There is little one can say about the video that was posted yesterday about the solar-powered composting toilet at the community garden in Fort Greene. We suppose one way to do the story is to fuel up on fibers and coffee and head over with a video camera to record your experience of the special […]

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There’s a Wildflower Seed Give-Away going on at the Artisan Market at Fort Green Park on Saturday,May 31. Here’s a bit about it: Plant flowers and help save the bees/Honey Bees are in danger and are disappearing worldwide. They pollinate 30% of plants necessary for our food supply. Haagen-Dazs is providing 2,000 packets of wildflower […]

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Floppy Hose Wraps Floppy hose wraps Rubber, spins ‘Round the living tree, sick and More since hosting a noose For the neighborhood, Feeds the barren development site. In long sleeping lines the re-bars await On the shadows of a bottomless pit. Back hoes sleep A raindrop Topples Onto their apathetic Windshield. Coming down from the […]

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory a beautiful Memorial Day Weekend is starting. It will be partly sunny today with a high of 70. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 52.–Accuweather

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Here’s another piece of art work that has appeared and been bolted to a street sign post in Williamsburg. This one is one N. 5 Street near Wythe. We don’t know who the artist is.

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Oh, the singular joy of the deconstructed bicycle. We do love them. This one is from Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg on the South Side and it has clearly been reduced to its essence. We’re not sure how an actual tire and wheel have survived the onslaught, but they have.

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There are many activities planned to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge. If you are tempted to take a pass, remember that the next big event won’t be until 2033 when it turns 150. So, possibly, it’s best to check this round of festivities: Thursday, May 22 Celebration Kick-off: There will be a […]

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We’ve never seen as much parking in Park Slope as there is in this photo. Seriously, though, this is Eighth Street, which has been torn up forever for a sewer project and which has been a horror for drivers for months. It looks as though, with work having drawn to a close, the city is […]

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The Rabbithole Bakery & Bistro is slowly making progress on Bedford Avenue, generally drawing people who look through the grate outside to try to get a look inside. It’s definitely made progress since our last look. Rabbithole, which is located at 352 Bedford, is the new venture from the owners of the departed Read Cafe […]

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Here’s an interesting question that someone sent to us from the Park Slope Parents list that indicates some interesting things may be going on in Park Slope backyards: Hi – we are considering raising chickens in our small outdoor space (we have room for about 2-3). If anyone on the listserve has chickens, we would […]

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A geographer has found that New York City is 304.8 square miles, which 17 square miles smaller than previously thought. Brooklyn “lost” the most area, going from 82 to 72 miles, meaning that it’s largely responsible for the city’s shrinkage issue. The differences are attributed to better measuring techniques.–NY1

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We bring back our old Brooklyn Back in the Day series for this cool, cool photo of the Coney Island Boardwalk and Childs Restaurant a long time ago. The full size photo is worth looking at and it was uploaded to flickr by blackoutny. It’s especially fascinating to see some of the buildings that once […]

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Here’s one reaction to the rumor that super model Agyness Deyn has bought a loft in Williamsburg: “Is this a rumour? Like how every two years I hear the Salvation Army on Bedford is turning into a McDonalds? Or the one about Gwyneth Paltrow moving into the Edge? Or any of the countless other unfounded […]

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For those that are just tuning in, we’ve recruited a special correspondent to photographically keep tabs on the Great Park Slope Alternate Side Parking Experiment to see if cars are in fact cemented in place as some have suggested. On the second day of keeping track, it turns out the same “magic parking space” has […]

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Today, obviously, is the start of the Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary Celebration (and will feature our favorite event, fireworks from the Grucci family). Here’s an interesting account of “opening day,” which was officially May 24, 1883: Fourteen long years of anticipation, observations of daily progress, and spectacles, including mechanic E.F. Farrington’s 1876 trip across the […]

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The food and diet issues that predominate in Williamsburg and Bushwick, of course, are not hipster ones. “Kids growing up in Williamsburg and neighboring Bushwick have the highest chance in the city that one of their parents is obese. About 30% of adults are unhealthily overweight, according to data released yesterday by the Citizens’ Committee […]

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There’s a little street corner memorial service tonight in Windsor Terrace for Kyong-Sook Woo, the woman who was murdered a week ago in her dry cleaning store. It takes place at Tenth Avenue and Windsor Place tonight at 7PM.

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What does the new proposal for 110 Amity Street (the former Amity Street Horror) look like? Few people know as the developer hasn’t released any renderings of the recooked plan. Of course, no developer has an obligation to publicly release renderings. Some gladly do. Others refuse to do so, either preferring to have vague descriptions […]

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Tensions are mounting in Crown Heights, but is there a genuine threat of repeat of the riots of the 1990s or are some leaders overreacting? In the words of the Times, “The streets of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, resembled an armed camp on Wednesday…Crown Heights is flaring up again, as it has every so often since […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Dumbo Launches 125th Birthday for Brooklyn Bridge [Dumbo NYC] · Getting Ready for the Brooklyn Bridge Bash [McBrooklyn] · Celebrating the Brooklyn Bridge in Sunset Park [Best View in Brooklyn] · Debuting the Brooklyn Bridge Signs/Lights [CityRoom] · Boater Looks for Many Who Saved […]

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We had a photo yesterday of the new lighting at the Brooklyn Bridge that was put in our GL Photo Pool and yesterday there was a media event/photo op to showcase the new signage and lighting. The signs were created by Emphasis Design and the “public art lighting installation” was done by Tillett Lighting Design […]

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“Built in 1889, the Alhambra—on Nostrand Avenue between Halsey and Macon—is a Romanesque Revival beauty: five stories, several turrets, a pointed roof, and 30 apartments (eight room each!). It was designed by Brooklyn’s own Montrose Morris, a starchitect in his day.”–Ephemeral New York via Brownstoner

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Here are next week’s Community Board meetings in Brooklyn, taken from the weekly list compiled by the Daily News: Community Board 5 (East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line and Starrett City) will hold its next board meeting at 6:30 p.m. May 28 at the board office, 127 Pennsylvania Ave. Community […]

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It’s hard to know what to makes of these flowers and the metal fortress that surrounds them on Bedford Avenue. Both the flora and the steel are recent additions. Rather than being an aesthetic choice (although aesthetics may play a role), we’re assuming it’s what’s required to allow flowers planted around a tree on Bedford […]

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Check out an up to date photo gallery of the development goings on on Fourth Avenue between Park Slope and Gowanus. There are many buildings making progress.–Brownstoner

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