Our Lady of Mount Carmel on Havemeyer Street is the church where the annual Giglio Feast takes place in Williamsburg. It has many local supporters and, apparently, rasies about $250,00 for the parish. One of the firms listed on this sign, though, kind of jumps out at you. This sign has been up for some […]

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The final death toll of the Community Board 6 Atlantic Yards Massacre is nine, which is a little less than had been predicted, but a stinging blow to an institution that had raised legitimate questions about the big development and its impact. The list of members that were not reappointed was circulated late yesterday. Together […]

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What you’re looking at are photos of an old “Electric Car Shop” beneath Atlantic Avenue that was used to repair Long Island Railroad trains. It was photographed by Nate Kensinger and by the flickr photographer who posts as mercurialn. Underneath Atlantic Avenue is an abandoned “Electric Car Shop.” Mr. Kensinger writes of the facility: it […]

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We are simply taking this from an item on Norman Oder’s Atlantic Yards Report. Mr. Oder found this in a Forest City Ratner presentation about Atlantic Yards that was made in Atlanta. The rendering labeled Atlantic Yards is, needless to say, of the World Trade Center site redevelopment. Mr. Oder has fun comparing the two, […]

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If you haven’t seen Brooklyn Matters yet–and you might enjoy doing so–here are a few more opportunities over the next couple of week, starting tonight (5/22): May 22nd, 7 PM @ Phoenix House, which is located at 174 Prospect Place (between Carlton and Vanderbilt) in Prospect Heights. The showing is sponsored by the Prospect Place […]

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It has long been rumored that a purge of Community Board 6 was in the works because many of the board members opposed the Atlantic Yards project. Just last night, in fact, at a CB6 Transportation Committee hearing we heard people joking that the board didn’t have long to live because Borough President Marty Markowitz […]

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Perhaps you haven’t thought about “Miss Brooklyn,” the Atlantic Yards tower designed by Frank Gehry for the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues, in a while? Maybe you have some imagery you’d like to get off your chest? Well, there’s apparently a new website called Miss Brooklyn (or Miss Brooklyn dot Net) that’s going to […]

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[Photo courtesy threecee/flickr] It’s a little thing, but we couldn’t help but note the irony dripping from this email from the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, which is a broad based coalition of Brooklyn organizations, to the Empire State Development Corporation. You might recall the ESDC announced on Monday it was finally appointing an ombudsman to […]

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Page Six reports via No Land Grab one of the more curious sightings of the week: Frank Gehry and Bruce Ratner having a hot dog at Nathan’s in Coney Island. The interesting question is, why? Was the Dynamic Duo of Atlantic Yards seized by an urge to consume a Nathan’s dog by the sea? Were […]

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Here’s a mashup of an Atlantic Yards map with projected completion dates of buildings through 2016. Atlantic Yards Report’s Norman Oder, who posts this today, notes of the completion dates that “time will tell whether it’s a valid reference or a fantasy.” Estimates of the timeline for the full project range up to 15-20 years, […]

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The Prospect Heights demolitions being done by Forest City Ratner and the falling parapet situation at the Ward Bakery Building continue to be interesting today. 1) This morning the ESDC called a halt to demolition activities, but apparently, the call was ignored, at least as late as 3:00PM when workers were reported to still be […]

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The Empire State Development Corp. has temporarily halted the demolitions on the Atlantic Yards site following yesterday’s “parapet collapse” at Ward Bakery. Curbed reported the development a few minutes ago, and a release from the ESDC is now circulating. Here’s the text of the release: The partial collapse Thursday at the Ward Bakery building created […]

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Truth be told, we hadn’t thought much about parapets before 10:15 yesterday morning, nor had much opportunity to use the word in our writing. Ever. In any case, here’s a little Ward Bakery before and after comparison, to give an indication of just how much parapet would have landed on your head had you had […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] We don’t know if the collapse of a parapet at the Ward Bakery–which is being demolished by Forest City Ratner in its effort to clear blocks of property in Prospect Heights–was a harbinger of things to come or not. What we do know is that (a). it’s fortunate no […]

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The other day, protesters were out on Flatbush Avenue to speak out against the “premature demolition” of buildings in the Atlantic Yards footprint by Forest City Ratner. On Sunday, we gazed at the big lot at Bedford Avenue and N. 3rd Street in Williamsburg that is half empty and has had a half-demolished building for […]

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[Photo courtesy of Jonathan Barkey/Pbase] A crowd estimated by organizer at 100 gathered for an 8AM demonstration on Flatbush Avenue this morning to protest the start of demolition by Forest City Ratner within the Atlantic Yards footprint. On Friday, a judge declined to issue a Temporary Restraining Order before a challenge to the Atlantic Yards […]

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The Atlantic Yards demolitions are on and so is the protest against them. Last week’s protest against Forest City Ratner’s demolition of buildings in the Altantic Yards footprint had been called off pending a judge’s ruling on Friday. Well, Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Joan Madden refused to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) that […]

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That anti-Atlantic Yards demolition protest that had been scheduled for 8AM tomorrow has been postponed. Word comes via Atlantic Yards Report and Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. Apparently, a judge is considering a Temporary Restraining Order to block demolitions and will rule on Friday. In light of that, Forest City Ratner agreed not to begin demolition […]

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Forest City Ratner says it will start demolishing four buildings in Prospect Heights on Wednesday (4/18) morning and Develop Don’t Destroy is organizing a protest. Overall, 15 buildings are slated for demolition in the next two months, leaving Prospect Heights with large amounts of vacant land even as the lawsuits that will ultimately determine the […]

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Have you seen Brooklyn Matters yet? There’s another opportunity coming up on Wednesday (4/18) night. The screening is co-sponsored by Park Slope Neighbors and is at Old First Church at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street in Park Slope.

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