Tomorrow is the first day of Williamsburg Walks, the pedestrian-only Saturdays on a stretch of Bedford Avenue. The Days for Williamsburg Walks are July 19th, July 26th, August 2nd, and August 9th. It runs from Noon-7PM. The people-only zone goes from Metropolitan Avenue to N. 9 Street. A similar experiment on Montague Street in Brooklyn […]

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We went over to Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg last night to catch the Night Dance of the Giglio that’s part of the Giglio Festival at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. There was a crush of people (the questionable estimate was 28,000), but far less than shows up for the Sunday lifts (the last of […]

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Once upon a time, neighbors of the construction site we used to call the Roebling Oil Field were worried about the pools of oil that bubbled to the surface as the property was dug up. Then, the oil was cleaned up and the Roebling Oil Building rose (very quickly) on the site. It’s now known […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Here’s an interesting addition to a sign at Bedford Avenue and N. 5 Street in Williamsburg that Miss Heather captured recently. We have no idea how they got there or why, but they’re certainly interesting.

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There is little one can add to this message on Berry Street in Williamsburg except to say that, well, Jimbo likes hugs. Don’t we all?

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It’s been a while since we took a look at the Soleil, whose working name had been the Finger of S. 1 Street before it got a marketing name. We passed by again recently and caught a look at the finished product, which we must say does cut quite a profile on the otherwise very […]

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We’ve noted the goings on at the big former lot on Bedford Avenue between N. 11 and N. 12 Street multiple times. The land was most recently a parking lot, but at one point was a paint factory and has a variety of toxic issue associated with it necessitating some cleanup before development of a […]

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Shot last night from the roof of the Gretsch Building in Williamsburg. Simple, yet gorgeous.

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[Photo courtesy of Stephen Kosloff/flickr] This scene comes from Berry Street in Williamsburg and the car in the photo is actually this one, which has been parked in the neighborhood for a long time and is now up for sale.

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There is almost nothing we can add to this juxtaposition of street art from Obey and the directive to Post No Bills. It comes from Berry Street in Williamsburg.

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The members of the “machete-wielding mob” that attack some people over the weekend are believed to be members of a gang called the Trinitarios, a largely Dominican group. Here’s a vid of them, machetes included, from the YouTube posted up on Gothamist.

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The old Con Ed Powerhouse on Kent Avenue keeps coming down. It is being demolished by the utility and it is expected they will sell the cleared land to the highest bidder. Destructoporn photo gallery included.–Brownstoner

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Here are a few works from a popular street are wall on N. 8 Street in Williamsburg near Driggs. The work on the left is a Third Eye and the one on the right is a Dain, whose work has been popping up everywhere.

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Yesterday the three-ton Giglio statue on Havemyer St. in Williamsburg traveled a block, round trip. Here’s part of the journey.

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[Photo courtesy of Dietrich/flickr] The Giglio statue was carried back and forth on Havemeyer Street yesterday as part of the 121st annual Feast at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. The Giglio lifts (yesterday and next Sunday) draw very big crowds. There will also be a “night lift” on Wednesday.

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The bitter feud between the two brothers fighting for spiritual control of Brooklyn’s Satmar community has spilled into the corridors of City Hall. Their battle centers on the fiscal-year 2009 budget. Through City Council Speaker Christine Quinn’s discretionary fund, Brooklyn Councilmen David Yassky, Simcha Felder and Bill de Blasio dished out an unusually large sum […]

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Things on Williamsburg’s Southside continue to be interesting. Over the weekend, “a machete-wielding mob marching down a gritty Brooklyn street stabbed a pair of teenagers Saturday.” We’ll allow the Daily News to do the honors: About 15 suspected gang members, wearing T-shirts over their faces, stormed down S. Third St. in Williamsburg around 2 a.m. […]

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[Image courtesy of The Real Estate] One of the most interesting tidbits in yesterday’s Brooklyn Market Report wasn’t that prices are still holding steady, but that sales in Brooklyn fell by nearly 44 percent over the previous years. There were declines in all areas. In Williamsburg and Greenpoint, for instance, the annual drop was close […]

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We found this interesting specimen on N. 9 Street on a construction fence that we’ve featured more than once because it’s often wide open and constitutes a public safety hazard. We do like it.

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Here’s a fascinating post about a new Williamsburg venue courtesy of Nicole Davis, who produces the superb Brooklyn Based: There was talk of Brooklyn Bowl coming — the 20,000-square-foot music venue and bowling alley owned by Peter Shapiro (right) and Charley Ryan (left), former owner and general manager, respectively, of the legendary music club Wetlands. […]

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The most likely seriously accurate rumor broke yesterday that the Top Chef contestants in the new episodes will be living in Williamsburg. On Karl Fischer Row, no less, at 20 Bayard Street.–Eater

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Yes, the 121st Annual Feast at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, aka the Giglio, starts today. It runs through July 20. While the feast itself involves a lot of street food, games and rides, the highlight are the two Sunday “dances” of the incredible Giglio statue. They take place on Sunday, July 13 and 20. […]

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The tear down on Driggs Avenue between N. 10 & N. 11 Streets to make way for Phase II of the former Roebling Oil Building, which is a Karl Fischer building called Warehouse 11, continues. The name of the new project on the sign is Driggs Place, but it’s an extension of its neighbor. The […]

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There are many facets to this work by Obey that is on S. 1 Street in Williamsburg between Kent and Wythe Avenues. It’s attached to the Streb Dance Company’s building, which is surrounded by the ongoing construction of the 80 Metropolitan project. What’s of interest in this case and renders it more than average street […]

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We wouldn’t normally post a pic of a car that’s for sale, but this is no ordinary car. This is a ’58 Chevy that anyone who knows the area between about N. 9 and N. 12 Streets and Bedford and Wythe Avenues in Williamsburg has noticed at some point. Now, it’s up for sale for […]

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