The Union-Sackett Block Association will be having a meeting on Saturday (3/8) at 11:30 AM. The meeting will take place at the Carroll Gardens Public Library, which is located at Clinton & Union Streets. There will be a review of an executive meeting with the Clarrett Group, which is building the controversial project at 340 […]

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[Photo courtesy of GL’s Carroll Gardens Correspondent]We’ll simply call it St. Agnes in the light.

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A new South Brooklyn neighborhood coalition is in the works in Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook to push issues on which there might be common ground. A private meeting took place on February 27 to discuss the mechanics of setting up the group and to work on developing a mission statement. Several groups, including […]

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The demolition of 340 Court Street is underway with windows now removed from the building. The fence and sidewalk scaffolding, which should be features of life on Court for 18-24 months are also completely up. The Union-Sackett Block Association had a meeting with executives from the Clarett Group last week, but haven’t disclosed what was […]

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When we last visited 333 Carroll Street, the troubled building with the Robert Scarano-designed growth on top that helped get the Carroll Gardens downzoning movement rolling, the lights were burning late into the night. Yesterday, the Carroll Gardens Hell Building was hit with another Stop Work Order and a “ten-day letter of intent” to revoke […]

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As we noted yesterday afternoon, the MTA sent out a reply via its Government and Community Relations staff downplaying the asbestos removal work that upset many Carroll Gardens residents over the weekend. The agency said that the work was done in a safe manner and that air monitoring showed acceptable levels of airborne contaminants. It […]

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There was much agitation in Carroll Gardens on Saturday when signs indicating that asbestos removal was underway at the Carroll Street Station along with a truck with air monitoring equipment and a dumpster. Several people sent us photos of the dumpster, which was left open, but was later closed after resident complaints. We just got […]

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Whatever the MTA was doing in terms of asbestos removal at the Carroll Street Station this weekend had wrapped by up by yesterday afternoon, but a local City Council Member Bill de Blasio said he was “deeply concerned” about the work and criticized the MTA for not notifying the community in advance. Yesterday, we reported […]

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As if the MTA’s asbestos removal work in Carroll Gardens wasn’t enough fun over the weekend (an official explanation is pending), there is another small story to report from a neighborhood resident who emailed us about a KeySpan van (an “inherently low emission vehicle,” no less), spewing exhaust fumes for hours. There is also a […]

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The Carroll Gardens community activist message board we nicknamed the Democracy Wall acquired some new artwork on Saturday night about the 360 Smith Street development, work on which will likely be starting soon, given that building permits were issued on February 22. The artist named Art Dog, who has created the big murals, said the […]

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Before Starbucks set up shop on Smith Street, there was Hughes Coffee. In fact, there were two branches. One is now Rime. The other is, uh, came down to create the entrance to the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Bet the coffee was good.–PMFA

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There is nothing that gets the blood of neighbors flowing with more vigor than surprise asbestos-related work and trucks and dumpsters carrying signs warning of asbestos removal. Yesterday, around noon, our inbox started lighting up with photos and emails about asbestos removal going on at the Carroll Street Station on the F & G line […]

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The building at 333 Carroll Street that has been nicknamed the Carroll Gardens Hell Building is looking bright this week. Someone in the area sent us photos and noted “Looks like some signs of life at 333 Carroll Street. Lights were on last night leading me to believe they’re up to something.” The photos of […]

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Looks like Smith’s Street Pita Grill, a recent arrival, is going to the big falafel factory in the sky. It’s on the market for $250K. We found the listing while looking for the one about Monteleone’s on Court Street being on sale. Here’s the sales pitch: Established Turn Key Pita/grill restaurant.Approximately 2000SF, with possible outdoor […]

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The Gowanus Canal Community Development Corp. is sponsoring a home buyer’s expo tonight at PS 58 from 6:30PM-8:30PM. The location is at 330 Smith Street, with the entrance on Carroll Street. Topics include types of mortgages, legal issues, saving for a downpayment and finding a home within one’s budget. All are welcome.

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The Department of Housing Preservation and Development presented details last night about two proposals that are finalists for developing the Public Place site in Carroll Gardens/Gowanus. The proposals come from development groups led by The Related Companies (left) and by The Hudson Companies (right). (A number of proposals have been eliminated.) Both would have more […]

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We’ve written about this building on Fourth Street in Carroll Gardens before. It is from Robert Scarano and will offer a nice view of the work being done at Public Place from the back. Our Carroll Gardens correspondent noted that it comes from Kudos Construction, which permanently memorialized its role in the building in the […]

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Permits were issued on Friday for the controversial Carroll Gardens condo that will be going up at 360 Smith Street. Documents on the Department of Buildings website, to which GL was directed by a neighborhood source, show an okay for a seven-story, 70-foot-tall structure with 44 units with a total of 65,203 square feet. The […]

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There’s a meeting on “What’s Going on at Public Place?” tonight in Carroll Gardens. The city is in the process of selecting a developer for the big project on one of the city’s most toxic parcels slated for development. The development could include 1,000 or more units of housing and buildings 10-12 stories tall. The […]

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The award for some of the most depressing local news we saw yesterday comes courtesy of Lost City, which came across a sale listing for Monteleone’s on Court Street. Fans of cannoli, cheesecake and little pastries might remember that the bakery only reopened last year after much mystery and drama. Now it’s up for sale. […]

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No, you don’t need us to tell you it’s actually snowing, but our Carroll Gardens Correspondent filed these pics bright and early this morning. They certainly capture a snowy Brooklyn Friday morning:

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Will Gowanus and Carroll Gardens community activists find new common ground? Last week, we broke the news about the major Toll Brothers development in Gowanus here and on Curbed as part of documents filed as part of the process of seeking a rezoning for the project. The scale of the development and the fact that […]

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The redesign of 360 Smith Street unveiled last week at a Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting by the developer, Billy Stein, continues to elicit reaction from residents. The CORD group, which was formed after original renderings or the Robert Scarano-designed “Heavy Metal” building were posted last May, offered up a photoshopped view of Second Place […]

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There is no more certain a sign that the end is near than the erection of the fence around the building that will be dispatched. So it is with 340 Court Street, which will be the site of a controversial project from the Clarett Group that has been opposed by many nearby residents. And also […]

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This was almost a given. There are now dueling petitions over the controversial oyster bar on Hoyt Street that restaurant operator Jim Mamary wants to open. There’s a pro-bar petition at Bagels by the Park on Smith Street. Now, the Hoyt Street Alliance, which is trying to block an Oyster Bar, has started an online […]

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