Tuesday Blogwrap

Photograph of crowd for MSTRKRFT show at Webster Hall by shap43 on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap : A shooting at Springfield Blvd & Linden Blvd in Queens, a PIN job at Kensington & Corbin Avenues on Staten Island and a pedestrian struck on E 9th St (between Ave K & Ave L) in Brooklyn. Firefighters responding to a fire in Queens found three illegal firearms amid the blaze. NJ Governor Jon Corzine says the state may buy homes in order to stop foreclosure , vowing to p... more

Bed Stuy film set, Fulton and Nostrand. Photo by bkpreservationista from the Brownstoner Flickr pool . Ukulele Man [Clinton Hill Blog] Bushwick Supermarket Sweep [BushwickBK] Farewell, NYC Waterfalls [Brooklyn Heights Blog] A Phantom Bell Atlantic Phone Booth [City Room] Amazing Cupcakes from Ladybird Bakery [Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog] The Eiffel Tower Of Brooklyn: The Queens Connection [New York Shitty] ... more

Bed Stuy film set, Fulton and Nostrand. Photo by bkpreservationista from the Brownstoner Flickr pool . Ukulele Man [Clinton Hill Blog] Bushwick Supermarket Sweep [BushwickBK] Farewell, NYC Waterfalls [Brooklyn Heights Blog] A Phantom Bell Atlantic Phone Booth [City Room] Amazing Cupcakes from Ladybird Bakery [Eat It: The Brooklyn Food Blog] The Eiffel Tower Of Brooklyn: The Queens Connection [New York Shitty] ... more

This four-story, three-family brownstone at 125 2nd Place in Carroll Gardens just hit the market last week with an asking price of $1,995,000. It appears to be in okay shape, though the lack of kitchen and bathroom photos can be a red flag; in addition the 17-foot width will probably be a negative to some buyers. Another consideration is the fact that the house is two lots away from the proposed Scarano development at the corner of 2nd Place and Smith. (Speaking of which, we stopped b... more

At 7 a.m. this morning, the Olafur Eliasson-designed waterfalls started cascading at four locations around the city. We’ve got photos here of two: The one under the Brooklyn Bridge (shot from the new Pop-Up Park—more on that later) and the one between piers 4 and 5. (The other two are on Governor’s Island and Pier 35 in Manhattan.) Wish we’d had a boat to go out in this morning! Waterfalls Project Rising in Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner] Waterfal... more

Williamsburg. Photo by d.billy . Bay Ridge Blog Helps Lead to Drug Raid [NY Times] Home Sales, Prices Both Drop in May [AP via Daily News] Developers Building Lots of Dorms [NY Sun] Gruesome Attack in Park Slope [NY Post] Exxon’s PR Work in Greenpoint [Eagle] ... more

At noon yesterday Manhattan and Brooklyn politicians gathered on the steps of City Hall to speak out against the city’s plan to move a homeless intake shelter from Kips Bay to the Crown Heights armory at Bedford and Atlantic. Speakers included Coucilmembers Tish James, Bill de Blasio and Al Vann; Borough Presidents Marty Markowitz and Scott Stringer; Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum; and representatives from homeless advocacy organizations and a Crown Heights neighborhood group. Some po... more