[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is 644 Pacific Street, which is near Sixth Avenue, in its current state of demolition. The building with the water tower is the Newswalk Condo, which will remain standing and, ultimately, very lonely surrounded by newly vacant lots.

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We posted last month about the coming of Five Guys Burgers and Fries to part of the space that was once occupied by D’Agostino’s on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope. Five Guys has recently marked its turf right alongside the impending Bank of America next door. Coming in July.

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This pimped fire plug comes from Church Avenue in Kensington, complete with hat, glasses and book on Javascript. We believe that it also supplies water to put out fires if necessary. The photo comes from the roving camera of Miss Heather.

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This is 208 N. 10 Street, one of the consistently dangerous construction sites in the area we call the Williamsburg Triangle of Death because of the large number of treacherous construction and demolition sites whose hazards are rarely addressed by the Department of Buildings. (The site is a huge property between Driggs and Robeling and […]

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Some things manage to press a button that goes directly to one’s reserves of anger. So it is with this tale on writer Felicia Sullivan’s blog, which is ostensibly about why someone is fed up with Park Slope (yes, taking off on the theme of that New York Times article again), but is really about […]

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Brooklyn schools are about to get swamped by a wave of overcrowding as the effects population growth and residential development hit dozens of neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the Education Department has done little to anticipate growth. The summary in today’s Daily News is grim. Take Williamsburg and Greenpoint: “…the City Planning Commission projects a general population increase […]

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This could get interesting. A long post on Streets Blog is deeply critical of Assem. Hakeem Jeffries involvement in the issue. (The rally is at 6:30PM at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church.) Streets Blog writes: “…this move reeks of cynical pandering from someone who had ample opportunity to stand up for transit riders mere weeks ago, […]

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[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] Ever about whether the old tree out front is going to survive a strong storm or wind? Here’s one that didn’t this weekend. Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent sends this image of a tree that came down on President Street between Clinton and Hicks (Brownstoner had the same fallen tree […]

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For most of the 19th Century, Stewart Avenue–which is named for a landowner along its route–was Bay Ridge’s main drag. It “once ran straight up the spine of what was then the western edge of the town of New Utrecht….Today, you can more or less make out Stewart Avenue’s old route on the map by […]

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We’re going to go out on a limb here and say that Union Hall’s new venture on Seventh Street between Second and Third Avenues in Gowanus won’t be ready until fall. Yes, back during the Winter, they were saying that construction would last through spring. But a reader pointed us to this ad on Craigslist […]

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It is not going to be a good year for Community Boards, most of which can’t get the projects they want funded by the city and are also in line for budget cuts. “Eighteen Brooklyn community boards recently submitted their wish lists for the preliminary 2009 budget – and judging by the city agencies’ responses, […]

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One of the people interviewed for the Hating Park Slope article in the Sunday Times didn’t care much for the outcome. “That’s the last time I give an interview. I spoke to writer Lynn Harris months ago for an article she was doing on Park Slope. ‘Where Is the Love’ appeared in yesterday’s NY Time’s […]

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This interesting Williamsburg bicycle comes from Wythe Avenue on the South Side. It is only partly deconstructed, however.

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Close watchers of the Williamsburg development scene will recall the two Karl Fischer towers that had been planned for the corner of Grand and Driggs Williamsburg. One site is currently a big hole where a rather spirited game of beat the downzone had been going on until it was hit with a Stop Work Order. […]

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“The grand The indefinite suspension of alternate-side parking rules in Park Slope, Brooklyn, took effect today, and residents and the motorists greeted the change with a mix of reactions: joy, astonishment, apprehension, confusion and — yes, we have to admit it — a bit of the self-importance for which the neighborhood is sometimes, uh, criticized.” […]

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It’s short notice, but jazz artist Ravi Coltrane is performing a show at PS 107 in the South Slope tonight (5/20) at 7:30 PM. The show will benefit the school’s PTA. PS 107 is located at 13th Street and Eighth Avenue. The show is on the Fourth Floor of the school. Tickets are $20 and […]

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[Photo courtesy of 66 Square Feet] These chairs come from GRDN in Boerum Hill and are a very sure sign that summer is just around the corner, despite the ongoing cool temperatures from time to time.

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We reported on Rose Plaza in South Williamsburg last week, but here are the details of what is being planned: “A three-building, 801-unit (20% affordable) project with 29,000-square-feet of commercial space fronting Kent and Division avenues, rounded out by a waterfront esplanade. Rose Plaza on the River’s buildings would all have six-story bases and reach […]

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[Photo courtesy of arichman33/flickr] This patriotic tractor trailer is almost in time for Memorial Day. It comes from the Parade Grounds in Prospect Park.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning, we are not seeing the makings of a mid-May spring day. The forecast calls for it to be breezy with periods of rain and a high of 61. Tonight will be cool with patchy clouds and a low of 48.–Accuweather

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Are you a member of our GL Photo Pool? Please join and tag the Brooklyn photos you’d like us to see “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of JP Pagan/flickr] This is the full moon rising over Gowanus last night, as seen from Third Street

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The Flatbush Food Co-op is now open in a new space that is triple the size of its original retail store across the street on Cortelyou Road. The ribbon was cut on the new space at 1415 Cortelyou Road yesterday on a day during which many celebrations were planned.–Green Brooklyn

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The two buildings on Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint in the photo above do not appear to be leaning because of barreling or other lens distortion. They are actually leaning somewhat and would appear to have been in such condition for some time. The lot with the pretty purple fence in between is 602 Manhattan Avenue, […]

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