Alicia Gets Escort Service = Pretty Good Meeting
Ooh, was she on fire tonight. Fiery enough that she was outa there by 7:30. And that crazy caucasian bespectacled deputy of hers who likes to call me KKK and point fingers at people, she was right...
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Crime Stuff
Never fun to write about this. But a woman was shot multiple times in the stomach last night, the apparent victim of a robbery gone super violent. it happened on Maple between Kingston & Albany...
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24 Lefferts - Which Way Will the Wind Blow?
Maybe the real estate types out there can help me with this one. So, we've all seen this two-story four-apartment place on the southside of Lefferts, right? Say I'm in the mood to make some money. Do I...
View ArticleThe City Plans For the Next 50 Years
The Q's been reading a lot lately about topics that once would have sent him right to sleep. Zoning. Text amendments. Theories on displacement. Urban blight and urban growth. The history of NYC's...
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RIP Alfredo
 thx to Seth K If you ever enjoyed a meal at Lincoln Park Tavern, you probably knew Alfredo. As the chef he had a hand in everything prepared in the restaurant from the day it opened eight years ago to...
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Burger Mexicana - LPT Redux?
Flatbush 'tween Maple n LincolnFrom Meytex to Tex-Mex. Another Jim Mamary production.Speaking of which, the Q doesn't eat out much, but there I was last week enjoying that comfy chill at Bluebird. It's...
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More and More More More
Apologies to Stephen Smith at YIMBY for borrowing so heavily! Click through for his post.No surprise of course that this corner at NY Ave and Rutland is going to be residential. The first line of Mr....
View ArticleDon't Judge a Book - Judge His Rhymes
The Q at Parkside is proud to present to the un-hip-hop of y'all Mr. Kirk Knight, who grew up using the Q at Parkside as his home train. With Joey Bada$$ he's a founder and part of the gigantic crew...
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111 Clarkson Becomes 520 Parkside To Avoid Disturbing Poltergeist
From the Haunted House of Clarkson to the Princely Pride of Parkside, I give you builder Seth Brown's ode to post-ISIS modernity:Thanks Brownstoner's Cate!Actually looks strikingly familiar to some...
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Fast and Furious
Thanks again to Rachel at DNA Info for this scoop. The parking lot at 227 Clarkson that I just photographed the other day has been purchased for $1.35 million with more than 11,000 buildable square...
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Flatbush Makes the List
De Blasio's Vision Zero targets for improvements the 9% of roads that cause half the traffic deaths. A cool map of those roads is in the Daily News:Perhaps I don't need to point out, though, that while...
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A Miracle In Slow Motion - Spring Comes To Flatbush Trees!
Queeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeequeeeeeeeeeegggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!! Ishmael, Tis Moby! Tie Him Up Tight To the Starboard Side!We Eat Tonight! Many of you were kind enough to donate to the...
View ArticleThe Living In the Slums & The Lease That Lays the Golden Eggs
What do you think of when you hear the term "slumlord?" Maybe you have it in your head that it's some scumbag that lives out on Long Island and hates poor people enough to keep their lives miserable...
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Would You Rather Know Your Rights or Know You're Right?
Tomorrow night is yet another installment in "How Not To Run a Community Board," hosted by Dwayne Nicholson. OR, you could attend this informative and timely forum on Tenants Rights, hosted by the very...
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Luther The Cat Is Yours - Just Say the Word
His dog buddy, sadly, does not come with the deal. Luther is fully vetted and ready to snuggle. He was probably left outside nearby by his owners. In time for winter. Can you imagine?Here's the...
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Tonight: The Parkside Empire
No, it's not a new series on HBO. Parkside Empire is your two-year-old merchant's association along the Flabenue from, um, well, you can probably figure that part out. All are welcome!MEET &...
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7-stories Coming to Church Ave Bedford-Rogers
From Brownstoner:59 Units. All Market Rate. We may look back at 2015 as the real game-changer. Tons of activity in the neighborhood right now.
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New York Avenue and Hawthorne - New Apartment Building Coming
664 New York AveMore new stuff. Blah Blah from Yimby.Let me tell you something weird about this one though. I'm pretty damn sure this is the very spot that was discussed at a ULURP meeting of CB9 I...
View ArticleThe Latest. Oy.
The way this is unfolding you'd think Alicia Boyd had uncovered the Watergate scandal. Her latest (I think we're up to 40 emails of poetry to her weary followers) includes transcript from last week's...
View ArticleOne Year Later - Back to ULURP Committee
It's hilarious. Unless you're sitting right in front of the action. Here's me taking a selfie video, but with my good buddy Alicia behind me. She probably cost us 45 minutes of our time, and basically...
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