Did you know you can request placement of a bike rack in front of a neighborhood business by filling out an online form at the Department of Transportation website? We’re sure that Streets Blog knows, but GL didn’t until a reader left a comment to that effect in our item about the immense popularity of […]

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A traffic safety mural that grew out of concerns about children being struck by cars on Third and Fourth Avenues will be painted next month on Third Avenue and there’s a community meeting to preview and discuss the design on Thursday night (7/19). The project is a collaboration between Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell, the community […]

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It’s a bit early to be posting about the Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour, which will take place this year on October 20 and 21. But we got an email from A.G.A.S.T. (Annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour) asking us to help them pass the word to artists, which we’re happy to do. They write: We […]

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The Department of Housing Preservation and Development announced this morning that it is taking RFPs from developers interested in building on the extremely polluted Public Place site in Gowanus. Public Place will be a mixed-use development that will include at least 400 units of mixed-income housing, commercial space, community facilities and open space, including landscaped […]

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Want to get some Park Slope residents upset? Threaten to screw with their Fresh Direct deliveries. Well, actually, have Fresh Direct itself mess with them by, say, raising the amount of the minimum order from $50 to $100. That was what happened yesterday and it was either (a) a weird mistake or (b) Fresh Direct […]

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Last week, we reported on the rally/media event against architect Robert Scarano that City Council Member Bill de Blasio was organizing for today. At the time, Mr. de Blasio’s office was considering having it at the Department of Education’s office, as he is asking for the architect to lose his professional certification. Well, a change […]

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The plan to boot out the Red Hook Container Port and to redevelop the waterfront property for a variety of uses appears dead. The Daily News reports that City Hall has dropped its plan to evict the container port. The operator, American Stevedoring, had put up a significant fight to stay. The News reports: Red […]

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We don’t know what the new building that is coming to 268 Wythe (the northwest corner of Metropolitan and Wythe) will look like, but we do know that it will be seven stories tall and that work is underway. The site–which was up for sale for a while–is across the street from the site of […]

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1) Ella Cafe (above) is opening today on Bedford Avenue near N. 7th Street. At least, that’s what the sign says and we hope they make their deadline. It looked like they were working like crazy inside over the weekend to make it, though. 2) Also opening today is Greenhouse Essentials Holistic, the “essential living […]

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So, we were walking in Greenpoint north of McCarren Park when we saw a very familiar piece of machinery standing tall over the local buildings. It turns out the big thing that bangs North Brooklyn was on the scene. Specifically, our friend the prodigious Empire Pile Driver, which torments people all over Greenpoint and Williamsburg […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Checking Progress on the BQE Building at 518 Meeker [Brownstoner] How About Existing Garages for Parking Near Duffield Street? [Duffield St. Underground] Coney HOOPLA! [Kinetic Carnival] Goodbye Coney Island Baby [Daily Intel] Are They Emulating Mondrian on DeGraw Street? [Blather from Brooklyn] Will Rare Bird […]

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There is nothing quite like standing in front a three-ton, 80-foot-tall statue being carried down a Williamsburg street, while you are walking backwards shooting photos and praying that the people behind you move and that you do not fall and get trampled. Trust us, it adds some spice to life, particularly because the Giglio–the lift […]

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We shot a lot of photos at the Giglio Lift & Dance yesterday, and posted a full photoset on flickr. You can check it out, if you wish, by clicking here or simply watch the slideshow below.

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How you feel about what this photo shows depends on whether you view it as an instance of the glass being half empty or half full. Or something like that. On the right is Kyoto, a Japanese restaurant on Smith Street that has just opened. Normally, we would have included this in a Brooklyn Nibbles […]

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We were in the process of being tossed out of East River State Park in Williamsburg over the weekend, around with 150 or so other people, at the 7:45 PM closing time. It was a beautiful night and most people were not happy about getting the boot about 45 minutes before sunset. Less happy, however, […]

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We received an email from Renee Storey, the Vice President for Administration of Cole Bros. Circus, which Thor Equities is brining to Coney Island for a week at the end of July. You might recall that back in May we ran a post dealing with old allegations of animal abuse against the circus. Several of […]

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The final Giglio lift was held yesterday on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg. Here’s a short Brookvid showing the action. If there’s a problem with the embed or if you just like to watch your vids directly over at YouTube, you can click here.

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Those new bike racks at the Bedford Avenue L Station in Williamsburg? If only every investment the city made proved this productive and popular. Less than a week old, they’re already filled to capacity with not an extra spot to be found. More to come, we hope.

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Jewish Brooklyn Man Says Jet Blue Fired Him For Not Working Saturdays [NYP] Assem. Brennan Says Atlantic Yards Should Be Put Back on Table [AYR] Bastille Day on Smith Street [Brooklyn Heights Blog] A Sand Filled Bastille Day Storms Brooklyn [Sun] Bay Ridge Home Depot […]

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[Photo courtesy of Steve Kalka/nyrre.org] The Brooklyn City Streetcar Company, which is pushing trolleys as a transportation solution in a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods, is talking up its idea of a trolley line in Coney Island. The Bay News reports on the idea, which would seem to make a lot of sense if both the […]

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[Photo Courtesy of Chris Curen] The Liberty Heights Tap Room in Red Hook was recently purchased by Black 47 frontman Chris Byrne. Chris Curen, who sent us this photo, captured it in mid-morph during the week into Rocky Sullivan’s. Mr. Byrne also owns Rocky Sullivan’s on Lexington Avenue. So, now, there are two.

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The half life of street art can be long(ish) or short. A case in point of the latter is this piece by Borf on N. 6th Street in Williamsburg that appeared on the same wall where a destroy Banksy used to be and where a number of splashings took place. In any case, a piece […]

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The streets outside the Lorimer Street L Train stop yesterday were not a particularly happy spot. Nor for that matter was the station itself as hundreds of people got off trains that were terminating at the station so they could take shuttle buses along the L route to Broadway Junction (where they could catch the […]

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Today’s your last chance to see the fascinating lift and “dance” of the Giglio on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg. (Warning: It tends to be very crowded.) So, if you’ve ever wondered what a five-story statue that weighs three tons looks like being carried down the street, head a few blocks from Bedford Avenue. There’s a […]

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