99 Havemeyer launched back in early days of summer and it took a couple months for sales to get moving. When we checked in August, the broker commented on the … Read more

The one-time laundromat at Court and 1st Place is becoming a fast food joint, says a tipster who asked construction workers on the job. “Based on the ‘hood and size … Read more

Anyone know shorthand? Before computers, before typewriters, shorthand was the way to take dictation and notes for the business community. The word stenography, from the original Greek, where it was … Read more

Atlantic Yard Report

Atlantic Yards has survived all court challenges, but some of the wins have been ugly, leaving significant doubts about the capacity of the legal … Read more

New Jersey Newsroom

by Evan Weiner

Looks like Barclays was the last of the big-time spenders — and even they won’t be spending anywhere near what they were once … Read more

Found at new Far West Side rental tower Ohm: lobby rock concerts, light shows, lockbox drug storage, and former Met/Yankee (and current restauranteur!) Darryl Strawberry. He’s been in residence at … Read more

90,000 migrating birds die in New York City every fall

The Epoch Times

by Jack Phillips

Thousands of migrating birds are killed every fall in New … Read more

Remember at the end of last month when we told you Bar Tabac had been shuttered by the Department of Consumer Affairs? We were pleased to notice earlier this week … Read more

As a funeral will be held for Queens City Councilman Thomas White today, there are rumors about someone who may run for his seat: Nicole Paultre Bell, fiancee of … Read more

3 BR, 3 BA, condo w/fireplace Expansive Living Rm. | Sun, 11‑2 200 E. 66th St., C15-03 [MH] Read more

3 BR+, 3 BA, 2,418 sq ft Condo Asking: $1,990,000 | Spacious, Modern, & Flexible 333 Rector Place, #406 [1RECTORPARK.com] Read more

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The front desk awaits guests at the just-opened The James New York at 27 Grand Street, the latest towering Soho hotel … Read more

Get ready for the 5th Brooklyn Book Festival to be held on the week-end of September 10 to the 12th. The impressive line-up of authors for the event … Read more

Back in March a reader snapped a photo of 212 Ralph Avenue, which had just suffered from a partial building collapse and had a crumbling hole on the second story. … Read more

This was the scene at Boerum Place and Atlantic Avenue early Tuesday evening. Back in 2008, The Daily News noted that 28 pedestrians were hit in the preceding decade at … Read more

[Photo via Flickr/Hard Seat Sleeper.] The High Line has made stars out of its neighbors, who suddenly have a captive audience of thousands strolling by each and every day. They … Read more

EV Grieve noted scaffolding going up at troubled party zone the A Building earlier this week, and now points out that a DOB permit has been issued for emergency balcony … Read more

Brooklyn College Furor Is More Heated Online [NY Times]

Trees Battle Pavement, Pedestrians in Fort Greene [NY Times]

Starting to Prep Garden for Colder Weather [NY Times]

Williamsburg Mattress Maker Busted by Feds … Read more

The Ashy Sidewalks of New York East Side, West Side, All around the town, No smoking’s allowed in the office, Fewer teeth are turning brown. Men and women addicts Scared … Read more

Brought to you by the Feldman Family from their local weather tower. Read more

Lucky penny paintings: Pardon Me for Asking Breast feeding in public: Effed in Park Slope Shane the repo man: Bushwick BK Another Walgreens gone: Sheepshead Bites No cabbies to Brooklyn: … Read more

Seems like everyone, I mean EVERYONE, is talking about bed bugs. Finally, the EPA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have weighed in on what seems to … Read more

One last night of hot jazz, blues, pop and R&B with L.A. Blacksmith in JJ Byrne Park (AKA Washington Park) on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue and Third Street. The entertainment … Read more

Artist/educator Debby Albenda introduces Art in the House, a new after-school creative arts program at the Old Stone House in Park Slope. I worked with Debby on PS 321′s annual … Read more

It’s truly disgusting to read about the Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms in Iowa that caused this recent salmonella outbreak. There may have been thousands of cases of salmonella … Read more

A surfer silhouetted by the late afternoon sun, Far Rockaway Beach, Queens. Read more

Yup. We knew that the Manhattan-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge were closed nights and some weekends due to repairs but for some reason we didn’t realize it was closed … Read more

Both last week and this week were kind of slow musically, with one exception I’ll mention shortly. So while we cool our heels waiting for Labor Day to come … Read more

Apparently all it takes is one rumor of a disgraced global icon moving into a building for people’s true opinions about that building to come pouring out. And it looks … Read more