· City Gets Rest of Willoughby Square Park Properties [Brownstoner] · City Gets Input on Tillary St Redesign [McBrooklyn] · Slow Upward Climb at 16 Court [Brownstoner] · Eh, Who Needs the Carlton St. Bridge Anyway? [AYR] · Brooklyn Macy’s Elevators Rock [Lost City] · Neglected President St. Brownstone Being Renovated [PMFA] · Musings of […]

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· Things Get Ugly at Brooklyn MTA Hearing [NYP] · Hey, the Coney Rocket Gets Donated to City [NYT] · Smithsonian and Empirestate Aeroscience Museum Wanted Rocket [NYDN] · Hey, Brooklyn is Only Fourth Most Unhappiest Borough [NYP] · New Buswick Condo Indicates Bear Market [Brownstoner] · More Horrific Construction Choices [BVIB] · Party’s Over […]

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· Yowza, Top Brooklyn Weekly Sales [Brownstoner] · Public Hearing for MTA Hatchet Plan Tonight [NYDN] · People Pissed That Two Trees Project Will “Ruin” Brookyn Bridge View [Metro] · Is Most of Brooklyn Bridge Park Being Put to Sleep for Now? [Curbed] · Snowy Morning, President St. at 5AM [PMFA] · Sunset Park Alliance […]

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· Marine from Park Slope Killed in Afghanistan [NYP] · Guess What? Brookyn Losing Graffiti War [NYDN] · L’amour in Gowanus & Williamsburg [Curbed] · This is What They Want to Dump on Crown Heights [Brownstoner] · Stop Signs in Greenwood Heights on CB7 Agenda [BVIB] · Want to Rent Patois Space on Smith? [PMFA] […]

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· Did Ratner Sacrifice Nets Success for Move? [AYR] · Abandoned Atlantic Ave. RR Tunnel Draws Big Crowd [PMFA] ̭ January Thaw [AYITP] · Channel 7 Goes to Buzz a Rama [Kensington Stories] · Veggie Castle Lot Still Empty a Year Later [Flatbush Vegan] ̭ Dead Amusement Parks [Kinetic Carnival] · Greenpoint Gentrification Watch: BoWiAn […]

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The Bee Whisperer [Brooklyn Based] Brooklyn Heights Filmmaker Wows Sundance [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Streetlevel: Gialety’s to Open on 8th Avenue [Brownstoner] Reborn House of Yes Feeling Positive on their New Show [The Villager] Less Flippancy Please [Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn] Dumbo Specials: Health and Body Editions [Dumbo, NYC] Clothing Swap at Sycamore [Kensington, Brooklyn] Bus […]

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· Guess Which Brooklyn Nabe is Top Ten Dreamy [Curbed] · Checking on 47 Dean [Brownstoner] · Thngs to Call the Wilson L Stop [BushwickBK] · It’s Bruce Ratner’s Birthday [No and Grab] · Rec Center Murals [BVIB] · Car Accident Aftermath [GerritsenBeach.Net] · The Notorious Prospect Place [I Love Franklin Avenue] · Galapagos Has […]

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· Brooklyn Pol Goes From Free House to Big House [NYP] · Brooklyn’s Slowest Pizza Place to Open Next Month [Brownstoner] · New Childcare Cooperative in Sunset Park [BVIB] · Rose Walkway Returned to Public [McBrooklyn] · Save the Baltic St. Community Garden [Flatbush Gardener] · How They Hug in Greenpoint [New York Shitty] · […]

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Why Frank Gehry is Brett Yormark’s Problem (and other FAQ’s) [AYR] Show Some Love for Your Neighborhood – Apply for CB 7 [BVIB] Fig Tree Fruit Market is Open [Bed Stuy Blog] Prospect Park After Dark [Brit in Brooklyn] “Cottage Row” Fire [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Restaurant of the Day: Tavern on Dean [Brownstoner] Adventures in […]

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· Plane Crash Pilot Hailed After Everyone Survives [NYT] · Markowitz Spends $6K on Jacques Torres Chocolate [NYP] · Steelworks Lofts Gets Eviction Notice from Sales Office [Curbed] · Thursday Afternoon at the Junk Shop [New York Shitty] · Write Amanda Burden to Rezone Carroll Gardens [Lost City] · One of These Brownstones is Different […]

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· City Will Use Federal Money to Repair Homes and Prevent Blight [NYT] · Man Gets 15 Years on Gun Charges in Killing of Brooklyn Officer [NYT] · Avalon Myrtle Going Up Fast [Brownstoner] · Famed BK Camera Store Bait-and-Switch Finally Busted? [McBrooklyn] · IDT Energy Scammers Busy in Flatbush [Flatbush Gardener] · Bushwick House […]

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· Top Brooklyn Weekly Sales [Brownstoner] · Now There’s a Bond Number 9 Brooklyn Fragrance [NYP] · Post Re-Reports Times Story About Atlantic Yards [NYP] · Actually, Nets Will Play Pre-Season Games at Nassau Coliseum [AYR] · Patois on Smith St. Already Gutted [Lost City] · Celebrate Inauguration on DeKalb [Clinton Hill Blog] · Sacred […]

