“A Brooklyn appeals judge yesterday sprang disgraced ex-assemblywoman Diane Gordon from prison, issuing a stay of sentence that allows her to remain free until her appeal is decided. Justice Steven Fisher ordered Gordon, 58, released on $100,000 bail from Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester, where she was set to begin a 2-to-6-year sentence. The […]

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It was a taste of December on Bedford Avenue a couple of days ago as part of a sidewalk sales display that also included a beach umbrella and a raised car hood. Good thing Frosty didn’t literally melt in the heat.

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“We noted a few weeks ago that renovation of the Lundy’s space is underway; now we’re happy to bring you confirmation of the new tenant. And the business that will be operating in the iconic building is… [cue drumroll]… Cherry Hill Gourmet Market, a local food market with a storefront currently on 2278 86th St, […]

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[Photo courtesy of Trina356/flickr, click to see full size] The photographer who dropped this pic into our GL Photo Pool on flickr calls it Cool Pool in a Carroll Garden. Click here to see the uncropped photo in all its glory.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, we’ve got sunny skies and cool temps this morning. Today’s forecast is for skies that are partly sunny with “a shower or thunderstorm around this afternoon.” The high will be 75. Spotty showers and thunderstorms tonight too, with a low of 61.–Accuweather

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This is Beard & Dwight Street, where we’ve been photographing the street from the same vantage point, using the Stop sign as a kind of marker. The photo on the left was shot in April, 2006. The photo on the right is now. The crane in the right hand photo, by the way, was relocated […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brit in Brooklyn] Red Hook has been a busy place today, with Beard Street busy with traffic and the Ikea parking lot jammed. Plus, there have been lines. Old school Eastern Europe lines reminding one of the days before the Fall of the Berlin Wall and Communism. GL Contributor and Brit in […]

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Here, from the list compiled by the Daily News, are some upcoming Brooklyn Community Board meetings. Some of them take place today. Community Board 4 (Bushwick) will hold its regular board meeting at 6:30 p.m. todoay at Hope Gardens Multi-Sevice Center, 195 Linden St. The agenda will include a public hearing by the School Construction […]

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Yesterday, we noted a new group called Stop BHOD, as did Brownstoner. The organization is aimed at lobbying for an end to the city’s plan to reopen the Brooklyn House of Detention and doubling its size. (It doesn’t appear to have a position on the addition of retail to the jail.) The group has been […]

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The new building going up at 5 Roebling, which is the site of the former Giant Fart Cloud building, is now in the pile driving phase. Yesterday, blogger Bad Advice first said it wasn’t so bad, but she is having second thoughts: Remember how yesterday I said that the piledriver wasn’t so bad? Yeah, well, […]

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Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) in Williamsburg is holding what they’re calling “Tenant Rights Happy Hours” on Tuesdays. They take place at the NAG office, which is located at 101 Kent Avenue (at N. 8 Street) on Mondays from 4PM-8PM and Tuesdays from 2PM-8PM. Per an email: NAG is happy to announce that our […]

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[Photo courtesy of Racked] The deed is done. The sawdust has already been cleaned from the ceremonial log sawing and the first customers have already been inside the Red Hook Ikea for two hours. The new era on Beard Street has begun. Racked has full coverage of the morning and dozens of photos, much of […]

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[Photo courtesy of Mirabelle Studios] This is the set up for the heavily-promoted Metropolitan Opera concert featuring husband-and-wife team Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna in Prospect Park on Friday. A very large crowd is expected. A Year in the Park, as we would expect, has a big photo feature on the workers setting up for […]

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The Greenpoint Gazette has finally gotten a website. The paper has been around since 1973 doing local coverage. “This is a definite great addition to the web for Greenpointers!”–Greenpointers

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By now, there are probably about seven people in the entire city that don’t know that Ikea is opening in Red Hook, and five of them are under three years of age. Ikea’s advertising and PR campaign has been so complete–and every media outlet and blog has been so happy to help cover the pending […]

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Red Hook’s Beard Street may be one of the most changed streets in all of Brooklyn over the last few years, although Kent Avenue in Williamsburg could start to give it a run for its money. The transformation of Beard Street from a long stretch featuring a closed shipyard and sugar refinery to a big […]

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It is zero hour. At this very moment, the first customers are streaming through the doors of the new Red Hook in Ikea, the first of hundreds of thousands of people that will come to this formerly remote and industrial corner of Brooklyn over the new few months to shop for Billy bookcases and Ektorp […]

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[Photo courtesy of Racked] Our friends at Racked are live on the scene down on Beard Street and filing reports from the Ikea opening. The latest dispatch says about 500 people are in line an that the scene is “a cross between a political rally, a big-top circus and some sort of fanatical cult gathering.”

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brookyn-related information and images. (The photo above is Red Hook in April, 2006): · Brooklyn DA Dropping Charges in Sean Bell Protests [NYT] · Bensonhurst Food Pantry Facing Crisis [NYDN] · TB Scare at Bed-Stuy School [NYP] · At the Department of Buildings Job Fair [CityRoom] · Some groups […]

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The reports being filed from the Ikea tent line by Adam Robb are alternately funny and weird, with the blow-by-blow of what it’s been like to camp out at the Red Hook Ikea (and await a free Ektorp sofa) being particularly compelling. Check out all the glorious coverage by clicking here.–Racked

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[Photo courtesy of Tracy Collins/flickr] The Dean Street Block Association is having a block party on Dean Street, between 6th and Carlton Avenues, on Saturday (6/21) from Noon to 6PM. Per an email: Join your Dean Street neighbors as we party in the street between 6th & Carlton Avenues. Break out the BBQ grill, cooler […]

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The rezoning that put the wheels in motion for the development of Brooklyn’s Park Avenue four years ago covered most of 4th Avenue between President and 15th streets, allowing for the construction of 12-story residential buildings on the thoroughfare. What was left out of that rezoning is now set to join the higher-rise party. One […]

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This vid, which has interviews with some Court Street old timers, has been making the rounds and we posted it yesterday on Curbed. It is 9 minutes long, but totally worth the investment of time.

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No, this sign isn’t from Park Slope, site of this summer’s Alternate Side Parking Follies (where some people say the temporary suspension of alternate side parking has made parking harder and some say it’s made no difference whatsoever). It’s from Williamsburg, where a bunch of signs on the South Side have been altered, perhaps to […]

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