The Rabbithole Bakery & Bistro is slowly making progress on Bedford Avenue, generally drawing people who look through the grate outside to try to get a look inside. It’s definitely made progress since our last look. Rabbithole, which is located at 352 Bedford, is the new venture from the owners of the departed Read Cafe […]

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Here’s one reaction to the rumor that super model Agyness Deyn has bought a loft in Williamsburg: “Is this a rumour? Like how every two years I hear the Salvation Army on Bedford is turning into a McDonalds? Or the one about Gwyneth Paltrow moving into the Edge? Or any of the countless other unfounded […]

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The food and diet issues that predominate in Williamsburg and Bushwick, of course, are not hipster ones. “Kids growing up in Williamsburg and neighboring Bushwick have the highest chance in the city that one of their parents is obese. About 30% of adults are unhealthily overweight, according to data released yesterday by the Citizens’ Committee […]

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It’s hard to know what to makes of these flowers and the metal fortress that surrounds them on Bedford Avenue. Both the flora and the steel are recent additions. Rather than being an aesthetic choice (although aesthetics may play a role), we’re assuming it’s what’s required to allow flowers planted around a tree on Bedford […]

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We’re not clear how long “Curtis” has been painted (via fire extinguisher) on this building on S. 5 Street in Williamsburg. All we know is that it’s there and it’s big and would appear to have been applied from the roof of a neighboring building. It is also significantly larger than this “Curtis.”

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This “No Parking” except Sunday has not only been attached to some scaffolding it has also been attacked with black spraypaint. It can be found on Wythe Avenue near the Williamsburg Bridge.

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This recent addition to the Williamsburg streetscape comes from Berry Street on the side of the Mill Building. Streetsy identifies the artist behind the rowboat as nickwalker.

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This is 208 N. 10 Street, one of the consistently dangerous construction sites in the area we call the Williamsburg Triangle of Death because of the large number of treacherous construction and demolition sites whose hazards are rarely addressed by the Department of Buildings. (The site is a huge property between Driggs and Robeling and […]

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Brooklyn schools are about to get swamped by a wave of overcrowding as the effects population growth and residential development hit dozens of neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the Education Department has done little to anticipate growth. The summary in today’s Daily News is grim. Take Williamsburg and Greenpoint: “…the City Planning Commission projects a general population increase […]

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This interesting Williamsburg bicycle comes from Wythe Avenue on the South Side. It is only partly deconstructed, however.

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Close watchers of the Williamsburg development scene will recall the two Karl Fischer towers that had been planned for the corner of Grand and Driggs Williamsburg. One site is currently a big hole where a rather spirited game of beat the downzone had been going on until it was hit with a Stop Work Order. […]

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We reported on Rose Plaza in South Williamsburg last week, but here are the details of what is being planned: “A three-building, 801-unit (20% affordable) project with 29,000-square-feet of commercial space fronting Kent and Division avenues, rounded out by a waterfront esplanade. Rose Plaza on the River’s buildings would all have six-story bases and reach […]

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Yes, this barrel, which we found sitting on the corner of N. 4 Street and Driggs Avenue this weekend says that it’s “non-hazardous” and has a sticker saying it’s empty, but it originated with DEC Spill 0800695 and reminds us of barrels that once graced the sidewalk in front of the Roebling Oil Building, aka […]

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Yesterday’s Sunday Brooklyn Missed Connection about the sex addict in Park Slope was such an obvious choice to feature that we had to leave an excellent candidate behind at the station. It’s about a somewhat hirsute Missed Connection: Subway Sasquatch, where are you? – w4m – 22 (L train 8AM) YOU: Head of a hipster, […]

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Versions of this art, which streetsy.com identifies as thirdeye, have popped up in a few places around Williamsburg. This and some other pieces are also identified as the work of Peripheral Media Projects.

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The definitive expansion of the Roebling Oil Building to the west (aka the Roebling Oil Building West), with another big Karl Fischer building, is about to get underway with the demolition of buildings on Driggs Avenue between N. 9 and N. 10 Street. Plans have already been approved for the new Roebling Oil extension, which […]

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Penny Licks on Bedford Avenue has opened in Williamsburg and the little shop, which aims to recreate an old-time ice cream and candy store, is loaded with vegan and organic treats. Actually, organic and vegan is the theme of the place. Among the features are the cakes (Peanut Butter Mousse Bombs, Death by Chocolate, etc.) […]

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The latest Karl Fischer development to come on the market in Williamsburg, NV at N. 5 Street and Berry, had its opening party last week. A GL North Brooklyn Correspondent sends along a photo of the festivities, which took place in what looks like it will be the courtyard/garden behind the building. The party had […]

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Is a confrontation brewing between Matthew Silver, aka the Bedford Avenue Dancer, and employees of Earwax, a CD shop on the corner of Bedford and N. 5 Street? Could be. Yesterday, Mr. Silver sent out an email to just about every blogger in Brooklyn that included the photo above and a video of an employee […]

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The Williamsburg Kite Festival took place yesterday in McCarren Park. Here’s a photo gallery of the festivities.

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First, Matthew Silver, aka the Bedford Avenue Dancer, gets doused with a bucket of water by an employee of Earwax Records. Then, about 40 seconds into the video the employee comes out and threatens to “mace” him.

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There was a small block party at the end of Grand Street near Marcy Avenue and the BQE yesterday. Two highlights were the bands playing at the end of the street and, uh, the dunk tank near Havemeyer Street.

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There are a number of these in Williamsburg, around S. 4 and S. 5 Streets, particularly on fences around the various local condo projects.

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Sometimes you can pass by a storefront a lot of times without paying a lot of attention to it. We may have photos of Nick’s Luncheonette on Broadway in Williamsburg somewhere in our archives, but when we walked by it the other day we took more photos. We also put a smaller camera through the […]

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These Kermit posters have been up on Driggs Avenue between N. 9 and N. 10 Street in Williamsburg for a while. The pushpin on this one is a recent addition, though.

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