Some Perspective From A 55 Year Gentrifier In Brooklyn Heights
I had an interesting exchange with a gentleman who participated in the REAL begining of the Brownstoning movement. Here it is, for your voyeuristic reading pleasure: In 1957 my wife and I bought a...
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Updates on Flatbush Traffic Safety
Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives met with the 71st of pedestrian and bicycle safety. I spoke to him early this morning and he felt the 71st really had it together in terms of addressing...
View ArticleGimme a C! Gimme an S! Gimmed an A!
Want some good veggies you can pick up weekly at the Prospect Park station? Then join the local CSA. It gets raves, and you'll have to pry the Q's Park Slope Food Coop Membership from his cold dead...
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Latest Gentrifiers: Pair of Red-Tailed Hawks
photo from Rob Bate, Winthrop NeighborRoosting on the tall chimney cover at 160 Parkside, the tall building across from the Park, these Red-Tailed Hawks prove you can't keep a good hawk down. Ever...
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The Opportunists
Now that we've "arrived," you can expect a lot more letters like the below. In it, you'll see that a) developers and realtors are willing to go house by house to find buildable lots and to convince...
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The Q's School Tool: Part 9 or 10
Neighborhood parents will now have a private school alternative to the already kooky Public School dilemmas that plague nearly every ma and pa in the city. An outgrowth of the already popular Lefferts...
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Holy Smokes. Look What Hudson's Putting Up on Clarkson.
Hudson, the developer putting up the 23-story building on Flatbush, has the above planned for the SE corner of Clarkson and Nostrand, according to something called buzzbuzzhome (I'm not kidding; that's...
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So...what's up with that Armory, anyway?
Last night before the Community Board meeting, a group called the Community Armory Committee (CAC) was at the door collecting petitions calling for the withdrawing of an RFP to develop the beautiful...
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What Folks Are Saying: A,B,C,D
Thought you all might like to see what was said at the CB9 listening session at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which became the basis for a lot of last night's conversations at the CB9 meeting. This...
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Walgreens Coming to Empire Boulevard
Know that big laundromat that recently closed on Empire Blvd, between Washington and Bedford? If not, here's what it used to look like:It's gonna be a Walgreen's. Good news? Well...there's a Rite Aid...
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Walked by Jim Mamary's latest on Flatbush across from Phat Albert's. "DJ Oyster" as the eatery will be called was in full build-out mode:Much more surprising was the sign offering up Lincoln Park...
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If You Make ONE Meeting In April, This Is the One
For those too new to remember, our new Borough President Eric Adams used to have his State Senate office where the hardware store is now, just north of Patio Gardens apartments. That's where the Q...
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To Bikram or Not to Bikram. That Is the Questionkram.
The Park Slope Bikram folks are moving their hot, hot, sweaty hot brand of stretching to the Beer building. From their website:Special Announcement: Bikram Yoga Park Slope LEFFERTS It’s been a long...
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Dr. Cuts Makes the Old Gray Lady
Photo: Yana Paskova, NY TimesFrequent readers of the Q will know I'm a big fan of Desmond Romeo and his oft-hopping Dr. Cuts barber shop. Well, the NY Times finally caught on. What a wonderful piece on...
View ArticleCraft Beer Bar Next to Phat Albert's?
You know what they say hearsay is worth. Exactly what you paid for it. However, a comment on a recent post is worthy of amplification. Mattijs says:"Walked into Brooklyn Beer & Soda a few weeks ago...
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Lots of Good Stuff Happening at New Coffee Joint "Bles#ings"
A frequent Q reader sent in this overhead conversation by a Sanitation worker talking on his cell phone, his big rig parked at the curb outside of new coffee and foods place "Bles#ings" on Flatbush...
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Catholic Church Throws In the Towel, Makes a Bundle
credit: Rebecca for BrownstonerRecognize that church from Rogers Ave near Crown, above Empire Blvd? It's about to turn into this:credit: Jessica Dailey, for CurbedAccording to Curbed: 161 units. Gym....
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Zoning Primer: An Educated Consumer...
In preparation for next Monday's town hall meeting with the Borough President, I thought it might be worth sharing what I've learned about zoning. Oh how I wished Community Board 9 weren't situated so...
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New Retail Plans Announced for Neighborhood
We haven't heard so much as a peep out of 85 year-old Moses Fried since he completed the exterior work on 205 Parkside. Turns out he's been looking for a retail component for the groundfloor, and today...
View ArticleMurder on Parkside
Stabbed at home, an 18-year old neighbor died Tuesday on Parkside Avenue not far from the Q stop. Cops think it was likely a domestic quarrel, but an investigation is in progress. From the NY Post:A...
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