Actually, this post about the presentation of the Sponge Park Concept to a Community Board 6 committee this week is simply a convenient excuse to run one of the cool renderings of the concept again. In any case, the Gowanus Canal Conservancy will be presenting the design to the Parks Committee of CB 6. The […]

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Karl Fischer’s NV 101 N5 condo, which recently went on sale, is becoming a defining presence at N. 5 and Berry Street in the Burg. The building, which had been grayish in early renderings turns out to be a pale green color. Almost all the exterior has been applied in the last week.

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[Photo courtesy of Nate Kensinger] This is Gowanus in the rain on Saturday night as seen from the Old American Can Factory at Third Avenue and Third Street. The photo comes from GL Contributor Nate Kensinger. What is particularly fascinating about it is that it offers a nice view of the Gowanus Whole Foods site, […]

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As we noted yesterday, five of the Red Hook vendors made an appearance at Coffey Park on Saturday, serving up food to those who knew about the block party and some people that wandered over to the Ball Fields and saw the fliers that had been posted. In the meantime, the ball fields themselves are […]

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Is Chocolate Girl, the South Slope chocolate and candy shop on Seventh Avenue, done? Well, generally a seizure notice on the front door is not a good sign. A post on Brooklynian says: “There’s a sign on the door saying something about it being seized by Marshals….. can’t remember exactly. Sad, but not surprising given […]

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[Photo courtesy of 66 Square Feet] People might or might not have been alarmed or perplexed to see people descending into a manhole in the middle of Atlantic Avenue at Court Street yesterday. This shot was sent to us by the blogger who does 66 Square Feet in Cobble Hill. The reason for the activity […]

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The radical makeover of the formerly cramped and blah Associated Supermarket on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope is complete. The expanded store is now open, although it’s not fully stocked and the new deli and other sections await food. The grocery took over space occupied by the Donuts Coffee Shop (whose demise was widely mourned) […]

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The annual Seventh Avenue Fair took place yesterday under cloudy skies, rain and, finally, sunshine. We were there for the cloudy, then rainy, part. An early afternoon downpour sent everyone reached for their umbrellas. A photo gallery below.

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When we were picturing the Ikea Shuttle, we were thinking of mini-bus type vehicles. The buses now cruising the streets of Park Slope, Gowanus and Red Hook, however, are a little bigger than that. Here’s one of the shuttles outside of Ikea on Saturday parked outside of “Ikea Plaza,” aka Beard Street. Today’s times has […]

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[Photo courtesy of Deborah Matlack] · Recalling the Drug Gangs at Bed-Stuy’s Lafayette Gardens [NYDN] · Interesting Profile of Teen African-American Crown Heights Jew [NYT] · All of the OTB Parlors Have Been Saved [NYP] · Officials Want More Atlantic Yards Oversight [Sun] · Dime Savings Bank [Fading Ad Blog] · U Love Coney Videos […]

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The Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards, which proposes an “Atlantic Yards Trust” to oversee the project as well as other reforms, is launching this morning at 10AM at City Hall. Among the local officials back it are Assembly Members Hakeem Jeffries and James Brennan and City Council Members Letitia James and David Yassky. Here’s a […]

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The political version of pork is always interesting to watch. “The Department of Housing Preservation and Development put aside $2 million to counsel and protect tenants, and said it would hire local groups to do the work. A coalition of seven nonprofits from the neighborhood applied as one in a bid to handle the whole […]

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[Photo courtesy of Nate Kensinger] Rootop Films 2008 Gowanus premiere, with a series of shorts on the always interesting topic of eminent domain, was a washout in roofop terms on Saturday night. Yet, it still managed to look cool indoors with the rain coming down outside and a bunch of lightning strikes out the window.

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The Red Hook Vendors sort of came back on Saturday with five of them appearing at a block party at Coffey Park in Red Hook. The pupusa stand was there (minus the insane lines of late last summer and fall) as well as four others.

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Park Slope’s “other” Farmer’s Market is now up and running at JJ Byrne Park at Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street on Sundays from 11AM-5PM. It will go through November 23. Per an email about it: There is something for everyone! Our vendors sell everything from fresh cut flowers, plants, vegetables, fruit, wine, meats, seafood & […]

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[Photo courtesy of Heather-D/flickr] This photo is titled “Deep in the Woods of Prospect Park” and it offers a gorgeous view from on of the park’s wooded areas. It comes from frequent GL Photo Pool Contributor Heather-D.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory we’re looking at what would appear to be an unsettled day. The forecast calls for “intervals of clouds and sunshine with a heavy thunderstorm around this afternoon.” The high will be 83. Tonight will feature showers and thunderstorms, with some of them heavy.–Accuweather

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Some of the Red Hook Vendors were back yesterday, but not at the Ballfields. Five of the vendors were at a block party in Coffey Park, near the Red Hook Houses. By the time we got there, thunderstorms had come through and the crowd was diminished. Nonetheless, people were on hand getting pupusas (no lines) […]

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While not all tales of local crime are worth noting, some definitely are, either because of the way they are recounted, or because of the details. This one just posted on the Prospect Heights Forum over a Brooklynian is one of the ones worth recounting: Three girls tried to mug me just after 1 am […]

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It’s Sunday, which means that it’s time to turn our attention to that wonderland known as Brooklyn Craigslist Missed Connections. Today’s selection…well, we’ll let it speak for itself: kabalah sex book in probation office. – m4w – 38 (210 joralemon) i was shocked to see a woman reading a kabalah book in probation, happy it […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · More About the Little Uncivil War in Manhattan Beach [NYT] · Cheesesteak Place on Flatbush Goes Belly Up Way Before Arena [AYR] · Desktop Day: Coney Creature [Brit in Brooklyn] · Bay Ridge Loves Its Railroad Tracks. Not. [NYT] · Mother, Child & Swoon […]

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Here are some vids shot at Celebrate Brooklyn.

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For all those who enjoy models of upcoming facilities, we present this the Marine Park Community Center, which had a groundbreaking on Friday. It’s a green building, with solar panels, geo-thermal heating and cooling system and a planted roof, this building is an example of the City’s commitment to an environmentally-friendly 21st century. GerritsenBeachNet has […]

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Check out some graphic images shot around the Atlantic Yards site by GL contributor Adrian Kinloch. Okay, they’re images of graphics, both signs and other things, along Pacific and Dean Street.–Brit in Brooklyn

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