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· Brooklyn Diocese to Close 14 Schools [NYT] · This Weekend Will Be Huge Moment in Brooklyn [NYDN] · Brooklyn Housing Market Bloodletting Starts [Curbed] · Nets Will be Playing Some Pre-Season Games in Newark [AYR] · Wallentas Opponents Rally Against Dock Street [Dumbo NYC] · B75 and Other Bus Routes Could be History [PMFA] […]

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[Photo courtesy of Meg Groome] · And, Now, a Hebrew Language Charter School in Brooklyn? [NYT] · Infant Dumped Next to Pile of Garbage in Bay Ridge [NYP] · Brooklyn Drunk Driving Arrests Up in 2008 [NYDN] · Israel vs. Brooklyln Matzo War [NYP] · Lost City’s Guide to Carroll Gardens [Lost City] · Common […]

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Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy Open Call for Films [A Brooklyn Life] The Visual Poetry of Trash Cans [Bed Stuy Banana] Sunset’s Professional Graffiti Gets Gowanus Treament [Best View in Brooklyn] Craft Class Fever [Brooklyn Based] Moxie Spot Announces Kiddie Cover [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Dumbo Market Launches This Weekend [Brownstoner] Farewell to Clinton Hill’s Tessan Boutique […]

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· Biggest Brooklyn Sales of the Week [Brownstoner] · Graffiti + Stroller = Irony [Curbed] · Brooklyn Teacher Busted in Sex Sting [NYDN] · Vid of the Small Save Coney Rally [Kinetic Carnival] · L Train New Year’s Resolution: To Suck [Williamsburg is Dead] · Public Space [New York Shitty] · CB2 Digs Brooklyn Heights […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Meg Groome] · Red Hook Brewery Making Hop Obama Beer [NYDN] · Ratner Gives $100K to Markowitz Concert Series. Enjoy. [AYR] · Do You Wish Your Neighbors Would Eat Shit and Die? [Curbed] · Jesus: Broken Angel Now Up for Sale [Brownstoner] · Vice in Greenpoint. Oh no. [New York […]

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· Mr. Chang Doesn’t Want to Build More Brooklyn Hotels [Brownstoner] · Brooklyn Rental Market Holding Up Fairly Okay For Now [Curbed] · Dude Fined Nearly $1M for Escaped Circus Tiger [NYDN] · “Massive Security” for Brooklyn Bridges? [McBrooklyn] · Guy Wonders About Lottery Ticket [New York Shitty] · Nets CEO Says the Arena Opens […]

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· Development Delays in Boerum Hill North [Brownstoner] · Atlantic Yards Arena 2013? [AYR] · Rendering vs. Reality: Scarano’s Fourth Avenue Monster [Curbed] · Brooklyn Lamp Posts That Will Light Up Your Life. Zzzzt. [McBrooklyn] · Two-Car Inferno on Troutman [Bushwick BK] · Ghost Bikers Gather [BVIB] · Casa Mon Amour is Toast [New York […]

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· Cheyenne Diner’s Trip to Brooklyn Stalled [NYDN] · A Look Back at Atlantic Yards in 2008 [AYR] · Learn How To Work With Your Elected Officials [PMFA] · Star Building [WGPA] · What You Missed on BHB Over the Holidays [BHB] · Pubic Hearing for Second Avenue Gentlemen’s Club [BVIB] · After Skating [Brooklynometry] […]

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Here’s a free event, after you probably spent all your money on too much booze and/or other stuff this New Year’s Eve. This Thursday (New Years Day, 1/1/09!), as part of the 15th Annual Alternative day of Spoken Word Extravaganza, Mermaid Hawley and Bluesman have 6 minutes to “save Coney Island” sometime between 6-8pm (said […]

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WNYC’s Scheurman on AY Timetable Oversight: “Generous” Deadines [AYR] City Reliquary Celebrates Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th [Brooklyn Ramblings] Bikes vs. Cars in Brooklyn Heights [Brooklyn Heights Blog] No Recession at Target [Brownstoner] View From the J [Buckwick BK] Thor Equities #1 in Statement Signage [Curbed] Forest City Enterprises Whine [Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn] Lundys Gets to […]

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· Kids Letters to Santa Break Hearts [NYDN] · Former School VP Used A Lot of Money at Victoria’s Secret [NYP] · Dullsville on Verandah Place [Lost City] · Last Minute Shopping on Atlantic Ave. [McBrookyn] · Who’s Leaving Bushwick for the Holidays? [Bushwick BK] · Car Robbery? [Ditmas Park Blog] · Sunset Snowman [BVIB] […]

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[Photo for GL by Meg Groome] · 17 People Freeze Asses Off in BK to Celebrate Winter Solstice [NYT] · Nice: Landlords of 113 Buildings Refuse to Make Repairs [NYDN] · Brooklyn Hipsters Start Bodega with Online Delivery in Burg, Etc. [NYT] · Thieves Rip Off Cops in $60,000 Cell Phone Scam [NYP] · Teacher […]

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(RIP Deep Throat, Mark Felt, American Hero) · Three Patients Found Dead a Brooklyn Nursing Home [NYT] · One Cop Murder Suspect Acquitted [NYP] · Could Gehry Get His Architects Back? [AYR] · Fulton Finally Gets Its Business District [Brownstoner] · Mill Basin Christmas Lights [GerritsenBeach.Net] · Revere Sugar Refinery Lives. In an Oil Painting […]

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