[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] At first, when our Carroll Gardens Correspondent sent this image, we thought yesterday’s Union Street Gowanus Luxury sofa had been attacked. Then, we compared the sofas and found that this another remarkably similar one that is also on Union Street. This is a Carroll Gardens model rather than a […]

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I”The residents of Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are going nuts about the Ikea buses that have decided against HIcks and gone with Clinton as a route. The buses, every hour on the hour, seem to be trying to beat out Bonneville Salt Flats-type speed records, and [Tuesday] morning, due to construction, there was even […]

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This vid, which was just posted to the YouTube yesterday, is making the rounds. Gothamist had it yesterday and we got an email saying that it was a response to a video of old-time Carroll Gardens residents talking about how the neighborhood had changed.

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It was only a matter of time before someone started a Brooklyn NIMBY blog and it has finally come to pass. The effort, called NIMBY Brooklyn, is a satirical (for now) look at some Carroll Gardens neighborhood blogs. (We say Carroll Gardens because the focus seems to be Carroll Gardens and some of the disputes […]

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The Carroll Park Concert Series starts tomorrow, June 21 with a show by local performer AudraRox. Per an email, the show is free but donations of $5 per family “will be very helpful.” The concerts are in front of the monument in Carroll Park and the sprinklers will be on for colling purposes. The show […]

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[Photo courtesy of Trina356/flickr, click to see full size] The photographer who dropped this pic into our GL Photo Pool on flickr calls it Cool Pool in a Carroll Garden. Click here to see the uncropped photo in all its glory.

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Yesterday, we noted a new group called Stop BHOD, as did Brownstoner. The organization is aimed at lobbying for an end to the city’s plan to reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention and doubling its size. (It doesn’t appear to have a position on the addition of retail to the jail.) The group has been […]

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This vid, which has interviews with some Court Street old timers, has been making the rounds and we posted it yesterday on Curbed. It is 9 minutes long, but totally worth the investment of time.

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A developer has bought up a major building on Third Street in Gowanus/Carroll Gardens. The Abigail Press building, which was said to be on the market sold for $12 million to a developer who plans an adaptive reuse of the building that will incorporate office space, art and production studios, and a hotel that overlooks […]

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This just in from an email via the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association: Just a note to let everyone know: There was seen the other evening a raccoon in a tree, close to middle of Second Place. As far as we know, this is the first time seeing a raccoon in our area. Please be on […]

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[Photo courtesy of rembklyn/flickr] Here’s a view of a recent sunset from a rooftop overlooking the mighty Gowanus Expressway and, beyond it, Red Hook. It comes to us via our GL Flickr Pool.

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The City Planning Commission heard a lot of statements yesterday about the proposed zoning text amendment for Carroll Gardens that would redefine a number of streets for zoning purposes as being narrow and reduce the size of future new buildings and additions to existing ones. Nearly three dozen people spoke at the hearing, most in […]

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The City Planning Commission is holding a hearing on the Carroll Gardens Zoning Text Amendment on Wednesday (June 4). The measure, which would redefine the neighborhood’s narrow streets from “wide” to being “narrow” for zoning purposes, limiting the density of new buildings and size of additions to buildings, has won strong support at every step […]

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There’s another great electronics recycling opportunity coming up in Carroll Gardens this weekend. Here’s the info about it: Recycle your old electronics! Bring your clunky TV, old fax machine or printer to our electronics recycling drive this weekend at Smith Street between Carroll and President Streets in Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn. Bill and the Lower […]

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While Community Board 6 has already voted in favor of a liquor license for the Oyster Bar that restauranteur Jim Mamary is opening on Hoyt Street, residents attended a meeting at PS 32 in Carroll Gardens last night to talk about the plan. The session was sponsored by City Council Member Bill de Blasio and […]

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Would anyone care for “A Petite Bit of BoCoCa“? If so, Saturday, June 7 would be a day to note. That is when said event will be happening in the Transit Garden on Smith St. at Second Place from 11AM-5PM. It’s billed as a “Food & Wine Tasting Event celebrating The Transit Garden.” Per the […]

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The “narrow streets” zoning text amendment for Carroll Gardens, which was approved by Community Board 6 last week has been approved by Borough President Marty Markowitz. The amendment, which has attracted some opposition in the neighborhood, but even stronger support, would change an old definition in city zoning documents that considers very narrow streets to […]

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Late yesterday afternoon, our friends at Eater had a photo gallery with pics of this car, which almost turned Red Rose on Smith Street into Carroll Garden’s first drive-thru Italian restaurant (actually, its first drive-thru of any kind). Fortunately, no one was hurt, but there was no immediate explanation of how a car ended up […]

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The next step in the Carroll Gardens “narrow streets” zoning text amendment process (it was approved by Community Board 6 last week) is a hearing before the City Planning Commission. The City Planning hearing will be coming up on June 4. The change must be approved by the City Council as well.

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The development on the site of the now-demolished International Longshoreman’s Association Building at 340 Court Street has gotten a name: It will be “The Collection at Court Street“and a placeholder website is up. Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent sent news of the naming, which has been revealed via a sign on the construction fence. Those that […]

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This is 170 Smith Street. It is only remarkable if one recalls the sad recent history of the building, which had fallen into such disrepair (no doubt exacerbated by being on top of the subway tunnel carrying the F Train) that its facade started to crumble in March. When we passed by the building the […]

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Lost in all the drama surrounding the bitter fight over the liquor license of Union Hall in Park Slope was another important local measure that was up for a decision by Community Board Six on Wednesday night: the “narrow streets” zoning text amendment in Carroll Gardens. That text change would redefine a number of very […]

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Earlier this year, the City Council passed a law requiring non-food service business with more than 5,000 square feet or ones that are part of a chain with five or more stores in the city to start accepting plastic bags for recycling by late July. This means that most drugstores, supermarkets and big chains will […]

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It looks like the Ghost of the Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens struck at some time again over the weekend, with the construction fence at 360 Smith Street curiously acquiring some shamrocks. Of course, the last time it was decorated, hearts appeared and, then, a short lived love message that was quickly removed. What’s interesting, […]

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The machinations in the bitter aftermath of the Community Board 6 vote in favor of a liquor license for Jim Mamary’s oyster bar on Hoyt Street continue. The Hoyt Street Alliance, which led the charge against the restaurant and bar, sent a letter last week to CB6 asking for a new hearing on the grounds […]

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