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Clove Road Getting Stoned
From Rachel and DNA Info comes yet another example of why it's a tragedy that Mike Cetera wasn't reappointed to Community Board 9. Mike found an artist who's working pro bono to place a giant history...
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Oaxaca Rising
There's a new cowboy in town, name of Oaxaca. With picante pistols at his side, he plans to take Sterling 'n' Rogers in a blaze of fiery fish flautas.Thx Mark S for the photo. It kinda looks an old...
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Improvements Coming To Ocean/Parkside. Again.
Hard to believe, but it's been three years since the DOT heard our call and made some fairly effective, but not effective enough, changes at the ever-nuts intersection of Parkside and Ocean Avenues....
View ArticleA Post About Charleston
The Q kept trying to think of something useful or unique to say about the terrorist killings in Charleston. I couldn't think of anything. If you've seen the beginning of Selma, maybe you got that punch...
View ArticleMayor Closes Half the Park To Traffic
Here's the story.And here's the beef, per reader JDB:"For someone who lives on the East side of Prospect Park, I find this proposal to be outrageous. The Mayor talks often about two New Yorks, this...
View ArticleThe Promoted Comment About Park Car Closing
I didn't want to let this get lost, cause I'd actually like to hear what y'all think, so I promoted it from comment to post. The Q has some thoughts on the West Side car traffic closures, because I...
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How Bout Them Trees?
David Eppley is deep into remaking the trees. Having worked more than a dozen middle-school students, he's been enjoying greeting the kids as he places the "flowers" that they've made. Given insurance...
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Tonight - CB9 Elections; Tomorrow - Meeting on Crime
Well alright! Coming into the end of the school year, and dang are my arms tired.Tonight the Board formalizes whom will lead and in what capacity. Yours truly is running for treasurer, but I've been a...
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Great! Another Stellar Landlord Neighbor
photo: Joanna Purpich/Gothamist. trash: BushburgDid you catch this piece about Bushburg Realty? They buy a building complex in Bed-Stuy for (holy crap) $38 million. Residents have long complained about...
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The PTA, the CB & the SLA
Been a strange 48 hours. First, the Q got to witness up-close-and-personal the machinations of a diverse school's contested PTA elections. Things got a bit ugly, regulations weren't followed precisely,...
View ArticleBeware the "Negotiate Outside the System" Tactic
A while back, I noted that a neighbor is getting pressure to move, despite that they're already paying roughly market rate. To the Q, this is proof positive that the upward pressure in the neighborhood...
View ArticleOur Meeting Covered Better Than I Could've
Gothamist was there with the deets. Below is an excerpt from writer Nathan Tempey, who took way better notes than I could ever hope to take. So I'm happy to let his be the public record.Suffice to say...
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Caribbean Bouquet
Man these are awesome (below). If you haven't experienced Labor Day Weekend around here, you're in for a treat. The costumes are so spectacular, the mood so festive, it's contagious. Yes, there are...
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DNA Info on Shooting StatsDespite the frank talk of community policing, mediation and lesser police presence, the fact remains that shootings in the 70th Precinct are up more than 60% over last year....
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Bubbleland
From Five Brothers 99 cent store, to Bubble Land. And in between, we saw the ancient sign under the banner that showed this was once a corner drug store. Probably from the '50s I'd say. Remember when...
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Refresh the Seal
From a neighbor came a note so utterly unexpected, I just had to post on his behalf. Thanks Chris! I can honestly say this was way, way, way off my radar. It's this kind of thing that makes me so glad...
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Child and Nanny Hit By Car Crossing Flatbush
And then there's THIS intersectionDaily News on AccidentCan't begin to say how glad to hear that the child survived. This is a tough, tough intersection, what with all the dollar vans and buses and...
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Spring Has Sprung: In Summer
The Brownstoner puts it better than I could. But let me just say that helping a project go from idea to fruition is perhaps the most satisfying thing one can experience. I used to get it making record...
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A Sick Twist In the Saga of 60 Clarkson
Yesterday was quite something, even in the ragged story of a single apartment building on my block. Dozens of current residents, many single moms who've been there with multiple children for a year or...
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