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Empanada City: Lincoln East of Nostrand
Not just an empanada shop, Empanada City has incorporated as its own township at 363 Lincoln Road. The first of what the Department of City Planning calls a prototype to outsource to the private sector...
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PLGNA Hosts Housing Help Session
Kicking it into high gear, the newly energized Housing Committee of the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA) is hosting an important session for both those in crisis and those who...
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Mexican Food and Burgers - After All These Years Still Packin''Em In and...
The burger. The taco. The cheeseburger. The burrito. French Fries. Tortilla Chips. Pickles. Salsa. Where would the American waistline be without these simple and seemingly unstoppable foodstuff? I've...
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Gone Fishin'
No accounting for taste. And when it comes to ice cream, I don't know, maybe catfish flavored? Salmon? I just don't get how "gone fishin'" works with ice cream. Even if you do "go fishin" it's unlikely...
View ArticleReading Ta-Nahesi Coates in the Land of Cheese and Maple Syrup
First, an apology. I'm going to attempt a hamfisted post about race from the whitest place I think I've ever been. And it's not the first time I've been. I love Vermont, and I've been coming here for...
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Holy Toledo. 250 More Units From Hudson on Clarkson
Dang. Hudson's betting BIG on the Nostrand Ave corridor. They're bringing an entire village to the SE corner of Lefferts by adding this to the big complex at the corner of Nostrand and Clarkson. More...
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Quality Over Quantity - Flatbushed.com
Got an email from a longtime reader complaining about the dearth of info on the nabe since I took this monthish sabbatical in cooler climes. Say what? You don't know about the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens...
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Good Vibes for Parkside Playground - This Thursday
Come out on Thursday for the Back to School Barbecue hosted by the 71st Precinct Explorers. This is the sort of stuff that can make a big difference in Cop/Community relations, and I'll be there to...
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Cut Lola Cut
The Q's got two young daughters. Little Miss Clarkson Flatbed Jr. is 6; Little Miss Clarkson Flatbed, III is 3. They need haircuts fairly regularly, and they have to be nice. And not too expensive...
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Little Bit About A Lot Of Things
Not much to say about that picture, really. A few years back the big talk was of the house that had been knocked down at the end of the townhouses, and the modern condo building that went up at the...
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Landmark or Pockmark? Meeting September 16
Takes lots and lots of work. But if you're in it for the long haul, there's always landmarking. Since South Crown Heights is just north of "the border," words to the wise:
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Gamechangers on Nostrand
What, huh? Daily goods from farmers plus coffee and curated edibles? On Nostrand at Hawthorne? For the fresh eggs and chicken alone I'd...Chicken AND eggs? Is that allowed in the same dish? Which begs...
View ArticleStriking Fear Into the Deathstar
Did you read this? Streetsblog reports that DOT is afraid of Brooklyn Community Boards reactions and tailors bike lane proposals to suit each's temperature. From the below, you'll read my favorite line...
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Soulful Dining On Nostrand
Nicole Thomas, Tyrell Turner and Dina Anderson - at your serviceThe Q might as well change his name to Nostrandamus. As in, I'm predicting more and more fabulous choices for dining and shopping along...
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The Old Gray Lady Speaks - 60 Clarkson
pic by Sam HodgsonThe Q is feeling good to day, that the Paper of Record's Vivian Yee has done a big piece on the implications and injustices of 60 Clarkson, my troubled neighbor. On the eve of our...
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Shooting at Ali's Roti
D. Iudici for Daily NewsA passer-by just noted a murder at Ali's, the Hookah bar and roti shoppe. Any word? Glass shattered, tons of cops and dudes in suits.Here's the Daily News on it. Four wounded,...
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Clarkson Hood Love
Angel and Carlito outdid themselves. Over six hours of our block party, they transformed a dismal untended plywood barricade on a wildly overgrown vacant lot into a mural dedicated to the people of our...
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How To Buy Kings
Ambassador bought the Kings. The theater that was to reinvent Flatbush, the Kings Theater, opened this year to much fanfare and a few key first-year shows. I saw Bjork. Diana Ross. It was outstanding,...
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