There’s a meeting coming up for Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park on Monday, June 9. One of the pitches in the email we saw is that people are trying to organize so that planning for a concert space to replace McCarren Pool will be part of the Bushwick Inlet Park discussion. Per the email: “This […]

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A couple of such messages were spraypainted on the huge metal fence surrounding a big construction site between N.11 and Roebling Streets. Feel the love.

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Is it bound to be the next big thing in Park Slope? We think it especially has potential for daring moms who want to get, say, from Prospect Park West down to Seventh Avenue in a hurry and aren’t concerned about their ability to stop.

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There is a report on Brooklynian that Red Hot, the Chinese restaurant on Seventh Avenue at 10th Street that closed to much neighborhood dismay during the winter, will be reopening. It will be a Chinese restaurant with some of the same staff as the shuttered restaurant. Here’s the lowdown from BrooklynGigCenter: So there’s been some […]

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Here’s another response to what we’re calling the Anarchy in the Pre-K situation. Yesterday, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and Councilmember Bill de Blasio had a press event “calling on the Department of Education (DOE) to correct mistakes made in the pre-Kindergarten admissions process and improve the appeals process for parents who have experienced problems.” (The […]

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The City Planning Commission heard a lot of statements yesterday about the proposed zoning text amendment for Carroll Gardens that would redefine a number of streets for zoning purposes as being narrow and reduce the size of future new buildings and additions to existing ones. Nearly three dozen people spoke at the hearing, most in […]

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Here is the text of Coney Island USA’s Dick Zigun resignation from the Coney Island Development Corp. (It is posted on the Coney Island Message Board.) Mr. Zigun’s departure removes a significant voice for the amusement industry from the organization: I write this open letter of resignation from the position you appointed me to as […]

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Dick Zigun, who is the head of Coney Island USA and often referred to as the Unofficial Mayor of Coney Island because of his long tenure in the amusement district, is quitting the board of the Coney Island Development Corp. Mr. Zigun has been a voice of the amusement industry (to the extent one can […]

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We feel that we can safely predict that a liquor store is opening at the corner of N. 8 & Driggs in a spot that was formerly occupied by a bar. We know this because signs and an awning have gone up identifying the new establishment as Eighth & Driggs Wine & Liquors or Eight […]

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This pedestrian crossing sign in Gowanus at Union and Bond Streets has been leaning more and more and more. Yesterday, it seemed to be warning pedestrians of the bike that a child had momentarily left at the crosswalk.

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As we noted earlier, some telephone wire collections of hanging sneakers and dollars have been popping up around Williamsburg in the last week or so. We found this example at N. 8 Street & Driggs when we were taking a look at a development site and trying to figure out if it was stalled or […]

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We return to the issue of people smoking in playground courtesy of an email that a reader forwarded to us from the Park Slope Parents list, where the issue erupts from time to time. This time the question is about the Harmony Playground near Ninth Street in Prospect Park and the smokers are Parks Department […]

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So, let’s say you want to take a cab back to Brooklyn from Manhattan and you get in and the driver refuses to take you. What do you do? (Other than get into an argument with the driver or get out of the cab muttering.) It’s probably happened at least once to everyone. A GL […]

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In the last week or so, someone has been tossing a lot of sneakers up on wires in Williamsburg and adding some dolls to the mix. These are on N. 10 Street between Berry and Wythe. The entire effect is quite striking.

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There will be a debut party on Wednesday, June 4, for three beers from Schmaltz, makers of Coney Island Lager. The three beers will be: Albino Python White [spiced lager, orange peel, ginger, coriander, fennel); Sword Swallower Steel Hop Lager (4 malts, 8 hops – dry hopped with Amarillo, Crystal and Cascade); Human Blockhead Tough-as-Nails […]

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The beloved lobster sign of Armando’s Restaurant on Montague Street only came down last week, but the new sign for the Spicy Pickle chain restaurant is already up. “The new sign appears to be the same size, shape and dimension of the old Lobster with a bolder color scheme.”–Brooklyn Heights Blog

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This is 910 Union Street in Park Slope, right off Grand Army Plaza. A few weeks ago we noted on Curbed that the People’s Cathedral of St. Michael & All Angels was on the market and that it was being sold as a development site which could handle a “vertical enlargement.” Here’s one idea for […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Woman Jumps from Brooklyn Bridge, Survives Unharmed [NYDN] · Have You Heard? Dylan Playing Prospect Park [Urbanite] · Brooklyn Child Killer Gets Life in Prison [NYP] · Gun Violence in the Hood [Clinton Hill Chill] · Confirmed: Brooklyn College Roosevelt Hall is Toast [Brooklyn […]

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[Photo courtesy silk cut/flickr] If you’re looking for a fun way to check out historic Weeksville, then think about the Brooklyn Historical Society-sponsored tour coming up on Saturday, June 14. Here’s some info: Walkabout Weeksville: Guided walking tour of Weeksville Neighborhood by the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville. The Hunterfly Road Houses, located on […]

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This hand and foot comes from a door on N. 8 Street in Williamsburg.

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The redo of Vanderbilt Avenue from a wide street that was a automobile free for all, to a calmed stretch with a lane of traffic in each direction with bike lanes and landscaped traffic islands is moving ahead very, very quickly.–Brownstoner

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[Photo courtesy of nine6sevenfour/flickr] This incredible looking scene was captured in Fort Greene by nine6sevenfour and put into our GL Photo Pool. It’s most definitely a moment in time.

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Magic Johnson’s Greenpoint condo, the Viridian, is hitting the market with units priced from $458,000 for the smallest 640 square foot unit up to $825,000 for a 1,267 square foot three-bedroom job. There are new renderings too, but it still leads us to think of a nasty alien problem the crew of the Enterprise might […]

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As you have probably already heard, yesterday was the official start of hurricane season. Yesterday, we ran an image of potential flooding in Brooklyn and, today, we’re going to recall the story of the West Indian Monster of 1893 and one of its victims, Hog Island (yes, it’s in Queens, but it makes a point, […]

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We checked in on the debut of “What’s the Hook?” at the Kentler Gallery on Van Brunt Street in Red Hook on Saturday and found the photo show–which is culled from pics taken last August and submitted via flickr–is loaded with superb photos of the neighborhood. The photos will be up around Red Hook through […]

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