Community Members Calling For Meeting With D.E.P. On Piping In Gowanus Canal

Community Activists are asking Community Boards 2 and 6 to set up a meeting between the NYC Department Of Environmental Protection and area residents to explain the aeration pipes that have been placed into the Gowanus Canal by a sub-contractor recently as part of the repairs to the Gowanus flushing tunnel.The pipes will be sunk to the bottom of the canal with concrete shoes. Oxygenated water will be pumped through them and will be released into...

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Another Carroll Gardens Snow Day!

Sorry, dear Readers, I got a late start this morning. I am enjoying the snowy view out my window and have not even poked my nose out of the house.I don't remember the last time we has so much snow. Was it 1996?More photos to come as soon as I take a walk.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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A Late February Snow Fall

This was the scene in Carroll Gardens on Thursday afternoon. Slushy, wet snow fell all day longand gave way to big white flakes in the early afternoon.By nightfall, a few inches had piled up. More photos tomorrow.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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Picture Of The Day: Snowy Mix

I know, I know!I did say that I like snow.But...this morning's wet, snowy mix was not welcomed.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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Have Your Say On Transportation Issues At M.T.A. Public Meeting

Next week, Brooklynites will have the opportunity to voice their concerns about the Metropolitan Transportation Authority' proposed cuts to service to both train and bus service around the borough. A Brooklyn MTA meeting will be held on Wednesday next week. Please put it on your calendar.Below is a letter on this matter from City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and James Vacca, Chair of the Transportation CommitteeDear Brooklyn Resident, In...

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A Moment In Time: Getting A Ride

Yesterday afternoon on Smith Street.After a long day of construction work,they got a ride on top of the dump-truck,which was filled with rubble.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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Best Comment Of The Day: Did You Ever Think?

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "No Carroll Without The Gardens! Help Protect Our Unique Courtyards": To those who have lived here for over 50 years, by your comments, did you ever wonder why so many people who come to this neighborhood love it so much?...did you ever think maybe people like Buddy or Celia or these "small grass root groups of people" have fought really hard to keep it nice for you for over 50years? Instead of your...

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Sara Bouchard Performing At Proteus Gowanus This Saturday

photo credit: www.proteusgowanus.com photo credit: Sara Bouchard If you don't have any plans for this week-end yet, may I suggest checking out Brooklyn-based singer-song writer Sara Bouchard at Proteus Gowanus this week-end? More info below. Sara Bouchard performs "Songs of Lewis & Clark" At Proteus Gowanus This Saturday, February 27, 7-9 pm 543 Union Streetdown the alley off Nevins www.proteusgowanus.com Fee: $5 RSVP at info@proteusgowanus.com...

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Picture Of The Day: Dark Sky Over Court Street

Could it really be, that after torrential rainsmore snow is in the forecast?This winter seems endless.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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EPA Invites Community To Third Public Meeting Regarding The Gowanus Canal

UPDATE:Please Note The Change Of VenueThe meeting will now be held at PS 58The Environmental Protection Agency Region 2 office just invited the Carroll Gardens/Gowanus Communities to attend a public information meeting regarding the Gowanus Canal.This will be the third such meeting pertaining to the agency's proposal to place the Gowanus on its list of Superfund sites.According to the flier, the meeting will include a brief presentation on the EPA's...

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A Must Read Photo Essay On Gowanus Whole Foods Site

photos by Nathan KensingerPhotographer, blogger, and friend Nathan Kensinger just published an amazing photo essay on the the Gowanus Whole Foods site. Nate not only chronicles the history of the heavily polluted site starting with its industrial use 125 years ago, but is also critical of the unrealistic, unsustainable revitalization "schemes" of the Bloomberg administration.It is a must read.The Whole Foods Lot by Nathan KensingerThe story of the...

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Il Cuntuccio Brick Oven Pizza Coming To Corner Of Smith & 9th Streets

According to a sign in 478 Smith Street's storefront window, Il Cuntuccio Brick Oven Pizza is coming to that location. I haven't ventures to the end of Smith Street for a while, so I don't know exactly how long the sign has up. (Does anyone know?)The storefront at the corner of 9th Street, was until recently the home of an Uncle Louie G's Ice cream store. It never attracted much business, maybe in part because the building at # 478 has to be one...

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Donate Your Unused Sewing Machine To Local Crafts Cooperative

(photo credit: Amanda Panda Pants On Flickr)Renée Orser Adult Education Associate at the Arab-American Family Support Center at 150 Court Street wrote in to say that their women's craft cooperative is in need to a few sewing machines. She writes:The Arab-American Family Support Center at 150 Court Street is pleased to announce the start of an eight week sewing institute in our women’s craft cooperative, Another Dawn. Instructed by a local Cobble...

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Best Comment Of The Day: Planning Laws Can Be Flouted

TC has left the following comment on the post "No Carroll Without The Gardens! Help Protect Our Courtyards": As a new resident of Carroll Gardens and having previously lived in the UK, frankly I am stunned at the slapdash way in which planning is dealt with here. The building on 2nd and Smith would never have made it past first base with the amount of people adversly affected by the sheer size of it. As for the proposed Hannah Senesh School...

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Brooklyn At Work: Pickle Delivery

Mr. Pickle Delivery on Court StreetThe red delivery truck was filled with barrels of pickles,two of which were being deliveredto the Cobble Hill Diner.For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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No Carroll Without The Gardens! Help Protect Our Unique Courtyards

The letter below (for you to COPY/PASTE/SEND) went out to the Hannah Senesh Day School on Smith Street between Second and First Place last week, and was signed by numerous Carroll Gardens community members, both leaders and residents, including me and my husband. The recent request of the Hannah Senesh School to make an exception to our 160 year old law protecting our public, front gardens, in order for them to expand their new school building by...

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Brooklyn Enjoying A Sunny (And Warmer) February Sunday

It was a glorious Sunday, wasn't it? It almost felt like spring,no?Though there was so much to do at home, Mr. Pardon Me and I dropped everything and enjoyed the milder weather by walking from Carroll Gardens to Brooklyn Heights and to the Fulton Ferry Landing.Obviously, we were not the only ones who spent time outdoors. Everywhere, Brooklynites were sitting in front of cafés, bookstores and soaked up the sun. Some even got their wedding pictures...

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Yet Another Nail Salon To Open In The Neighborhood

What is it with nail salons? How can they all survive? Yet another one is to open in the neighborhood, this one at 143 Court Street, right off Atlantic Avenue.Until very recently, the location was home to Abu Yasser & G Travel Services. Not far away on Smith Street at the Corner of Pacific Street, Iris Nails is about to open (if it hasn't already.)For Home Page, click Pardon Me For Ask...

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UPDATE: Large Section Of Eroded Whole Foods Bulkhead Floating In Gowanus Canal?

photo credit: From the Urban Divers Estuary ConservancyThis just in from Ludger K. Balan, Executive and Environmental Program Director of the Urban Divers Estuary Conservancy, a non-for-profit organization dedicated restoration, revitalization, restoration, protection for our waterways and watersheds.Ludger has spent countless hours not only boating in the Gowanus Canal but also diving in its waters, studying and observing the changes along the heavily...

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