· Barclays Says It’s Still Backing AY Nets Arena… [NYP] · …But Maybe They Changed Their Deal With FCR [AY Report] · Underground Railroad Museum Plans “In Jeopardy” [NYDN] · More Details Surface About City Point Development [Eagle] · Why The Long Lines at BAM Yesterday? [Brownstoner] · Behind the Scenes at Litchfield Villa [A […]

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There has been some followup on the shooting in Boerum Hill earlier this week on the Boerum Hill email list. Here are some additional detail on the gunplay: There were 13 shots in all that night. It was the third shooting incident in the same 2 block area in the past three months. As a […]

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Developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Novo Park Slope Condo on Fourth Avenue now has it’s “street level retail.” In this case, it’s New York Methodist Hospital’s Ambulatory Infusion Center. We won’t crack any jokes about this one because, among other things, it’s where cancer patients go to get their chemotherapy.

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This is not going to be a good day to be an exec at Carnegie Hall. We can feel it in our bones. Why? Well, they have a policy that has pissed off a Park Slope mom by charging for a seat for a baby and, now, said mom is trying to rally the troops […]

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There had been a report that something called Flea by Sea would be operating on the Astroland property in Coney Island next summer, but it’s not true. There may be something called Flea by Sea but it will be on the Thor Equities property on Stillwell Avenue that was home to some rides for part […]

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[Photo courtesy of Megunski/GL Flickr Pool] Right out there on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope in front of good, old Szechuan Delight. We assume it is not their new delivery vehicle.

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All credit for this find goes to Streets Blog and it seems like the Borough President’s point right now is to say “no!” to East River Bridge tolls. Okay.

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[Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/GL Flickr Pool] Prospect Park has never looked more beautiful than in this gorgeous photo.

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Alright boys, get that upper lip nice and clean and sign up for the Mustache for Kids! From 11/13 to 12/13 we wanna see our borough filled with the sexiest, thickest, longest mustaches you boys can muster to help the kids in our underfunded public school system. For those of you who’s always wanted a […]

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We usually focus on trashed bikes in our Transportation Tuesday and Thursday pics, but this one was too much fun as a portrait to pass by. It comes from Williamsburg, of course.

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We’ve been watching this development at N. 10 and Berry for nearly two years when the building that originally stood there was demolished. In a neighborhood that has many contenders for the title of Slowest Building in Brooklyn, this project is definitely a in the Top Ten. This is 70 Berry, designed by Armand Quadrini […]

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And, now, some musical selection from now through the weekend: Thursday 11/13/08 Barbes: Michael Attias Quartet (Jazz/Avant-Garde) $10, 10:00pm Friday 11/14/08 BAM Café: Gif (Hip Hop) Free!!, 9:00pm Music Hall of Williamsburg: James McMurty, Kevin Kinney (Singer-songwriter) $20, 9:00pm Saturday 11/15/08 Jalopy: Two man Gentleman Band (Hot Club Jazz/Old Time Country/Vaudvillian Swing) Free!! (although since […]

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Oh how we enjoy coming across interesting history about Brooklyn. Ever wonder about that big blank wall out on 3rd Avenue running between 1st and 3rd Streets? Yeah, now it surrounds a ConEd compound… but that’s a pretty damn nice looking wall for just some lame energy company’s yard. Well constructed. Sound. Ain’t nobody knocking […]

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Here’s a vid of Brooklyn shot in 16MM that has a Taxi Driver-ish feel to it because of the music. Definitely worth a view. The creator writes: “First ever test shots in 16mm while riding through Bushwick, Brooklyn NY. Camera used was a Krasnogorsk 3, stock was Kodak Vision 3 500T. DIY Telecined using a […]

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[Photo courtesy of PMFA] The controversial Toll Brothers project that could be sunk by the firm’s shaky finances before a pile is ever driven into the ground, was endorsed by Community Board Six at a meeting in Park Slope last night. The vote was 23-10 in favor with 6 abstentions. Local blogger PMFA attended and […]

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· Borough Park Cross Dresser Goes on a Tear [NYP] · CUE Celebrates its 30th Bday in Brooklyn [Eagle] · Some Brooklyn High Schools Improve [Brownstoner] · Fairyway’s Cafe is Pretty Crappy [Lost City] · Teen Mugged on Henry Street [BHB] · Toxic Boobs on Kent Avenue [NY Shitty] · State Got Nada for AY […]

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A tipster passed on to us the tip that long awaited Draft Barn has finally opened up on 3rd Avenue between 12th & 13th Streets in South Slope. And of course we have to put it out there for all who read here to know–beer is here! Apparently 200 different kinds to chose from. As […]

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Remember the Adoptable Cutie Emergency vid we posted yesterday? Well, there is a very happy ending to report. Per the person who rescued the kitties: Dear Gowanus Lounge, Thank you so much for posting our Free Kittens! video on the blog this morning. Thanks to you, our video was viewed nearly 1500 times. As of […]

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Yesterday we noted that a number of people–Park Slopers prime among them–were directing people to an online petition urging President-Elect Obama not to name NYC School Chancellor Joel Klein as US Secretary of Education. Since then, the number of signatures has more than doubled and is approaching 2,000. Among other things, the petition says that […]

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We noted this development near Restoration Plaza in Bed-Stuy on Curbed yesterday, but figure we’d post the rendering of the Nzinga Townhomes from Garrison Architects as part of our overall interest in really stepping up our coverage of Bed-Stuy, Fort Green and Clinton Hill. The developer is hoping to break ground in early 2009 on […]

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[Photo courtesy of Spiffae/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a gorgeous shot of the Atlantic Basin in Red Hook courtesy of Spiffae and our GL Flickr Pool.

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“Just after Tropical Storm Hanna, we reported on the growing situation with the possibly predatorial plant that is taking over certain parts of Sheepshead Bay. A few weeks later, I interviewed a vigilante property owner, known as Kam, who was single-handedly taking on the culprit. Without any help from anyone else, Kam cut down and […]

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The Cobble Hill Association will be meeting Thursday (11/13) at 7:30pm at the Long Island College Hospital Conference Rooms A and B for its fall meeting. The main focus is LICH: Hospital in Crisis (dun dun dun duuuuun) to discuss the ongoing threat of the closing of LICH. Featured guests will be State Senator-Elect Daniel […]

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The Edge, the huge project on Kent Avenue was topped out, on schedule yesterday. What fascinates us is the comment of Douglaston Development’s Jeffrey Levine: “For those who think the world’s gonna end – fugedaboutit!…We’ll be living, eating, breathing, and shitting long into the future.” Well put.–Curbed

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