The Jim Mamary oyster bar on Hoyt Street that sparked on of the most vitriolic Carroll Gardens fights in recent memory (over a business) is making progress. A special GL Correspondent braved yesterday’s heat and humidity to catch some shots of the work underway at the controversial establishment near Union Street.

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We’ve always been amused by the marketing efforts of the Gowanus hotels that have opened so far. The Holiday Inn Express on Union Street says it’s in Park Slope rather than Gowanus. The Comfort Inn on Butler Street markets its proximity to tourist attractions to which it is far from proximate. Hotel Le Bleu on […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Welcome to August. · Suicide Standoff at Boerum Hill Center [NYP] · More on the St. Ann’s School vs. Probation Office Fight [NYDN] · Would the Brooklyn Ratners Resonate? [AYR] · Perhaps You Wish to Check Out the Lizard Man in Coney? [Kinetic Carnival] · […]

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The Studio B issue went before Commmunity Board 1’s Public Safety Committee last night, which voted against the club’s cabaret license application. (It has been operating without in.) The vote was 2-1 with one abstention. (The one vote in favor did so with conditions.) The Chair of the committee, Mieszko Kalita, cast the deciding vote […]

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This is 210 N. 12 Street. It will be going up at the corner of N. 12 Street & Driggs, across the street from McCarren Park. It will be an eight-story, 60,000 square foot building with 34 units and come from MDIM Architects, which is set to make an impression on the neighborhood with a […]

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[Photo courtesy of i’mjustsayin/GL Flickr Pool] This is N. 4 Street in Williamsburg. The big building on the right is the Austin Nichols Warehouse, aka 184 Kent, which is currently being renovated.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory another hot day is in the making. Today’s forecast calls for sunshine and high patchy clouds. The high will be 89, but it will feel like 97. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 72.–Accuweather

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/GL Flickr Pool] These gorgeous flowers come from Carroll Gardens, where there are many, from the roving camera of jplpagan via our Gowanus Lounge Flickr Pool.

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A lot of weddings take place at the Picnic House in Prospect Park and some of them, apparently, leave behind wedding favors. For instance, these Carl & Erin wedding frisbees. From a reader email: My housemate and his brother were walking towards The Long Meadow in Prospect Park when they came upon a sack of […]

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These gorgeous photos of one this weekend’s sunset as seen from a Brooklyn rooftop come to us courtesy of the blogger who produces 66 Square Feet, who provides us with many lovely pictures. She writes: “I am a bit obsessed with my own and the neighbouring roofs at sunset. I love the satellite dishes, the […]

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This is 208 Varet Steet (aka 198 Varet), which is of interest because it’s just down the street from the “Live Like a Hipster King” loft hostel and commercial condo which has been featured recently. 208 has been under construction for a while and is an 11-story building of 65,000 square feet. Applications to build […]

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Desert Island is one of those places that shines in the consumer retail rough. Proprietor Gabriel Fowler openedthe Williamsburg store in February of this year, with nothing more than a bank loan, a small community of artist friends, and a desire to share some of his favorite comics, zines and books. Fowler grew up around […]

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Check out a slide show of some superb photos of industrial (or previously industrial) Brooklyn shot by local filmmaker and photographer Nate Kensinger, who is also (we are glad to say) a GL Contributor. Nate’s photos are on display right now at the Brooklyn Public Library as well.–NYT

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The Red Hook Pool has a reputation for being one of the tightest ships in the public pool system, despite the fact that we had a parental complaint of an alleged turd in the pool (specifically “some kind of excrement” from a teenager) a few weeks ago. The pool is so tightly supervised that more […]

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Applewares, the retail spin off of Applewood, has become the latest casualty among Park Slope retailers whose future was, at best, suspect. A poster on Brookynian reports that it closed this week and that the space is being cleared out. Reaction is not particularly of the upset variety. For instance, one person writes “that place […]

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And now, a selection of Brooklyn musical happenings today and tomorrow: Thursday 7/31/08 BAM Rhythm & Blues Festival at Metrotech: Meshell Ndegeocello (Soul) – Free!!, 12:00pm Celebrate Brooklyn: Mark Morris Dance Group-Free!!, 8:00pm Castle Clinton, River to River: The Long Winters (Indie)- Free!!, 7:00pm Friday 8/1/08 South Street Seaport: Brother Ali, The Rub (Hip Hop) […]

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Here’s one of the more intriguing businesses that we’ve seen open in a long time and one that we think could take off, if only because it will provide health care to uninsured people or allow for convenient appointments for those with insurance who can’t get a regular doctor’s appointment right way. It’s called Hello […]

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There is nothing to set off alarm bells like asbestos removal and that is what happened at 455 Smith Street, the big warehouse that quietly became part of the Public Place project earlier this year. It’s being torn down and asbestos removal has been going on for much of July, frightening some residents. City Council […]

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[Photo courtesy of Rubys Host/GL Flickr Pool] This is all that remains of the property owned by developer Joe Sit and Thor Equities after the amusements that were there were packed up trucks and driven to a fair in Tennessee. The rides and other attractions were supposed to be on the property through Labor Day […]

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The piecemeal dismantling of Long Island College Hospital and selling of real estate in Cobble Hill continues. The latest closure is the maternity ward, which delivered 2,800 babies last year. “Stanley Brezenoff, president of Continuum Health Partners, the parent company of Long Island College Hospital, said Wednesday that the obstetrics service was being closed and […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Man Accused of Massachusetts Murder Found in Brooklyn with Children [NYP] · Drowned Girl’s Body Found Off Brighton Beach [NYDN] · More Detail on Body Found in Prospect Park [Sun] · Atlantic Yards Mentioned as Yankees Deal Scrutinized [AYR] · Work at 37 Nevins […]

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There’s a 5,800-square-foot beauty on the market in Dyker Heights for $1.99M. Partial description: “Architecturally breathtaking, this custom four bedroom, three and a half bathroom, center-hall Colonial in desirable Dyker Heights, perfectly captures the essence of the modern living with an expansive foyer with its impressive wedding staircase, high chandelier and imported Italian marble flooring. […]

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These are two new developments in Williamsburg that are nearly (but not quite) neighbors. Both come from MDIM Architects and both are near 80 Metropolitan, the big development on the site of the Old Dutch Mustard Building. The building on the left is 50 N. 1 Street, which is between Kent and Wyth Avenues and […]

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/GL Flickr Pool] GL Flickr Pool contributor jplpagan calls this image “Keepin the Riff Raff In.” This shot of the sunset over Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Fence and razor wire works nicely.

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“That place was great. 5th ave looks like shit with all these new buildings everywhere, who’s moving into these they all look vacant to me, the developers and greedy owners of the condo building are ruthless and don’t care how they are affecting my neighborhood. They stole my view of Manhattan from my apt. that […]

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