Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related images and information. More Atlantic Yards: Next Up for Atlantic Yards: Lawsuits [NYT] Why Won’t the Times (Above) Say Yards Project Might Take 15-20 Years [AYR] Transformation of Flatbush Avenue Begins With Cheesesteak [AYR] New Flatbush Ave. Cheesesteak Shop (Above) Counting on Nets [NYPost] Welcome Ratner Tech? Brooklyn […]

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So, we were glancing some more at the interesting Planyc 2030 documents and website when we noticed that one of the more prominent empty parcels of land in Gowanus is serving as a poster child of sorts for brownfield sites. The 6.5 acre site was once used by Brooklyn Union Gas (Keyspan’s corporate predecessor) to […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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We have more information about the boat formerly known as the Empty Vessel, which was moved to a berth north of the Carroll Street Bridge over the weekend, pretty much where she was located when first arriving on the Gowanus Canal. The former EV was “purchased” for $1 and its new owners are going to […]

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What can you say about yesterday’s vote by the Public Authorities Control Board to approve the Atlantic Yards project? The decision–and the project that may grow from it–will change Brooklyn forever, and will have a profound impact on the communities that are nearest to it. We understand that some people are cheering–quite loudly–today. We respect […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. This special edition focuses on Atlantic Yards. (Image above adapted and posted by No Land Grab.) PACB Approved Atlantic Yards in Five Minutes [AYR] Net Gain for Atlantic Yards [Metro] The Nets Win! [NYPost] Silver Backs Revised Atlantic Yards Plan [Crain’s] State Approves Major Project for […]

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Yes, we’ve been paying a lot of attention to the oil pit development site in Williamsburg on Roebling between N. 10th and N. 11th with oil oozing out of the ground that we have called a number of things including the Roebling Oil Field and Pennzoil Place. In any case, a big ass drilling rig […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. On Thursdays, we focus on food. Food: My Dinner at Bocca Lupo [The Strong Buzz] Smith Street Po Menu Revealed [Eater] The Worst Meal in Brooklyn? [Brooklyn Record] ‘Uprooted Barbecue’ at Smoke Joint [NYT] Blown Away at Bukhara on Coney Island Avenue and Cortelyou [Chowhound] […]

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Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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After days of speculation about whether the Public Authorities Control Board would approve Atlantic Yards or delay the vote, the development has been approved. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reached an agreement with the Governor to have the project voted on independent of $8 billion in other “pork” projects. Crain’s has reported that 100 feet were […]

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We don’t frequently wade into the territory of ugly ass interesting looking Brooklyn buildings, but in a recent photo walk around Gowanus, we happened to focus on 340-352 Bond Street, which is a block from the Carroll Street Bridge. We’d shot photos of it before at various stages of construction, but it didn’t dawn on […]

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So, later today we will know whether Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has voted to approve Atlantic Yards in his role as a member of the Public Authorities Control Board or whether he has delayed the vote, effectively kicking the decision into the Spitzer Administration. There were conflicting indications all day yesterday, with an early report […]

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Turns out that a Volga Hydrofoil boat given to Richard Nixon by Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in 1972 in return for a Lincoln Continental and a Cadillac is in Brooklyn. We know this via Sunset Parker who picked up the item from Andrew Sullivan’s The Daily Dish. The boat is up for auction on eBay. […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. Silver: Silver Likely to Vote to OK Atlantic Yards [NYPost] Silver Gets Atlantic Yards Analysis [TRE] Atlantic Yards Financial Documents Turned Over, Is Price Too High? [NYDN] $1 Billion in Tax-Free Bonds for Atlantic Yards Housing [AYR] Silver Denies Reports of “No” Vote, But Won’t […]

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Union Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Looks like the growing questions about Atlantic Yards financing and the chorus of voices asking “What’s the rush?” have had an impact on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. NY1 is reporting via the Brooklyn Papers that Mr. Silver will not give final approval to the project before January 1st. He controls one of the three deciding […]

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1) The latest Coney idea to be floated by Thor Equities as a possibile attraction on the vast parcel of Coney Island land that it has gathered is a circus. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports that Thor CEO Joe Sitt has approached Big Apple Circus about having a performance space on or near the boardwalk. […]

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With a possible vote on the Atlantic Yards plan as early as tomorrow, and an end-of-the-game pack of headlines about project finance questions, the chorus of voices calling for a delay in a vote by the Public Authorities Control Board is growing. And there have been reports that the PACB might actually vote to stall […]

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The Gowanus Canal may be no Newtown Creek–and it’s awfully quiet on the Greenpoint Oil Spill front these days–but it is starting to look worse. The oil leaking to the canal’s surface north of the Union Street Bridge seems to be getting worse, and at low tide the canal’s surface is a disgusting, scummy mess. […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Atlantic Yards/Sheldon Silver Holiday Prelude: Change in Atlantic Yards Finances Creates Pressure on Silver [Sun] State Secret: ESDC Won’t Reveal Ratner Profit to Assembly Committee [NYP] Regional Plan Association, Other Groups Call for Delay [AYR] Wither Atlantic Yards? [Gothamist] More Scary Atlantic Yards Visuals [No […]

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We have taken many pictures of the Revere Sugar Plant in Red Hook over time, but never more than we’ve shot in the last couple of weeks since developer Joe Sitt and his firm Thor Equities obtained demolition permits and started tearing down the Brooklyn landmark. Click here to go over to a flickr set […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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This very festive van was cruising the streets of Williamsburg yesterday, giving Bedford Avenue and environs a little bit of old time neighborhood flavor. The SUV had speakers on top and was blasting Dominic the Italian Christmas Donkey (a 1967 Brooklyn Christmas classic peformed by Lou Monte) so loud you could hear it from two […]

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Here’s some demolition porn from the old Revere Sugar Plant tear down in Red Hook. Click on this link or on the embed.

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The Gowanus Canal’s World War II rescue boat also known as the Empty Vessel Project has been moved north of the Carroll Street Bridge. You might recall that the boat was threatened after the city evicted it from its berth at the foot of Second Street, where it had been moored most of the year. […]

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