Hamilton over on the Brooklynian message board posted this on the scene report of a “Fire Sale on Prospect Park West” yesterday. It’s pretty hilarious so we had to share. About 2:30 this afternoon this car burst into flame at PPW and 14th st. The fire department arrived in a few minutes and extinguished the flames without anyone […]

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Today we feature a very special cat: Mango. He is the most lovable cutie and pretty much the perfect cat anyone could want. Friendly, affectionate and happy around children. All he needs is someone to give him a chance: Adorable little Mango was rescued from Brooklyn. He is a snuggly orange tabby with big personality. […]

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On one of the most damn frigid cold day thus far in this winter season, we end on a note of charity. As previously mentioned, Monday (1/19) is MLK Day of Service, called for by President-Elect Obama. Warm Up to Change is hosting a Winter Coat and Blanket Drive in Fort Greene, and is asking […]

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[Photo courtesy of Betty Blade/Flickr] This is McDonald Avenue near Avenue C in Kensington in 1980. The photographer writes: “This is where the F train begins its rise to become an elevated train going out to Coney Island. I have to apoligize for my finger but I remember how nervous I was taking this picture […]

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This was shot this week at 6AM on the L train. Draw your own conclusions.

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Well, sometimes when you put up a post and you don’t know the answer, you get one. Such is the case with the mysterious big green building at the corner of Union and Bond Streets in Gowanus and has been on and off the markets. The broker from Brooklyn Heights Real Estate involved in the […]

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The Center for the Urban Environment (CUE) found Rolling Press owner Eugene Lee through the Sustainable Business Network NYC (SBNYC), a network of NYC business owners dedicated to building a vibrant, diverse and responsible local living economy in New York City. For more information on SBNYC check out www.sbnyc.org. Q: Where are you from originally? […]

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It looks like there is a nascent movement starting to block the construction of the $64 million outdoor ampitheater and Jones Beach-like concert facility in Coney Island championed by Borough President Marty Markowitz. The facility would be adjacent to residential towers housing thousands of people and destroy much of Asser-Levy Park. It appears, however, that […]

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And, now, we present our weekly restaurant review from our friends at Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog. This week’s feature is Five Leaves in Greenpoint: I finally made it over to Greenpoint to check out the much-hyped Five Leaves (18 Bedford Avenue, at Lorimer & Nassau, 646-510-6467).  This is the spot Heath Ledger was […]

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Lets face it, our lives in New York revolve around transportation. However it’s rare that we take a moment and really see the landscapes and scenery that are the foundation of our travels. Be it a ride to work or a trip to Brighton Beach, sometimes we forget that it’s all about the journey getting […]

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[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] We’re all for the city’s new public toilets, but it looks like the ones being produced by CEMUSA as part off the city’s liked or loathed (depending on one’s point of view) “street furniture” program have an edge on this model which roving Carroll Gardens/Gowanus correspondent F. Jasmin Adams […]

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· Plane Crash Pilot Hailed After Everyone Survives [NYT] · Markowitz Spends $6K on Jacques Torres Chocolate [NYP] · Steelworks Lofts Gets Eviction Notice from Sales Office [Curbed] · Thursday Afternoon at the Junk Shop [New York Shitty] · Write Amanda Burden to Rezone Carroll Gardens [Lost City] · One of These Brownstones is Different […]

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The Seventh Avenue restaurant Hunan Wok, which closed down about a month ago, is morphing into a bodega/convenience store. Per a poster on Brooklynian: “There’s now an awning up for your standard corner store, presumably selling old vegetables, milk, beer, ice cream and chips.” Another poster writes: “The new sign says OPEN 24 HOURS!! i’m […]

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[Photo courtesy of Stephanie Faith Wiens] This is the old BMT powerplant in Gowanus, also known at the Batcave. Revelations that it was a squatters paradise nearly three years ago prompted anonymous threats to a photographer and an anonymous online harassment campaign that was referred to in the New York Times on Sunday. (The cyber […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] This is the Lola Staar Boutique, one of the gems of the Coney Island boardwalk, being cleared out. The photo was captured by our dedicated contributor Deborah Matlack. Ms. Staar (Dianna Carlin) has been an outspoken critic of developer Joe Sitt and was told on Christmas Eve that […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] This is Bond Street in Gowanus in yesterday’s snow, looking peaceful. The building in the photo would be the southernmost part of the property upon which the Toll Brothers want to build their big Gowanus Condo Project.

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[Photo courtesy of Josh Derr/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a pic of Brooklyn Heights taken under a very light blanket of snow.

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There’s going to be a big benefit concert on Thursdays, 1/22, at Southpaw (125 Fifth Ave. between Sterling and St. John) for Sanctuary for Families, a nonprofit organization that assist victims of domestic violence. Damemas, Architects and Demolition Men, and Animal Hands will be playing, as well as DJ Ayres intermission’ing and DJ Skinny Friedman […]

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[Photo courtesy of Betty Blade/GL Flickr Pool] This is 36th Street near corner of Church Avenue in 1980. The photographer writes, “I think this was an old gas station.”

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The maker of this vid describes it as a “high strung” walk through the snow in Park Slope and Greenwood Heights.” Watch it and you’ll see what he means.

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While looking into Citadel Property Management‘s listing for Kitchen Bar, we also came across what looks like a “Reduced for Quick Sale!!” ad <strike>for the Mediterranean restaurant Olive Vine Cafe on 7th Avenue in the North Slope.</strike> Little D Eatery on  Seventh Avenue in the South Slope. According to their listing: REDUCED for QUICK SALE!! […]

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And, now, a few musical selections to take us through the weekend: Friday 1/16/09 BAM Café: MLK Weekend: Mama Africa- A tribute to Miriam Makeba (Poets/Singers/Musicians) Free!! 9:00pm Saturday 1/17/09 Bell House: The Mugs, Robbers On High Street, Mussels, Chocopine (Indie Rock) $10, 8:00pm BAM Café: MLK Weekend: PS24 (Hip Hop/Acoustic Folk) Free!! 9:00pm Barbes: […]

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Lets face it, our lives in New York revolve around transportation. However it’s rare that we take a moment and really see the landscapes and scenery that are the foundation of our travels. Be it a ride to work or a trip to Brighton Beach, sometimes we forget that it’s all about the journey getting […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Yes, we know. This is clearly not a couch or a sofa. It is a chair, making it street furniture. What we like about this speciment from Diamond Street in Greenpoint is the beer on the chair. Looks like a Corona. No lime.

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The former Roebling Oil Building, which is what we named it because of the Roebling Oil Field that needed to be cleaned up before it could be built, is looking like one of the Burg’s less nauseating Hot Karl Fischer’s these days. Trees have been planted outside (will they survive?). A parking garage is under […]

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