We are pleased to report that the NYPD says that crime is down in Prospect Park and two dozen more cops are now on summer duty in the park, but we hear that marauding chickens are on the loose. Whether they’re escapees from a live poultry place, runaways from a backyard or had to cross […]

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We noticed that the exterior of Po on Smith Street is finished and the sign is up, and were taking some photos when chef Lee McGrath came outside. “Does this mean you’re coming in?” she joked. “When you’re open,” we said. “We’re opening on Thursday and I expect to see you,” she said. There you […]

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Our friends at Eater have a fascinating post about Delices de Paris, the bakery/cafe on Ninth Street in Park Slope that is noteworthy for both the fairly public breakup of its owners and its issues with the health department. Apparently, they have passed three health inspections but DOH won’t let them open. Eater reports: This […]

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Not everything that was spotted on the Forgotten NY tour of Greenpoint related to historic structures. Take, for instance, this sign. Its maker explained that she made it because someone stole $70 worth of caulk from behind her gate. Miss Heather does an excellent job of explaining the background over at newyorkshitty and we urge […]

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Kinetic Carnival offers up the goods on the 2007 Mermaid Parade Ball, which is being held at the historic Childs Building on the Boardwalk. According to Kinetic, this is the first time in many decades the building is going to open for a public event. Here are some details: The extravaganza will feature drink specials […]

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An important vote on that 24-story building that Quadriad Development wants to build at N. 3rd Street and Berry in Williamsburg is coming up tonight. The building was approved by Community Board 1’s Land Use Committee last week. Tonight’s meeting of the full Community Board takes place at 6:30 PM at the Swinging 60’s Senior […]

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Remember that Brooklyn College student art show that was shut down last May by Brooklyn Borough Parks Commissioner, Julius Spiegel, who called it not “appropriate for families”? The students won their lawsuit against the city. McBrooklyn directed our attention to a Brooklyn Daily Eagle story on the outcome. The Plan B show opened May 3 […]

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Thor Equities tear down of the old Revere Sugar Plant in Red Hook is quite the job. Workers have been at it since December, when they started on the iconic Revere Dome. Then, they moved on to other tanks on the property and, then, brick buildings. It looks like they’re be at it for most […]

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Rooftop Films are back. They’ll be holding their first Brooklyn screening of the summer on Saturday, June 16. The screening are held at the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus. It’s located at 232 Third Street at Third Avenue. Saturday’s screening sounds fascinating–Industriance Shorts: Disaster ManagementThe Space Age goes terribly wrong, described as “Short, funny, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Our Coney Island Shortcakes Friends Have a Baby!!! [Coney Island Shortcakes] Coney Island Lager, the Tattoo Brew [Metro] Detail on the Mermaid Parade Ball at Childs [Kinetic Carnival] Thank God: DiFara’s Will Reopen This Week [Gothamist] Brooklyn Food News: Red Hook Vendors and DiFara’s [Lost […]

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Sometimes, when our readers leave comments on an older post, and they’re interesting, we like to run them as a post. So it is with the contractor who left a comment concerning the spot we called Greenpoint’s Crater Lake. It’s that building at 265 Eckford whose excavation site–on which work has been stopped–looks like a […]

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Yesterday, we posted about and linked a very positive piece about Coney Island redevelopment and developer Joe Sitt that ran all over the country via AP. The article was very bullish on the Coney remake and cast the developer–who’s taken a few bumps here and there in the NY press and blogs–in a very positive […]

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No bikes over here. Put them over there, instead. Understood?

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Surf Avenue, Coney Island

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Not only does Celebrate Brooklyn kick off on Thursday night (6/14), but the Metropolitan Opera is going to be performing Faust in Prospect Park next Tuesday, June 19. OTBKB kindly relates the details from the Met. The series actually opens in Central Park today (6/12) and tomorrow (6/13). And there are six additional performances in […]

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Last year, around this time, we posted about a building that we dubbed the Sub-Zero Building because it bore an odd resemblance to everyone’s favorite high-end kitchen appliances. The Sub-Zero Building is in Greenpoint and finished with a shiny metallic finish. Some people like it. Some people don’t. We were wandering Williamsburg a couple of […]

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Here’s a little taste of a local religious procession that passed down Franklin Street in Greenpoint on Sunday. It happened during the Forgotten New York tour of Greenpoint. If you’re a Brooklyn resident, you run into these processions from time to time. At least, we do. We enjoy and appreciate them.

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Will the beloved Red Hook vendors be subjected to a competitive bidding process that could result in the loss of yet another Brooklyn institution? Cesar Fuentes, the head of the vendor’s group will be meeting on Tuesday with Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe (who has so far been silent on an issue that has been prominent […]

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We participated in what was officially known as Forgotten Tour 30 yesterday. It was Forgotten NY‘s walk around Greenpoint. Writer and Forgotten New Yorker Kevin Walsh led the tour with an assist from Miss Heather of newyorkshitty. Among the things we learned is that it impossible to walk the streets of Greenpoint in a large […]

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That bit of sidewalk at Bedford Avenue and N. 7th Street in Williamsburg is going in fast. It’s noteworthy because, according to Streets Blog, it’s the first time in New York City that parking for cars has been cut to make room for parking for bikes. The project was in the making for three years, […]

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The Landmarks Preservation Commission has declined to get involved in the issue of the buildings on Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn that many historians believe were sites on the Underground Railroad, but which the city wants to demolish in order to build underground parking. A consulting firm hired by the Economic Development Corporation and paid […]

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We wandered into the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory‘s new location on Commercial Street in Greenpoint over the weekend and ice cream maker Mark Thompson giving away mini-cones of all his flavors. The shop, which is at 97 Commercial Street (at the end of Manhattan Avenue) has been open since Memorial Day Weekend, in fact, with […]

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We were on the Wonder Wheel when we first noticed that developer Joe Sitt and Thor Equities are doing more land clearance on the property that they semi-demolished over the winter that is now hidden behind plywood fences. Concrete has been dug up and piles of dirt have appeared. Presumably, it is in preparation for […]

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Carroll Gardens residents will be talking about the Battle of 360 Smith Street at a meeting of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association tonight. It should be a spirited discussion, with residents trying to work out their expectations for the building, particularly its height along both Second Street and Second Place, and the future of the […]

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Ah, yes, McCarren Pool as a swimming pool. (The image above is a little something we created last summer when it was very, very hot.) Now that there’s likely to be money in the city budget for returning McCarren Pool to its intended use, the process of figuring out how to do it is more […]

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