Developer Shaya Boymelgreen’s Smith finally has retail tenants. According to the building manager, the big retail space is going to be filled by a…drum roll…grocery storeday care center. Some sort of deli or convience-type shop will be going into the smaller space at Smith Street and State Street. All this time, we figured it was […]

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This is the relatively new Kiku Sushi Asian Fusion lounge place that has opened at 170 Smith Street. We have no clue what it’s like as a restaurant, nor is that why we’re writing about it. What’s interesting is that the building was in such wretched shape that it started to collapse (well some parts […]

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[Photo for GL courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] Looks like Smith Street is in for more subway-related asbestos abatement. We got this photo from Carroll Gardens correspondent F. Jasmin Adams with the subject line “Get out your magnifying glass & face mask.” She found signs up around the Carroll Street Station. During a walkabout through […]

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One of the co-founders of CORD, the Carroll Gardens Group that was born around the controversy surrounding the 360 Smith Street Building, has penned a scathing letter about the powerful board to which zoning, DOB and other decisions can be appealed. Among other things, she accused the board of making a recent zoning decision look […]

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There was some volunteer cleanup activity along Smith Street in Carroll Gardens on Sunday. A correspondent reports: I saw these volunteers today on smith street (sunday) VOLUNTEERING! to pick up our trash. They told me they were three groups combined–Gomunications “Gomu: means trash in Japanese supposedly) these were the ones i talked to. Shining Big […]

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How about a strange video tour/commercial for the Nu Hotel on Smith Street across the street from the Brooklyn House of Detention?

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A GL reader writes to say that Trout on Smith Street, which had been Alan Harding’s Gravy until last year appears to have floated to the top of the big fish tank in the sky. Our tipster says: After 3 years, this diner, come diner/ beer garden, come fish shack/ beer garden has closed its […]

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[Photo for GL Courtesy of F. Jasmin Adams] After the co-owner of Bagels on The Park in Carroll Gardens died, a kind of Bagel Shrine went up on Smith Street in his honor. It has been up for several weeks, in front of the Gowanus Yacht Club, which the bagel store adjoins.

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It’s worth reminding everyone that there’s a meeting coming up about the controversial 360 Smith Street project on Thursday, August 28, given the unfortunate late August timing of the Community Board 6 Land Use Committee hearing. The meeting is being held to consider developer Billy Stein’s application to the obscure, yet powerful, Board of Standards […]

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Our old friend 360 Smith Street, (aka Oliver House), which was stopped in its tracks by the Zoning Text Amendment in Carroll Gardens that limited the height of buildings to 55 feet on “narrow” streets is back in action in a sense. The Department of Buildings had hit it with a Stop Work Order because […]

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Does the “Narrow Streets” Zoning Text Amendment mean trouble for the controversial 360 Smith Street building (the former Heavy Metal Building) known as Oliver House? It could be. The amendment takes effect right away and the building’s foundation does not appear to be complete enough to be vested under the old zoning. One resident we […]

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[Photo courtesy of nedward.org/GL Photo Pool Flickr] We’ve run a couple of items this week about the impending closure of the biggest entrance to the Carroll Street subway station in Carroll Gardens so that work can go ahead on the 360 Smith Street project (also known as Oliver House). This is a look at what […]

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[Photo courtesy of Brooklyn Streets] We noted yesterday that an entrance to the Carroll Street Station in Carroll Gardens will soon be shut down to accommodate the construction of the 360 Smith Street development. Here’s a bit more detail from the MTA that went out yesterday: This is to inform you that MTA NYC Transit […]

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During the public discussion about the 360 Smith Street project in Carroll Gardens, aka Oliver House, there was much discussion of the plaza in front of the Carroll Street Station and of the need to close one of the station’s entrances during part of the construction. There were concerns among some residents that the closing […]

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We’re a little late with this one, having posted it over at Curbed yesterday, nonetheless it’s a fun, short vid from Street Films about the Bastille Day celebration on Sunday on Smith Street.

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[Photo courtesy of jplpagan/GL Flickr Pool] Here’s a shot of yesterday’s Bastille Day activities (yes, a day early) on Smith Street, which included a Petanque-athon. McBrooklyn also has a post up about the event with nice pics.

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[Photo courtesy of Petanque America] Bastille Day is approaching on Smith Street, a week from today, in fact. Here’s an email we got from the people at Bar Tabac: Bar Tabac (128 Smith Street, Brooklyn 718-923-0918) and Ricard celebrate Bastille Day on Sunday July 13 with the annual street festival and Petanque tournament. This very […]

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Yesterday, a “zoning text amendment” that redefines very narrow streets in Carroll Gardens as being narrow for zoning purposes, cutting the height of buildings that can be built on them, passed the City Planning Commission by a unanimous vote. It goes to the City Council on July 23, where easy approval is expected. In the […]

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A feature called I Hate Valentines Day is shooting on Smith Street this week (it’s actually one of several shoots in Carroll Gardens). The Smith Street action takes place tomorrow and, given the film’s synopsis on IMDB, there’s little mystery why Smith has been chosen as a location: “A florist tries to convince a restaurant […]

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There’s an update meeting coming up on the Public Place site between the Gowanus Canal and Smith Street, which will be developed into a large mixed use project called Gowanus Green by a development team that includes the Hudson Companies,the Bluestone Organization, Fifth Avenue Committee and Jonathan Rose Companies. It will take place on Thursday, […]

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Late yesterday afternoon, our friends at Eater had a photo gallery with pics of this car, which almost turned Red Rose on Smith Street into Carroll Garden’s first drive-thru Italian restaurant (actually, its first drive-thru of any kind). Fortunately, no one was hurt, but there was no immediate explanation of how a car ended up […]

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This is 170 Smith Street. It is only remarkable if one recalls the sad recent history of the building, which had fallen into such disrepair (no doubt exacerbated by being on top of the subway tunnel carrying the F Train) that its facade started to crumble in March. When we passed by the building the […]

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It looks like the Ghost of the Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens struck at some time again over the weekend, with the construction fence at 360 Smith Street curiously acquiring some shamrocks. Of course, the last time it was decorated, hearts appeared and, then, a short lived love message that was quickly removed. What’s interesting, […]

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Sometimes, hitting someone on a bicycle with a pickup truck can have unexpected benefits. As evidence we present our Brooklyn Sunday Craigslist Missed Connection: Car accident with cyclist on smith st. – m4w – 27 (Brooklyn) You got were in accident…your car with a bicyclist. You are a defense attorney and me a cop. We […]

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Call it the War on Love. The latest “love message” to go up on the construction fence that covered up the Carroll Gardens Democracy Wall didn’t even last 24 hours before workers scraped it off and repainted the fence. We have many questions: Will the developer get more love? Will the next poster last 24 […]

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