Poetry in the Garden
The mural at the GreenSpace garden at President St and Fifth Ave. has gained a haiku by Brooklyn's...
Cate Corcoran
Cate Corcoran has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and San Francisco. She is renovating a wood frame house in Brooklyn and is obsessed with real estate, renovation, and places that time forgot.
The Pond Is Green But (Mostly) Algae Free
Owner of design-build company Eco Brooklyn Gennaro Brooks-Church has added a chemical-free pond t...
Suspicious Fire Leaves Eight Homeless on Jefferson
A fire at 476A Jefferson Ave. between Throop Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard gutted the buildin...
Habitat for Humanity Big in Bed Stuy
Habitat for Humanity is having a big impact in Bed Stuy, fixing up seven run-down tenements and tu...
Shootings in W’burg and Brownsville Over the Weekend
At 10:45 pm on Friday night on Bedford Avenue and North 9th St., in the middle of crowds of people o...
Green Roof Crowns Atlantic Avenue Subway Entrance
A reader sent in this shot of the green roof going up over the subway entrance at the intersection...
Monday Links
Two Children Among Six People Shot in Brooklyn [NY Times] New York Census Data, Centuries Old, No...
An Addition to 951 Dean Street in Crown Heights
Looks like demo has started at 951 Dean Street in Crown Heights, where owner David Chin of nearby ...
Strategic Plan for Downtown Brooklyn Unveiled
At the soon-to-open BAM Fisher Building, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and the Downtown...
Friday Links
In Subway, Activist Records Stop-and-Frisk He Says Proves Dark Side [NY Times] Two Dozen Firefigh...
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