Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Dailies Blow the Ward Bakery Collapse Follow Up [AYR] FEMA Tours Bay Ridge Tornado Damage [Metro] Crumbling Hopes for 160 Imlay? [Brownstoner] Red Hook Dead End? [Gothamist] Red Hook is “Dead Hook” [NYPress] Brooklyn Alternate Side Tornado Tickets Dismissed [NYP] New Justification for Tearing Down […]

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We return to our “Say What?” series of signage that has been compromised by construction, stickers or graffiti with this primo specimen from the messed up sign capital of NYC, Williamsburg. It can be found on Havemeyer Street near Grand Street.

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

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The part of Williamsburg around Jackson Street and Manhattan Avenue has been quite the hotbed of construction over the last year or so. The building above is 368 Manhattan, which is finally emerging from its construction phase. The Jackson Foundry building (first photo below) has been turned into condos. There are a number of them […]

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Maybe it was the online F Train petition that inspired it, but the longstanding “Save the G” effort has a new blog. Well, it’s a one-entry blog so far proclaiming an intention to do more. The organizers write: After a too-long hiatus, Save The G is re-establishing our web presence. You’ll be hearing about our […]

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The Red Hook community-based photo project “What’s the Hook?” organized by Harriet Zucker got under way yesterday and we understand that more than 100 photographers have already expressed interest in participating. The photo project will run through Saturday (8/18). For more information you can go to the What’s the Hook? website, but the bottom line […]

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Among the things we love about Coney Island is that just when you think the news can’t get any more odd, it does. Take, for instance, this story about Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, developer Joe Sitt and fixing the decrepit Coney Island boardwalk. Apparently, Ms. Gotbaum “is in talks” with Mr. Sitt “and will ask […]

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We’re going to be doing some photo-oriented Coney Island posts in the next week or two, starting with today’s pics of some of the kiddie rides. Enjoy.

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There’s a fundraiser this evening for the Transportation Alternatives and Groundswell Mural Project, which are sponsoring a traffic awareness mural project along Third Avenue. It takes place from 6PM-8PM. There’s a mural preview at the corner of 3rd Ave & Butler St at 6PM and refreshments at 7PM at Sheep Station, which is located at […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Celebrating More Crappy Williamsburg Design [Brooklyn 11211] A Question for the Department of Buildings [newyorkshitty] Reflecting on the Deadly Pacific Street Arson [Duffield Street Underground] City Puts the Screws to Sitt [Courier Life] Roof with a View and a Grill [Brooklyn Nester] Ditmas Park Links […]

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Our eyes and camera lenses are still getting used to Union Avenue in Williamsburg without the Beach Russ building, that red brick structure that went down fast. We thought we’d share another pic of the intersection, which is at the epicenter of an incredible amount of change in that part of Williamsburg.Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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Of all the blogs that have been started recently, one of our favorites is 11222. Coming out of Greenpoint, it’s a great mix of neighborhood info, observations and photos. Here’s a recent post about a cell phone conversation overhead at Nassau and Banker Streets: Earnest young wanna-be-yuppie type with phone glued to ear:“Yeah, so I […]

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Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn

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That building at 18-20 Jackson Place in the South Slope that finally collapsed after significant damage during construction is almost down. Aaron Brashear of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Heights, who was among those trying to spread word of the danger back in the spring, writes: All the displaced folks are in for the weekend, than […]

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This week’s Craigslist Brooklyn Missed Connection comes to us courtesy of Guest Misconnectionista Miss Heather who found it, selected it and tell us why: As I was parsing through the vapid wasteland that is Craigslist’s “Missed Connections” this week I found myself returning to this one. A popular topic where I work is the 1980’s […]

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Once a week, we like to highlight a couple of comments (pro and/or con) left behind by readers during the previous seven days. Here is this week’s selection: Are People Getting Cranky About the Floating Pool? “I think that the floating pool is really a great thing for Brooklyn. The unsightly walk over is a […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. 63 Kittens Up for Adoption, Had Been Used as Dog Fight Bait [Bad Advice] Goodbye to George’s on Manhattan Avenue [11222] Barclays On Board to Sponsor Coney Volleyball Tournament [AYR] Cut Out the Ratner Carve-Out [No Land Grab] CH Blog Guest Posts on Curbed [Clinton […]

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Here for your Sunday viewing pleasure are the vbs.tv Toxic Brooklyn episodes in one handy, easy-to-use embedded YouTube player. In case you haven’t seen them or want to see them again. All of the VBS “toxic” shows–on Brooklyn, Alberta (Canada) and West Virginia–are always available by clicking here.

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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City Planning Director Amanda Burden has sent a letter to Carroll Gardens residents pushing for fast action on rezoning the neighborhood that says the department can’t commit to “a precise timeframe” for action. The timetable has previously been stated in terms of several years as many other neighborhoods are in line ahead of Carroll Gardens. […]

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Most of that building at 18-20 Jackson Place in the South Slope that partially collapsed on Wednesday has been demolished and neighbors at 16 and Jackson Place will be allowed to return home. In the meantime, residents that have complained about the deteriorated state of the building are upset at a suggestion that weather caused […]

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If you’re in Williamsburg or Greenpoint, you can drop off your unwanted computers, monitors, printers, cell phones and other electronic equipment for recycling this weekend. An E-Waste recycling drive sponsored by the Lower East Side Ecology Center is happening on Bedford Avenue between N. 11th and N. 12th Streets (on the east side of Bedford) […]

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