Here’s an up to date shot of one of the buildings going up at the booming intersection of N. 10th Street and Berry in Williamsburg. The building you are looking at–125 N. 10th Street–is next to our old friend, 55 Berry Street. (In case you’re going to wonder what it’s going to look like and […]

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What you’re looking at is the new building at N. 7th and Berry Street in Williamsburg, which has finally lost the scaffolds and netting that has surrounded it since last year. The building has the tentative name “Seven Berry,” and to us, it has always sounded like a breakfast cereal. The building is the work […]

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We’re going to start a new feature for the next few weeks highlighting some of the great Brooklyn blogs that we like and read. We’re going to mix things up, by topic and by neighborhood. Given that there are so many good blogs in our borough, even if we do one a day for the […]

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We often post about the issue of sewage and the Gowanus, which is one of the things that will doom any cleanup effort of the canal if left unaddressed. Unfortunately, there is ample evidence that –claims in the Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Statement to the contrary–the massive development at Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue will […]

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If you’ve ever wanted to get up close and personal with Newtown Creek, or just hang by the water and read a book, you will soon have your chance. The photo taken by our Greenpoint correspondent and posted on flickr shows the progress of work on the park at the end of Manhattan Avenue. Work […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: A Nuanced Take on Gentrification [Atlantic Yards Report] Post-Nuptial G Train Fun [newyorkshitty] My Failed Trip to the Floating Pool [Brooklyn Enthusiast] Judith Supine Takes Over Manhattan Bridge [Gothamist] Hanging Neon Green Figure Makes Impression [Sun] Local Pizzeria Versus Papajohn’s in Sunset Park [NYT] Brooklyn Heights […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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We hate to keep harping about the hideous condition of Coney Island’s trip-and-fall boardwalk, but the fact that we were afraid we were going to break through a plank the other night, uh, renewed our interest in it. That and the fact that we shot a nice pic of a hole surrounded by trash cans. […]

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Every week, we start looking for our favorite Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connection–that one ad that makes us laugh or smile or cringer. And, every week, we worry that we won’t find anything out of the ordinary. Our fears always prove wrong. We had an instant lightbulb moment when we saw the headline on this one, […]

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Here are some vids shot in Dumbo, including quite a few of the Boredoms 77 Drummers performance in July. Click on the embedded player and enjoy.

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Every week, we highlight a few comments left by GL readers during the previous week in our “On the Sofa” feature. Here are some of this week’s featured thoughts: Meet the Sad Face of Brooklyn Gentrification’s Human Toll. “we’ve been down this road before & will keep on it for a long time to come, […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Today’s photo, however, takes us out-of-borough to Flushing Meadows Park, in case you noticed that we put a Queens photo on Brooklinks. It Came from the Yard [The Food of the Future] Lessons from Book on the Pulaski Highway for Atlantic Yards [AYR] Red Hook Container […]

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If you read GL, you might know that we also post over at Curbed from Monday through Friday. Here is some of this week’s unreplicated Curbed goodness. Checking in on Maspeth Condo Alley’s ‘Rectangular’ Olive Park ‘Silvery Metallic Megastructure’ Coming to Burg’s Union Ave. An Olive Garden Grows Quickly in Brooklyn Park Slope Dog Crap […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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[Photo courtesy of Blue Jake] The red brick Beach Russ Building at 544 Union Ave. in Williamsburg, whose demolition we have followed a bit, and whose replacement we posted about over at Curbed, is gone. As in, nothing left but a pile of bricks. The photo above is from Blue Jake‘s Jake Dobkin. He writes […]

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The Cole Bros. Circus is in Coney Island through tomorrow, August 5. Here’s a look at it from the Wonder Wheel if you wish as we send in the clowns, so to speak.

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We were going to make this a “Photo Du Jour,” but it’s way too on-topic not to merit a few extra words. This is the scene on the lot next to the Thor Equities site where the Cole Bothers Circus is set up through tomorrow. This is some of the demolition equipment that has been […]

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Our favorite Williamsburg dating advice/real estate development blogger has struck again with another brilliant find. This time it’s an add for “the modern artist” in the Loom Building on Flushing Avenue. Bad Advice writes: . . . the Loom Building doesn’t want your tired, Old-Master ass. This leaser of creative spaces is only interested in […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. Images: Beneath the BQE in East Greenpoint [Blue Jake] Navy Yard Cranes [Clinton Hill Blog] Oasis [Brit in Brooklyn] Grand Army Plaza [Park Slope Street Photography] McGuinnessmobile [Chicapoquita/flickr] Boat Fire [Gerritsen Beach.Net] Dance of the Gypsies in Coney Island [Blather From Brooklyn] Brooklyn […]

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Coney Island, Brooklyn[Photo courtesy of Sarah Paradise/flickr]

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Every now and then we like to note First Saturday program at the Brooklyn Museum. That’s the night when you can gain free admission to the museum and enjoy both the museums arts and a program of music and other events. First Saturday is tonight and the theme of the entertainment and events is Caribbean. […]

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[Photo courtesy of Keylime Steve/flickr] We knew it was going to be good, and the back story of the submersible device busted near the Queen Mary 2 in Red Hook does not disappoint. A tipster to both Curbed and Gothamist identified the person behind the sub as artist Duke Riley and it turns out that […]

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Just when you thought a hot day couldn’t get any hotter, comes this bizarre story about three people taken into custody for having a submersible device off Red Hook near the Queen Mary 2. 7Online is reporting that the police say it isn’t terrorism related, but no one is reporting, just yet, what it’s related […]

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Don’t look now, but the zoning recommendations for Coney Island will probably be out before the end of August. We don’t know if the date is official, but what we’re hearing is August 24 or August 28. This is in keeping with the word floating around in Coney circles that the zoning recommendations would be […]

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[Photo courtesy of UNO] We came across this on the blog started by UNO (United Neighbors Organization), which is working to protect tenants from displacement and eviction in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The picture touched our hearts–as it was certainly intended to do. No to be dramatic or emotional, but it simply breaks our hearts that […]

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