Brookinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Goodbye, Mr. Stuckey: Goodbye, Mr. Stuckey; Atlantic Yards head departs for “new challenges” [AYR] Atlantic Yards Project Gets New Leadership [Crains] Breaking News from FCR’s Board Room [DDDB] Stuckey Leaves Atlantic Yards [TRE] Sayonara Stuckey [No Land Grab] Everything Else: Planned Parks, Brooklyn Waterfront Included, May […]

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Photographer and Atlantic Yards footprint neighbor Tracy Collins showed us his new book of photos a couple of week ago. It’s called Atlantic Yards: [De]Construction of the Neighborhood and chronicles developments so far in the neighborhood that will be either (a). demolished for the huge Forest City Ratner project or (b). in its shadow. Mr. […]

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We return to our “Say What?” series of compromised signage with this entry from the Greepoint Historic District, although some of the boundaries are a little unclear on the sign.

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If you’re interested in the future of kids in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, you might want to check out tonight’s “Town Hall Meeting on the Public Schools” in the community. A notice for the meeting says that “elected officials and community leaders are asking the Department of Education to work with the community to develop a […]

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Coney Island, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of insky/flickr]

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Fascinating news on the Atlantic Yards front: Jim Stuckey, president of the Atlantic Yards Development Group for Forest City Ratner, has resigned. Atlantic Yards Report writes that Mr. Stuckey, “the developer’s point man for more than three years on the project, has resigned from the company, ‘effective immediately, citing personal reasons and a desire to […]

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It’s worth noting that there’s an important planning session in Williamsburg tonight about redesigning McCarren Pool. In the words of an email encouraging participation, “This is your opportunity to sit down with your neighbors and give your input to what the future McCarren Park Pool should be. The architect for the redesign will be chosen […]

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That 24-story building that Quadriad Development would like to build at N. 3rd Street and Berry in Williasmburg drew a large crowd to a Community Board 1 meeting that was expected to vote on the proposal. OnNYTurf reports 100 community members opposed to the building turned out. In the end, CB1 tabled a vote on […]

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For all the discussion in Carroll Gardens about the building that will be built at 360 Smith Street, and its design and height, the bigger issues according to community leaders are rezoning the neighborhood and enlarging its Historic District. The rub, however, is that neither are likely to happen soon. Residents have been told by […]

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GL has gotten word from Cesar Fuentes, who is the representative of the beloved Red Hook food vendors, that a meeting with the Parks Department that was scheduled for yesterday has been postponed until Friday afternoon. We assume this is a good sign in that the Parks Department may need time to come up with […]

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This is a shot of Halleck Street in Red Hook as it intersects with Beard Street. Ostensibly, new sidewalk and curbs are being put in, but it seems to be too much of a coincidence given the opening of the Ikea next year across the street. (We also worry, long-term, about the health of the […]

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If you want to get a strong reaction from a whole lot of people in Brooklyn, talk about F Train service and about how it can be improved. (Yes, the same holds true in most neighborhoods…and we don’t even want to get into the subject of the G Train or the L Train.) In any […]

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A while ago, we wrote about Taconic Investment Partners Coney Island strategy, noting that the company was interested in parcels of land owned by the Parks Department, which has land around property that it has bought. Apparently, Taconic may be closing in on a deal for more land. Interestingly, web pages about the North and […]

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As we noted below, Gotham Gazette has an interesting Coney Island redevelopment package this week. In addition to former Planning Commission member Stuart Pertz of the Municipal Art Society, there are pieces by Coney Island Development Corp. President Lynn Kelly and by Taconic Investment Partners VP Ari Shalam. While getting only a fraction of the […]

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We’ve mentioned this before, but Community Board 6 is having its general board meeting tonight at 6:30 PM. The location is the auditorium John Jay High School at 237 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, which is located between Fourth and Fifth Streets. The last monthly meeting was marked by acrimony over DOT’s plan to install […]

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The Gotham Gazette offers two interesting pieces about Coney Island redevelopment this week. One of them is from Coney Island Development Corp. President Lynn Kelly and is based on her remarks at a Municipal Art Society discussion last week. It’s an interesting window into her thinking. Here are some excerpts, but we suggest a read […]

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We’ve been remiss in not mentioning Brooklyn writer Gabriel Cohen‘s new novel Boombox, which is a story about class, race, gentrification and clashing cultures set in Boerum Hill. Gabriel, who is both a superb writer and a very nice person, called us a while back to tell us about the book. We read it during […]

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If you’ve ever spent time on Columbia Street in Red Hook, you’ve possibly noticed the former industrial area that’s been partly reclaimed by wetlands vegetation. It’s next to the Ikea and is also a great spot for some graffiti and street art. Most of the structures that were in there have been removed and so […]

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It’s not a construction site, per se, so much as a destruction site, but the point is that the notorious site of the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire is looking interesting these days. What drew our attention is the heavy metal fence with the big holes punched in it. They do however, provide a nice vantage […]

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We have to say that we found this post on the blog You’re Not in Kansas Anymore, amusing. Can’t say we’ve heard an air horn in the middle of the night recently, but you never know: A Letter to My Neighbors *or* Really? An Air-horn? To the neighbors on my otherwise quiet, family-centered, tree-lined Brooklyn […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Call for Pedestrian Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenue [Streets Blog]Dear God: $6.5M for a Nine-Room Prospect Park West Coop [Brownstoner]Greenpoint in Need of Rescue from Rescue Me [11222]Great Moments in Greenpoint Siding, Part V [newyorkshitty]Good Citizens: If You Strip a Car in Gowanus, […]

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There’s a book launch party this evening, from 6PM-8PM for The Great Neighborhood Book. It takes place at Christ Church, which is at the corner of Clinton Street and Kane Street in Cobble Hill. The book is from the Project for Public Spaces and its formal title is The Great Neighborhood Book: A Do-It Yourself […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of ddvo/flickr]

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1) The rumor floating around in Coney Island circles is that Astroland, which is scheduled to close for good after the summer season and whose rides are up for sale online, will be given a one-year stay of execution. Owner Carol Albert sold to developer Joe Sitt last year and almost immediately began asking for […]

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Don’t look for the Battle of 360 Smith Street–the fight about a building adjacent to the Second Place entrance of the Carroll Street subway stop that would be designed by Robert Scarano and built by developer Billy Stein–to quiet down any time soon. Plans for the building, and the strategy for fighting to change it, […]

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