Brookinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Goodbye, Mr. Stuckey: Goodbye, Mr. Stuckey; Atlantic Yards head departs for “new challenges” [AYR] Atlantic Yards Project Gets New Leadership [Crains] Breaking News from FCR’s Board Room [DDDB] Stuckey Leaves Atlantic Yards [TRE] Sayonara Stuckey [No Land Grab] Everything Else: Planned Parks, Brooklyn Waterfront Included, May […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Call for Pedestrian Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenue [Streets Blog]Dear God: $6.5M for a Nine-Room Prospect Park West Coop [Brownstoner]Greenpoint in Need of Rescue from Rescue Me [11222]Great Moments in Greenpoint Siding, Part V [newyorkshitty]Good Citizens: If You Strip a Car in Gowanus, […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Our Coney Island Shortcakes Friends Have a Baby!!! [Coney Island Shortcakes] Coney Island Lager, the Tattoo Brew [Metro] Detail on the Mermaid Parade Ball at Childs [Kinetic Carnival] Thank God: DiFara’s Will Reopen This Week [Gothamist] Brooklyn Food News: Red Hook Vendors and DiFara’s [Lost […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Could Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing Income Mix Change Again? [AYR] Atlantic Yards Construction Update [No Land Grab] Call for Probe of Mass Arrest of Brooklyn Teens [Metro] Some Old Time Mob Flavor in Bensonhurst and Bath Beach [NYT] Two Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Meetings Tonight [Found […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Sign the DiFara’s Pizza Petition [A Brooklyn Life] Union Picnic also Shut by Department of Health [A Test of Will] Save Coney Island Mermaids Needed for Parade [Kinetic Carnival] Broad Channel [Brit in Brooklyn] Wright’s Liquors [Bluejake] Kensington/Windsor Terrace CSA [Kensington Brooklyn] Cement Factory or […]

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[Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Weinberg/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. More Visual: Broadway Junction (above) [Elizabeth Weinberg/flickr] Gowanus Canalers [Atomische] Williamsburg Bridge [Malarchie/flickr] Noble Street Warehouse [11222] Rooftop [f.trainer/flickr] Coney Sunset [Erica’s Blog] BBG Reflection [Flatbush Gardener/flickr] Atlantic Yards Grass [Brit in Brooklyn] Plumb Beach Photoset [Elizabeth […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. News:Is Downzoning Always a Good Thing? [AYR]Congestion Pricing Endorsed by Spitzer, Gains Bush Admin Support [NYT]Congestion Relief [I’m Seeing Green]Oh, That Sinking Feeling [Lost City]New on Seventh Avenue in Sunset Park [Brownstoner]View of Oro Condos from Vinegar Hill [Dumbo NYC]Well, at Least It’s a Backyard […]

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[Photo courtesy of BK 11201] Red Hook’s Liberty Heights Tap Room Has Great Pizza (above) [BK 11201] Try Cafe Kashkar on Brighton Beach Avenue–Food from East Turkestan [Chowhound] New Taft Vegetarian in Greenpoint Needs to Work out Kinks [11222] Cortelyou Greenmarket Opening Sunday, July 1 [Flatbush Gardener] Photos of A Taste of Poland [A Test […]

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Here are links related to yesterday’s Atlantic Yards court decision: Judge Dismisses Federal Eminent Domain Lawsuit; Appeal Planned [AYR] Judge Rejects Main Argument of Effort to Stop Atlantic Yards Project [NYT] Judge delivers setback to Brooklyn arena foes [Newsday] Federal Judge Clears Obstacle from Path of Atlantic Yards [Sun] Atlantic Yards Suit Dismissed [Metro] Atlantic […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Livingston Corridor Suddenly a Hot Neighborhood [BDE via 110 Livingston] Thor Snubbed by Coney Roundtable Discussion [TRE] More About Ratner’s $2 Billion Subsidy [NYP] Detail About the Latest Gowanus Hotel [Brownstoner] Kent Avenue Now Has 20 Percent Less Trees Because of The Edge [INSIJS] Bloomberg Visits […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Huge Tax-Exempt Financing Deficit Suggests Major Atlantic Yards Delay [AYR] Judge Garson and Clarence Norman Surrender for Jail Terms [NYT] Dark Time for Brooklyn Pizza: DiFara Shut Down by Health Dept. Again [NYDN] Marty Markowitz’s Building Has Bedbugs [Daily Intel] Bushwick Students Organize Over Racial […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Walking Around Atlantic Yards [I’m Seeing Green] It Came from the Blogosphere [No Land Grab] Gowanus Whole Foods: Yes or No? [Brownstoner] Pet-Stuy Fashion and Talent Show Pics! [Bed-Stuy Blog] New Master Plan for Gateway Park + New Park at Floyd Bennett Field? [Metro] PLG […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: “Blighted” Dean Street Gets Greened [AYR] Respected Blogger Steve Gilliard Passes Away [DDDB] Steve Gilliard Remembered [Daily Kos] The Many Fences of Atlantic Yards [Dope on the Slope] Don’t Demo Domino Concert Wrapup [WPA] Will Kobayashi be the King of Coney Hot Dogs Again? [amNY] […]

