Now, kiss. That’s it. You’re beautiful. Just beautiful. Call it a professional public display of affection. The photo of the photos being made is from the city-run Brooklyn Bridge Park at the foot of Main Street in Dumbo

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One of the more amusing things that is part of the Brooklyn Bridge Anniversary Celebration is the miniature golf course with Brooklyn icons like Junior’s and the Brooklyn Bridge that has been set up at the old Tobacco Warehouse. The games are free and golf continues today from 1PM-5PM.

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Looking a little forlorn, we think, in Dumbo on a Saturday afternoon.

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[Photo courtesy of Pepper Watkins/flickr] BKLYN Designs Weekend, which was held at a number of sites in Dumbo, drew thousands of people to take a look at products from Brooklyn designers. There were nearly six dozen local designers, whose work was spread out over four locations including St. Ann’s Warehouse, the Tobacco Warehouse, Smack Mellon […]

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Here are some collected scenes from the filming of the remake of the taking of Pelham 123 with Denzel Washington and James Gandolfini in Dumbo.–Dumbo NYC

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BKLYN Designs is coming up this weekend, the three-day event described as the “hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines. Founded in 2003, this not-to-be-missed tradeshow has doubled its attendance in just […]

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“The art world has masticated in contemplation over sculptor Tom Otterness just as the dog he assassinated in the name of artistic expression over 20 years ago might have chomped on a tasty bone. The chance to jump on the Otterness Hate Wagon has come (literally) to DUMBO where the artist’s piece Large Covered Wagon […]

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“While a Tom Otterness sculpture can really brighten up the dark underground of New York, for his latest installation he’s shedding some sunlight on his work. The above was just installed in DUMBO near the pedestrian exit to the Brooklyn Bridge.”–Gothamist

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Tonight (4/9) at 7:00PM, representatives from National Grid (formerly KeySpan) will be in Dumbo for a reception to “discuss their new Energy Efficiency rebate incentive programs for residential and commercial customers. The programs are designed to help National Grid customers save money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes or businesses, and to help […]

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The story of the wonderful carousel painstakingly restored by Jane Walentas in Dumbo is an odd one, given how hard she and her husband David have been trying to secure a place for it in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Walentases have covered the cost of restoration and have contracted with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel […]

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Anyone who’s been in Dumbo recently has no doubt noted the presence of the NYPD’s “skywatch,” a thing we like to call the Tower of Fun, under the Manhattan Bridge and elsewhere. It’s a patrol tower that is used to establish a police presence and, ostensibly, reduce crime. The tower goes up two stories and […]

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From Dumbo comes a No Standing sign that has seen better days and is now just sort of hanging there.

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One of the NYPD’s traveling Towers of Fun has come to Dumbo in response to an increase in crime in the neighborhood. “The NYPD deployed Sky Watch yesterday, a ‘mobile platform for surveillance, assessment, and response’ on Front Street between Adams and Pearl Street in Dumbo Brooklyn. We haven’t had a chance to check with […]

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Perhaps you recall the piazza the city created last July in Dumbo from a former parking median. There were plants. There was green paint. Now? It looks a little ratty and in need of a spring spruce up.–Brownstoner

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“On Thursday night, there was a robbery on the corner of Front and Washington Street. Another story said that the “same group” jumped a man and tried to “pull his eye socket out”. In another incident, the group pulled a man between cars and mugged him…With the increased number of families in the area, we […]

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[Courtesy of Eric Provost] Speaking of interesting effects on visual things like the Super8 shots of Coney Island in the vid below, Eric Provost, who supplies us with many wonderful photos, sent us this photo of Dumbo taken from the Manhattan Bridge that he processed using a “fake model photography” creation trick on Photoshop. The […]

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What will the proposed zoning change in Dumbo do? GL spoke with Brooklyn City Planning Office Director Purnima Kapur yesterday who laid out the changes and the rational behind them. (She also spoke separately with our friends at Brownstoner, indicating the Department is pushing to explain its proposal.) She describe the changes as being with […]

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We have to say that the issue of rezoning a small part of Dumbo to allow for higher density residential development almost seemed to come out of nowhere. On Tuesday, the Architects Newspaper reported that the Department of City Planning is considering rezoning an area bounded by Bridge Street on the north, John Street on […]

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What, exactly, is going on the 3 1/2 acre parking lot at 85 Jay Street in Dumbo? It’s hard to say, but work crews were spotted there doing something and it’s of interest because it’s one of the most desirable parcels of undeveloped real estate in all of Brooklyn. The land is owned by Watchtower, […]

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Fulton Ferry State Park in Dumbo is open again. A reader writes to tell us that it was open yesterday and, may in fact, have reopened earlier in the week. The park was closed in December after structural problems were detected at the old coffee warehouse in the park, which is called the Empire Stores […]

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Of all the historic structures in Brooklyn, one of the most beloved and distinctive are the old Civil War Era warehouses known as the Empire Stores. It is impossible to imagine the Dumbo waterfront without them. Yesterday brought distressing news from the state that there are some “structural deficiencies and deteriorating conditions” and that Empire-Fulton […]

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The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission voted 8-0 yesterday to create a Dumbo Historic District. The unanimous voted capped a long effort to create the district. The boundaries are John Street to the north, York Street to the south, Main Street to the west and Bridge Street to the east. The district includes 91 […]

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Still shopping (as many of us are) for holiday gifts? Then, check out the Dumbo 2007 Holiday Gift Guide. There are many shopping options on these streets between the bridges.–Dumbo NYC

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Yesterday was a good day for a couple of possible Brooklyn landmark districts. The Eberhard Faber District in Greenpoint was approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission and appears headed for final approval by the City Council. Meanwhile, the hearing on the Dumbo Historic District “went astonishingly well,” according to the Historic Districts Council Newsstand blog. […]

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[Map from the Landmarks Commission via Dumbo NYC]The hearing on creating a Dumbo Historic District takes place before the Landmarks Preservation Commission today. It’s an important step on the road to creating a Dumbo Historic District, which is widely expected to occur. Dumbo NYC has very thorough coverage of the issue as does the Dumbo […]

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