[Photos courtesy of Jonathan Barkey/PBase] DDDB held its fourth annual fundraising Walkathon yesterday. This year’s edition took place in Prospect Heights and included a pre-walk press conference in which organizers and neighborhood leaders called on the state to hold hearings on security and terrorism threats to the the planned arena in light of information about […]

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If it’s Monday, it means there is a 95 percent chance we have photos and/or video of illegal construction work in Williamsburg (at least, of work we believe to be illegal, having been unable to find evidence of permits for it on the Department of Buildings website.) Today’s Medal winners are two longtime favorites, 90 […]

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The rumored bank that was coming to Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue is reportedly still going to happen. Last week, a sign went up in the window of the closed D’Agostino’s market on Seventh Ave. advertising the availability of 4,500 square feet of space. The latest Park Slope scuttlebutt is that a bank (the early word […]

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Yesterday was the 21st annual BARC Shelter Dog Parade and Show. It wound its way down Metropolitan Avenue to Bedford Avenue and, then, to McCarren Park where a lot of people hung out for a long time and played with dogs, listened to music, ate and saw the participants be judged. You can find our […]

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Nevermind the reported rats in Carroll Park. Anyone that wants to hang with the rodents apparently needs to go to Long Island College Hospital Park on Henry Street. Per an email circulating via the Bococa Parents Group, they’re a fun bunch: You will not believe how many rats my friend and I saw at the […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Atlantic Yards Security: Will Atlantic Yards Security Get a State Hearing? [AYR] Atlantic Yards Opponents Want State to Consider Terror Risk [NYDN] Arena Foes Point to Security Problems [AP/Sun] Not Atlantic Yards Security: Advertecture Attack at 72 Norman [New York Shitty] It’s Blog Action Day […]

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It’s official. The scaffolding is going up on Williamsburg’s old cabbage processing plant, aka The Giant Fart Cloud Building, and the demolition crews are on their way. The real fun, however, will begin when excavation starts. The Fart Cloud site–formally known as 5 Roebling–is across Roebling Street from the Roebling Oil Field and potentially within […]

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A story about a six-year-old in Park Slope cited by the Sanitation Department for doing a chalk drawing on her front stoop after a neighbor called 311 has gone national. The story appeared in this week’s Brooklyn Paper before being picked up by AP and running in a number of media outlets. Per the Brooklyn […]

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Forgotten New York takes a long and interesting look at Kensington this week. Webmaster Kevin Walsh, who consistently produces one of the most compelling websites detailing New York neighborhoods, delves into Kensington’s past and present. Here’s a sample tidbit: Some Kensingtonians may wonder why Church Avenue becomes a 6-lane behemoth between East 5th and East […]

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From an email circulating in Boerum Hill Association circles comes the following email about setting trashcans on fire (and “kids” taking change and food from the corner coffee shop). Here it is: Last night on Bergen between Hoyt and Nevins someone or group set fire to several trash cans that were put out for garbage […]

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It’s Sunday, the day we turn to our favorite Brooklyn Missed Connection of the week. There’s something poetic about this one in its odd sort of way: Dumont Burger phone-guy Tuesday night – w4m – 35I couldn’t stop staring at you in the back there answering the phones, when you caught me staring you started […]

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A short Brookvid of our last ride on the Wonder Wheel of 2007. Will the scenery, such as it is, look the same next year? Only time will tell.

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Anyone that’s been down Beard Street in the last week or so has probably noticed that the base of one of the old shipyard cranes on the Ikea site has been covered with black netting. The cranes are getting a paint job. The color in this photo is silver or gray. We don’t know if […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and images: Sandy Killing Shines Light on Plumb Beach [NYT] Ratner Supports Bed-Stuy Alive & Prospect Park Alliance, No Prospect Heights? [AYR] Ratner is Sponsor of Bed-Stuy Alive [No Land Grab] Bed-Stuy Bullet Grazes Three-Year-Old [NYP] A Blogged Week [Bay Ridge Rover] The Bay Ridge Time Capsule […]

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Some vids from the YouTube from Park Slope, Gowanus, Williamsburg and Red Hook. Click on them in the play and watch.

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Once a week, we like to look at some comments left by GL readers. Here’s a selection from the last seven days: Saga of the “Park Slope Vue” Not Over. “The developer has made the quality of life HELL for the local residents and probably could lose his shirt and 6 stories off his buildings […]

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Coney Island, Brooklyn

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As you may have read, officials in Newark have concluded that their new Prudential Center is extremely vulnerable to terrorism. This is because the glass-clad structure is next to active streets. The conclusion was reached two weeks before the arena is scheduled to open and officials are now scrambling to close streets, including ones that […]

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We finally paid a visit to the recently completed new plaza in front of the Brooklyn Library. It’s pleasant, although it looks like it could use more greenery in order to prevent it from become a sun-reflecting frying pan in the summer. We are not trying to nitpick, but we couldn’t help notice that the […]

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Someone is starting a new Brooklyn daily newspaper, based on the ad placed on Craigslist on Thursday. Here’s what it says: We’re soliciting candidates for editorial positions with a new newspaper — THE BROOKLYN DAILY HERALD. This will be a compact-sized paid newspaper of general circulation (Monday through Friday) featuring Brooklyn’s top news in a […]

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Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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If you read GL (and thanks for doing so), you know that we spend our days posting at Curbed. Here is a small selection of some of this week’s Brooklyn output at Curbed: Oro’s Big Friends Start to Rise on Flatbush Avenue (above) Are Stolen Mopeds a Symbol of Gentrification? Glassy New Fourth Avenue Tower […]

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We love a sign that has been stickered up, especially those Williamsburg signs that have been stickered over the course of many years. It goes without saying that today’s messed up sign is a Williamsburg one.

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“Walk Don’t Destroy,” the Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn Walkathon Fundraiser is coming up tomorrow, October 14. It takes place from Noon-5PM, with registration at Noon and the walk from 1PM-2:30PM. This year, the walk will take place in Prospect Heights. Registration and Kick-Off is at Freddy’s Backroom, 485 Dean Street @ 6th Ave. The walk […]

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