Time for this week's open house roundup from your friends at Curbed Marketplace. More where this came from in our Open House Calendars. Sunday... Read more

Manhattan has the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MOMA, the Guggenheim and more but Brooklyn Heights has snagged the Toy Museum. The Brooklyn Eagle reports:

Brooklyn Eagle: Marlene Hochman, founder of … Read more

The folks at Gotham Sidewalks will host their inaugural Brooklyn Baseball bike tour Sunday (11/8) at 11am:

Most baseball fans know about the great Brooklyn Dodger teams of the 1950s…Jackie Robinson’s … Read more

There are two parts to this comprehensive list featured in the New York Times of things a restaurant staffer should never do compiled by Bruce Buschel, who runs a restaurant … Read more

Click the image above to view the full photogallery. This week's top stories: On the Market: Hansel and Gretel's Bay Ridge Hidey Hole, BLOCKBUSTER: Nolita's... Read more

Young Writers Night at Brooklyn Reading Works Make your way to Park Slope for a night of original work—fiction, poetry, and music—from teenagers across the city. Thursday, November 19, 7 … Read more

I am baffled by the release plan for the highly anticipated stop-action animation version of Fantastic Mr. Fox. I don’t get why Fox Searchlight has opted for a limited release … Read more

Friday, November 6th, 2009 From Wendy Ponte, the Brooklyn Frugal Family Examiner, here are all the free (or really cheap) things to do in Brooklyn the weekend of November 6th … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Would Prokhorov buy the Nets even if they don’t move (to Brooklyn)? ESPN columnist says yes

I suggested two weeks ago that, though a longshot, prospective owner … Read more

Examiner

This review of the celebration for the Yankees considers unfinished business in New York City, including the proposed Atlantic Yards project.

With all the partying going on in Lower … Read more

Gothamist

The proposed Atlantic Yards project is used as an example of how not to do things.

The massive project is falling further behind schedule, it’s millions of dollars in … Read more

My friend and Brooklyn Reading Works co-conspirator Michele Madigan Somerville is launching her new book of poetry, Black Irish (from Plain View Press) at KGB, probably the coolest literary bar … Read more

NYC Love (Photo by Robbie Mitchell)

The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

PS Bookshop Moves to Larger … Read more

POETRY: Writers Michele Madigan Somerville and Nava Renek launch their new books at KGB: 85 East 4th Street in Manhattan on Saturday night from 7 PM - 9 PM. CLASSICAL … Read more

I suggested two weeks ago that, though a longshot, prospective owner Mikhail Prokhorov might want the Nets even if the Brooklyn move falls through.Mark Stein on ESPN.com discovers a similar … Read more

The Nets’ marketing efforts, which include advertising on practice jerseys and a reversible jersey promotion, have gotten a bit more desperate, which is not surprising, given that they’re the National … Read more

A Brooklyn Paper editorial about Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s challenges headlined Mike — fix this already, lists several issues for Brooklyn, which Democratic challenger Bill Thompson won.It cites the Gowanus Canal … Read more

From the Campaign for New York’s Future:

On Tuesday, November 10, the State Department of Environmental Conservation is holding a public hearing in lower Manhattan to receive comments on its … Read more

U.S. unemployment rose to 10.2% in October, the highest rate since 1983. This country has seen double-digit unemployment only twice since World War II.

The projected numbers for 2010 are … Read more

Deadspin

The irreverent sports blog broke this story about the drive-by murder earlier this week of a billionaire Russian oligarch sports team owner.

If future Nets … Read more

Atlantic Yards Report

Norman Oder catches Forest City in a conundrum, thanks (inadvertently, and no doubt, unintentionally) to Professor Stuckey.

A Real Deal article, headlined Forest … Read more

Photograph by ajsundby on Flickr

From the Gothamist Newsmap: A jumper on the Brooklyn Bridge (later taken in by the cops), a motorcycle pinned by vehicle at 14th St & … Read more

Cobble Hill: The Brazen Head is serving 30 rare, unpasteurized beers today through Sunday, from noon to 2 a.m. [Feed/TONY]

Flatiron: Floyd Cardoz teaches a $120 Holiday cooking class at Tabla … Read more

This spring, expect 3,000 flowers in bloom on Montague Street, as part of an initiative that began this week. On Wednesday morning, students from St. Ann’s School kicked off the … Read more

Slide Show: Subjects include a brewery in Brooklyn, the U.S.S. New York’s arrival in the city, and a kidnapped girl’s return home. Read more

Elvie’s may have closed, but Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld bring good news for Filipino-food lovers in next week’s magazine: Purple Yam is ready to open Tuesday in Ditmas Park, … Read more

MEPA—The A Building isn't the only bit of newish construction to get some screen time lately. The Theory Building at 40 Gansevoort Street is... Read more

TIME cover from Nov. 23, 1970 As you’ve probably noticed from Google’s art this week, it’s Sesame Street’s birthday! Oh the times we’ve shared. The television show is in its … Read more

[Via Curbed Photo Pool/how_long_it_takes] · Hotel @ Times Square hopes its name will brand it [Crain's] · Condo association fined $10,000 for forbidding a... Read more