The Internet, Television and Lefferts Gardens
Television ain't what it used to be. I frankly don't even know how any of us are supposed to be pop-culture literate in this day and age, so much "must see" TV. So why not dig into the hyper-local...
View ArticleHere She Goes Again...
if you're tired of this never-ending saga, i ask that you consider checking out the previous post, which is a lot more fun.Sometimes, Alicia outdoes even herself. Our neighborhood's resident instigator...
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Empire Boulevard Project Needs Your Rescue
The other night at the CB9 meeting I realized a couple things. New things. One, I had no idea that the pro-car sentiment was so strong that it would try to kill a common sense fix to two of the most...
View ArticleA Desperate State of Emergency at 60 Clarkson
If the City won't pay him $3,000 a month per apartment to run a roach-infested flophouse, then Barry Hers would rather turn the remaining tenants into refugees. He's cut power and gas. It's a friggin'...
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The Best Kind of Amnesia
Last weekend's big Flatbush cleanup warmed the Q's heart. Four years ago a bunch of neighbors did a Flatbush cleanup day too. It was a bunch of people I knew who organized it - Skei and Carmen and Babs...
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Brooklyn's Tallest Building - Come On Who the Fuck Lives In These Things?
A lot of folks are up in arms about plans to build a 90-story residential tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Look, this is what happens when you allow Downtown Brooklyn to become the next Midtown. The zoning...
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PPEN & PLGNA Enter the Planning Study Fray
The Q makes no apologies for his respect for the people behind the Prospect Park East Network and the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association. PPEN was the first to address the issue of...
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Get Fit At LGCS - Tomorrow Thursday
Lefferts Gardens Charter School community event, coming your way:
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Garden Deals Blow To Jerks Claims To Garden
The Maple Street Garden continues to amaze, not just with its greenery and communal spirit, but with its legal prowess. In the latest news, the con men trying to lay claim to the land have seen their...
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Little Mo' Wine Open on Nostrand
From Mark Schwartz, owner of Little Mo' Wine store:Q, I've got cases all over the floor but I'm taking cash and credit cards in exchange for wine an' booze. Little Mo Wine is open! The skinny: 75 reds...
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Nutty Rendering Gives New Perspective
Know that 23-story building (the OTHER 23-story building) coming to Nostrand below Church? There's a new rendering on Curbed today that really lays out what this sort of construction can yield. Here's...
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Moses Supposes Erroneously
Moses Fried. Haven't though of him in a hot minute. If you're new to the story, he's the slumlord who owns 205 Parkside, the never-finished squatter haven at the corner Parkside and Parksie Court. It's...
View ArticleYour Signature Needed
PLEASE SIGN KIM'S COMMON SENSE PETITIONI'm not going to go into it again, but if you're dying to read why a once unanimously supported project to fix two deadly intersections on Empire Boulevard is now...
View ArticleNeon Groceries
Have y'all noticed how many new shoppes have flashing or neon signs? I wonder if the price point fell. Here's the new grocery on Woodruff at night:
View ArticleMillion Dollar Townhome Owners To Working Stiffs: Our Borders Are Closed: Try...
In a remarkable display of hypocrisy without irony or wit, your neighbors voted and expressed themselves in solidarity. And while most own homes appraised at upwards of $2 million, they voted no to...
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Down South They're Getting Serious About Affordability
Ah, the Caton Market. Once an outdoor flea, it became an indoor mini-mall with stalls. But it's never been very inviting. And while a few small businesses have indeed gotten their start there, most...
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The Uses, Or Not, Of Hyperbole
Is it helpful to describe issues of development in Lefferts as class warfare? Probably not. This writer has tried to wake up the neighborhood to the fact that decisions are made in its name that will...
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Kiddie Science Trivia Fun Nov 28
Always happy to promote Kiddie Science, Mad Momma Carmen, Play Kids and Science. That's a killer Gang of Four.
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20 Story Building To Replace Mathieu Eugene's Office
No, it's not April 1. From neighbor Jacob G. comes news that the building that was going to happen at 123 Linden (btw Bedford & Rogers) that was already a bit hefty is now going to tower over the...
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Born At The Junction
Too awesome not to share. Perhaps now Target will finally open a Neonatal Nursing department. Here's a picture of our heroes from the NYPDOBGYN:Doris Cordero & Kelly Brown - Cops/Doulas
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