The demolition of the iconic Revere Sugar factory in Red Hook by Thor Equities and its CEO Joe Sitt is underway. It has started, not with a big boom, but with a series of little bangs. A small work crew was on the site yesterday and the sounds of banging and sawing were coming from […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn related news and, especially on weekends, images. Pictures: A Salt Pile in Red Hook [bluejake] Timeless Red Hook [Sunset Parker] Hello, My Name is the Cyclone [seriously exited!] Climb Away [Lex’s Folly] Park Slope Santa Display [Park Slope Street Photography] Words: Gehry’s Frustrated Sigh About Huge Atlantic Yards Signs […]

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Yes, it’s the weekend, and time to scan the land of sadness, hope and comedy known as Missed Connections on Craigslist for items that touch our soul. For instance, this one about love and booting up in the bakery: I vomited in the bakery and you asked me if I was ok – m4w – […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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For those wondering what property will be sold next in Coney Island, this week’s Courier Life offers an indication: Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park. While co-owner Dennis Vourderis insists there has been no discussion of a sale with Thor Equities, the Wonder Wheel man and the weilder of Thor’s hammer, Joe Sitt, are said to speak […]

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As of yesterday evening, the wrecking ball directed by Thor Equities and CEO Joseph Sitt had not yet swung in Red Hook to destroy the iconic Revere Sugar factory whose presence defines the neighborhood’s waterfront. Thor’s spokesperson, who usually speaks to reporters, refused to confirm or deny the impending demolition or to say when it […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and, especially on weekends, images. Photos: Red Hook Revere Sugar Plant Pool Slideshow [flickr] Revere Sugar Plant Photoset Slideshow [f.trainer/flickr] Red Hook Photoset Slideshow [davechangphoto/flickr] Red Hook Storefront [callalillie/flickr] Gowanus Sunset [seriously excited!] Industrious Gowanus [No Words_Daily Pix/Hugh Crawford OTBKB] Blue Waves [Brit in Brooklyn] Harry’s on […]

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As you might know, we spend time posting at Curbed during the week. Here’s a selection from some of our Brooklyn goodness in that neck of the woods this week: The Lotus is Alive: Fresh Direct Says So (Above)Is Boerum Hill Attitude a Match for Park SlopeNovo Park Slope? Let’s Call it Boymelgreen HallRevere Sugar’s […]

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Driggs Avenue, Williamsburg

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Smith-9th Street Station, Brooklyn

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For the record, the Empire State Development Corp. voted this afternoon to approve the Atlantic Yards development and to allow the use of eminent domain to take property for the project. Rent stabilized tenants that would be evicted filed a lawsuit. Attention now shifts to the Public Authorities Control Board, which must approve the project, […]

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Every now and then, we totally overlook a story. That was the case when we skipped the details of the National Trust for Historic Preservation‘s announcement, with Scenic America, about Atlantic Yards when they joined Brooklyn Speaks on Tuesday. Even worse, we overlooked Norman Oder’s superb reporting about the massive Times Square signage that could […]

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The Empire State Development Corporation will vote to approve (we feel very safe in predicting this) Atlantic Yards today, setting the stage for a very interesting end-of-the year drama with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in the lead role. In an appearance on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show yesterday, ESDC Chair Charles Gargano–who Silver has called “the […]

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Who is Coney Island and Red Hook developer Joe Sitt? Like most developers, except for a certain New Yorker who attaches his name to all his projects, Mr. Sitt keeps a relatively low profile. But we found a couple of items written about the man who proposes to rebuild Coney Island and whose firm is […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Atlantic Yards Day: Ratner to Seize Land [NYDN] Empire State Development Corp. User’s Guide [AYR] Sheldon Silver User’s Guide [Brooklyn Papers] Ratner Stoop Really Blows [Brooklyn Papers] Just Another Friday: Park Slope 100 Expands [OTBKB] 100 of the Best People in Park Slope [Brooklyn Record] […]

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More on the saga of Clinton Hill’s Broken Angel from Neil Feldman, who publishes the fantastic Not Only Brooklyn e-newsletter. Neil emails to report: I just returned from a meeting with Arthur and Cynthia in the office of New York City Council Member Letitia James. I learned that there will be a hearing before Judge […]

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Have any unused computer or electronic equipment sitting around? You can drop it off tomorrow (12/9) from 8AM-4PM at PS 321 on Seventh Avenue at Second Street in Park Slope. They’re accepting working and non-working computers (laptops, desktops, servers), monitors, printers, keyboards, mice, cables, TV’s, audio-visual electronic devices and cell phones. The email announcing the […]

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Second Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Despite our carping about Thor Equities plans for Coney Island and our suggestion that Coney Island is the New Atlantic Yards and that developer Joe Sitt is the New Bruce Ratner, we’d been waiting to see where the Coney plans were going before reaching any definitive conclusions. After yesterday’s news that the Revere Sugar Refinery […]

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[Revere Sugar, Circa April, 2006] It is hard to imagine Red Hook without the Revere Sugar plant, although we’re not going to have to imagine it thanks to Thor Equities. Over the last several years, sensing that the end would come at some point, we’ve shot hundreds of photos of it. Other local photogs have […]

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Yesterday, we learned that Thor Equities, which owns Red Hook’s iconic Revere Sugar factory had obtained permits for its demolition. Breeze demolition trucks have been spotted on the site for weeks, presumably carting off in advance of the wrecking ball. One source says the landmark Revere dome is due to be demolished on Friday. A […]

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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn’s list of the “Park Slope 100” is out and we will say three things about it, before simply suggesting that you absolutely should check it out: (1). It’s a fasincating selection of people in the community that are in one way or another making a mark or making positive contributions, […]

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We had forgotten that we wanted to post this Live Journal post written after the sale of Astroland, but the news about the pending demolition of the Revere Sugar plant in Red Hook, reminded us. Back when CBGB’s closed Patti Smith made a remark that stuck about “the empty new prosperity of our city.” The […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images. On Thursday, we focus on food. Eat: Brooklyn Pizza Tourism [NYDN] myThai Cafe in Bay Ridge [Brooklyn Record] New Pan Asian in Bay Ridge [Sunset Parker] Bye Bye Bistro [ABL] Gulluoglu on Coney Island Ave [Chowhound] Focaccia from Focaccino: “The thing in the box” [Clinton […]

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