Were there warnings before the roof collapse at that building at 90 First Place in Carroll Gardens on Sunday night? Brownstoner has details on the collapse and the Department of Buildings response, including a Stop Work Order. A look at the DOB website, finds 6 complaints lodged against the building since May, including ones for […]

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We’re not even sure how we found the listing for this building at Union and Bond in Gowanus/Carroll Gardens, but it can be yours for a mere $12 million. It’s listed on City Cribs, and this is what they have to say: This corner warehouse on Bond Street is very large development site in a […]

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We’re not entirely sure what is planned for 291 Kent Avenue, which is a long, narrow lot across the street from the Domino Sugar Plant (AKA, as of recently, the New Domino with 2,000 apartments). What we can say is that the building on the site has been demolished and that the Department of Buildings […]

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Without question, the proposed “New Domino” development that was formally rolled out to the press at an on-site event last week and which is has its first hearings today in from of the City Planning Commission, would be a huge project. It would include at least 2,200 residential units and several buildings of 30 and […]

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The email we got along with the link to the YouTube vid above, which is really more of a Powerpoint presentation than a video, said “why can’t we have affordable housing and something that gives back to the community, city, etc? it could even be private financing if need be.” Yesterday, Lost City described the […]

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What you are looking at is the rapid progress being made on 525 Union Avenue, the luxury condo going up behind Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Giglio church on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg. One of the reasons that the building has gone up so quickly is that there had been a great deal of […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Today, we pay our respects to Tom Snyder, who passed away yesterday. Yvette Clarke Taking 6-Week Medical Leave of Absence [City Room] Brooklyn Housing Court Trial Over South Williamsburg Rent Strike Wraps Up [BDE] Weekly Coney HOOPLA! [Kinetic Carnival] The Wonder Wheel is a Wonder […]

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If it’s not one thing, it’s another. In recent weeks, we’ve had a spate of stories about car window smashings and tire slashings on Boerum Hill, not to mention hookers under windows and (0ur favorite) the Boerum Hill Crapper. This morning, we find some emails about everyone’s favorite urban sonic scourge–the screaming car alarm. We […]

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We return to our ongoing series of compromised Brooklyn signage with this example of signs that have been relocated to accommodate buildings construction. We continue to assume that this is a totally legitimate thing because it happens so frequently, but we might suggest to the city that stop signs that are several feet higher than […]

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The complaints about East River State Park in Williamsburg make the big time today, in a manner of speaking, with a story in the Daily News about how people are ticked off about its short hours and the abundance of rules. (You can read one of our posts about the pre-sunset shooing of visitors here, […]

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Looks like things got a little rowdy in Coney Island this weekend, at least, according to a dispatch from someone on scene. The action took place at Cha Cha’s on the boardwalk where the band World Inferno played a show. According to reports, the crowd start tearing the bar apart. Here’s the report that was […]

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What’s wrong with this picture? Hint: It has to do with the abundant amount of parking available on a Sunday evening in Park Slope. In any case, you know that the height of summer has hit the Slope when the normal Parking Derby is suspended. For comparative purposes, the normal scene at the hour this […]

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[Photo courtesy of Jonny Leather/flickr & jonnyleather.com]We ended up a little beaten down by yesterday’s weather and skipped the TV on the Radio show at McCarren Pool, even though we were on the list to shoot it and we love the band. In any case, the pool had a bit more water than usual and […]

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[Photo courtesy of azzface/flickr] The 17th Annual Sand Sculpting contest, which was sponsored by Astella Development Corp., was held in Coney Island on Saturday. Here are a few great shots of the event and the fun sand sculptures that were posted on flickr. [Photo courtesy of Sarah Paradise/flickr] [Photo courtesy of dietrich/flickr] [Photo courtesy of […]

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We keep returning to these properties whose official addresses are 157 and 173 Kent Avenue and 224 Wythe Avenue because the demolition process of both the cement plant that originally occupied the site and the building you see reduced to rubble above, has been so weird. About 2/3 of this full block in Williamsburg–across the […]

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If you’ve ever been on the Belt Parkway, perhaps you’ve noticed the big hills along Jamaica Bay near Starrett City that don’t seem to be natural parts of the landscape. If you’ve ever thought that they look like capped landfills, well, they are. (And if you’re a longtime resident you actually remember when they were […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Today, we also quietly pay our respects to Ingmar Bergman. Echoes of Atlantic Yards in New Domino Plan [AYR] Before You Reinvent a Place, Try Equaling It [No Land Grab] NYT Eminent Domain Story Doesn’t Even Mention Brooklyn?!? [Duffield St. Underground] Is the Domino Plant […]

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We know that there’s an explanation for this, we just don’t know what it is. We can only assume that, at some point, the staircase leading to this second-floor disappeared. Whereas, the doorbell sign did not. In any case, this image, which comes to us from Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, was captured by our Greenpoint […]

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Coney Island, Brooklyn[Cool photo courtesy of vinnie716/flickr]

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We don’t know what’s up with Vincent Russo, the gentleman who has owned these curious buildings on Smith Street for more than a half-century, and whose signage has adorned the neighborhood for decades. Months ago, a commenter noted that he had passed away (he is well into his 90s) earlier this year although we haven’t […]

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For this week’s Brooklyn Missed Connection we offer up this tale that we know is a fabrication, yet stands out for its desperate attention-getting qualities. It rings a bell too, so we may be onto a serial Missed Connection poster. Regardless, it amuses. In its bizarre way: I was the man who was born with […]

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The horrid condition of the boardwalk in Coney Island, a subject to which we’ve devoted countless, continues to generate some coverage. This week the Bay News notes the boardwalk’s deterioration. It also makes the very interesting point that Coney Island redevelopment make encourage the city to allow the problem to get worse before it gets […]

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Times Has Major Blind Spots in its Eminent Domain Coverage [AYR] Urban Explorers Exploring [NYT] Out of Control Car Hits Scaffolding, Met Food, Maggie Moos on Seventh Ave. [OTBKB] Even Muppets Offended by Greenpoint Sewage Smell [newyorkshitty] Newtown Creek Scum [Lex’s Folly] Picture New York Without Pictures [Brit in Brooklyn] Civil Liberty Issues [I’m Seeing […]

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Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle/Mirabelle Studios]

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As you may know, we have some fun over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here’s some of this week’s output over there: DIY Bicycle Policy in Greenpoint (above) Behold 502 Metropolitan in Williamsburg: It’s a Keeper Bushwick’s ‘Nightmare on Grove Street’? Checking in on Red Hook’s Big Blue Friend A Look Around the Old […]

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