with parents and students to make the announcement. City school currently use 850,000 […]

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This is the scene a little while ago as sent to us by a GL reader in Carroll Gardens. A reader writes that a resident was found dead on in an apartment on Carroll Street near Bond and that police are trying to determine if foul play was involved. Our reader writes: “The site of […]

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