Wednesday Blogwrap

New Clock on Newkirk Plaza [Ditmas Park Blog]
Update on Vehicular Safety Meeting for PS 29 [BoCoCa Land]
Fort Greene and Clinton Hill to City: Slow Us Down! [The Local]
Fowler Square The Next Putnam Pedestrian Plaza? [FG Patch]
Just Launched: EPA Gowanus Canal Facebook Page Photo Contest [PMFA]
Surprise, Surprise: New York Becomes Even Less Affordable [Runnin' Scared]
New Utrecht-62nd Street Station Stairway Temporarily Closed [Bensonhurst Bean]
Photo by huckfunn
Tuesday Blogwrap

The Rise of Rapid Realty [Real Deal]
67 Burger Gets Boozy [Here's Park Slope]
Win A Dinner for Eight at Frankie’s Spuntino [CG Patch]
Park Slopers (Predictably) Do Not Like New Cash for Gold Spot [FIPS]
Weekend Stories at Windsor Terrace Library Starts in March [Windsor Terrace Blog]
Assemblywoman Millman Collection Donations for Family Justice Center [PMFA]
Coney Island Theater Threatened By Wood-Eating Beatles [Bensonhurst Bean]
Photo by lovetographer
Monday Blogwrap

Park Slope Litter Mob Tomorrow [Ditmas Park Blog]
The FIPS Guide to Getting Gay Married in Brooklyn [FIPS]
Giants Win! Impromptu Street Party in Brooklyn! [The L]
10 Restaurants We’d Like to See Open Brooklyn Outposts [The L]
Woman Injured After SUV Crashes into Downtown Condo Building [Brooklyn Paper]
Map of the Month: An “Ancient Map” of Brooklyn Heights South to Gowanus [Brooklyn Historical Society]
Photo by Samit Khatri
Thursday Blogwrap

Weekend Events [Ditmas Park Blog]
Could Brooklyn Get More Ferry Service? [The L]
PS 217 Open House Next Thursday [Ditmas Park Blog]
Cops Seek Driver In Sunset Park Hit-And-Run [Gothamist]
Prospect Heights’ Dating Scene ‘Chiller’ Than Williamsburg [PH Patch]
Myrtle Ave. Building Gutted By 2010 Fire Sees Renaissance [FG Patch]
Super Bowl Makes Obscure Brooklyn Website Rethink its Name [BK Southie]
Behind the Counter at Fleisher’s Grass-Fed & Organic Meats [Nona Brooklyn]
Open Letter to Tish James Re: Medgar Evers Closing Crown Street [The Q at Parkside]
Photo by xbettyx
Wednesday Blogwrap

