There was some interesting activity yesterday afternoon at Smiling Pizza in Park Slope, which is located at Seventh Avenue and Ninth Street: “At 3:15 or so today (3/20) there were at least a half dozen police cars and paddy wagons encircling the corner of Smiling Pizza. There were quite a few teens that seemed to […]

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“Most blocks in South Brooklyn stick to the usual variations of brownstone and red brick buildings. On Summit Street, between Henry and Hicks, however, you’ll find a veritable Easter egg basket of pastel paint jobs. Baby blue, pale yellow, light green, lavender, candy-apple red—they’re all here (along, of course, with plenty of plain red brick). […]

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It’s looking pretty good out there from the Brooklyn weather observatory. Today’s forecast is “windy with sunshine and a few clouds.” The high will bbe 49 and the wind will make it feel like 38. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and cold with a low of 34. It will feel like 24. Enjoy the day […]

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Check out one of the coolest neighborhood features we’ve seen in a long time for coffee drinkers: a guide to prices at Fort Greene cafes. “In what we hope will become a semi-regular feature here, we present our first Fort Greene Guide, a view of the cafes in the hood and their prices. We focused […]

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It’s that time again. Sidewshows by the Seashore opens on Easter Sunday. Come see Donny Vomit, Heather Holiday, Insectavora, Serpentina, Twisted Shockmeister Scott Baker and Nick Sin.–Kinetic Carnival

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Trying to figure out what to do over the next few days? Perhaps you need Dine in Brooklyn info? Or want four choices for Saturday night? An Easter Egg Hunt perhaps?–Brooklyn Based & About Brooklyn

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You’ve heard me mention Regina McBride’s amazing writing workshops, Inner Lives, Developing Characters. Some of the best writers I know take her workshops. That’s why Brooklyn Reading Works is presenting a reading of work from these workshops called Inner Lives Out Loud on Thursday March 27th at 8 pm at the Old Stone House. Fifth […]

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The big new Williamsburg building known as 125 N. 10 appears to be done gobbling up the windows at 55 Berry, proving that once a construction project gets going–even if it takes a couple of years–it really gets going.–Curbed

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While there is early morning gloom and clouds at the Brooklyn weather observatory, today’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with a high of 51. It will be windy and it will feel like 41. Tonight will be clear and windy with a low of 31. However, it will feel like 15.–Accuweather

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Ah, the good old days. Remember Ex-Lax, the pride of Brooklyn? “Also known as ‘the Ideal Laxative.’…It is hard to imagine that there was ever a time when Brooklyn produced Ex-Lax…on Atlantic Avenue no less!” And, the little Ex-Lax tin boxes were certainly excellent.–PMFA

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“They haven’t started construction on the building right next door, but as I live within what one Curbed commenter brilliantly dubbed ‘The Williamsburg Quadrangle of Death,’ there is no shortage of construction projects going on within spitting distance. One of them is shaking the hell out of my building at the moment and the most […]

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“It’s official. We’re having the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Blogfest at the Brooklyn Lyceum (Fourth Avenue and President) on May 8th at 8 p.m. This year’s theme: Place Matters; Blogging My World. The Blogfest, an annual gathering of Brooklyn Bloggers, is for everyone. Bloggers and non-bloggers alike. What happens at the Blogfest? Lots of bloggers, non-bloggers, […]

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The results are in and people that responded would most like to see…a grocery in the new 20-story glass tower proposed for Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. A grocery was the choice of 67 percent of those that filled out the survey for the ground floor, while 12 percent said bank and 10 percent said gym. Nearly 92 […]

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It’s coming down outside the Brooklyn Weather Observatory this morning and today’s forecast calls for rain. The high will be 52. Tonight will feature wind, rain and the possibility of a thunderstorm. The low will be 43, but the wind and rain will make it feel like 33.

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The Big Green Monster on Diamond Street in Greenpoint from Karl Fischer is now fully on view for the world to see. Here is what Hot Karl might have thought in designing it: “Let’s see, this building is slated to be in a neighborhood called Greenpoint. What can I do to make it ‘fit in’ […]

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“On our tour of bucolic Red Hook, we came across a large lot, which was relatively empty, with the exception of a few large tanks and oil drums. But as we looked closer, we noticed a white and gray rooster alongside a brown rooster. We don’t think they are guard roosters, because we didn’t see […]

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Sun today will give way to clouds and a little in the afternoon. The forecast suggests that there will be a high of 46 at the Brooklyn weather observatory. There will be no wind chill. Tonight will feature periods of rain with a low of 38. Have umbrellas handy, just in case.–Accuweather

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In case you didn’t catch our scoop via GL reader yesterday, the Seventh Avenue Tempo Presto space mystery has been solved. The new Mexican eatery will be called Barrio. Our reader wrote that the “restaurant is going to be called Barrio. They seem to have only done cosmetic work (new tiles, some decorative woodwork, etc.). […]

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Have a look at some cool photos of the Brooklyn Heights waterfront and some relics here and there of another era. There’s some detail of National Cold Storage on Furman Street. There’s a reminder of the New York Dock Company from 1917. And, of course, the Dept. of Sanitation’s Encumbrance Depot.–Fading Ad Blog

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On a sunny Saturday in Williamsburg, as cranes were crashing down in Manhattan, workers were busy at all the big developments. “At 80 Metropolitan…North 1st Street was blocked as workers loaded material. No flagman was present. Urban Green was pumping concrete on North 5th Street…Again, no flagman (but at least traffic could pass). Workers were […]

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The top clown in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus grew up on First Street and Montgomery Place in Park Slope and misses the pizza from Pino’s on Seventh Avenue when he’s on teh road. He’s the circus’ first featured clown from NYC, but who care about that when he’s the Clown from […]

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St. Patrick’s Day will be sunny with some wind and a high of 48 degrees. The wind will make it feel like 38, though. Tonight will be partly cloudy and chilly with a low of 38.–Accuweather

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The decision on whether to landmark Victorian Flatbush’s Midwood Park and Fiske Terrace is slated to be announced this week. The outlook is pretty good.–NYT

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It’s gloomy at the Brooklyn weather observatory early this morning and if the forecast is right, it’s not going to be the nicest day for things like Coney Island’s first day and the Park Slope St. Patrick’s Parade. The forecast calls for a little morning rain followed by wind and a chilly feeling. The high […]

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The Brick Oven Pizza Gallery on Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg is toast, taking a small piece of us away with its gone-forever Brooklyn Caviar. We also enjoyed the outside patio they added a couple of years ago. Gone. All gone.—Brooklyn Paper UPDATE: This report is incorrect. Before we were able to check and verify it […]

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