The Brooklyn Ink

Whole Foods Site in Gowanus Hits Setback

The Whole Foods site in Gowanus has hit yet another snag as the city issued two stop work orders to the long-delayed project. The environmentally toxic site at 214 3rd St. was cited on April 7th for lacking a safety plan and again on April 13 for inadequate guardrails, Pardon Me for Asking reports. The [...]

How Much Power Does A Community Board Have?

Earlier this morning, we told you that Community Board 6, which has jurisdiction in Gowanus, rejected the request from the Summit Academy Charter School to relocate to a site in the neighborhood. The vote was 20-12, and many board members professed their vehement opposition to the idea. But read to the bottom of that story [...]

Video – One Gowanus: Three Voices

Three Brooklyn residents weigh in on the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to place the Gowanus Canal on the Superfund site list.

Competing Easier than Staying Downtown

Sid’s Hardware has decided life between two big box hardware stories is easier than life in downtown Brooklyn.

Gowanus Decision: Winners and Losers

By Lenore Cho and Sudip P. Mukherjee The federal Environmental Protection Agency put the Gowanus Canal on its list of Superfund sites on Tuesday. The 1.8-mile canal in the midst of Brooklyn has been contaminated by heavy industry over the last century. Now the feds are stepping in for the big clean-up. The decision is controversial [...]

Animal Mounters: Not Your Usual Crowd

Brooklyn Adventures in Taxidermy. A Sunday night in the Gowanus Bell House.