The Gowanus landscape has been slightly redecorated with this banner that has appeared atop the old power plant (aka the Bat Cave) between Third Avenue and the Gowanus Canal. The building, which is an old subway power plant, sits on property that was once the possible site of developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Gowanus Village but that […]

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“Calling the section of 8th Ave. off the N train ‘Chinatown’ is like calling The Wire ‘a TV show’ or foie gras ‘food.’ It doesn’t do it justice. Yes, you can get great dumplings and buy glazed tripe and chicken feet from street food vendors. There are the usual bins of tiny dried fish and […]

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[Photo courtesy of sabeth718/flickr] According to Transportation Alternatives, the Williamsburg Walks program doubled foot traffic on Bedford Avenue. The program involves closing a long stretch of Bedford Avenue to cars: “Foot traffic on Bedford Avenue was 96% higher than the average Saturday, based on pedestrian counts. The number of children and seniors using the street […]

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Sometimes, when we find Brooklyn Missed Connections that get our attention in one way or another, we like to feature them on days other than Sunday. This is one such remainder written by a dude in a “whte shite” from a Bushwick party this weekend. danger party european for maybe italian – m4w – 25 […]

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[Photo courtesy of meL in Progress] The Fifth Avenue Farm, a store at Fifth Ave. & Fifteenth Street that was known for having friendly owners and a good selection of produce, closed a couple of weeks ago. The blogger who produces the meL in Progress blog emailed us to say: It used to be a […]

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There was a mugging yesterday in the South Slope on 15th Street above Seventh Avenue. An elderly man riding a bike was robbed of a chain by some people who got out of a car, pushed him over and robbed him. The incident took place around 10AM.–GL Inbox

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If you’re in Coney Island you’ve got to stop by the Coney Island History Project (well, it’s a cool place to stop in any case) and see the exhibition that starts on August 2. It’s called “THE ASTROLAND ARCHIVES PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT: Back to the Future. It opens on Saturday (8/2) and runs through September 1. […]

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The Public Place project has led to new concerns in Carroll Gardens. Yesterday, we got a flurry of emails from several people about asbestos removal work that’s been going on a 455 Smith Street, which is a huge warehouse that was quietly added to the Public Place project after a development team to build Gowanus […]

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“A caffeine-driven Bay Ridge man has lost his grass-roots battle to keep his local Starbucks from shutting down. But latte-loving Andrew El-Khadi said he will keep fighting, despite the chain’s announcement that its Third Ave. outlet will soon be closing. Saving the cafe has become a passion for El-Khadi, who’s been passing out flyers and […]

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Five of nine developments in Carroll Gardens questioned by the community after the “narrow streets” zoning change was enacted last week have been hit with Stop Work Orders by the Department of Buildings. (The photo above is of 360 Smith Street before work was halted.) This is because they are not complete enough to be […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: · Oops: Atlantic Yards EIS Ignored Noise, Disruptions Faced by Residents [AYR] · Brooklyn Paper Says It Didn’t Ignore Busy Chef Scandal [Gothamist] · More Marriages at the Happy Brooklyn City Clerk’s Office [NYDN] · Be@Schermerhorn Website Fleshed Out [Brownstoner] · Williamsburg Ist Gut. Ja. […]

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Today is the day that the obscure, yet very powerful, Board of Standards and Appeals hears the appeal of its decision late last year okaying the Finger Building pending the outcome of legal cases. The building at 144 North 8th Street has been stuck at 10 stories for more than a year as the legal […]

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[Photo courtesy of Sail Brooklyn/GL Flickr Pool] This view of Downtown as it appears now that many of the warehouses on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront are gone, comes courtesy of Sail Brooklyn in our GL Flickr Pool. Looks a lot different than it used to, yes?

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“Parking in the bike lane should definitely be ticketed, but cops aren’t going to do it. I have called 311 but I’m really not sure how effective of a process this is. If you report someone who is not respecting bicyclists on the road, can that pass for a someone driving recklessly? What happens if […]

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[Photo courtesy of Ruby’s Host/GL Flickr Pool] This night shot of Coney Island come from Rubys Host via our GL Flickr Pool. The ride is one of those on property belonging to developer Joe Sitt.

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Outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory, we’ve got blue skies and sun this morning. Today’s forecast calls for it to be mostly sunny and hot with a high of 90. Tonight will be clear with a low of 74.–Accuweather

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This work from Judith Supine is up on a building on N. 7 Street that had been a magnet for street art (and graffiti) until it was cleaned a couple of months ago. This is the first work to reappear there.

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Earlier we related that a sign of some sort had been spotted in the window of the vacant Second St. Cafe on Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue. GL contacted KidsRx, which has a store on Hudson Street in the West Village, and can exclusively confirm that the retailer is, indeed, opening at Seventh Ave. and Second […]

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This is 462 Keap Street which is rising next to a huge Karl Fischer going up on Union Avenue in Williamsburg. It comes from Thomas Gilman, who has gotten some attention recently for the glass tower he has designed that will rise near Prospect Park. The new Gilman will be a six-story building with 29 […]

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And now, a selection of Brooklyn musical happenings from today through Wednesday: Monday 7/28/08 Jalopy: Country Blues Jam–Bring yoru fiddle, accordion, banjo, washtub, mandolin, guitar, or maybe even spoons and participate in an open jam session. Free!! 9:30pm Tuesday 7/29/08 Barbes: Slavic Soul Party (Balkan/Gypsy/Funk) $10, 9:00pm Wednesday 7/30/08 Music at The Bridge, Tobacco Warehouse […]

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“On Sunday morning, July 27, 2008 between 6:30 – 6:50 am, atleast 12 automobiles had their tires slashed. Location: Cortelyou Road, between Ocean Parkway and East 7th Street and East 7th Street between Cortelyou Road and Avenue C. The Kensington Action Force is appealing to anyone who observed a group of 3 to 4 individuals, […]

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If it were in Britain, Coney Island United could be the name of a soccer team. But Coney Island United is in Brooklyn and it’s a new Coney group that’s been set up to push a Coney agenda. Here is the group’s mission statement: The purpose of Coney Island United is to create and move […]

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The new Williamsburger on Wythe Avenue in the Burg opened on Friday night and its menu says it’s “Beefing Up Hipsters.” There’s a straightforward burger menu with cheese choices including white cheddar, Maytag blue, gruyere Swiss and “government.” There was also a Yellow Fin Tuna special on the menu we saw. Some hot dogs and […]

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The last time we checked the site of Park Slope’s defunct Second Street Cafe (on Saturday) there was a big “for rent” sign in the window. But there’s a report today on Brooklynian that “a new sign in the window of 2nd St Cafe says ‘Children’s Rx’ or maybe it was ‘Kid’s Rx’ is coming. […]

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