[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/GL Flickr Pool] This image was captured by Tracy Collins, who is spending a of time chronicling the dismantling of part of Prospect Heights for the Atlantic Yards Development.

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The creation of a Prospect Heights Historic District is making progress. The Landmarks Preservation Commission will “calendar” the district this Tuesday (7/15), which is the first step in formally creating it. This would lead to a public hearing and a vote on the District on October 28. Per a release from the Municipal Art Soceity, […]

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Sure it’s a gimmick, but we have to say that it’s an interesting one and one that affords everyone an opportunity to meet their representative. Assem. Hakeem Jeffries is holding “Summer at the Subway” office hours again this summer. The hours are every Tuesday and Wednesday starting on July 8, 2008 and concluding on August […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] Ward Bakery in Prospect Heights has been coming down in advance of the Atlantic Yards development (given its location it could be said to be coming down well, well, well in advance of anything being built on the property). We offer this photo that was dropped into our GL Photo […]

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The United States Supreme Court has just announced that it will not consider the eminent domain case brought by opponents of the Atlantic Yards development. While this clears the decks in terms of the Federal courts and the issue, the 11 property owners will now take the case to New York State Court, which is […]

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Cranford Rose Garden Timelapse at Brooklyn Botanic Garden from Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Vimeo. We found this via Brownstoner yesterday afternoon, which found it via Flatbush Gardener. It is a time lapse of the Cranford Rose Garden at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and it is very, very, very cool.

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] We posted about the Saturday block party on Dean Street yesterday, but can’t resist this photo put in our GL Photo Pool by Tracy Collins that shows construction work on Dean Street plus a flier for the block party. Most of the buildings on the left are slated to come […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] The Dean Street Block Association is having a block party on Dean Street, between 6th and Carlton Avenues, on Saturday (6/21) from Noon to 6PM. Per an email: Join your Dean Street neighbors as we party in the street between 6th & Carlton Avenues. Break out the BBQ grill, cooler […]

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The Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards, which proposes an “Atlantic Yards Trust” to oversee the project as well as other reforms, is launching this morning at 10AM at City Hall. Among the local officials back it are Assembly Members Hakeem Jeffries and James Brennan and City Council Members Letitia James and David Yassky. Here’s a […]

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While not all tales of local crime are worth noting, some definitely are, either because of the way they are recounted, or because of the details. This one just posted on the Prospect Heights Forum over a Brooklynian is one of the ones worth recounting: Three girls tried to mug me just after 1 am […]

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is the rubble of the Ward Bakery building as seen under the fence on Dean Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues in Prospect Heights. For those that may not follow the Atlantic Yards saga, the building is coming down for the massive, proposed Forest City Ratner project.

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We’ll leave aside the assertion in this video as to whether or not this video shows “harassment” of senior citizens by Bruce Ratner to get to the crux of the issue: it painfully the demonstrates the extreme violence being done to the quality of life of an elderly woman that is enduring Atlantic Yards demolition […]

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The redo of Vanderbilt Avenue from a wide street that was a automobile free for all, to a calmed stretch with a lane of traffic in each direction with bike lanes and landscaped traffic islands is moving ahead very, very quickly.–Brownstoner

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Don’t you love street corner opera? Apparently, some Prospect Heights residents are especially feeling it. Here, from Brooklynian, is the account: is anyone familiar with the opera man on st. mark’s near the corner of washington? he chooses to perform (practice) every afternoon and subjects the block to off-key notes and stains the neighborhood. i’m […]

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No, it’s not a new venue. It’s a music program for young people. (Sorry, club goers.) The email we saw about it said: In case you hadn’t heard, I’m starting a rock school out here in Brooklyn with Tracy Bonham, Peter Brown, Tomas Marsh, and James Joughin. If you or anyone you know has a […]

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From Prospect Heights, via Brooklynian, comes a tale of noisy mockingbirds up at all hours of the night, apparently, in search of mates: I’m on Pacific btwn Vandy and Underhill…noticed in past 2 wks that the back of my bldg becomes the Amazon, with calls of the wild from about 4-5 different birds. They always […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/flickr] This photo which was placed in our GL Photo Pool by lornagrl show the gorgeous wysteria at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Very, very pretty.

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is 644 Pacific Street, which is near Sixth Avenue, in its current state of demolition. The building with the water tower is the Newswalk Condo, which will remain standing and, ultimately, very lonely surrounded by newly vacant lots.

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] Atlantic Yards footprint photographer Tracy Collins offers this updated photo of Ward Bakery demolition porn. It is coming down steadily.

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[Photo courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] Our Carroll Gardens Correspondent went out of territory today and returned with this image from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden of bird and folliage: “The fleck of red is a Scarlet Tanager seen in the Native Flora Garden, today”.

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/flickr] We are not sure we’ve ever seen a sadder looking collection of street lamps than this one. It comes to us via the Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool from JP Pagan, who has contributed many excellent photos and also gave us this set of shots from Court Street that we posted on […]

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Here, from the Prospect Heights Forum on Brooklynian is a tale of commuting woe that will be of interest to anyone that fear being on the subway and being on the receiving end of the Blowing of Chunks: Hi all. First, hopefully the rest of you that got puked on at the E. Pkway stop […]

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[Photos courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] GL contributor Gary Mirabelle of Mirabelle Studios sent us a number of photos that he shot at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which is certainly the spot in Brookyn for springtime flower pics. We put them together using a new gallery tool. To view them, click on one of the thumbnails, […]

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This week, we started a new Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool on flickr. If you shoot photos of Brooklyn and post them on flickr, we’d certainly love to see the ones you want to share with us. Drop them in our photo pool and tag them “gowanuslounge.” [Photo courtesy of rembklyn/flickr] The statue in this photo […]

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[Photo courtesy Adrian Kinloch] This pot hole/sink hole is on Pacific Street near Vanderbilt. It was sent to us by GL Contributor and Brit in Brooklyn blogger Adrian Kinloch. Depending on which side of Vanderbilt it is located, one might call it Bruce Ratner’s big hole. To do so, however, would be wrong.

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