There were many softball and baseball games going on in Prospect Park yesterday evening, one of the surest signs that spring is in full swing.

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] This is the last remain residential building on the Vanderbilt Avenue side of the Atlantic Yards site. It still retains the Hot Bird advertecture.

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Change is coming. A reader sent us an email yesterday afternoon with the subject line “B61 Shilling for Ikea” to let us know that the B61 no longer says that it runs to Van Brunt Street. Our reader wrote: Yesterday I noticed that the B61 now says “RED HOOK – IKEA TERMINAL” instead of VAN […]

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Of all the odd zoning quirks in New York City, one of the strangest is the definition of some of the very narrow streets in Carroll Gardens as being “wide.” This is because the gardens in front of the homes are counted as part of the street for zoning purposes. And so, streets barely wide […]

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“Here’s a constituent e-mail from Brooklyn Assembly Member Joan Millman, who finally, bravely announces her intent to vote for congestion pricing. Note the time stamp: nearly two hours after the plan was declared dead.”–Streets Blog

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Two years ago the city made changes to Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights to “calm” traffic, including creating medians and left turn lanes. The changes cut accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists among other things. Now, the Department of Transportation is planning a redesign of Vanderbilt between Dean Street and Grand Army Plaza that will include […]

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There are many fliers posted all over Williamsburg. Some are everywhere. Others are posted in a handful of places. There weren’t many of these around, but it’s definitely one of the most interesting we’ve seen lately. We found it on Wythe Avenue at N. 7 Street.

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With the prices of many food staples climbing, many Brooklyites are finding the increased cost of living is causing serious problems. Today’s Daily News looks at the impact on some low-income residents: Retired Fort Greene home attendant Orelia Myers’ diet has taken a big hit as food prices have soared across the country – pasta […]

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Well, the new owners of the former Manhattan Chocolate site on Union Avenue in Williamsburg are finally trying. After months of a collapsing fence and having the honor of being one of the most wretchedly maintained sites in the neighborhood (albeit simply an empty lot as opposed to one with construction equipment or a pit […]

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There was an awful accident at Newtown Creek early yesterday morning when a car plunged into the water, killing one man. “The death is under investigation, but it would seem that drowning — rather than the extreme pollution in the creek, a byproduct of decades of pollution from coal and oil refineries that opened alongside […]

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Normally, the promise of a City Council hearing is not something that gets the juices flowing. When the hearing is a Transportation Committee oversight hearing on G Train service. We posted about this in late March and it’s worth noting again that the hearing will take place today at 1PM in the City Council Chambers […]

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With the big renovation plan for the New York Aquarium dead in the water, but a new shark exhibit moving ahead, the new director of the New York Aquarium says he “wants to turn the quaint-but-ragged Coney Island sea-life center into a nationally recognized tourist attraction. Aquarium director Jon Dohlin said his $14.5 million annual […]

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The story of the wonderful carousel painstakingly restored by Jane Walentas in Dumbo is an odd one, given how hard she and her husband David have been trying to secure a place for it in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Walentases have covered the cost of restoration and have contracted with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel […]

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There a significant meeting coming up tonight (4/8) for the Brooklyn Greenway. Here’s the info from the Brooklyn Greenway webtsite: Big Turnout Needed for Greenpoint/ Williamsburg Greenway Meeting The full board of Community Board 1 will decide on the plan for the physically separated bikeway on Kent Ave and West St. We need a strong […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Considering the Many Angles of the Bruce Ratner Brooklyn Museum Gala [AYR] Girl Found Hanging in Closet in East New York Dies [NYP] Man Hit and Killed by Subway Train Near Franklin Avenue Station [CityRoom] Boerum Place Getting Spruced Up [Brownstoner] Block Association Calls for Atlantic […]

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Congestion pricing died in Albany yesterday, perhaps for good. Here is some of the coverage: $8 Traffic Fee for Manhattan Gets Nowhere [NYT] With Congestion Pricing Dead, $17B Transit Deficit Looms [Streets Blog] Requiem for Congestion Pricing [2nd Ave Sagas] Breaking: Silver Says Congestion Pricing is Dead [Gothamist] Conge$tion Hits End of the Road [NYP] […]

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Another new condo development that hasn’t sold many units is going rental. Bridgeview Tower, which is in an odd location between the Manhattan Bridge approach and the BQE has been on the market for two years and only has four units in contract. Hence, rental listing are showing up: $3,900 for a 2BR. Given the […]

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A couple of works by Mandala that have recently appeared in the Burg. The top one is from N. 10 Street. The one below is from Berry Street.

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A flower disappeared from the base of a tree in Boerum Hill and the owner presumes a flower is at work. Who, exactly, would steal a little purple flower, anyway?–Curbed

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This one-way specimen comes to us from Fifth Avenue and Baltic Streets in Park Slope. It can be found hiding under scaffolding surrounding a building that has been in ruins since a Chinese restaurant went up in flames a couple of years ago.

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Good Morning Rat Race (Carroll Gardens Version) Good Morning.The BQE is closed.Due to flooding. Stay in bed where it’s dry. There’s an accident on Smith Street, but the medivac unitJust arrived. The cars are huffing and puffing up the ramp, Past the garbage left by yesterday’s bulldozer.Across the F train dangles a girder That stood […]

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There are clouds right now at the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, but one can see them breaking and letting the sun through, which is what today’s forecast is saying will happen. It calls for some sun and warmer, with a high of 56. Tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with a low of 42.–Accuweather

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This is the look of early spring at Henry and Montague Streets in Brooklyn Heights.

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Congestion pricing is dead. It fizzled rather than going out with a bang, as it didn’t even come to a vote in the legislature. Assem. Speaker Sheldon Silver said that there wasn’t enough support for the plan to go through the formality of voting. Today was the deadline for passing the plan in order to […]

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The Gowanus Nursery, which was exiled from Third Street in Gowanus and reappeared on Summit Street in Red Hook and, then, was threatened by new development, is still alive. Our devoted Carroll Gardens Correspondent swung by this weekend to capture the colors, so we got in touch with the owners to check on their status. […]

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