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Art Show on Rogers This Weekend
Check it out. Cool looking stuff by James Denmark at Dorsey Art Gallery.For those unfamiliar with the important legacy of Lawrence Dorsey, I append this article about his passing:Down the block from...
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The Flowers of Ocean - Planting Day June 7
The Flowers of Ocean, besides being the phrase I'm using for my upcoming EDM outfit, are a-coming. Amy Musick and Paul G. are part of the team that brought you tons of tree guards on Ocean from Lincoln...
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Hmmm...
Only six days left...This seems like a pretty good deal, though I don't know what a Margarita goes for these days. Mango Seed's a great place, though I would encourage them to drop the price on a few...
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Local Activist Vivia Morgan And Wingate Park
Councilmember Mathieu Eugene (left) Friends of Wingate Park's Vivia Morgan (center) and Soumia Chraibi, a member of the Councilman's staff. Kenton Kirby of Caribbean Life wrote a nice piece on Vivia...
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The Tipping of the Hat
More News From the North...The text from this marketing piece makes me wanna retch. But hey, an apartment building is better than an empty lot, which is what this parcel was not so long ago.That's...
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More Madness From 60 Clarkson
pic by mahsa saeidiMost blocks in the 'hood have 'em. That one building that you wish you could wish away. Ours is 60. 60 Clarkson. The world's worst slumlord, making money off of homeless people's...
View ArticleStreet Closings and No Parkings
There will be two events in the confines of the 71 Precinct on May 18, 2014.Lag Bomer and the Brooklyn 1/2 Marathon. Please read the following advisories.On Saturday, May 17, 2014 the Annual Brooklyn...
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PS 375 - Behind the Curtain
It has become clear to this blogger that PS375, the Jackie Robinson School, a/k/a the school that most Lefferts and Caledonian families are zoned for, is problematic. Possibly, even corrupt. The...
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Not a Bad Taco, Paco
You know that punch-you-in-the-gut Chinese-run Tex-Mex place on Flatbush just down from Clarkson on the east side? Chances are good that one hungry night you decided to give it a try, and after just a...
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Lefferts House Tour - June 1 - Sell Your Ol' Crapola!
Clarkson gets some love on the tour, yo!Each year for decades now, the Lefferts Manor Association hosts the PLG House Tour, where-at you get to peak into your neighbors homes and ooh and ahh and...
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Community Board Meeting Tonight May 20
The agenda is below. Not a lot of fireworks planned for the public session, but in the business session nominations happen tonight for the Board leadership. In the Q's opinion, the election this year...
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Ocean Avenue Hero
There's another Shaun White. OUR Shaun White, and there's no question WHICH Shaun White I would want to be around in an emergency.Shaun helped an old lady escape from a fire at 465 Ocean Ave early this...
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So How Important Is This Diversity In Public Schools Thing Anyway?
Be honest. Part of the reason you want your kid to go to public school is that you paid your taxes and you don't want or can't spend $40,000 to go to a private academy. But let's be honest about...
View ArticleSlim Jim's To Open By July
Okay, it won't be called that. But it's also not gonna be called DJ Oyster either, a name that was panned on this here blog when it first became public. I like Slim Jim's, after it's location across...
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Can't Get Enough...Of That Funky Stuff
Kool and the Gang may very well have been talking about shoes. My Funky Shoes is open for business, on the 'Bush between Fenimore and Rutland, and I'm here to testify that it's one fine specimen of...
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Six Days On the Road and I'm Gonna Make It Home Tonight
Escovitch. Don't Deny Yourself. Done right, it's delicious.Two fantastic versions of that song, one by Dave Dudley and the other by the Flying Burrito Brothers, vie for best on my list of 1,000...
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Warning: Adorable Kitten Pictures Below
There are cat people, there are dog people. Cat people see kittens and turn to smoochy mush. Dog people see kittens and say "meh." Dog people on the other hand see a drooly poopy big-testicled whelp...
View ArticleShelley of Playkids Shares the 411 on Food
From Shelly Kramer came this great comment, worthy of its own special post:As someone who eats from restaurants on Flatbush Ave nearly every day here's my go to list.Jamaican Pride Bakery: Pumpkin...
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Welcome Home to Heights Park
You dinnint. No you dinnint, Doug. WTF?In an attempt to rename yours and my neighborhood (I guess Lefferts and PLG are too tainted by jerk), these POS (piece of sh#$) townhouses on Hawthorne have been...
View ArticleStabbing At P-Park Station
You might see a stabbing shown on various (grisly) websites devoted to crime in NYC. It took place Wednesday morning at 2am-ish. Vinnie from the 71st tells me that two guys started an altercation that...
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