Developer Toll Brothers' mixed-use project along the Gowanus Canal—a project so controversial that nobody can agree on an accurate rendering of the thing—has been approved by City Planning, blog Pardon Me For Asking reports. Well, it's the rezoning of the land between Carroll and 2nd Stree...

What tragedy has befallen "Brooklyn's Park Avenue" now? How about the apparent shelving of a new building at Fourth Avenue and Third Street that was reportedly set to house a Starbucks. Gowanus Lounge quotes a tipster ("Starbucks backed out of the deal, so the new owner is now f***d and trying to se...

The Gowanus Whole Foods site, which has been sinking into toxic muck for the past two years with zero progress toward a future of quinoa and fair-trade organic coffee, may be taking a baby step forward. The Brooklyn Paper reports, "Developers filed state paperwork that raised expectations that the c...

From the amazing lead sentences file: "The pleasure grottoes at Brooklyn's newest sex club tend to fill up only after midnight, when the hedonists on the dance floor have loosened their libidos with some disco, doused their inhibitions with a drink." For those wishing to play detective, the club is ...

Blogger Pardon Me For Asking visited a weekend open-house at Carroll Gardens' Satori, the enlightenment-touting new building at 340 Bond Street where recent PriceChopping has harshed its mellow and lowered asking prices to $385,000, down from $470,000. It wasn't the Satori's funky exterior or Gowanu...

G-SLOPE— A special Curbed correspondent sends along the above photo from deep in the bowels in Brooklyn, where people don't take no, um, we think you get the picture. [CurbedWire Inbox] FIDI, IRVING PLACE & BED-STUY— Though their fates weren't in doubt, the Landmarks Preservation Commissio...

The Curbed Cup, our annual award to the New York City neighborhood of the year, is taking on a different tone in this, its fifth running. West Village, Long Island City, Williamsburg—they've all been done. Instead, we're mixing things up by focusing on the most newsworthy microneighborhoods. Le...

Meandering across the Carroll Street Bridge on the Gowanus Canal the other day, which is one of our favorite places to ponder life and it many, uh, nuances, we ffinally noticed a new feature on the skyline. Toren, baby. Dig that skin. The white stuff at the top is tarp to keep the winter wind out. &...

Yes, it's snowing in Brooklyn too and if anything it proves that even a Robert Scarano buiiding, if not Fourth Avenue itself can be 10-20 percent less atrocious because of reduced visibilty. · Exciting News: Fourth Ave. Scarano 50% Less Ugly Than Feared [Curbed]...

Before you settle into your Saturday routine, check out some of our favorite posts on Curbed this week. Click the image above to view the full photogallery. 1) East Village: The Cooper Square Hotel finally opened and showed itself off to the world and, uh, more. 2) Harlem: After all the drama about ...