Meet 113 Monroe Street in Bed-Stuy. We run this to show the ongoing fuglyfication of Bed-Stuy and how architects have gone wild tossing up mediocre structures that don’t fit in with the gorgeous brick and brownstone environment. The only saving grace here is that it’s at the corner of Monroe and Bedford and does less […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] To the extent that it’s not being marred by out-of-context, fugly new development, Bed-Stuy is one of Brooklyn’s most beautiful neighborhoods as displayed in this shot from our own Gary Mirabelle.

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It took us a while to figure this one out after we came across the building above at Bedford and Gates Avenues, which is rising pretty quickly. The official address listed on the site is 315 Gates Ave, which turns up nothing with the Department of Buildings. But search 313 Gates, and bingo, you find […]

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Check out this Robert Scarano masterpiece with lots of wall on at 1056 Bedford Avenue at Clifton Place. The building has been slow coming along and was hobbled for a time by a partial Stop Work Order. The complaints lodged during construction of the building also make for interesting reading and include “chunks of falling […]

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We’ve always appreciated the Liquid Love Lounge on Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy. We wandered past on Valentine’s Day yesteray and knew what we had to do.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] A little bit of Bed-Stuy wall art courtesy of local artist and photographer Gary Mirabelle.

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[Photo courtesy of Gary Mirabelle] This is from a wall mural in Bed-Stuy and is as meaningful today as the day it was painted many years ago.

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Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration is currently exhibiting “Legacy: The Next 50 Years” through Saturday, January 17. This exhibition features eight incredible and primarily figurative African American artists of the 20th century that will captivate you: Otto Neals, Miriam Francis, Edward Bates, Onaway Millar, Violet Hewitt Chandler, Emmett Wigglesworth, Brian Strong-Wind Williams, and Brent Bailer. This multi-media […]

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Arise Collective, in partnership with the Bed-Stuy Campaign Against Hunger, is presenting a “Drive for the Stuy,” a fundraiser event this Friday, December 19th, 7:00pm – 11:30pm, at the St. Phillips Episcopal Church (334 MacDonough St.) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. “Drive for the Stuy is a food and clothing drive event that will feature an evening […]

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Our hearts break about a half-dozen times a day this time of year when we come across appeals like this. Here’s one from a shelter for victims of domestic violence in Bed-Stuy. This is from Bed-Stuy Blog and we want to help try to get word out. Even though these are tough and scary times, […]

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What happened this afternoon around 2:30 on Atlantic and Bedford? Looked like a terrible car accident. The body was still on the street, but the only thing intact were the shoes and the legs, the upper part of the body was covered, but there was not much left to be covered. So sad. What happened? […]

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[Photo courtesy of Miss Heather] There’s really not much to say about this one other than that it comes from Bedford Avenue and Willoughby Avenue on the Bed-Stuy/Clinton Hill border.

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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 Jacksonville Carb…/Picassa] New York Magazine has released its October issue Home Design: The Country in the City. In contrast to the economic worries that are plaguing the nation’s thoughts, Home Design takes a look at ‘the good life’ of verdant roof top Edens, idyllic spatial gardens and stylish modern dwellings. Oh, to […]

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One of our favorite Brooklyn blogs, Bed-Stuy Banana, is still posting in July, though on a reduced vacation schedule. Today’s post returns to a favorite themes–the memorial murals in Brooklyn remembering people that have died. As always, they range from simple to involved. Check them out.–Bed-Stuy Banana

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In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear…on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise. People walking or biking alone have been attacked with punches, kicks — and in one case, a baseball bat — and then had their cellphones […]

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Last night, City Lore and the Municipal Art Society honored Ten Places that Matter with Place Matters awards. We were on the selection committee that picked this year’s honorees. Here’s a short vid highlighting the winners, which are in all five boroughs. The Brooklyn honorees are the Weeksville Heritage Center and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and […]

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Today’s Daily News deals with an important part of the Anarchy in the Pre-K situation: the fact that affluent parents in Park Slope and other neighborhoods haven’t been the only ones impacted by the partial meltdown of the selection and admission system. The troubles are hitting parents of modest means in less privileged neighborhoods too […]

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[Photo courtesy silk cut/flickr] If you’re looking for a fun way to check out historic Weeksville, then think about the Brooklyn Historical Society-sponsored tour coming up on Saturday, June 14. Here’s some info: Walkabout Weeksville: Guided walking tour of Weeksville Neighborhood by the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville. The Hunterfly Road Houses, located on […]

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This example of comfy bus stop seating comes from Tompkins Street in Bed-Stuy, where it is useful for awaiting the arrival of the B43. It was sent our way by Miss Heather.

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“Built in 1889, the Alhambra—on Nostrand Avenue between Halsey and Macon—is a Romanesque Revival beauty: five stories, several turrets, a pointed roof, and 30 apartments (eight room each!). It was designed by Brooklyn’s own Montrose Morris, a starchitect in his day.”–Ephemeral New York via Brownstoner

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The very friendly naugahyde chairs come from Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy. They’re not couches, per se, but they’re street furniture and, you know, they fit together. Miss Heather contributed the photo.

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This bent up sign comes from Herkimer and St. Andrew in what either Bed-Stuy or Crown Heights depending on one’s view of the neighborhood lines of demarcation. It was sent our way by Miss Heather, naturally.

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Part of a wall of a vacant four-story building in Bed-Stuy collapsed yesterday. There were no injuries and the structure looked like it could come down if someone looked at it the wrong way.–Brownstoner

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There are two interesting things about these signs, which come from the border of Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. One of them is the dangling one way sign. The other is the fact that Miss Heather, who supplied us with the photo, notes that the street is “Sandford Street,” not “Sanford Street.”

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