Announcements
A previous owner, Ed Dewey, lighting a gas chandelier. Courtesy of Gage & Tollner.Gage & Tollner [https://gageandtollner.com] served the people of Downtown Brooklyn for 125 years. The historic restaurant opened in 1879, changed hands four times, and was home to many titans of the industry. Legendary Southern
Cobble Hill
COBBLE HILL – At last Thursday’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Landmarks & Land Use Committee [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] meeting, representatives from Fortis Property Group [https://fortispropertygroup.com/] presented plans to build a nine-foot-tall brick wall on the Amity Street side of the developer’s
fort greene
Photo via Google Maps of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (right) and its rectory. The church was completed in 1859 and is a New York City Landmark. The rectory dates to 1868.As first reported by The Real Deal [http://therealdeal.com/2016/09/30/clinton-hill-church-plans-16-story-resi-building-next-door/] , the landmark St. Mary’
Arts & Culture
This summer, for the first ever, music lovers will trek out to Coney Island to experience rock legends like Willie Nelson [/road-willie-nelson-visit-coney-island-summer/#.VykBN6ODGko], Beach Boys and Jane’s Addiction [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-amphitheaters-summer-lineup-will-include-beach-boys-boston-sting-ziggy-marley/] at a gorgeous $60 million, 5,000-seat, outdoor amphitheater [/childs-amphitheater-coney/#.Vyj8uaODGkq]. But over the
Arts & Culture
(Photo: Willie Nelson / Facebook)The soon-to-open Coney Island Amphitheater [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/coney-islands-long-awaited-amphitheater-open-july/] has added another headliner to its already stacked summer lineup [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/04/coney-island-amphitheaters-summer-lineup-will-include-beach-boys-boston-sting-ziggy-marley/] . Country music legend Willie Nelson will play at the open-air entertainment venue on September 13, according the
Bensonhurst
Rendering of the new Coney Island Amphitheater. (Provided by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment)The Coney Island Amphitheater [http://www.sheepsheadbites.com/2016/02/coney-islands-long-awaited-amphitheater-open-july/] hasn’t even been built and already the venue has some big acts scheduled to perform there this summer. Tickets for the open-air entertainment space are
history
Green-Wood Chapel. (Photo via Beyond My Ken [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/2015_Green-Wood_Chapel_1.jpg] .The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] voted in favor of landmark status for a series of extremely significant properties and neighborhoods across
Bensonhurst
After more than a half century of waiting, Gravesend’s historic Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House has finally achieved landmark status. The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) granted the designation to the 18th-Century Dutch-American farmhouse, which once belonged to Gravesend founder Lady Deborah Moody, during a public meeting on Tuesday.
Bensonhurst
The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney Island’s B&B Carousell has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday. The recognition allows the historic structure, brought to
history
Photo by Beyond My Ken [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine's_Roman_Catholic_Church_122_Sixth_Avenue_Park_Slope_from_south.jpg] St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church [http://www.staugustineparkslope.org/] (116 6th Avenue at Sterling Place) and portions of Green-Wood Cemetery are one step closer
Bensonhurst
Rendering of the new Coney Island Amphitheater. (Provided by Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment)The long-awaited Coney Island Amphitheater [/seaside-park-community-arts-center-coney-island/#.VsSUNnQrI4Y] is on track to open this summer. Officials announced Tuesday that construction on the 5,000-seat, outdoor, entertainment venue will be completed in July — in time to host the Brooklyn
Bensonhurst
Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity council members are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced
Bensonhurst
Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA fire that broke out behind New Utrecht Reformed Church [http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/] (1827 84th Street) two weeks ago is just another setback for the historic structure, which has been chronically plagued by financial struggles and always seems to be [/whats-up-with-the-new-utrecht-reformed-church-bell-tower/#.VrJHuTYrKSN]running out of cash.
Bensonhurst
Courtesy of Brooklyn College/FacebookWith its sprawling ocean views, the green hills of Staten Island in the distance — the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in its future — the shores of Gravesend Bay would once have made an excellent home for a City University of New York [http://www2.cuny.edu/] (CUNY) campus.
landmarks
The Coney Island Pumping Station. (Photo: Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/Backlog_95/Backlog_Fact%20Sheets/FactSheet_12.pdf] )There’s still time to make your voice heard and support the effort to save two of southern Brooklyn’s most cherished historic sites. The
landmark
Photo via Green-Wood Cemetery [https://www.facebook.com/historicgreenwood/photos/pb.168452476528119.-2207520000.1436552017./455914641115233/?type=3&theater] The Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] has finally released a plan to deal with the backlog of properties, after the Commission withdrew their