February 14: A Day of Reckoning for Forest City Ratner? [AY Report]
1874 Maps of Old Farmland In Brooklyn [McBrooklyn]
Henry Street Garbage Dump Swept Clean [BHB]
Profile of a Park Slope Single Chick [FIPS]
WTD?? [A Year in the Park]
Photo by ekonon
Tuesday Blogwrap
Inside A Bike Builder’s Shop in Fort Greene [BK Ink]
Verizon FiOS finally coming to the Heights? [BHB]
The Early Word on BBQ Newcomer Fort Reno Provisions [Eater]
BK Independent TV: Brooklyn’s Crumbling Churches [Team Tish]
A Food & Drink Tour Of Brooklyn’s South Slope [Gothamist]
Dedicate a Tree in Prospect Park for Valentine’s Day [Windsor Terrace Blog]
New Green Gardens Preschool Co-op Accepting Applications [Ditmas Park Blog]
Two Hour Meters To Be Installed On 3rd, 5th Avenues In April [Bensonhurst Bean]
Photo by daniel_littlewood
Monday Blogwrap
How Much to Rent Commercial Space on Montague Street? [BHB]
A Dunkin’ Donuts Next to the Navy Yard Might be Popular [The Local]
Can a Native Brooklynite Still Be an ‘Invading Hipster’? [L Mag]
Getting a Towed Car Back: A Horror Story [FIPS]
Big Bird Hanging Out in Carroll Gardens [PMFA]
Photo by jillysp
Thursday Blogwrap
Price Check: Brooklyn Art Supplies [Brokelyn]
One Girl Cookie Construction Update [Dumbo NYC]
Parks Dept. Now Hiring Summer Lifeguards [CG Patch]
Rotting Trees Dumped in the Lake in Prospect Park [Daily Slope]
Talent Agency Wants Your Cute Brooklyn Heights Kid To Model [BHB]
First AY Residential Tower Now Delayed Until Spring or Summer [AY Report]
Stalled Crown Heights Condo Actually Coming Back to Life [Curbed]
Pinsky Defends Downtown Brooklyn Landmarks Preservation Decision [Observer]
Despite Lack of amenities, Residential Boom Near Brooklyn’s MetroTech Center [TRD]
Photo by 2nified
Wednesday Blogwrap
Beloved Kensington Grocery Store Cheating Workers Out of Wages [L Mag]
Brooklyn DA’s Office Reviewing Mathieu Lefevre Hit-and-Run [Streetsblog]
EPA Region 2 Presents Gowanus Canal Feasibility Study To Community [PMFA]
Four Brick ‘Burg Townhouses Hit the Market as 31 Condos [Curbed]
Hotel Williamsburg’s Short-Lived Pillar & Plough Closes [Eater]
548 Sixth Avenue Completely Demolished [HPS]
Love Lane Mews is 25% Sold [BHB]
Complaints in Dumbo [Dumbo NYC]
Photo by Eugene Gannon
Tuesday Blogwrap
Free Subscriptions to Brooklyn Magazine [Brokelyn]
‘Battle For Brooklyn’ Doesn’t Make Oscar Cut [PH Patch]
B61 Bus Route to Get More Buses [The Windsor Terrace Blog]
Adding Neighborhood 20 MPH Zones Isn’t a Zero-Sum Game [Streetsblog]
Presenting the Most and Least Compatible New York City Nabes [Runnin' Scared]
Grady HS May Lose Half Its Teachers, Despite Improvements [Sheepshead Bites]
Locals: Slower Slope Speed Limit would make Greenwood Heights a Race Track [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by bdwac
Monday Blogwrap
Gaudy ‘We Buy Gold’ Shop Opening on 9th Street [FIPS]
NBC Series ‘Smash’ Filming in Dumbo [Dumbo NYC]
Tepid Reception for New Spike Lee Joint [BHB]
The King Street Lots in Red Hook [Garden Design]
Tempest at the Tea Lounge [WSJ]
Litter Mob Tomorrow [DP Blog]
Postcard via Susan Law Cain/www.shutterstock.com
Thursday Blogwrap
City Approves Community Roots Expansion [The Local]
When It Comes To Bad Airports, NYC Is #1! [Gothamist]
Designs Unveiled for Columbia Street Waterfront Park [CG Patch]
Mercado on Kent, Williamsburg’s New Spanish Spot [Gothamist]
Ten Things to Know About Fort Reno Provisions [Here's Park Slope]
Thrill Kill? Cyclone Fans Fear Coaster Will Become Kinder [BK Paper]
REBNY Amps Efforts To Quash “Borough Hall Skyscraper HD” [BH Blog]
