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Red Tail Hawk Is Back
Thanks to Rob B. for this confirmation that our red-tailed friend has returned to the top of 160 Parkside, probably a fave roost for breeding. Soon he'll have an even taller lookout over towards...
View ArticlePPEN Reclaims High Ground
Been looking for some statement from the good folks at the Prospect Park East Network, the group who really transformed this sleepy neighborhood seemingly overnight and organized the reasonable and...
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This Just In! Drawings From "Flatbush Trees" Can Be Yours For a Donation!!
CLICK HERE TO GIVE!!! HALF THE WAY THERE!We're at $4,300 with just days to go before the deadline of September 30! If you gave already...thank you! (Please suh, may I have some moh?) If you haven't,...
View ArticleWe Did It!!
With offline donations, we reached our goal for the Flatbush Trees project! IOBY, unlike Kickstarter, does not "take back" the money raised if you don't reach the online goal. But you all came through,...
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Lenox Road Block Association Alliance: Meeting Tomorrow
I expect another rollicking meeting tomorrow, and with the "rock star" of the anti-development movement, former City Planner Tom Angotti, on hand to bash his old colleagues at the Department of City...
View ArticleChoice and Race
The first big racial makeover of Flatbush happened when white "chose" to move out. Granted, there were negative incentives - the infamous block-busters warned folks of impending doom if they didn't run...
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Sneaking Down On You
Here's one that snuck up on us. For $5 million bucks, you can buy a space I didn't even know you could buy, just next to the beloved Botanic Gardens. No, not that strange tiny triangular space on the...
View ArticlePS770 Seeking Arts Assistance
It still blows the Q's mind every time I say it, but perhaps the best elementary school in our District 17 is quite a few blocks East of Lefferts. PS770, the New American Academy, burst onto the scene...
View ArticleShots Fired on Rogers at Hawthorne - Woman Hit
From the Daily News:A 26-year-old woman was shot four times on a Brooklyn street on Saturday, authorities said. The young woman was on Rogers Ave. near Hawthorne St. in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens when...
View ArticleParkside Empire Meet and Greet - Tomorrow!
All are invited. Join the Empire, with your Emperors Desmond & Shelley and their cast of might centurions:You're invited to ourMeet & GreetTuesday, October 7th, 20147:00 PM SHARPLocation:...
View ArticleThis Is War?
At the bottom of this post, if you haven't received it already, is the latest screed from Alicia Boyd, the self-annointed poobah of a ragtag group called MTOPP. If you've been following the saga you'll...
View ArticleParkside Plaza Needs Your Buy-In
I know, I know. Always asking for money. But this one is for the OTHER plaza, at my beloved Q at Parkside. After raising money from Mathieu Eugene's office and getting the go ahead from the DOT plaza...
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Up, Up and Away
The insane march skyward of home prices has reached another absurd high. On the very street that launched the MTOPP anti-everything movement - Sterling between Washington and Bedford - a humble two...
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Toomey's Diner To Be 50-60 Apartments
Just over the line of the C8-2 commercial corridor of Empire that's been a hot topic lately, you'll find lots and lots of R7-1. That's the zoning that led to a 23 story tower on Flatbush. Today comes...
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On Affordability, Here and Elsewhere
Trailer Parks. This post is about trailer parks. It might take me a minute to get there though...When things feel too local, sometimes it's good to zoom out a bit. The Q had business in California last...
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Friends of Wingate Park - Another Awesome Halloween Family Fund Day This...
Brouth to you by Eric Adams, Vivia Morgan and Mathieu "Inside the Flag" Eugene.
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New Wine on New York
Interesting to see a wine shop going up on New York Avenue, right by the Kings County Nurseries. Hey, if you live on the "east side" it's not much of a hoof at all. Give it a try and let us know what...
View ArticleNeighborhood Legend Passes: Carole Schaffer
Carole Schaffer, longtime neighborhood do-gooder and Lefferts champion, died last night. The announcement, below, comes from funeral director Amy Cunningham, also of the nabe. Feel free to email her...
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Honest Mistakes vs. Pupu Platters
I wish I could say I'm done posting about the whole Lefferts rezoning thang. But I can't keep it to myself. The dung flinging just won't let up. And the lies are thicker than bugs on the bumper of an...
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Triangulation
For those of you who regularly find yourself above Empire on Washington, you've undoubtedly seen the development site that is being built at 995 Washington. It's a tiny little triangular piece of land...
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