[Jellybeans on the L courtesy of Martha Martha Martha/flickr] Images: Ratner Attracts Red Cross Disaster Relief Truck [Brit in Brooklyn] Floyd Bennett Field [Bluejake] Favorite Gowanus Alley [Frank Lynch/flickr] Wicked Sunset [Velvet Sea] Astroland [Atomische] Flower Girls [Lex’s Folly] Red Hook From Water, No Dome [Keylime Steve/flickr] Ward Bakery Accident Photos [Brit in Brooklyn] Hood […]

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[Photo courtesy threecee/flickr] Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Is Walking Missing From PlaNYC? [Streets Blog] So, Who Put the Rat in Ratnerville? [No Land Grab] Three Muggings in Three Years, What Would You Do? [Eating for Brooklyn via Brownstoner] Your Kind of People Aren’t Welcome Here [Brooklyn Record] Proposed Extension […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Neglected Story of 9/11 Debris Hitting Brooklyn [Center for the Study of Brooklyn] New Life in Park Plan for Old Spaces [NYT] Scaffolding Suggests Flatbush Avenue Demolitions Are Coming [AYR] Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Rezoning Certified [Brownstoner] Way to Go: Brooklyn Assem. Who Filled Clarence Norman’s […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Did Someone with a Grievance Tear Down the Wall of Grievances? [No Land Grab] Ratner’s Brooklyn Tech Plan Was Hot Air [AYR] Elected Officials React to Congestion Pricing [Streets Blog] Brooklyn Has Nation’s Bloggiest Neighborhoods [NYP] Unlicensed Vehicles Story, Part II [Kensington Brooklyn] Multi-Car Families […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Transportation: Congestion Pricing Announced: Backlash Continues [AYR] Stars are Aligned for Congestion Pricing [Sun] Congestion Pricing is Good for Brooklyn [Bay Ridge Blog] Advocates Rally to Support Congestion Pricing Plan [Metro] Debate Starts on 2030 Plan [amNY] Council Overrides Pedicab Veto [Streets Blog] Not Transportation: […]

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Brooklinks is a selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Trying to Put 15th Street’s Humpty Dumpty Bldg Back Together Again [IMBY] Demolition at E. 5th and Greenwood [Kensington Brooklyn] Were It Not for Prospect Park I’d Have Left Brooklyn [Brooklyn Masala] Prospect Park Parrot [Dope on the Slope] Yeshiva to Evict Elderly and Disabled in […]

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[Graphic courtesy of the New York Post] The Mayor’s 2030 Plan [nyc.gov] Bloomberg Draws Blueprint for a Greener City [NYT] Mayor’s Vision of Green Apple [NYP] Bloomberg: If We Don’t Act Now, When? [Sun] Mayor’s Plan: Growth is Green [Sun] Congestion Pricing [NYP] Power Plans [NYP] Using Mussels to Improve Water Quality [NYP] The Silence […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related news and information: Congestion Pricing, Atlantic Yards & Bloomberg’s Sustainability Plan [AYR] Last Skate at Empire Rink [NYT] Earth Day [Green Brooklyn] Life Aquatic [Callalillie] Brooklyn Bridge [Esthetic/Aesthetic] Bushwick Shack [Bluejake] Support Artists in PLG [Across the Park] About Corbin Place in Manhattan Beach [NYT] Dogshit Queen Scores […]

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[Photo courtesy of Dalton Rooney/flickr] Images: Fifth Floor Window, Brooklyn College (above) [seriously excited!] Development Closing in on Bushwick [Bluejake] Blue Sky [elizabeth weinberg/flickr] Bay Ridge Avenue Subway Station [Bay Ridge Blog from Ewwwwwwww/flickr] Carroll Street Subway [Park Slope Street Photography] Obligatory Spring Picture [angela/flickr] Slope Blossom [Brit in Brooklyn] Bloke in Williamsburg [Bluejake] Gowanus […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: David Walentas Stirs Up Trouble [Brooklyn Enthusiast] Oder Continues to Shed Valuable Light on Atlantic Yards [No Land Grab] Will DOT Come Clean on “De-Mapping” Part of Fifth Avenue? [AYR] Ratner Awaits Demolition Ruling [BP] DOT Plans for Grand Army Plaza [Streets Blog] Ex-Brooklyn Judge […]

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The young whale known as NY 3673-07 by officials and nicknamed Sludgie, by the Daily News, died around 5:00 PM yesterday. Here are some links to whale coverage: 317 Stories About the Gowanus Whale [Google News] Frolicking Visitor Delights Hearts, Then Dies [NYT] Tragedy: Poor Sludgie Succumbs in the Gowanus [NYDN] Young Whale Found in […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. A $5.6 Billion Forest City Ratner Lie? [AYR] Call it the Park Slope Triangle [OTBKB] Bay Ridge Church Selling Out [Brownstoner] Salsa, Baby [Brooklyn Record] The Smell of Coney Island [Gothamist] Gravity + Construction Work = Building Collapses [IMBY] Former Brooklyn Dem. Boss Clarence Norman […]

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As of this morning, stories about the Brooklyn/Gowanus Whale had appeared in 147 places. Here are links to some of the coverage: Whale Off Brooklyn [AP via Sun] A Whale Swims in Brooklyn [NYDN] A Young Whale Frolics in the Waters of NY Harbor Near Polluted Canal [AP via Newsday] Baby Whale Stranded in Brooklyn […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Atlantic Yards Demolitions Postponed [AYR] Atlantic Yards Demolition and Demonstration Canceled Before Court Hearing [DDDB] It Came from the Blogosphere [No Land Grab] No Second Ave. Subway Love for Brooklyn [Brooklyn Record] The Steelworkers of 110 Livingston [110 Livingston] New Pratt Design Center Has Good […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images: More 9th Street Residents Weigh in on DOT Plan [Streets Blog] Development Watch: Urban Green [Brownstoner] 15 Story Carroll Gardens Tower is “Stunning” [Brooklyn Eagle] Former Atlantic Ave Bookseller Sentenced to 13 Years [Sun] Former Democratic Leader Clarence Norman Gets 1-3 Years for Extortion [NYT] […]

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Brooklinks is a daily selection of Brooklyn-related information and images. Storm: Big Storm Spurs Talk of Climate Shift [Sun] Floody Hell [NYP] Drench Warfare [NYDN] East Coast Storm Breaks Rainfall Record [NYT] Not Storm: More Than 200 Rally Against Yards Parking, Another Protest Wed. [AYR] Despite Storm, 200 People Show for Atlantic Yards Demonstration [Metro] […]

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