Best Comment Of The Day: Bay Ridge-ing The Neighborhood

Anonymous has left the following comment on the post ""Tropic" Juice Bar & Grill Brightening Up Court Street":Nectar may use actual organic products. And yes the sign is awful but it's not as huge as 16 handles was. Look, let them be. Nectar is far better and homey. Nice workers and cute little place. I'll never go to this Tropic Place. considering rents it must have taken a bundle to open. So let the Bay Ridge-ing of the neighborhood begin....

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Picture Of The Day: Moss

A moss-covered brick wall on President Street ...

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A Must-See: "Zipper: Coney Island’s Last Wild Ride" To Screen At ICF Center

Zipper, a documentary about "greed, politics, land use and public policy' and the battle over Coney Island and the future of the 'people's playground" will be screening at the ICF Center on February 5th at 8 PM. Directed and produced by Amy Nicholson,  Zipper is a must see for all Brooklynites and for all those who miss the old Coney.From Zipper's Facebook page:"Small-time ride operator, Eddie Miranda, proudly runs a 38-year-old carnival contraption...

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"Tropic" Juice Bar & Grill Brightening Up Court Street

Tropic, a new juice bar/deli has opened its doors at 205 Court Street just recently.  Aside from smoothies, protein drinks, and aloe drinks.  Tropic also offers wraps, sandwiches and granola bars.Though they are a few seats in the back, the place is more of a take-out place.This location was the home of Wyckoff Corner Pharmacy for many years. (The pharmacy has relocated  across the street to 203 Court Street)Have you stopped in...

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"Nature Nails" Joins "Pretty Nails" On Same Court Street Block

Seriously? Another nail place in the neighborhood? The proliferation of these places is simply astounding.  And they all seem to make enough money to survive, whether on Court Street or on Smith Street.The latest nail place,  Nature Nails, is slated to open at 189 Court Street near Bergen Street, in the former Prudential Douglas Elliman office. (The realtor moved to 327 Court Street in Carroll Gardens.)Nature Nails will be exactly two doors...

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Real & Imagined: Photographs And Illustrations By David Chalk At Gallery 505 On Court Street

An exhibit of works by photographer and illustrator David Chalk just opened last week at Gallery 505 at 505 Court Street at Huntington Street. David has been photographing for over thirty years and his personal work is represented at the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Library of Congress. Also included in the show are David's 3D “drawings". He learned the skills which he uses to make the illustrations while working as...

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Best Comment Of The Day: Toll Booth

Anonymous has left the following comment on the post "Gowanus Landmarked Coignet Building for Sale":"Maybe the MTA can put a toll gate there to the entrance to Whole Foods. They'll make a killing with all the thousands of cars coming to the new store." ...

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Gowanus Landmarked Coignet Building for Sale

It would appear that the owner of the New York and Long Island Stone Company Coignet building at 360 Third Avenue at the corner of Third Street, has decided to sell or lease his badly dilapidated building. A sign by realtor Ken Freeman of Massey Knakal was put up just recently and the company's web site has the following listing for the property:"Great retail opportunity adjacent to the new Whole Foods Market. Landmarked building in prime Gowanus...

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Best Comment Of The Day: "Looking Forward To A Time..."

Glenn has left the following comment on your post "Too Sad For Words: Dolphin Trapped In Gowanus Canal Dies":"I look forward to the time that these wonderful creatures can visit us and survive. Let's make sure that NYC cooperates with the EPA cleanup so that the canal is no longer a "dead" end." ...

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Heartbreaking Photos Of A Sad End: The Gowanus Dolphin

The dolphin which got stranded in the Gowanus Canal on Friday and sadly died after hours of struggling in the polluted waterway, was still very much on everyone's mind the day after the event.The unusual story made its way through media all over the United States.My friend Eymund Diegel sent me the heartbreaking photos above which he took earlier today. The dolphin was still lying close to the shore near the Union Street Bridge.The images are now...

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Too Sad For Words: Dolphin Trapped In Gowanus Canal Dies

Like many of you, I have been following the drama of the stranded dolphin in the Gowanus Canal since earlier in the day.  I should have taken a walk down to see for myself, but I just did not have it in me to see the poor creature as it struggled in the murky waters of the canal.I wouldn't have been able to get the image out of my mind for a long time.Odds were against the dolphin from the beginning, and predictably, it was just announced that...

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Cheers And Thanks For EPA Region 2 As Team Presents Proposed Clean-Up Plan For Gowanus Canal

Natalie Loney, EPA Region 2 Community Involvement Coordinator addressing audienceEPA's Christos Tsiamis, Walter Mugdan and Judith EnckEPA Region 2 Administrator Judith EnckChristos Tsiamis, Remedial Project Manager for the Gowanus CanalWalter Mugdan, EPA Region 2's, Director of the Division of Environmental Planning and ProtectionPatty White, geologist for CH2MHillPotential location for Confined Disposal Facility in Red HookCheers and thanks from...

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Chocolate Room On Court Street Now Bigger And Better

Sweet news! The Chocolate Room at 269 Court Street has completed its long awaited expansion.Back in May 2012, owners Jon Payson and Naomi Josepher announced that they had plans to combine their existing store and café with a small neighboring storefront, which had recently been vacated by Cobble Hill Car Service. The additional space has already been filled with sweet temptations and the larger facility will allow the owners to serve more of their...

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