· City Will Use Federal Money to Repair Homes and Prevent Blight [NYT] · Man Gets 15 Years on Gun Charges in Killing of Brooklyn Officer [NYT] · Avalon Myrtle Going Up Fast [Brownstoner] · Famed BK Camera Store Bait-and-Switch Finally Busted? [McBrooklyn] · IDT Energy Scammers Busy in Flatbush [Flatbush Gardener] · Bushwick House […]

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The Kitchen Bar at 687 6th Avenue in South Park Slope is on the market. It’s been listed on Citadel Property Management Corp. commercial sales for a while now, and now it’s price has been chopped and it’s even listed on Craigslist! Citadel is offering to sell the business for $225,000 or lease the space […]

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One of our oldest Red Hook sources sent us a link to this ad on Craigslist yesterday that made us laugh out loud. It is from CL’s “farm and garden” section (who knew?) and concerns a rooster in the neighborhood that needs a new name. For some godawful reason the rooster’s name is Alicia Jr. […]

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The controversial Dock Street project proposed by David and Jed Walentas’ Two Trees Management inched closer to approval last night with a 30-7 vote in favor of the project by Community Board 2. The board Education Subcommittee had voted in favor of the project, but its Land Use Subcommittee had voted against it. Earlier this […]

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The Municipal Art Society held its session to talk about its recommendations for redeveloping Coney Island, which we summarized on Curbed yesterday, and to showcase some of the ideas and renderings that members of the public had submitted. We were unable to attend the meeting due to a previously scheduled personal commitment, but one attendee […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack] Nevermind that yesterday was one of the colder days of the winter and that it must have been absolutely brutal on the Pier in Coney Island around dusk with the wind coming off the water. GL Contributor Deborah Matlack was out there and this is the magnificent image […]

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Thank God for this. We now have a reason to live. Borough President Marty Markowitz will be delivering his State of the Borough Address on Thursday, February 12 at 7PM. It will take place at Kingsborough Community College at the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center, which is located at 2001 Oriental Boulevard in Manhattan […]

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[Photo courtesy of happyjayme/GL Flickr Pool] It’s that darned Gowanus light, better than Venice itself, but not quite as good as Amsterdam.

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As our future President Barack Obama, nears his inauguration on Tuesday (1/20), he has asked us all to give a hand in doing our own part in bettering our country. Martin Luther King Day of Service is on the eve of Obama’s Inauguration (1/19), and there are a variety of ways that you can take […]

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We know there’s a story behind this sign on Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill, we just don’t know what it is and feel pretty certain that it’s not an official Department of Transportation product. But it sure is funny.

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This is actually a pretty old vid that kind of makes fun of a certain group in Bensonhurst. Since we are part Italian-American (and it is the part of our heritage we identify with most strongly), we don’t have a problem posting it, but we will warn those who might be sensitive to ethnic stereotyping, […]

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[Click to enlarge] A couple of weeks ago we noted on Curbed that a prominent Gowanus building at Bond and Union Street that used to be well known for its graffiti and street art was back on the market. The big unused warehouse (which was the scene of a counterfeit baseball merchandise bust during the […]

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Here’s a new website about Coney Island called Gotta Love Coney Island Dot Com. It’s a pretty new endeavor being produced by someone who posts frequently on the Coney Island Message Board. We welcome it because if ever there was a case of “the more the merrier,” Coney Island is it in terms of needing […]

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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 for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] Here’s a little taste of Windsor Terrace on a wet evening thanks to GL contributor Gary Mirabelle.

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This is the relatively new Kiku Sushi Asian Fusion lounge place that has opened at 170 Smith Street. We have no clue what it’s like as a restaurant, nor is that why we’re writing about it. What’s interesting is that the building was in such wretched shape that it started to collapse (well some parts […]

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· Top Brooklyn Weekly Sales [Brownstoner] · Now There’s a Bond Number 9 Brooklyn Fragrance [NYP] · Post Re-Reports Times Story About Atlantic Yards [NYP] · Actually, Nets Will Play Pre-Season Games at Nassau Coliseum [AYR] · Patois on Smith St. Already Gutted [Lost City] · Celebrate Inauguration on DeKalb [Clinton Hill Blog] · Sacred […]

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There’s nothing new about the Carroll Street Bridge being tagged up or vandalized, and we realize that we feature plenty of images of what people would consider vandalism, but there’s something that bothers us about seeing our favorite little bridge in New York City being messed up in stupid ways. For instance, was it really […]

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We respect our friends at the Municipal Art Society and their ImagineConey effort. They have been one of the most vocal groups insisting that the city come up with a interim plan to keep Coney Island viable. Yet, we’re also concerned that as latecomers to the debate–which has been ongoing now for nearly three years–some […]

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Symbolically, the final shoe dropped yesterday. One of the people chiefly responsible for Atlantic Yards, Borough President Marty Markowitz told the New York Times that in the paper’s words he was “calling on the developer and state officials to review the design with an eye toward paring costs so that the long delayed project is […]

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[Click on image to enlarge] We posted this on Curbed yesterday and weren’t sure whether to laugh or cry when we saw the language in this ad that is appearing in New York Magazine for 80 Metropolitan, a development in Williamsburg we’ve covered to death. What’s the problem, you ask? Well, it says the developer […]

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The Department of Housing Preservation and Development crew, which managed to tick off a lot of Carroll Gardens residents by holding an important hearing in the middle of the holiday and with little prominent pubic notice, has send out another email noting that the period for public comment was extended. It says: We wanted to […]

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[Photo courtesy of K. Lapp/GL Flickr Pool] There is something appealing about all those trailers sitting there in Gowanus near the shores of Brooklyn’s Grand Canal.

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So… history is finally going to be sworn in. This Friday (1/16) through Inauguration Day (1/20), a variety of cafes, shops and restaurants on DeKalb Avenue will be celebrating Barack Obama’s historical inauguration and presidency by offering all sorts of discounts, coupons, reduced-price prix-fixe menus and drink specials all weekend long. On the big day, […]

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[Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library] This is the view of the Williamsburg Bridge from S. 8 and Berry Streets in 1937. It is not dissimilar from what one would see today.

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