Rally Today Against 626 Joins Forces
In an interesting twist to the ongoing saga around 626 Flatbush, neighbors are joining forces with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters to protest today from 1-3 pm. It's a positively European...
View ArticleFarmers Market at Q at Parkside to start July 11
Seeds in the Middle informs the Q that due to a delay in the EBT machines, the Farmer's Market in the Q plaza at Ocean and Parkside will begin on Friday the 11th of July. It is hoped that MTA will have...
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Candidates Forum - Why You Should Care - Saturday July 12th
It might be tempting to say "another election for Albany - so what?" Well, I'll give you one good reason, and maybe it'll be enough to convince you to come out and see the candidates who will represent...
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De Bamboo Express
Mark S., sometimes dubbed The Snob, has come through with yet another delectable edible recommendation. The Q too is a big fan of this place. The kids LOVE "Bake," which when taken alone is a bit like...
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Interdependence Day
Every now and then I feel it's worth expressing again the Q's Statement of Purpose. I started writing, some thirteen hundred posts ago, on a dare from a coworker, who said if I had so many damn...
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There's a New Marshal In Town
And he's come for Meytex, finding nothing but the remnants of a once thriving Ghanaian chop shop. Thanks to Stephen Brown for the photosIf, like the Q, your Quriosity was piqued by the phrase "city...
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From the Desk of Mr. Eugene
Our councilman has set up a forum to discuss his efforts to combat outsized development along the park, a/k/a the David and Goliath struggle against 626. His letter to you, the community, follows:It's...
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Lenox Road Joins Calls For Contextual Development
Add Lenox Road, just a forward pass from the Q's stoop, to the list of areas concerned about tall towers and zoning issues. Good for them. It's high time the City looked at the 50-year-old zoning maps...
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Safety First
It's all gone now of course'Member when they were taking down those three cute houses at 50 Clarkson piece by piece? A number of us watched as some Latino workers climbed aboard the second and third...
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If You Know Someone On a Fixed Income, Please Read...
If you're young, you may be in complete denial about your "golden years," and that's to be expected. You probably also think you'll always be able to play basketball and/or drink heavily without...
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PLGourmand on ToTT
Enthusiastic contributor Debra K, a/k/a the PLGourmand, turns her tastebuds towards ToTT. (She told me she'll focus on places she actually likes, for now anyway.) ToTT is the name the Q started calling...
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Parkside Farm Market - Tomorrow Afternoon!
Many of you signed a petition during a freezing December to bring a Farm Market (I'm bypassing the whole issue of whether to use a possessive "s") to the Plaza in front of the Q at Parkside. With very...
View ArticleLefferts Rents Rising Faster Than Billyburg
Gotta say that Rachel Holiday Smith at DNA Info is doing a bang-up job covering our neighborhood. Her latest scoop pulls out the data from an MNS Real Estate Report that cites the Lefferts...
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Free Gastropublicity From the Q
Gastroenterologists in particular will refluxively salivate when they catch wind of the sleek facade coming to 596 Flatbush at Midwood. Kalkin Narvilas, who owns Italian eatery Cent'Anni in Crown...
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A Little Bit About A Lot Of Things
Today's Farm Market in front of the Q station at Parkside starts at 11am!You know you're a hyper local blog when signs like this generate interest:The remarkably awesome location of this shop, just...
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Beginning to Understand
The Q's been reading everything he can about the way high finance works when it comes to rapidly changing Brooklyn neighborhoods. Because for the life of me, I can't quite come to grips with the RATE...
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Flatbush Candidate Forum
230 showed up at a Flatbush church last Saturday mornAs the Q mentioned here recently, it's pretty rare that a state senate or assembly seat becomes vacant. Some pols hold their posts for decades. Like...
View ArticlePedestrian Death
It would appear from the Twitter that a pedestrian was struck and killed near the Flatbush Trees at Flatbush and Empire a couple hours ago. Any additional info anyone? I'm heading to bed, saddened by...
View ArticleSpeaking of Pedestrian Safety...
If you haven't had a chance to add your voice to the cool map being offered up by "Vision Zero," you can zoom in on this app and add comments to each and every intersection in the neighborhood and add...
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