(photo courtesy of Jane Kratochvil)

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

• Tobacco Warehouse/Empire Stores Suit, 27Apr11, WSJ
• Two Brazilians and a Dog, 27Apr11, Racked
• Data on Rentals Essential for Housing Trends, 18Apr11, BK Eagle
• BKLYN DESIGNS – changes venue and joins with the ICCF, 24Apr11, The Independent
• Dumbo catches royal wedding fever, 29Apr11, BK Paper
• Author To Speak in DUMBO Syria, 26Apr11, BK Eagle
• Brooklyn Cheers for the Royal Wedding, 29Apr11, YouTube
• AdWeek: Big Spaceship Interview, 29Apr11, Adweek
• Bar Eats: reBar, 28Apr11, SeriousEats
• Brooklyn Bridge Park Marriage Proposal, 28Apr11, HuffPo
• Details About a BBP Bridge, 27Apr11, Brownstoner

Bike New York, a nonprofit that promotes bike safety and education, is hosting the Five Boro Bike Fest at the Brooklyn Bridge Park on April 30th. There will be live entertainment, face painting for kids, and bike related how-to classes.

Five Boro Bike Fest Kicks off a Weekend of Big Bicycle Events
Who: Bike New York and Brooklyn Bridge Park
What: Five Boro Bike Fest at Brooklyn Bridge Park

This free, family-friendly event is part of a fun-filled weekend that kicks off Bike Month (May) and includes the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour Presented by Eastern Mountain Sports, the largest bicycling event in North America, on May 1.
The Bike Fest is open to the public and features live entertainment, classes, bike repair, and an expo with demos and giveaways. Entertainment includes The Meetles, a popular Beatles tribute band; Bomba Yo, an African-Puerto Rican drum group; JamX reggae band, courtesy of the Jamaica Tourist Board; as well as kids’ performers, including Looney Louie and Magic Al.

When: Saturday, April 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park (Plaza and Pier 1 vehicular turn-around area)
Directions: www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org/visit/directions
Who can attend: Everyone! This event is FREE and open to the public.

For more info, please visit www.bikenewyork.org/rides/bike_fest and www.brooklynbridgeparknyc.org

Dumbo Improvement District, with media partner BBC America, celebrates the wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales and Miss Catherine Middleton with a live viewing and British-style street party under The Archway in Dumbo. The event will be FREE and open to the public.

If you missed the royal wedding early this morning, there are still lots of activity at The Archway in Dumbo. The Brooklyn Ink live-blogged the event at The Archway.

There will be activities for children from 10AM to noon. Kids (and parents), come in costume or with a “fancy” hat. There will be a craft table for making crowns and tiaras. There will be a photo booth on hand with props and dress up clothes.

9:00AM: Replay of BBC America Coverage Begins
10:00AM – 12:00PM: Crafts for Kids
5:30AM – 2:00PM: Contests for the Best Dressed, Best Hat, Best Child’s Costume & Best Dressed Dogs.

Note: The Wedding Party at The Dumbo Loft (155 Water St Dumbo) is sold out for both all-day & evening pass. (royalweddingnyc.com) 9am–1am. However come down for the free festivities at The Archway through 3pm today.

Directions to THE ARCHWAY – DUMBO
F-train to York Street; exit station and turn right onto Jay Street, left of Front Street, right on Pearl Street/Anchorage Place, walk one block. A/C – trains to High Street/Brooklyn Bridge; exit at Cadman Plaza West stairwell, cross Cadman Plaza Park, pathway curves to the left. Walk downhill on Washington Street, turn right on Water Street. 2/3 – trains to Clark Street; exit the station and turn left onto Henry Street. Pass Cranberry Street and make a right on the footpath; you will see A/C train station. Cross Cadman Plaza Park, pathway curves to the left. Walk downhill on Washington Street, turn right on Water Street.

(Photo courtesy of Jeremy Presner)

Jane’s Carousel is being disassembled at 56 Water Street to prepare for its new home at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Thank you to the readers who sent in their photos or added to the DumboNYC Flickr page. Below are a few from user “oh, poppycock“.

Thursday, April 28 7–9 PM
The powerHouse Arena, 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.), Dumbo, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
rsvp: rsvp@powerHouseArena.com

powerHouse Books and The powerHouse Arena invite you to join the book launch party for The Day After Tomorrow: Images of Our Earth in Crisis by J Henry Fair. A brand new title from powerHouse Books, J Henry Fair takes us on a journey to bear witness to the environmental destruction that is currently plaguing our habitat; from a forested mountain in West Virginia blasted out of existence by mountaintop removal mining, to a region in Florida left in radioactive ruin by the phosphate mining industry, J Henry Fair presents hard evidence that our unchecked consumerism is leading the way in the destruction of the ecosystems that sustain us. The primarily aerial images are mesmerizing vistas of pools of agitated paper mill waste, blood-red bauxite impoundments, and the remains of hollowed-out mountains.