Buy Tickets to Dylan Tribute Concert and Bring More Shakespeare to Carroll Park [PMFA]
Photo by httpill
Wednesday Blogwrap
REBNY Amps Up Campaign Against Downtown Brooklyn Landmarking [TRD]
New Williamsburg Rental Building Seeks New Owner for $7.3M [Curbed]
14 Amazing Photos Of 1980s New York City [Gothamist]
Checking In on The Fifth Avenue Key Food [HPS]
Park Slope Considers Slow Zones [FIPS]
Photo by lostinbrooklyn
Tuesday Blogwrap
Queens Could Get an Apple Store Before Brooklyn [Racked]
A Democratic Club is Reborn in Brooklyn [Bed Stuy Patch]
Cyclist Struck On Ocean Ave, Shore Pkwy [Sheepshead Bites]
The Early Word on Park Slope’s Newest, Talde [Eater]
Neighborhood Slow Zones and Safer Local Streets [PSP Blog]
Montero’s Bar Matriarch Pilar Montero Dies At Age 90 [Brooklyn Heights Blog]
Brooklyn-Themed Nets Ad Campaign Debuts—In Manhattan [PH Patch]
Brooklyn Commercial Sales Improve, while Manhattan Drops Off in 4Q [Real Deal]
Photo by Franthropologist
Monday Blogwrap
New York City’s 2012 Idiotarod Announced, Probably [McBrooklyn]
Jeffries vs. Towns: Clash of Titans or a Case of Ho-Hum? [The Local]
A Little Look Back At Brooklyn’s Montauk Club [Gothamist]
The Union Street Project: 13 Union [Lost City]
Tumblr’s David Karp Not Into Micro-Lofting [Curbed]
Photo by threecee
Thursday Blogwrap
Help Improve Seventh Avenue [Brooklyn Spoke]
New Dumbo Startup Lab Launched [Dumbo NYC]
The Nosh for Your Brooklyn Pup [Brooklyn Based]
First Look at Talde, Opening on Sunday [Grub Street]
Petition Campaign Puts Lafayette Bike Lane Back on the Agenda [The Local]
Sadik-Khan: Bike-Share GPS Data Will Help Plan NYC Bike Network [Streetsblog]
This Sunday, First Gay Wedding Expo at Brooklyn Borough Hall [About Brooklyn]
Photos, Videos, Articles & More From Late ’80s And Early ’90s Williamsburg [Gothamist]
Photo by Dan Nguyen @ New York City
Wednesday Blogwrap
After 5+ Years, ‘Remuddling’ of 132 Second Place Almost Complete [PMFA]
Expect Sparks at Community Roots Expansion Hearing Tonight [The Local]
8 “Official” Brooklyn Neighborhoods We Refuse to Recognize [L Mag]
Second Witnesses Property in the Heights Fetches $4.1M [Crain's]
Two More Strong-Arm Muggings Near Franklin Avenue [Patch]
The Union Street Project: 134 Union [Lost City]
Photo by jillysp
Tuesday Blogwrap
The Baltic Street Parking Lot [Brooklyn Spoke]
Dirty Yellow Water in South Slope [Daily Slope]
Notes from the CB14 Monthly Meeting [Ditmas Park Blog]
Kings Highway’s Beth Israel Med Center Goes Green [Sheepshead Bites]
E-Waste Recycling at Prospect Park This Sunday [Ditmas Park Blog]
Brooklyn’s Boutique Fitness Scene Takes Off [Well + Good NYC]
Solitude Is Harder to Find Among City Rentals, And More Expensive [Curbed]
Photo by sabeth718
Monday Blogwrap
239 Banker Not Legal for Rentals, But Agents Are Advertising It [NYS]
Planning For Climate Change In The Gowanus Watershed [PMFA]
Another Accident Along Treacherous Park Avenue [The Local]
The Union Street Project: 132 Union Street [Lost City]
C.P.H. Gilbert: The Permastone Years [Brooklyn 11211]
Photo by zlander
Thursday Blogwrap
Fireworks of the Week [Windsor Terrace Blog]
Brooklyn History Photo of the Week [Brooklyn 11211]
One BBP Sells Duplex (And Parking Space!) for $3.65M [Curbed]
Project Re-Generation Expands Efforts to Employ Teens [BS Patch]
LGBT in Park Slope: Top Lesbian and Gay Bars and Meetups [Daily Slope]
New Year, New Push to “Keep the Boards in the Coney Island Boardwalk” [Amusing the Zillion]
Photo by Kash Ash
Feb 06, 2012 | 12:32 PM