Williamsburg Waterfront: A neighborhood activist who would like to derail plans for a $1.3-billion high-rise development at the old Domino Sugar site has erected a seven-story, red LED sign that screams, “SAVE DOMINO.” Comments (1).
Bridge ‘Park’: The first luxury waterfront condos within the state’s Brooklyn Bridge Park development are selling at a rate of one a day, according to Robert Levine, owner of the 499-unit building at One Brooklyn Bridge Park (360 Furman St.), at the foot of Joralemon Street beneath Brooklyn Heights. Comment.
Carroll Gardens: A pedestrian-friendly detail in the city’s proposal to reopen and expand the House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue has ignited a storm of opposition. Comment.
Fort Greene: The son of the artist who built the iconic Broken Angel ziggurat has issued a written plea for “public support” during his family’s continued fight with the city. Comment.
Greene Acres: The city earned some brownie points in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill this week, quashing a developer’s plans to build a 16-story tower on a four-story block. Comment.
Perspective: The Weekly World News, featuring our favorite voice of conservatism, Ed Anger, has stopped it’s presses forever. How would Mr. Anger react? Comment.
Art: Artists covered two large windows of a DUMBO building with Post-it notes on Wednesday, in an interactive exhibit of what the average person has “to do.” Comment.
Downtown: The world’s largest online penguin paraphernalia retailer — Brooklyn’s own “Penguin Place” — is so ruffled by a Hollywood-inspired explosion in competition, that he’s re-tooling his Web site. Comment.
Gary Sinese and his Lt. Dan Band will be performing at the Whitman Theater of Brooklyn College in a concert to raise money for the expansion of the Wall of Remembrance at Keyspan Park. Comment.
Fort Greene: Bowing to community, the city has withdrawn a plan to cram a center for suspended students into Fort Greene’s highly regarded MS 113. Comments (3).
Park Slope: An out-of-control Dodge wreaked havoc in Park Slope on Sunday, careening into and knocking down the blue scaffolding outside of the old Landmark Pub building on Seventh Avenue and Second Street, reportedly taking down the awning of the Met Food Market next store, and, finally, crashing into a tree in front of Maggie Moo’s ice cream shop. Comment.
Bay Ridge: After locals complained about too much trash, traffic and noise, Great Wall Supermarket on Fort Hamilton Parkway near 67th Street has agreed to clean up its waste. Comment.