WNYC did some superb reports this week about construction and some of the conditions that have lead to the deaths of 27 workers so far this year. There are two stories in print that can be viewed here and here. Among the buildings covered is one on Clinton Avenue (being marketed as the Collection) where […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] Chase Bank is interested in helping Clinton Hill homeowners refinance and “keep” their homes. To prove it they’re having a session at (drum roll) a local evangelical church and there will be refreshments and a raffle. We suppose having a higher power on one’s side couldn’t hurt.

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Desserts by Michael Allen, which has been around a long time, has a new “showroom” in Clinton Hill. It’s at 1015 Fulton Street and had its “pre-opening” on Saturday. Per their website: After constant demand from those who have had desserts by Michael , we now offer dessert and catering in the Clinton Hill Brooklyn […]

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Prudential Douglas Elliman, which isn’t particularly known for sending out outrageous emails, sent one out yesterday saying it was “opening its can of whoop-ass in Brooklyn.” It’s promoting a property at 306 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill that’s on the market for $1.9 million, which works out to $406 per square foot and saying that […]

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“Although sales at the Isabella Condos ‘officially started’ at the end of July, the Grand Opening of the 63-unit new development at 545 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill is taking place this weekend. Go figure. Prices on the apartments currently listed range from $455,000 for a 710-square-foot one-bedroom to $840,000 for a 1,333-square-foot two-bedroom.”–Brownstoner

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Here’s a very cool vid showing to two recent thunderstorms over Clinton Hill. A must for fans of lightning strikes.

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The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market is launching on Sunday at 12PM on Myrtle Avenue between Grand and Emerson Streets. An email we got said it will be “Featuring artisans and vendors with a fresh, urban perspective, and live music by exciting young artists and bands including: CX Kidtronik Afrika Bambaata Slick Rick Game Rebellion Millsted […]

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Today’s Times follows up with a story of iron gate thievery in in Brooklyn neighborhoods like Crown Heights and Clinton Hill that was first reported on Brownstoner in Crown Heights. They’re stealing big, heavy gates, people.–NYT

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In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear…on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise. People walking or biking alone have been attacked with punches, kicks — and in one case, a baseball bat — and then had their cellphones […]

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Here’s a fun weekend event that combines several things: art, a local Brooklyn brew and a Gowanus artists work space. It’s “A Night of Brooklyn Art and Beer–Free Beer Tasting and Opening Reception for a Unique Installation by the Gowanus Studio Space at Kelso’s of Brooklyn’s 5000 Square Foot Brewing Space.” The event takes place […]

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So, Pratt security is tooling around on the sidewalks of Clinton Hill in a Robocop looking golf cart device, possibly scaring little children. Apparently, there are several of them.–Curbed

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“Pity the poor marketing people who have to come up with a new condo name at this point in the real estate cycle! The creative team behind 525 Clinton Avenue (the site of an unfortunate accident earlier this year) has decided on ‘The Collection’ as a moniker for the 13-story glass development off Atlantic Avenue […]

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Want to see what a PriceChop looks like? Go no further than the Azure on Classon Avenue. “Let’s look at Unit 2a. It started life last June at $735,000. In November, it went to $649,000. In December, it hit $599,000. In February? $549,000. And, yesterday, there was more axe action with the price hitting $499,000. […]

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There are two interesting things about these signs, which come from the border of Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. One of them is the dangling one way sign. The other is the fact that Miss Heather, who supplied us with the photo, notes that the street is “Sandford Street,” not “Sanford Street.”

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This comfy-looking black leather piece of street furniture comes from Skillman Street in Clinton Hill. It was passed along by Miss Heather.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios] This is another photo sent to us by sculptor, artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle, who is a regular photo contributor to GL, from a group of several photos of Clinton Hill.

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Some of the architecture on Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill is uniquely Brooklyn and certainly makes for a great photo feature. Yet, there is one photo missing from the collection: “Not pictured is the man I spotted pulling down his pants and taking a shit on the sidewalk. That’s right. I saw someone shitting on […]

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There was a fatal accident yesterday at a 13-story building under construction at 525 Clinton Avenue. A worker plunged 13 stories to his death when scaffolding collapsed and another was seriously injured. A third worker was unhurt. Brownstoner had both an early report and a follow up yesterday. An early eyewitness report said a worker […]

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A big plan for a remake of Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill was posted yesterday. The document is the result of a long period of planning and community meetings by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Parternship and the Project for Public Spaces. Streets Blog wrote of the effort: The days when Myrtle was […]

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Just like it says, the Clinton Hill Blog–one of our daily reads–is throwing a First Anniversary Bash with local retailer RePop on Friday. You go, Lesterhead.

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