Read more about the book at powerHouse Arena.

[UPDATE: According to @RealEstalker_Ra / Rachel Aschalew, a broker with NY Casa Group, the sales office opens this weekend.]

NY Casa Group, the Wall Street based real estate firm is opening a sales office at 102 Front Street in Dumbo. The space was formerly occupied by Promenade Car Service. There are two other real estate sales offices in Dumbo: Rapid Realty and of course
Two Trees Management, which own many of the buildings in Dumbo. There must be enough turnover in Dumbo to support the real estate offices, since it’s known that Dumbo’s condo and rental inventory is limited.

NY Casa Group (nycasagroup.com)
102 Front Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

Related:
{Rapid Realty Leases Space in Dumbo, 08Nov2010}
{New Two Trees Management Office to Open on Washington Street, 29Mar2007}

From our neighbors at eyesave.com (20 Jay Street, Suite 1002), they are having a designer sunglasses sample sale in their offices today and tomorrow (4/27 and 4/28 between noon and 5pm) for Dumbo residents and workers. Ray-Ban, Tom Ford, Gucci, Dior etc priced from $10-$60! Perfect timing for this sunny spring day.

eyesave.com
20 Jay Street, Suite 1002, Brooklyn NY 11201

The sidewalk on Washington Street, between York Street and Front Street is being replaced with ‘pigmented sidewalks’. The West side of the street is being completed this week. Repairs will begin on the East side of the street tomorrow, according to the NYC Department of Design + Construction. Ongoing work is occurring on Washington Street and Plymouth Streets with the installation of Auger piles, installing curbs on Water Street between Washington and Adams Streets, and backfilling of trench and placing temporary asphalt on roadway over the trench near the intersection of Water and Adams Streets.

Since many have asked, yes, the Belgian blocks in Dumbo will eventually be repaired as it was on Water Street between Old Fulton Street and Main Street.

For more information, please call Paul Kidder, the Community Construction Liaison at 718-643-2850 or email: waterstreetccl@gmail.com

All construction posts are here: dumbonyc.com/tag/construction

Previously:
{Construction Update in Dumbo (Mar 2011)}
{Construction Update in Dumbo (Feb 2011)}
{Pile Driving on Washington Street, 17Dec2010}
{Two Way Washington Street, 10Nov2010}
{Washington Street Construction (Oct 19 Update)}
{Washington Street Construction (Sept Update), 22Sept2010}
{Asbestos Abatement Project, 27Aug2010}
{Washington Street Construction Update, 13Aug2010}
{Construction Around Dumbo Through 2011+, 10May2010}
{Notice: Cars Parked on Dock Street, 12Apr2010}
{Water Street Reconstruction Update (Mar/Apr 2010), 10Mar2010}
{Water/Washington St Reconstruction Project Update, 03Dec2009}
{Belgian Block Reconstruction to Begin, 04May2009}

Olga Guanabara, a custom made furniture studio has opened in Dumbo Brooklyn. The furniture pieces are designed and built in the studio/glass workshop using reclaimed wood by Brazilian born co-owners Richard Velloso and Renato Yoshima. From the Olga Guanabara website, Olga is named for Richard’s chocolate lab dog, and Guanabara comes from the Tupi-Guarani language, goanã-pará,
from gwa “bay,” plus nã “similar to” and ba’ra “sea.” It’s also translated as “the bosom of sea.”

The studio is the former home of Jan Larsen Studios, and in the spirit of bringing creativity and art to the neighborhood, they plan on featuring artists and photography in their space as well. Welcome to Dumbo!

The following photos courtesy of Olga:

[UPDATE: Daily Candy featured Olga Guanabara today.]

Olga Guanabara (olgaguanabara.com)
63 Pearl Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
tel: 718.522.7100
hello@olgaguanabara.com
facebook
Twitter.com/olgaguanabara

Previously:
{Olga Maria Guanabara Replaces Jan Larsen Studios Space, 21Feb2011}

A Meetup event at Etsy in Dumbo.

When: Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:30 PM
Where: Etsy Labs DUMBO, 55 Washington St, Suite 712 Brooklyn, NY

In a world where digital rules, how can you take your creative project and do something with it? If you call yourself an artist (and we’re all artists in our own right) – what are the best ways to make the digital landscape your friend? Join NY Creative Interns and Etsy to hear a panel of artists share insight and discuss how even the most traditional art forms can have a place in the digital age.

Panelists:

Ruben Quinones // Director of New Media, Pathinteractive, NYU Adjunct Professor
Jacob Krupnick // Girl Walk All Day, Shootbooth
Parris Whittingham // New York Wedding Photographer
Katherine Barna // Communications Director, Tumblr