“Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on his weekly WABC radio appearance this morning that he intended to promote his acting buildings commissioner, Robert D. LiMandri, to head the troubled department permanently. Mr. LiMandri will take the position left open after Patricia J. Lancaster resigned under pressure in April after a series of deadly construction crane […]

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Here’s an interesting question from one of our readers about some activity on Seventh Avenue: “For the past couple weeks construction crews have been busy tearing up the street on 7th Ave between Sterling and Flatbush. It’s been incredibly noisy and has been seriously disrupting traffic- I saw two city busses almost get into a […]

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How about a bike ride on Sunday through Brooklyn’s parks? Well, the Transportation Alternatives Brooklyn Committee Parks Ride will take in a bunch of them. It runs from 10:30AM-3PM (depending on group pace) and starts at Fort Greene Park at Dekalb Avenue and Cumberland Street. Here’s a bit from our email from them: The Brooklyn […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Happy weekend: · Brooklyn Man Accused of Beating Three-Year-Old Daughter [NYT] · Okay, 32+ Months for Atlantic Yards Arena [AYR] · New Minverva Coming Up [Brownstoner] · The McCarren Park Compost Project [NAG] · Benches Fixed in Sunset Park [BVIB] · Brooklyn Heights Gristedes Cleaned […]

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This is 99 Havemeyer, aka the corner of Hope and Havemeyer where The image above is 99 Havemeyer, which is at the corner of Hope and Havemeyer. It’s a four-story Robert Scarano building that’s been going up slowly and will have six units whenever it’s done. It’s next to 53 Hope Street, an old industrial […]

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[Photo courtesy of jaymegordis/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s another view of the Brooklyn Army Terminal at night from the pier behind it courtesy of jaymegordis in our GL Flickr Pool.

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(Exceptionally negative reaction to the big fence put up so no one in Prospect Park could get the slightest glimpse of the Bob Dylan concert continues.) “The fence was an abomination, a real slap in the face of taxpayers. The bandshell is in a public park; it’s not a private concert hall. If you feel […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/Gl Flickr Pool] This is quite a sand structure under contruction in Coney Island captured by Rubys Host.

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It will be a mixed bag today of clouds, sun, showers and heavy thunderstorms with a high of 80. Tonight will have some showers and heavy thunderstorms with a low of 66.–Accuweather

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This Dain is attached to the door of the building on Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg that could someday be a boutique hotel by the Walentas clan and Two Trees Management.

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] This sofa specimen comes from Dupont Street. Miss Heather calls it “Rode Hard and Put Away Wet.” Indeed.

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At some point, the neighborhood around 184 Kent Avenue will be quite crowded and very unlike the unpopulated wasteland that it was six or seven years ago. Northside Piers is immediately to the north and the Edge is north of that. But across the street, the building officially known as 175 Kent Avenue, a Chetrit […]

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And now, a selection of some musical happenings this weekend in Brooklyn: Thursday 8/14/08 Marcus Garvey Park: Big Daddy Kane (Hip Hop-) Free!!, 7:00pm Friday 8/15/08 South Street Seaport: Dirty Projectors, White Williams (Indie) –Free!!, 7:00pm Saturday 8/16/08 Southpaw: The Bushwick Wildlife Preserve Presents: Burn it Down! A benefit for the House of Yes, a […]

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Here’s our regular weekly post from the Center for the Urban Environment about the great tours they run: Gowanus. Saturday, August 16, 2-4 pm– with Francis Morrone. A walk through Gowanus opens a window on the industrial heritage of Brooklyn, and also shows a neighborhood in the midst of a very interesting transition. Gowanus is […]

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[Photo courtesy of Heather-D/GL Flickr Pool] Maybe it’s related to fuel costs, but the price of the lunch special at this place on Third Avenue at Ninth Street has gone up from $3.95 to $4.50. Or, is it $5.00? Oh well. In any case, the photo comes courtesy of Heather-D and our GL Flickr Pool.

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Here are a few vids of Wilco performing at McCarren Pool last night.

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Local photographer, filmmaker and GL contributor Nate Kensinger is working on the Second Annual Red Hook Film Fest and sense the following email: I am helping to organize the 2nd annual Red Hook Film Festival, which will take place this October 11th and 12th in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The festival will be a venue for […]

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There’s a new shop called Urban Alchemist that’s open at 343 5th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It’s described as “part store, part gallery and part artisan salon, Urban Alchemist has an eclectic mix of emerging designers as well as carefully selected vintage and modern home goods, accessories and furniture.” Members of the “design […]

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We’ve gotten several emails about the closure of Cafe Carciofo on Court Street at Kane, which has been a popular neighborhood spot for years. One tipster writes: “Great old restaurant on Kane & Court. Signs in the window say: ‘We will not be reopening. Family business shut down by DOH. Inspectors laughed and told us […]

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Forget people doing it in the Park, the real new threat in Park Slope is pipe theft. As in, people breaking into buildings to steal copper pipes. Per a post on Brooklynian: Got home from work today and my landlady was sitting on the front stoop — she said there’d been a break-in and that […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Private Initiative: Turning City-Owned Brooklyn Land Into Parking Lot [NYT] · Brooklyn Tech HS Graduation Rate Falls [NYDN] · A New “Barclays/Nets Community Alliance” [AYR] · A Look Inside the Fort Greene Masonic Temple [Brownstoner] · A Wall Provides “Affordable Housing” [Footprint Gazette] · […]

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The dispute over the proposed intake facility for the homeless at the armory in Crown Heights continues, although the city has made some concessions: On Thursday, Heather J. Janik, a spokeswoman for the city’s homeless services agency, said an additional intake center would be opened in Manhattan to lessen demand at the proposed Brooklyn site. […]

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Perhaps you’ve seen Coney Ilsand Albino Python White Lager and the other Coney Beers? So what do you get when you mix a tattoo artist, coriander, the boardwalk, a pinch of “the sensual dance of provocative hops” and a snake charmer? Coney Island Albino Python White Lager — one of five beers developed by Shmaltz […]

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[Photo courtesy of June Carter Cash Peeps/Gl Flickr Pool] Our photographer writes: “The lifeguard on Brighton beach. I think I just burned out my retinas. Christ that’s bright orange.”

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“Dylan’s concert sold out quite fast because the Prospect Park bandshell is a very small venue for such a superstar. Thereafter, the tickets were being sold for outrageous prices like 500 and 600 dollars online. It would have sold out whether the fence was see-through or not. Why not allow the majority of fans to […]

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