There’s an interesting post over at the Gowanus Forum on Brooklynian.com that Brownstoner brought our attention to with a link. We’ve previously noted the building on Union Street near Nevins that is on the market, but the writer notes more sales, particularly a property at Third Avenue and President Street that will become “a hotel […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Last week it was the sale of Astroland. This week, it’s the demolition of the Revere Sugar Plant in Red Hook. Curbed got the scoop of the month on the fate of the Revere Sugar Refinery in Red Hook from one of its special correspondents: Demolition permits were issued yesterday and work was authorized to […]

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Here is Part III of Gowanus Lounge’s Brooklyn Holiday Gift Guide. You can check out Part I here, which focused on Brooklyn causes and organizations, and Part II here, which focused on Brooklyn products. Part III is a random and subjective grab bag of things as we have thought of them: Dogs of the Run […]

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We found the this item about this old time drug hysteria article called “Marijuana: Sex-Crazing Drug Menace,” in scouring the planet for items about Coney Island. It’s over at the blog Modern Mechanix. Here’s why it came to our attention: In the midst of all its amusing verbiage there is this tidbit: Cultivated plots have […]

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Stooping: (Stoop) Size Matters [Brownstoner] The Big Blow: Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards “Front Stoop” Will be Too Windy [AYR] Hey, Psst, Wanna Buy Some Real Fries? Got ‘Em in Jersey: Diners Face Oil Slick [NYP] Trans Fats Get Fried [NYDN] New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants [NYT] Other Reading Material: Astroturfing Cadman Plaza Park […]

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First Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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From the same reader that emailed the historic photos of the Gowanus flooding Fourth Avenue (we’ll have a couple of modern-day photos later this week), we offer two more images of Gowanus in the 70s. Specifically, in 1876 (top) and 1877 (bottom). We assume the top photo is the end of the canal. We have […]

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No matter how you feel about the Atlantic Yards proposal–love it, hate it or somewhere in between–there are things about the rush job done to try to get it approved as fast as humanly possible that have to give you pause. Case in point, the way the Final Environmental Impact Statement brushes off the threat […]

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Rail lines have historically been critical in the way cities evolve and grow. New York as we know it today, was shaped by the extension of its subway and trolley lines. So, when the story surfaced yesterday about the MTA’s service changes on the L and G trains, you had to wonder what it will […]

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How many Atlantic Yards Christmas Carols can you watch? There are eight–count ’em eight–posted over at youtube. All credit for bringing this lastest mashup of Holiday Season, Controversial Brooklyn Development and $1.65 billion website goes to the crew at No Land Grab, which has posted two of them so far. They’re done up by the […]

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What will become of Coney Island’s landmark Astrotower, the 275-foot tower offering bird’s eye views of Coney, when Astroland closes? Today’s Post–the paper fast becoming the oracle through which various Coney sources choose to speak–reports that the Albert family has offered the tower to the city so that it can be moved elsewhere in Coney. […]

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Monsignor’s, an Italian place (it look more like a “place” than a “restaurant” ) in Greenpoint on Lorimer at Bedford is history. We pointed our camera at the remains on Sunday. The grates are permanently down and the real estate agent’s sign is up. Moonshadow, the last eatery to close nearby was replaced by a […]

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Two very highly-regarded organizations, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Scenic America are joining Brooklyn Speaks, the organization connected to the Municipal Arts Society that is arguing for major changes in the Atlantic Yards proposal. Both organizations are veterans of major, major battles in Washington and around the country. It will be interesting to […]

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Words can not possibly do justice to this vision of Coney Island posted at arquitectonicaGEO that Kinetic Carnival happened upon. Kinetic called these: vague and tamely dismal. The mini-parachutes that appeared to be a running theme seem to have morphed into jellyfish on sticks or mushroom lamps. We’ll leave it at that.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Lost in Brooklyn: Manhattanites Become Very Disoriented in Cobble Hill [Z. Madison] Bensonhurst Woman Swallowed by Sinkhole [Sun] EMT Continues Shitting on Sunset Park [Sunset Parker] Another Day in Brooklyn: Columbia Community Benefits Agreement vs Atlantic Yards [AYR] A Look Inside the Carlton Mews Church […]

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Driggs Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Lost in the release of renderings of Thor Equities plans for Coney Island, news of its upcoming marketing campaign and the headlines surrounding its purchase of Astroland last week is the fact that all of its plans are subject to public approval. In particular, any Thor projects that would include highrises and residential units will […]

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Hodge Podge Lodge, a pop-up shop, is now open for the holidays in the Williamsburg space formerly occupied by Bedford Cheese, which moved to new digs up the street this fall. The new shop–which will only be open through the holidays–features, well, a hodge podge of goods from handcrafted garments to art. The emphasis in […]

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Nickelodeon, whose proposal for turning Governor’s Island into a “themed resort” was recently rejected may be looking at new territory near the water: Coney Island. Todays Post lets loose with a story that SpongeBob and friends could be coming to our favorite Brooklyn waterfront destination in the form of a Nickelodeon “theme hotel” and, possibly, […]

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If your read one story today from a publication you don’t normally peruse, make it the Sunday’s excellent Los Angeles Times story about Broken Angel. The story is full of both excellent detail and color and makes a point worth repeating that a significant work of art is threatened with destruction by the city. The […]

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Brooklinks is a daily roundup of Brooklyn-related news and images: Progress in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Views] NYT is MIA on Atlantic Yards, but Into Columbia J. School Cheating Story [AYR] Hi, Ho Silver! [No Land Grab] Starrett City Sale Stirring Worries [NYDN] Robbers Kill Man in Bed-Stuy [NYT] Inspectors Bust Brooklyn Markets for Illegal Iguana Meat […]

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Second Place, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

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Last week, Time Out New York ran a picture of the Bridge of Sighs in Venice next to a photo of the Smith-9th Street Station over the Gowanus. They were making light of a recent comment calling Gowanus the “Venice of Brooklyn.” Having logged significant amounts of time in the former and being a constant […]

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It’s the weekend and that means it’s time to head over to Craiglist, scan the Brooklyn Missed Connections and pick one or two to highlight here because they stand out. For whatever reason, there is a bonanza available this week in the land of sadness, comedy and ships passing in the night. Nonetheless, we have […]

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