We don’t even need the weather report today to tell us what a look outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory confirms: the leaves are turning green, the sun is shining and it’s going to be another very nice spring day. Officially, however, here’s the forecast: “Sunny to partly cloudy and not as warm.” The high will […]

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“Hi New Neighbors on Prospect Place, Welcome to the neighborhood. We’re all glad to have you. I can tell you feel comfortable and safe here because you have lived in your newly renovated first floor apartment for 2 months now and yet have not put up curtains in your bathroom. As a result, while sitting […]

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A glance outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory shows the clear liklihood of picture perfect Spring glory today, and the forecast bears that out. It will be mostly sunny with a high of 77 that will feel like 82. Tonight will be “mild with a moonlit sky” and a low of 59.

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“God. Oh my God. It’s 8:45 and I’m pacing around like a crazy person on the subway platform again. The G Train, man. The fucking G train. It’s gone from mild annoyance to genuine outrage to pure, paranoid obsession. Everything, I mean everything, wrong with my life can be traced back to this train.”–Gawker

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There is nothing like touring one of Brooklyn’s most well-known new buildings, like Richard Meier’s On Prospect Park. The views from the $6 million penthouse are killer and the units details are pretty nice. The building is 40 percent sold with move-ins coming in the fall.–Brownstoner

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A look at the early morning situation from the Brooklyn Weather Observatory confirms what the forecast says: it is shaping up to be a glorious spring day. The official forecast is: “Warm with plenty of sun” and a high of 72. Tonight will be 56 with clear to partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow is shaping up […]

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The city has picked the Hudson Companies development team to build ‘Gowanus Green‘ at Public Place between the Gowanus Canal and Smith Street. Rogers Marvel is the project architect. The development will include 774 apartments, 38,000 square feet of retail and 100,000 square of open space. A big cleanup of the toxic site has to […]

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Bay Ridge’s amazing Middle Eastern eatery Tanoreen is making progress toward expanding to a new, bigger space down the block from its current Third Avenue location. The restaurant is one of the city’s most amazing Middle Eastern places and its tiny space is constantly jammed.–Left in Bay Ridge

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Make sure to check out the interview with Jon Dohlin, the new director of the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. A sample: “Here’s what’s not going to happen – except in my dreams: we’re not going to blow the place up, and start over. Even something as completely agreed upon – in terms of […]

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“Toll Brothers City Living has secured a $157 million development loan from Citibank for the second phase of its Northside Piers condominium in Williamsburg. Toll Brothers said it lined up the financing through relationships with Citibank Community Capital and L&M Development Partners, a partner in the Brooklyn project…The 30-story Two Northside Piers tower will offer […]

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The interesting Karl Fischer building on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint is Lofts 305 and will be on sale soon. It has killer views of traffic roaring to and from the Pulaski Bridge over Newtown Creek and cars filling up at the nearby Exxon Station, with possible bonus vistas (and aroma) of the Greenpoint Sewage Treatment […]

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The view from the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning includes clear blue sky and bright sun, and that’s the way it’ll be today. The forecast calls for “sunshine and warmer” with a high of 68. Tonight will be clear with a low of 48. It will be just as sunny and even warmer tomorrow and […]

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The Daily News has a new feature called “Brooklyn Diary” and one of today’s entries deals with whether the art collecting done by the wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the Brooklyn Museum Ratner Gala violated any city rules. “…it raised questions the city Conflict of Interest Board had never before considered…A source […]

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While Baluchi’s may not offer the finest Indian food in New York City, its presence in Park Slope would be welcome, and we were unhappy when the Smith Street branch closed in 2006. We reported that the chainlet would be opening on Fifth Avenue so long ago that we’d given up hope and filed it […]

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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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“For all her grit, filth, grease, stench, pollution, and absurd amounts of over-development (do we really need more condos, peeps? I mean, really!), Sheepshead Bay is not a half bad place to hang one’s hat at the end of the day.” Nice dusk pics, too.–Erica’s Blog

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So, which is better: the rendering of the Gowanus Condo on First Street in Park Slope or the very different reality of the now (mostly uncovered) building?–Curbed

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The weather outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory early on this Tuesday morning has all the makings of a glorious day. The forecast calls for “a full day of sunshine” with a high of 60, so that one can make the walk to the mailbox with the tax return in beautiful spring weather or go outside […]

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“Looks like the neighborhood dog population is increasing – so much so that the dogs are turning on each other during off-leash hours. One resident reports that her dog was left with serious wounds after a pit bull attack this morning. The President of the park’s pets society sent an email to members saying that […]

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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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The sun is shining brightly early this morning at the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, but there’s a chill in the air left over from last night and the temperature today will only reach 55. (Later in the week, we’re up into the high 60s and 70s.) The forecast calls for partly sunny skies today and mainly […]

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There is something compelling about photos of cars in Brooklyn whose wheels have been stolen that have been left up on the proverbial blocks or, in this case, big rocks. This car is from Gerritsen Beach, where several such incidents have happened in recent weeks.–GerritsenBeach.Net

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“Brooklyn has the greenest thumb of all five boroughs, if you measure that by our 349 community gardens (Manhattan comes in second with 204).” Here is an awful lot of very cool information about Brooklyn gardens and garden-related things.–Brooklyn Based

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The sun is shining and alternately being hidden by clouds at the Brooklyn Weather Observatory on this Sunday morning. The forecast calls for a day that will be cooler. There will be “some sunshine giving way to clouds…with a passing shower.” the high will be 59. There will be “an evening shower in places” tonight. […]

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Round Two of Brooklyn Flea is coming up this Sunday from 10AM-5PM. It takes place at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, on Lafayette Avenue between Clermont and Vanderbilt Avenues. Vendors change from week to week, selling everything from vintage furniture, clothing and antiques to new designs by local makers of everything […]

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