GL will be on the Brian Lehrer Show tomorrow morning to talk about one of our favorite neighborhoods, Red Hook. We’ll be covering the state of things and the impact of the coming of Ikea in mid-June. Details to be posted on the BL show’s page on the WNYC site later. Right now, the segment […]

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Today, we inaugurate a new feature that we’re very happy about: interviews and reports from the Center for the Urban Environment. This feature is “Living Local Economies,” which will focus on local businesses that are green or focused on sustainability. The subject of the interview is Alexis Miesen Co-Proprietress of Blue Marble Ice Cream on […]

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We’re always interested in complaints about and tales of construction work going on at all hours. So it is with 602 Manhattan Avenue in Greepoint. We got this short email from a reader: On this property at 602 Manhattan Avenue, Greenpoint work goes on until 10:30 PM , as well as Saturdays. There are no […]

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There is more compelling evidence of the serious upscaling and development of Third Avenue in Gowanus. This is is a recently cleared development site at 433 Third Avenue, as noted by Brownstoner back in February, which will be developed as a six-story residential building with 27 units. It comes from SLCE, an architectural outfit that’s […]

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Today, we formally welcome Nicole Davis, the founder of the superb blog/email Brooklyn Based as a GL contributor. Nicole will be posting…well, whatever she would like from her extensive knowledge base of all things Brooklyn as well as directing readers to some of her wonderful posts on BB. Did we mention we’re very excited about […]

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Check out the latest episode of Brooklyn Independent Television’s A Walk Around the Blog featuring Ben Nadler of Kinetic Carnival looking at a community garden in Coney Island.

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Today is an exciting day for us as we’re formally welcoming not one but two new contributors. Writers from the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE) will be contributing material as The Urban Environmentalist. They kick off their “Local Living Economies” series today with a fascinating interview with the founder Blue Marble ice cream. Nicole […]

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[Photo courtesy Adrian Kinloch] This pot hole/sink hole is on Pacific Street near Vanderbilt. It was sent to us by GL Contributor and Brit in Brooklyn blogger Adrian Kinloch. Depending on which side of Vanderbilt it is located, one might call it Bruce Ratner’s big hole. To do so, however, would be wrong.

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There’s another press conference coming today to call on Mayor Bloomberg to avoid projected cuts of $539 million in the education budget. The budget is probably coming on Thursday, so this morning City Council Member Bill de Blasio (who is running for Brooklyn Borough President) along with Council Member Robert Jackson and other elected officials, […]

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Chalk up another car-related business formally gone from Fourth Avenue. We say “formally” because Parkside Auto Repair closed last year, having sold its property for $3.75 million. Since then, signs have offered the property for up to 20,000 of retail space. The demolition equipment came for the garage, which is now gone. There are no […]

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May 7 will be a very busy day in Carroll Gardens with three different meetings from which to choose: 1). KeySpan/National Grid is holding the first public meetings to “discuss the remedial investigation of a former manufactured gas site located at DeGraw near the Gowanus Canal.” This is the beginning KeySpan’s participation in the public […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brookyn-related information and images: · Renters Facing Huge Rent Hikes This Year [NYP] · Agreement Allows Ratner to Build 44% Smaller Phase I [AYR] · Chain Drugstore to Replace Key Foods in Bay Ridge [NYDN] · Mayor vs. Teachers, Round II [Sun] · Jeweler Shot in West Brighton [NYP] […]

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We call this little scene, behind a building on Atlantic Avenue, Printemps Mort.

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“We’ve got some bad news for L-train riding espresso drinkers. The tiny Williamsburg outpost of mini-chain Gimme! Coffee at 495 Lorimer Street has been temporarily shuttered by the Department of Health.” Reopening soon, though, apparently.–Racked

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Have a flickr photo you’d like GL and our readers to see? Drop it in our brand new Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool and tag it “gowanuslounge“! [Image courtesy of threecee/flickr] Tracey Collins has been working hard to build a visual record of the Atlantic Yards footprint. This is a photo taken a few days ago. […]

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From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden a fun vid of the cherry blossoms in time lapse. Very cool.

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“Single-game tickets for the Brooklyn Cyclones go on sale this Sunday, May 4 at 9am. Tickets are $7-$15 a seat. I want to be first in line for opening day tickets. Who wants to camp out overnight with me? Nathan’s is just down the street, and its open 24/7! We could take turns holding a […]

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Have a flickr photo you’d like GL and our readers to see? Drop it in our brand new Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool and tag it “gowanuslounge“! [Photo courtesy of lornagrl/flickr]

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There may have been a ribbon cutting in the winter, but the renovated Park Slope Armory won’t be ready for action until 2009. “The formal agreement between the city and the YMCA that’ll result in the Y running programs at the Park Slope Armory for five years has almost been reached…The new $16 million, 600-seat […]

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The Gala II The children are all nestled in their beds in the poorest quarters of Brooklyn, but a few, special Brooklynites continue to celebrate their triumphant creation, their gift to the needier folks: Affordable Housing Yes, it is a well known fact that the ability to generate affordable housing can reduce human pain and […]

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There is a chill in the air outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning as the sun starts warming things up. Today’s forecast calls for partly sunny conditions with a high of 58. Tonight, there will be some patchy clouds and a low of 44.–Accuweather

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A GL reader in Williamsburg emails about this lost cat: “I lost my Grey Tiger, 4 yrs old, about 15 lbs. neutered male. Went missing early AM sunday April 27 at 390 Hooper st in Williamsburg between s. 1st and s. 2nd streets. Please call if you have him at your home/shelter! I am so […]

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Here’s a little something we came across via the Bococa Parents Group email list that talks about a nasty little experience at the Vincent Dimattina Playground, which is on the far end of Carroll Gardens near an entrance ramp to the BQE. It alleges a racial/ethnic confrontation in the playground. Here it is: I just […]

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“When I wanted to head south toward Coney or Marine Park, I’d use avenues like Bedford or the Ocean Parkway bike path, which seemed infinitely more interesting than Ocean Avenue (which paled beside its parkway cousin). It just seemed so boring in comparison, mostly lined with uninteresting apartment houses…now I can discern highlights where there […]

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While Park Slope’s Union Hall is very popular with customers, it is not so loved by neighbors, many of whom call it a “public nuisance.” Now the bar is facing a hearing before Community Board 6, which recently handled another liquor license hot potato with the Jim Mamary oyster bar on Hoyt Street in Carroll […]

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