[Photo for GL courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] There were many, many photo ops like this around Brooklyn yesterday and Correspondent F. Jasmin Adams took advantage of the day to walk the streets of Carroll Gardens and catch some of the Halloween mirth.

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Again from our good friends at Park Slope Parents, a mystery post in code designed to escape the clutches of greasy and nosy bloggers. Something happened with a kid named Nathaniel in Carroll Park. We want to help solve this mystery. Here it is: Please contact me if you are the parents of Nathanael/Nathaniel (unsure […]

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This comes from the BoCoCa Parent Group. The Food Network is going to be around shooting today: if anyone is interested in talking to Bruce Seidel of The FN Dish about their holiday plans please pass this info along. They’ll be in Brooklyn around noon, wrapping by 3 pm… doing a quick shoot on Montague […]

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The restaurant row of Smith Street in Carroll Gardens has a new partner near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel. Joining in the retail boom of its partners to the North, Olga’s restaurant on 407 Smith Street has a banner up announcing that it will soon be opening and serving vegan, vegetarian, and pescitarian food. A look […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of E.C. Stephens] To those who live in Carroll Gardens or who travel Third Street, none of this will probably come as news. Yet’s it’s still interesting. Perhaps you’ve noticed the Magic Touch sign at Third and Hoyt Streets? If you’ve looked closely, you understand that it was “cocktail lounge” and […]

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It will be a busy Saturday (10/25) in Brooklyn. Here’s another fun event happening at the red-and-white tent better know as the Brooklyn Indie Market on Smith and Union – an all day thing (11am-7pm) of “vintage inspired merriment” with an array of Victorian and Vaudeville goods and entertainment called “The Grand Chono’nauts Tea.” Heh… […]

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[Photos courtesy of Katia Kelly/PMFA] If these people come to your door call 311. These are working for IDT Energy and are going door to door at this very moment in Carroll Gardens trying to get information from people so they can switch people from Con Ed to IDT without their consent or knowledge. The […]

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A GL Correspondent writes with news for our Carroll Gardens and Gowanus readers about the slimy scammers that have been all over Brooklyn working scams that end up switching people from one energy company to another without their consent: “Idt canvasser spotted on carroll!” Guess they’re not reading blogs and understanding that there’s a lot […]

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Unless you live nearby it’s easy miss Marishu, a little vintage ‘shop’ hidden in a garden-apartment located in the back of 518 Court Street. Only open Saturdays from 11am to 6pm, it is a mysterious yet inviting space. Filled with bric-a-brak of all sorts like sewing machines, textiles, dishes, collectibles, lamps, and even garden gnomes […]

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[Photo courtesy of E.C. Stephens] A sign of the times? Well, yes, clearly. But in all fairness, this former mortgage office on Court Street has been on the market a loooong time. In fact, the last time someone posted about as being ironic, it had already been empty forever. The interesting thing, though, is that […]

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A GL reader writes with a scream of pain about an awful ruckus caused by the city or Con Ed at Hicks and Kane Street in the middle of the night. We have no idea what it was about (other than the fact that it would seem to obscene barring some sort of absolute emergency), […]

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[Photos for GL courtesy of Jodi Call] (This morning it bring us great pleasure to welcome a new contributor, Jodi Call, who produces the superb blog Pistols & Popcorn. Jodi wrote this post for GL. It’s a beautiful feature about some people that have lived their entire lives in Carroll Gardens. It is a heartwarming […]

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Gourmet Fresh on Court Street in Carroll Gardens opens on October 15th. Boasting its fresh produce, bakery, catering, deli and imported cheeses, it’s stocked full of produce and aisles of everyday goods. Interestingly enough the location is side by side to another “supermarket” and a fruit and vegetable shop. Could this be the harbinger of […]

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This is a presentation about the big Toll Brothers development proposed for the shore of the Gowanus Canal that would require a special zoning change. The Powerpoint was created by architects Chris McVoy and John Hatheway. It’s a little hard to follow the written portions, but the visuals are quite fascinating for anyone interested in […]

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[Photo courtesy of Property Shark] The photo above is 525-27 Court Street before construction work started on a new seven-story building with 18 units. It will come from Henry Radusky and Bricolage Design, a firm that is not on the Top Ten list of some people in South Brooklyn in terms of the aesthetics of […]

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[Photo courtesy of captaindisko/flickr] On Monday, we posted about a new effort in Carroll Gardens to try to find ways to calm traffic and stop accidents. It was spurred by an accident that could have hurt or killed people late last week. A GL reader left a comment that directed us to this photo of […]

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The Brooklyn Indie Market, which is at Smith and Union is having a Steampunk and Vintage Style Day and fashion show on Oct. 25th from 11AM-7PM. There’s a fashion show at 2PM. Per a release, the lineup includes: • Karen von Oppen –Confession NY, Provocative creations, designed to seduce. • Wren –Purevile, Post Apocalyptic Victorian […]

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[Photo courtesy of vaduzuvunt/GL Flickr Pool] They are indeed creepy and they are on Smith Street and came to our GL Flickr Pool courtesy of valued contributor vaduzuvunt.

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There was a pretty bad car accident on Smith Street over the weekend and it’s led to the formation of new group to talk about and try to do something about traffic safety issues on both Court and Smith Streets, which like many local streets, often feature drivers going way to fast for what are […]

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The Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association meeting tonight should be lively as, among other things, it will be covering two of the neighborhood’s favorite projects: 360 Smith Street and the proposed Toll Brothers residential development on the Gowanus Canal. Per an email: Architect, John Hatheway will discuss the BSA case progress on 360 Smith Street/aka 131 […]

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We do know there is work going on at Frankies 457 on Court Street on the major expansion that will make it easier to get a table at one of the more popular Italian restaurants in South Brooklyn. What we don’t know is when the work will be completed. In any case, a Special GL […]

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The site of the 360 Smith Street development has been quiet for some time. A new piece of artwork popped up during the last 48 hours. We have no idea about the placement or the placer.

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Don’t look now, but a nanny was spotted sleeping in Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens. The Sleeping Nanny of Carroll Park apparently didn’t just catch a few seconds of shut eye. She was quite out for quite a bit of time. Here is a first-hand account via the BoCoCa Parents Group: Hi, If this person […]

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A Special GL Correspondent has gotten a first look at the new food store getting ready to open on Court Street. There is major progress to report at gourmetfresh between Third Place and Fourth Place. The shelves are being stocked, which is certainly a sign of an impending opening. Residents on that end of Court […]

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City Council Member Bill de Blasio has been involved in the debate over 360 Smith Street since it became a community issue in Carroll Gardens. He has been involved in most public forums over the issue and his office has practically become the official go-between with the community and the developer. Recently, the neigbhborhood group […]

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