<p align=”left”><a title=”link-asterisk.jpg” href=”http://www.bobguskind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/link-asterisk.jpg”><img src=”http://www.bobguskind.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/link-asterisk.jpg” alt=”link-asterisk.jpg” align=”left” /></a>The website for NV 101 N5 in the Burg is up and running. It’s a Karl Fischer building at N5 & Berry and has apartments starting in the $500s for 1BRs. The copy about the Burg itself says it is full of “epicurean delights, shopping and green spaces,” […]

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There’s a meeting coming up for Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park on Monday, June 9. One of the pitches in the email we saw is that people are trying to organize so that planning for a concert space to replace McCarren Pool will be part of the Bushwick Inlet Park discussion. Per the email: “This […]

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A couple of such messages were spraypainted on the huge metal fence surrounding a big construction site between N.11 and Roebling Streets. Feel the love.

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We feel that we can safely predict that a liquor store is opening at the corner of N. 8 & Driggs in a spot that was formerly occupied by a bar. We know this because signs and an awning have gone up identifying the new establishment as Eighth & Driggs Wine & Liquors or Eight […]

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As we noted earlier, some telephone wire collections of hanging sneakers and dollars have been popping up around Williamsburg in the last week or so. We found this example at N. 8 Street & Driggs when we were taking a look at a development site and trying to figure out if it was stalled or […]

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In the last week or so, someone has been tossing a lot of sneakers up on wires in Williamsburg and adding some dolls to the mix. These are on N. 10 Street between Berry and Wythe. The entire effect is quite striking.

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There is little that we see in the wild world of Williamsburg construction that surprises us. But the gaping void beyond the fence at 40 Berry Street (aka 34 Berry Street) managed to take our breath away. Right behind a gate, there is a two-story drop into a mud pit. The sidewalk is cracked from […]

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This is another work by Dain, whose work currently is everywhere in Williamsburg. This is from Berry Street.

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Many works by Dain have appeared in the Burg over the last couple of months. This one is on N. 10 Street near Berry.

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This box just popped up on some ugly new construction on Union Avenue in Williamsburg, which itself, is quite boxy. The art is the most colorful thing about the puke-brick colored building.

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We do enjoy a construction fence that has been busted down (and many in Williamsburg can be opened by a 12-year-old) to allow access to a deadly building demolition site. So it is with 261 N. 9 Street this week, which is one of the sites in Williamsburg being developed by an owner of the […]

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This is East River State Park in Williamsburg, an expanse that it not landscaped, but is heavily used by North Brooklyn residents and offers opportunities to sit by the East River and stare at Manhattan.

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Our good friend 525 Union Avenue, a Karl Fischer building that was a poster child for Sunday construction work in Williamsburg and the Department of Building’s inability to do anything about it, is going on the market as a “luxury rental” building. The apartments start at $2,395 for a 1BR and top out at more […]

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Talk about signs that get screwed up when construction happens, this former One Way sign that has become a “Way” sign on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg is deserving of a DOT Award for Creative Altered Signage. Serious kudos to the contractors for the excellent work.

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We found these two couches out on Grand Street in front of the old location of the City Reliquary Museum at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg. They’re street couch classics and, of course, are free and free of bugs.

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We came across a Polish religious procession on Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg this week that involved laying flowers and placing candles on a memorial near N. 8 Street. There were several hundred people on hand, with someone in front of the procession tossing rose petals. When the group reached the memorial, they stopped and sang […]

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Someday, if City Council Member Peter Vallone’s new proposal to fight construction site graffiti has its way, messages like this one at the Roebling Oil Field and Roebling Oil Building could be things of the past. For now, however, they are still very much with us. The Warehouse 11 site has remained free of graffiti […]

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Here’s a shot of the Tour de Brooklyn as it came down Metropolitan Avenue near Union Avenue in Williamsburg yesterday morning. There were more than 2,000 bicyclists overall. Street Films has a nice video of the event, which we’ve also embedded after the jump.

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Here’s a little bit of Memorial Day weekend action from East River State Park in Williamsburg, where lounging takes place against the background of new condos.

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This is our first Bedford Avenue / Al Swearengen / Deadwood Sunday Missed Connection and, in all likelihood, the last. Here it is: “Al Swearengen” mustache guy at L.A. Burrito, 10pm Saturday night – w4m – 23 (Bedford Ave., Williamsburg) When I saw you, I said to my friend, “Jesus Christ that is an amazing […]

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This building on the South Side of Williamsburg is another one of those nailed by taggers bearing fire extinguishers, although the origin appears to be different than some of the “Curtis” and “Moral” work showing up on other structures.

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There’s a Friends of Williamsburg Waterfront Park Meeting coming up on Thursday, May 29, at 7PM at the People’s Fire House, which is located at 113 Berry Street. “On the agenda will be an update about the plans for the Bushwick Inlet and an opportunity to explore ideas on how to organize the Friends Group.” […]

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We will never be able to get enough street art images of The Tricky One. He’s around in the Burg and each one seems to have a different flavor, depending on placement and how he’s been altered. This Tricky is found on N. 8 Street between Driggs and Roebling. He’s been gone a long time […]

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The small outdoor space on Grand Street in Williamsburg just off Bedford Avenue, that we thought would see no action this summer, appears to be getting set to open as Mercado Libre. It’s gone through several incarnations the last couple of summers, starting with Bauplatz in 2006 (our personal favorite in a Prenzlauerberg kind of […]

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Back in October, a fence went up around Grand Ferry Park, a much loved little park at the foot of Grand Street on the East River. Until East River State Park opened last year, in fact, it was the only legitimate park access to the water in Williamsburg. The renovation process was supposed to take […]

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