The big empty lot where Quadriad Development hopes to build a 24-story building in Williamsburg recently sprouted some interesting anti-gentrification street art. The Quadriad building would contain about one-third affordable units (with definitions of affordability with which some take issue). Our point here, though, is simply to show some close ups of the artwork.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy summer! Two Men in a Room and a Ratner Bonus [AYR] Fascinating Q&A with NYC’s New Transportation Commissioner [Streets Blog] A Chat with Daniel Goldstein [NYO] Atlantic Yards Demolition Update [Brownstoner] State Brownfield Program is a Boondoggle [Sun] Joe Sitt Fights for His Coney […]

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If you’re not sick of Coney Island coverage this week (and we, personally, never are), check out the new story in Metropolis Magazine. It offers an interesting perspective on the situation, even though it wrongly predicts “By the time you read this, the battle over the future of Coney Island may be over.” The article […]

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The Brooklyn blogger networking and face-to-face time that began with the wonderful efforts of Louise Crawford of Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn–who created and organized the first two Brooklyn blogfests and who keeps up contact with so many local bloggers–continues on Sunday with a monthly meeting in Flatbush. The event is being organized by Flatbush […]

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The old industrial and warehouse blocks of Williamsburg around Driggs and Roebling Avenues from Union Avenue to N. 6th Street and being redone with new buildings. Most will rise 6-8 stories and some will take up significant portions of entire blocks. The latest such project that is coming together is on N. 9th and N. […]

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Truly, we realize that someday, this battle will be lost for good. Probably on the day that the Whole Foods at Third Street and Third Avenue opens, marketing wholesome goodness from a toxic site on the shores of the Gowanus, and people start calling it the Park Slope Whole Foods. We’ve already seen a Holiday […]

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We don’ t know who, exactly, has been working on Robert Scarano’s Wikipedia page, but we have a funny feeling that it’s someone that lives in or near Carroll Gardens. Why? Recent additions to the constantly changing, shall we say, ScaraWiki, concern the controversy surrounding his building at 360 Smith Street and the effort by […]

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[Photo courtesy of GerritsenBeach.Net/flickr] We know a good story when we see one and the one first reported by GerritesenBeach.Net that we posted about on Sunday was a very good one. That’s the one about the suggestions that Manhattan Beach privatize its public waterfront, put a police checkpoint on the bridge from Sheepshead Bay and […]

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After all the wrangling over and fears about Coney Island’s future, we take pleasure in noting the wonderful events that will be taking place there this weekend. First, there will be a fireworks display on Friday night at 9:30. It’s not the regular Friday night fireworks. Those start next Friday (6/29) and will take place […]

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Only a handful of people turned up for the three meetings held yesterday at the Newtown Creek Sewage Treatment Plant on the big, underground Exxon-Mobil spill in Greenpoint. That could be because the Department of Environmental Conservation did little to publicize the events or because they were held at the off-putting sewage treatment facility, which […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. State May Further Tighten 421-a Developer Tax Break [AYR] Some Manhattan Beach Residents Want to Take Extreme Measures [My Fox] Greenpoint Traffic [11222] Albee Square Project to Lose Some Housing [Brownstoner] Patti Smith Will Open Music Hall of Williamsburg [Relix] History on Duffield Street [Sun] […]

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The Metropolitan Opera rolled into Prospect Park last night with an incredible amount of equipment and a huge cast of musicians and singers to present Gounod’s Faust. Thousands turned out to watch, listen, have picnics and hang out for a beautiful evening in the park. Rain held off until long after the concert was concluded. […]

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1) We’re beginning to get the sense that there might not be any fleas on N. 6th Street. Why? Check out the signage. The planned new flea market has gone from an opening on June 2 to June 12 to, now, June 123. Well, June 23. Any wagers on whether it will open at all? […]

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There are two chances to catch the excellent documentary Brooklyn Matters tonight and tomorrow. Tomorrow night’s screening in Park Slope, in fact, includes a special panel discussion that’s sure to be interesting: Wednesday, June 20, 6:45PMSt. Gregory’s Roman Catholic Church991 St. Johns Place (Near Brooklyn Avenue). Crown Heights.Sponsored by the Crown Heights North Association Thursday, […]

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We return to our “Say What?” feature of signs compromised by construction, vandalism or street art, with this example from Williamsburg, which is a Nirvana of screwed up signage. Based on the sign’s placement, we believe it advises one not to park in the driveway.

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The schedule for the Seaside Summer Concert Series in Asser Levy Park in Coney Island/Brighton Beach is posted online. The B-52s are playing on August 9. (Last year we didn’t go because a monster thunderstorm was about to happen and this year we’ll be out of town.) In any case, here’s the summer schedule, which […]

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[Photo courtesy of superkb/flickr] Okay, this is absolutely, positively, the last street fair we note until the Atlantic Antic. We think. It’s the Smith Street Funday Sunday, which is taking place this Sunday, June 24 from 11AM to 6PM on Smith Street from Bergen Street to Union Street. It’s produced locally rather than by the […]

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Given global warming, New York may someday really be a city of water and Brooklyn a borough of the same thing. However, in this case City of Water refers to a new documentary about the future of New York’s waterfront. There’s a premiere for the documentary, on which the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and the Municipal […]

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We saw several emails from Carroll Gardens residents last week suggesting that assistance on getting changes made to the controversial building at 360 Smith Street had been slow in coming from local elected officials. Council Member Bill de Blasio’s office has now distributed an email to residents asking that architect Robert Scarano loose his state […]

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Just so that you can see them, we’ve put together the latest rendering of Stillwell Avenue and Surf Avenue looking toward the Coney Island Boardwalk with the one released in November. Note that the glassy building with the mermaid in v 2.1 has been replaced with a building meant to evoke Luna Park. Also note […]

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Here’s your chance to question officials from the Department of Environmental Conservation about the massive Exxon/Mobil Oil Spill in Newtown Creek and Greenpoint. (17-30 million gallons depending on the estimate you accept.) It takes place today (June 19) at the the Newtown Creek Water Pollution Control Plant (329 Greenpoint Ave at Humboldt Street), which is […]

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Our Greenpoint correspondent sent this gem of a resident of Huron Street watching the cranes at work on the building a couple of doors down. While you can’t see the expression on the person’s face, we don’t think it would be going out on a limb to say that we’re pretty sure he’s not smiling. […]

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These are two more updated renderings of Thor Equities vision for Coney Island that were passed along yesterday. The view above is one of W. 10th Street. One of the most notable things about it is that it depicts a new structure around the base of the landmark Cyclone. The building on the north end […]

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There are more developments to report in the ongoing saga of the very threatened Underground Railroad buildings on Duffield Street. As reported on Brownstoner and in amNY yesterday, a lawsuit has been against Mayor Bloomberg and the city–which want to take the buidings via eminent domain in order to building an underground parking garage–alleging they […]

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