We found artist Pasqualina Azzarello working on her mural at the development going up at the corner of Third and Bond in Gowanus. She has been expanding the huge mural and even extending around the construction trailer. Brownstoner has been running weekly posts about the development. The latest has some renderings of the design from […]

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Bay Ridge’s amazing Middle Eastern eatery Tanoreen is making progress toward expanding to a new, bigger space down the block from its current Third Avenue location. The restaurant is one of the city’s most amazing Middle Eastern places and its tiny space is constantly jammed.–Left in Bay Ridge

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We passed by the much-anticipated Neil Ganic restaurant La Bouillabaisse on Beard Street in Red Hook and found the steel grate up and the neon sign illuminated. The back door was open and one or two workers on the premises. The basics look like they’re in place, but there appears to be some work remaining […]

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Make sure to check out the interview with Jon Dohlin, the new director of the New York Aquarium in Coney Island. A sample: “Here’s what’s not going to happen – except in my dreams: we’re not going to blow the place up, and start over. Even something as completely agreed upon – in terms of […]

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We initially stopped to take some pics on Bedford Avenue because we noticed that some space next to the Elliman real estate office had morphed into a gallery. Then, a woman inside motioned to us to come in and we focused on the stunning art. It’s the work of Stephen Bennett who has created larger […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Brooklyn Man Dies in Fall at Shea [NYP] More on de Blasio’s Call for an Atlantic Yards Demo Moratorium [NYDN] De Blasio’s Late Atlantic Yards Conversion [AYR] Assem. Vito Lopez Facing Scrutiny [Sun] Brooklyn Bishop Enjoying Pope’s Visit [NYP] Baby Snatched at Gunpoint in Brooklyn by […]

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Community Board 6, which has taken some heat in the days following the vote to grant a liquor license to that controversial oyster bar on Hoyt Street in Carroll Gardens is hosting two informational meetings “in an effort to better understand the rules and regulations governing restaurants and bars in our district.” The sessions will […]

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This is street art, but much more than that, it’s street sign art. We found it attached to a sign on Grand Street near Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg.

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“Toll Brothers City Living has secured a $157 million development loan from Citibank for the second phase of its Northside Piers condominium in Williamsburg. Toll Brothers said it lined up the financing through relationships with Citibank Community Capital and L&M Development Partners, a partner in the Brooklyn project…The 30-story Two Northside Piers tower will offer […]

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Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg

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There will be a Push for Parks status meeting in Greenpoint tomorrow (4/17). It is sponsored by the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP). It will include updates on Million Tree Project, Barge Park, Cooper Park, India Street End, Greenpoint Ave/Transmitter Park, UFMP (United Friends of McCarren Park), Bushwick Inlet Park, Brooklyn Greenway, […]

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Yesterday, we had a big roach sticker on a Department of Buildings permit. Today, we have the outlines of a face. Tomorrow, who knows? This is from Berry Street in Williamsburg.

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The interesting Karl Fischer building on McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint is Lofts 305 and will be on sale soon. It has killer views of traffic roaring to and from the Pulaski Bridge over Newtown Creek and cars filling up at the nearby Exxon Station, with possible bonus vistas (and aroma) of the Greenpoint Sewage Treatment […]

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Vanderbilt Avenue, Fort Greene

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The view from the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning includes clear blue sky and bright sun, and that’s the way it’ll be today. The forecast calls for “sunshine and warmer” with a high of 68. Tonight will be clear with a low of 48. It will be just as sunny and even warmer tomorrow and […]

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Yes, this is Street Furniture as opposed to a Street Couch, nonetheless, the point is the same, and with nice weather here that can only mean that it’s time to drag the finest out to the sidewalk all over Brooklyn and to enjoy. This comes from Van Brunt Street and the camera of Miss Heather.

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City Council Member and Brooklyn Borough President candidate Bill de Blasio is calling for a moratorium on demolition in the Atlantic Yards footprint. Mr. de Blasio made comments deeply critical of possible changes in the huge project as part of a wideranging discussion last night that covered everything from construction safety as developers race to […]

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As announced on the Oliver House Condos website (which has changed this morning to only include a page saying “Construction status coming soon. Please check back!“), a construction fence went up around the 360 Smith development site yesterday. The fence covered up the neighborhood’s Democracy Wall, which had been used as a kind of community […]

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The formerly backless and topless house at 126 First Place in Carroll Gardens (and adjacent to the site of 360 Smith Street) is growing. It is destined to add several stories on top. The rear view is below.

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It seems like Cafe Eleven on Seventh Avenue (between 11th and 12th Streets) in Park Slope only closed a few weeks ago (and, in fact, it did), but the space already has a new tenant: it will be a wine bar operated by the owners of Big Nose, Full Body, across the street. A reader […]

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Work has gotten underway at the site of the former Giant Fart Cloud Building at N. 11 Street and Roebling in Williamsburg whose demolition provided much drama. (The official address is 5 Roebling.) A GL reader writes: “I saw them digging with diggers today at the Giant Fart Cloud Building. It will be interesting to […]

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The Daily News has a new feature called “Brooklyn Diary” and one of today’s entries deals with whether the art collecting done by the wife of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the Brooklyn Museum Ratner Gala violated any city rules. “…it raised questions the city Conflict of Interest Board had never before considered…A source […]

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What is up at the Terrapin Playground, the section of J.J. Byrne Park behind the Novo Park Slope that developer Shaya Boymelgreen is renovating? The developer promised to spend millions of dollars renovating the playground in exchange for the Parks Dept. letting him use the large playground as a staging area while workers constructed his […]

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While Baluchi’s may not offer the finest Indian food in New York City, its presence in Park Slope would be welcome, and we were unhappy when the Smith Street branch closed in 2006. We reported that the chainlet would be opening on Fifth Avenue so long ago that we’d given up hope and filed it […]

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We noticed this weekend that a lot on N. 10 Street between Driggs and Bedford seemed to have been cleaned up a bit and got that “new building coming vibe.” Lo and behold, the lot, which we have admired for the “No Shitass Parking” sign on the gate, is going to be developed as a […]

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