110 Livingston News & Blog

• Easter Egg Hunt in Brooklyn Bridge Park (DumboNYC)
• Roundup of Brooklyn pols’ positions on congestion pricing (Brooklyn Paper)
• Carroll Gardens has a “pastel district” (Lost City)
• Issues Arise for Atlantic Yards (Gothamist)
• Locals put heat on city for ignoring House of D plan (Brownstoner)

Photo courtesy xymox

Brooklyn Restaurant Week’s fifth year starts March 24 — mark your calendars for 175 restaurants offering 3 courses for 23 bucks. Check out the full list of restaurants.

The facade you see above at 161 Livingston (at Smith St.) is right now completely covered in plywood–the New Apollo Restaurant is getting a total makeover, as described in inimitable buildings-speak in the DOB filings:

RENOVATE EXISTING RESTAURANT W/ SEATING LAYOUT,INTERIOR FINSHES,CEILING AND INTERIOR PARTITIONS.

INTERIOR DEMO OF NON LOAD BEARING WALLS, CEILINGS, FLOORING FINISHED, GYPSUM BOARD, FURNITURE, BOOTHS AND SEATING. REMOVAL OF EXTERIOR STORE FRONT, DOORS AND ROOLDOWN GATES.

We hope that if there’s a new sign, it’s at least as cool as the old one.

• New Apollo Restaurant on UrbanSpoon, MenuPages, Yelp
• Complete DOB application

Photo by hugemanatees

• Armando’s is Closing (Lost City)
• Bach’s St. Matthew Passion at Church of St. Ann today (Gowanus Lounge)
• Sad Goodbye to Magnetic Field (Brooklyn Heights Blog)
• Update on the Brooklyn Greenway (Green Brooklyn)
• Nine more townhomes for State St., Schermerhorn House gets skin (Brownstoner)
• No Congestion Pricing without Permit Parking (BDE, Dennis Holt)
• Brooklyn’s creative neighborhoods threatened? (NYO)
• NYU Lands in Bklyn (Brooklyn Paper)
• Dumbo Then & Now: Jay & Front Sts. (DumboNYC)
• Where art thou Amy Ruth’s? (Lost City)
• Cute Seal Visits Red Hook (Brownstoner)
• Walentas Building Illegal Cabanas on Atlantic Ave.? (Brooklyn Paper)

Photo courtesy Joel

This post has been updated — see it here.

According to the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, construction (in the form of demolition) has begun on the roughly 80-acre waterfront park. The conservancy calls this the “first major site work on the Piers section of the future Brooklyn Bridge Park.” Along with the planned Willoughby Square park, the area will be getting some welcome additional green space.

See more on the park plan from the conservancy.

• Park Construction Begins (BBPC.org)