By the end of next year, downtown Brooklyn will have a new upscale steakhouse to rival Peter Luger in Williamsburg; it was recently announced that Morton’s will be occupying the ground floor of a new Marriott annex tower on Adams Street. The Chicago-based restaurant chain will dish out their beef, seafood and sandwiches in a 300 seat restaurant near the Brooklyn Bridge. Writing for the Brooklyn Paper, Gersh Kuntzman sees Morton’s arrival as the beginning......

The MTA has announced the times of public hearings where the agency will discuss the impending bus and subway fare hike. There are eight meetings across the five boroughs, Westchester, and Long Island. We've all heard about the two kinds of fare hikes - a traditional across-the-board hike and another hike that would give discounts during off-peak rides. The a single ride would be $2.25, up from the current $2. And the early mentioned......

Last night Barack Obama came to Brooklyn to join supporters and community members at The Marriott Hotel on Adams Street. The event was set to begin at 7pm, and for hours prior to that (even after doors opened at 5:30) crowds filled the streets around the hotel - many waiting to get a glimpse of the candidate and many just waiting to get in! It turns out the event was oversold, a reader tells us......

Visually speaking, it's time to stop singin', and start swingin'. Or at least pause to take stock of the larger picture in this district in which, over the next few months, builders will complete work on at least five new or newly converted residential condominium buildings. The local construction boom that began in the late 1990s represents the first significant building activity on this section of the waterfront since Robert Gair dragged a massive......

September 28-30: Grand Central Oyster Frenzy Oysters, oysters, and more oysters -- three full days of bivalve bounty are here at this historic restaurant. Tonight and tomrrow night from 7-9 pm for $95, you can eat your fill of 15 varieties of oysters paired with 20 different wines, while Saturday brings a day full of chef demonstrations, a slurp-off, and a professional shucking contest, 1-5pm. Call 212-490-7108 or visit oysterbarny.com for more information. September 30:......

The Department of Transportation is planning a pedestrian plaza in downtown Brooklyn: They will close Willoughby Street between Adams and Pearl, plus the Adams Street Service Road at Willoughby Street, saying this will "enhance safety along the heavily trafficked pedestrian corridor." Work on a temporary plaza, which will be separated from traffic using planters and will include benches, chairs, tables and bike racks, is scheduled to begin in early May. If the project is successful,......