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Pics: The Brit in Brooklyn 1st Anniversary Slide Show [Brit in Brooklyn] Summer Shadows [A Test of Will] Outstanding Pants [Atomische] RSKW [Dope on the Slope/flickr] Dental Center/Opticians/Hair Braiding [seriously excited!] Caught Out There [A Test of Will] Gowanus Wildcats [Sugar Pond/flickr] Illicit Niches [Big Sky Brooklyn] Not Pics: Who Needs the Splasher, When You’ve […]

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[Photo courtesy of Frank Lynch/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and, especially on weekends, images. Pics: The Community Bookstore [seriously excited!] Famous Park Slope Mister Softee Truck [No Words_Daily Pix/OTBKB] Pete’s Clam Shop [lornagrl/flickr] Empire Boulevard [Atomische] New York is Dead Sexy [f. trainer/flickr] B63 [Park Slope Street Photography] A Year in […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Unexpected Downtown Brooklyn Housing Boom [AYR] Zip Cars in Fort Greene [Clinton Hill Blog] The Kodachrome Building is a Very Pleasant Surprise [Brownstoner] Coney Island History Project Grand Opening Slide Show [Kinetic Carnival] Coney Island History Captured [Metro] Barge Pool to Open July 4 between […]

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We noted a lot of event postings today for the weekend, so we’re listing them on their own. Nice weekend ahead in terms of activities, and this is just a small random sampling. Bushwick Open Studios Today through Sunday [BushwickBK] Short Films in Fort Greene Park on Saturday [Myrtle Minutes] Best Park Slope Church Book […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: Judge Fines Ratner Contractor for Unsafe Demolition [AYR] Housing Authority Land Sale Will Test East New York Development Popularity [NYT] Petition Drive for a Prospect Park Pool [Metro] Coney Island History Project Center Opens Today [Kinetic Carnival] Former Coney Island Hospital Exec Fined for Triple-Dipping […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Brooklyn Child Death Rate Highest of Any Borough [NYP] Bldg. Dept. Gives After-Hours Work Permit to Project w/Partial Stop Work Order! [IMBY] Great Moments in Greenpoint Vinyl Siding, Part III [newyorkshitty] Williamsburg’s State Park Arrives [Gothamist] Pit Bull Kills Child’s Maltese on Fifth Ave. in […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Memorial Day-Related: Memorial Day Weekend in Brooklyn Heights [McBrooklyn] Supporters Rename Brooklyn Park for Activist Sonny Carson [Sun] Bloomberg Calls Sonny Carson Park “the worst idea” He’s Ever Heard [NYP] Decoration Day [Self-Absorbed Boomer] Memorial Day Parade in Sheepshead Bay [Erica’s Blog] Coney Coverage: Sun […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Enjoy your Memorial Day! Photos/Comix: Memorial Day Graffiti [Brooklyn Ramblings] Pirate Marty Makes CB6 Walk the Plank [No Land Grab] Sunset on Pacific Street [Brit in Brooklyn] Bicycle [Chicapoquita/flickr] Ball Playin [Atomische] Delicatessen, Clinton Street [seriously excited!] Sideshow School Photos–Breathing Fire [Coney Island Reporter] Coney […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Markowitz & Ratner Try to Make Things Disappear, but They Don’t [AYR] If You Wish to Ratner’s Document Labeling WTC Site as Atlantic Yards [No Land Grab] Another N. 6th Street Building to Bite Dust? [INSIJS] The Debut of a (No Longer Secret) Williamsburg Park […]

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[Photo courtesy of lornagrl/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn information and, especially on weekends, images. Images: Brooklyn Prays [Big Sky Brooklyn] Lorimer Street Greenpoint [seriously excited!] Space Oddities [Bed-Stuy Blog] Blimp Over Brooklyn [Kensington Brooklyn] McCarren Park Scenes [A Test of Will] Williamsburg Realty [Bluejake] Markowitz Cruise & Purge News: New Markowitz CB6 […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Have a beautiful long weekend. If you’re near a computer, we’ll still be posting away! Groups Dispute Congestion Pricing Poll Findings [Streets Blog] Outer Boroughs Question Congestion Pricing [NYP] No F or V Service Improvements in Brooklyn Until…2012 [Bklyn Streets, Carroll Gardens] Williamsburg Condos with Arts […]

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Brooklinks is a daily roundup of Brooklyn-related information and images. Post-Purge: Beware the Wrath of Marty Markowitz [Gothamist] Marty’s Purge is About Gowanus [Daily Intel] Marty Markowitz is Not Really a Very Nice Man [Gumby Fresh] Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 Gets Punished [No Land Grab] The Purge: Revenge of the Clown [Daily Gotham] Not Purge-Related: […]

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