[Photo courtesy of Heather-D/GL Flickr Pool] Maybe it’s related to fuel costs, but the price of the lunch special at this place on Third Avenue at Ninth Street has gone up from $3.95 to $4.50. Or, is it $5.00? Oh well. In any case, the photo comes courtesy of Heather-D and our GL Flickr Pool.

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There hasn’t been much food news on 3rd Avenue in Gowanus since Bar Tano opened on the corner of 9th Street back in February, but there’s some action brewing on the block between President and Union streets. On the corner of Union, an establishment called The Dog Shack opened a few days ago. Per its […]

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Not much is known about the rather large under-construction development on 4th Avenue between Douglass and Butler streets, and there’s a good chance details about the project will remain obscure for the near future, at least from street level. The site is now fronted by a tall aluminum fence instead of the standard-issue wood construction-site […]

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There is activity for the first time in a year on the Whole Foods site in Gowanus. While the retailer is still waiting on permits from the state Department of Environmental Conservation, it does have some permits from the Department of Buildings allowing some foundation work. Here is what a tipster just sent to our […]

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[Photo courtesy of Erinmelina/GL Flickr Pool] This specimen comes from Second Street near Bond in Gowanus. It came our way via GL Flickr Pool contributor Erinmelina.

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McBrooklyn points to a story in the Eagle about the hotel planned for Degraw Street between 3rd and 4th avenues, noting that the developer says the property will be operated by Choice Hotels, “the worldwide franchiser of Cambria Suites, Comfort Inn, Econo Lodge and others.” There’s already one Comfort Inn in Gowanus, as well as […]

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This is the possible future site of 399 Third Avenue in what might the heart of industrial Gowanus. We like the way the current Gowanus (junk removal sign and the landmark Eagle Clothing sign) juxtapose with the possible future, an office building that would be designed by Karl Fischer and would open (yeah, right) in […]

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This specimen comes from Third Street in Gowanus. The kind reader who hit us off with the pic calls it “Gowanus Couch Potato.”

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August is Kiddie Month at The Yard in Gowanus. Per the email we got: We just wanted to spread the word that August is officially “Kiddie Month” at The Yard. Every Sunday, we host the Sunday Best dance series at the banks of the Gowanus Canal. With a roster of international DJs and homegrown talent, […]

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“We love passing the Union St. Holiday Inn and seeing the faces of the visitors as they emerge, blinking, into the grim daylight…the ‘RIP Raul’ mural…the flat-fix shop. We can imagine them saying, “Biff–they said this was in Park Slope!” My husband, who works in museum management, suggested the technique of using ‘human arrows’–people holding […]

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We’ve always been amused by the marketing efforts of the Gowanus hotels that have opened so far. The Holiday Inn Express on Union Street says it’s in Park Slope rather than Gowanus. The Comfort Inn on Butler Street markets its proximity to tourist attractions to which it is far from proximate. Hotel Le Bleu on […]

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Behold the latest Gowanus hotel, which will be coming to Degraw Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. Brownstoner revealed it yesterday, noting that work will be kicking off in eight weeks and that it should be done in a year. The hotel is from Kutnicki Bernstein. A hotel at President and Third Avenue will be […]

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The Gowanus landscape has been slightly redecorated with this banner that has appeared atop the old power plant (aka the Bat Cave) between Third Avenue and the Gowanus Canal. The building, which is an old subway power plant, sits on property that was once the possible site of developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Gowanus Village but that […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tedious Relative/Gl Flickr Pool] It’s, you know, very close to perfect. This image comes from the Greater Gowanus Metroplex and was put in our wonderful GL Flickr Pool by Tedious Relative. Are you a member of our pool? If not, please join and contribute some photos. We’d love to see them and […]

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There’s a “Go, Go, Gowanus” walking tour tomorrow (7/26) at 11AM from the Municipal Art Society. Per an email we received: Explore the wide banks of Brooklyn’s most famous canal. Before crossing one of the oldest retractile bridges in the United States, we’ll visit the Carroll Gardens Historic District, a singular brownstone enclave distinguished by […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dope on the Slope/GL Flickr Pool] This image came to our GL Photo Pool courtesy of Dope on the Slope. The mirror in question is on Third Street in Gowanus, attached to a lot used by Verizon.

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Well, Fourth Avenue will never be the new Park Avenue, but it is changing. This is a new eyeglass shop on the avenue between Carroll and President Streets and we have to say that it’s just a little jarring to see Versace and Jimmy Choo in a place where tire shops and the like used […]

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Do you take cool pics of Brooklyn and post them on Flickr? If so, we’d love for you to join our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool or tag your photos “gowanuslounge” so we can see them and post some of them. [Photo courtesy of Trina356/GL Flickr Pool] This may be one of the prettiest pictures of […]

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Gowanus is becoming club and venue land. “Workers have been clearing out the ground-floor space of a warehouse on DeGraw Street between 3rd and 4th avenues for the past few weeks, and DOB filings for the spot say it’s going to be a ‘drinking and dancing establishment.’ According to a couple of sources, some of […]

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[Image courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of a sumer Saturday in Gowanus, with a concert at the Yard and some people watching from the Carroll Street Bridge. The image comes from Sail Brooklyn via our GL Photo Pool.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] Here’s a striking and altered image of the Gowanus Canal between Hamilton Avenue and Ninth Street. It’s an interesting take on a very active industrial part of the Canal.

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[Photo courtesy of Listen Missy/GL Photo Pool] This image comes from Third Street and Third Avenue in Gowanus and was contributed to our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool by Listen Missy! If you’re not a pool member and contributor, do consider joining. We’d love to see your pics.

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Root Hill Cafe on 4th Avenue and Carroll had its second weekly open mic event last night. Performers over the past couple of weeks have included singers, comedians, a magician and a harmonica player. The coffee shop is holding the open mics every Monday starting at 8 p.m. Check it out.

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We are waiting for the website for the Brooklyn condo with our favorite name to go live. If the decorative elements in this window on Bond Street, and the Andy Warhol prints hanging from the walls are any indication, Satori will be with us any time now. Satori, for those following the development of Bond […]

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The Gowanus Canal takes a major hit of both storm sewer and household sewer runoff during heavy storms and the recent weekend storms have not been kind to it. After yesterday’s storm, the water level in the canal was alarmingly high, but what was worse was the condition of the water itself: filthy, brackish, full […]

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