Williamsburg was among the neighborhoods where crime was reported to have spiked in the last quarter, and we’ve periodically seen reports of problem, particularly in South Williamsburg. Late last night we got an email with the subject line “Subject: Danger in the Neighborhood, please watch out. this is serious.” Whether one believes every incident outlined […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Huge Package of Ikea Red Hook Stories [Sun] · Ikea Set to Unveil Red Hook Store [NYDN] · Ikea Red Hook: The Quiet Before the Store [Racked] · Three of Six Heat Wave Deaths in Brooklyn [NYT] · How to Hold a Rally at […]

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This cat was found in the North Slope near Fourth Avenue the other night. The person that found him writes on Brooklynian that: My neighbors and I found a cat outside our building this evening. One of my neighbors says she thinks he has been there for a few days (her dog was interested in […]

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Herewith, a selection of shows coming up in Brooklyn from today through Sunday. Thursday 6/12/08 BAM Rythym & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Otis Clay & Ryan Shaw -Free, 12:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell: Isaac Hayes – Free! Music Hall of Williamsburg: Swervedriver, Longwave, The Still Out $20, 9:30pm Friday 6/13/08 Union Hall: Robbers On […]

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The Phallus of Fourth Avenue, aka the Monolith, a very tall and narrow building at Carroll St. and Fourth Ave. is going to be a rental. And quite a rental building it will be, covered in cream-colored stucco, with tiny balconies and overlooking the bar, Cattyshack.–Brownstoner

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We’ve seen this image of a bucolic Gowanus Bay before, but we’re taken by it when we clicked over to the Ephemeral New York post courtesy of a Brownstoner link yesterday evening. ENY says it’s “An 1851 oil painting by Australian artist Henry Gritten. The full title is ‘Sun Set at Gowanus Bay in the […]

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“A Long Island contractor faces manslaughter charges in connection with a deadly construction site collapse in Brooklyn earlier this year. Acting Department of Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri says the indictment should serve as a message that shoddy construction will be prosecuted. According to the Brooklyn district attorney’s office, William Lattarulo was indicted today on manslaughter, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Vaduzuvant/flickr] Here’s another cool photo shot during Tuesday night’s line of thunderstorms and placed in our GL Photo Pool.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, it’s a beautiful day. The forecast calls for a day that will be “mostly sunny, nice and warm.” The high will be 85. Tonight will be clear with a low of 68.–Accuweather

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These chairs were captured via digital image yesterday in blazing heat by Miss Heather. They come from Manhattan Avenue. We like the composition and the way the trash can and chairs are arranged.

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[Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Bred/flickr] Here’s a photo taken in front of the Boathouse in Prospect Park and put into our Gowanus Lounge Photo Pool by Brooklyn Bred.

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] This is the rubble of the Ward Bakery building as seen under the fence on Dean Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt Avenues in Prospect Heights. For those that may not follow the Atlantic Yards saga, the building is coming down for the massive, proposed Forest City Ratner project.

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“Park Slope artist Alex Grey is known for his love of LSD and the vivid, elaborate body of work that has often been inspired by it. His paintings have graced album covers for Nirvana, Tool, and String Cheese Incident—not to mention rave flyers and sheets of blotter acid. Juan Pablo Fernandez, who lives in Sunset […]

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The South Slope’s Little D Eatery, which is on Seventh Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets, is on the market. Someone posted a link on Brooklynian to the listing on Craigslist offering a Seventh Avenue Bar/Restaurant for either $415K or $350K, depending on the ad. Per the $415K ad: Neighborhood Bar / Restaurant with strong […]

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Here’s one of our weekly features from the Center for the Urban Environment (CUE). This week’s interiew is with Drosera owner Marielle Anzelone. CUE was introduced to her through the Sustainable Business Network NYC, which is a network of businesses dedicated to building a vibrant, diverse and responsible local living economy in New York City. […]

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There are planters and, then, there are planters. This former toilet on Union Street near Nevins in Gowanus on the front steps a very rundown and possibly vacant home is a planter. Very DIY.

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We came across this thread about flower box thieves–it starts with an incident in the South Slope–on Brooklynian. Here’s the original theft report posted by windowdressing: So I moved. And since I’m moved to a 1st floor apt, I thought that buying some nice flower boxes and filling them with (wait for it….) flowers would […]

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You have to love the Metropolitan Opera in Prospect Park…well, if you do, the opera is performing in the park on Friday, June 20 at 8PM. (The rain date is June 21.) Soprano Angela Gheorghiu and tenor Roberto Alagna will perform a sort of “Opera’s Greatest Hits” show with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus. […]

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This is the scene on 17th Street in what we believe is the South Slope. The GL reader who emailed this photos and the ones after the jump writes: Here is a graphic statement of why I love Brooklyn and why it is so important that the neighborhoods most under pressure from gentrification maintain a […]

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Today’s Daily News deals with an important part of the Anarchy in the Pre-K situation: the fact that affluent parents in Park Slope and other neighborhoods haven’t been the only ones impacted by the partial meltdown of the selection and admission system. The troubles are hitting parents of modest means in less privileged neighborhoods too […]

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“A building contractor is facing possible murder charges on Wednesday for a Brooklyn construction accident that killed a worker and injured another in March when a foundation wall collapsed. ‘I think maybe it will be manslaughter,’ contractor William Lattarulo said Tuesday as he prepared to surrender to prosecutors this morning. Lattarulo, 63, blamed heavy rains […]

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The former vacant lot between N. 11 & N. 12 Streets in Williamsburg that was most recently a parking lot and was, for a time in its history, a paint factory, is now a construction site where a large Karl Fischer building (eight stories, 180 units) will be rising. The construction fencing went up last […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Ambulette Kills Teen in East Flatbush [NYP] · Atlantic Yards Ironies at Eminent Domain Conference [AYR] · Witness Says He Threatened to Kill “The Grim Reaper” [NYP] · Coney Island Sofagate Roundup [Kinetic Carnival] · CB7 Hearing Today about Bush Terminal [Best View in […]

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The fact that there are only three hard-to-see little green triangles on the map above is a good thing. It’s Con Ed’s map of service problems, which last night looked like something with an outbreak of the measles. This is the view as of 8:15 AM, showing some small remaining problems in Bay Ridge, Dyker […]

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Here is a list of upcoming Brooklyn Community Board Meetings from the handy Daily News compilation. A number of them take place today: Community Board 1 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg) will hold its next board meeting at 6:30 p.m. today (6/11) at Swinging Sixties Senior Center, 211 Ainslie Street. Community Board 2 (Fort Greene, Fulton Mall, Boerum […]

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