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MTOPP Suit Against CB9 Dismissed
After many months of trumpeting its lawsuit against lowly Community Board 9, MTOPP lost today in Supreme Court. Not THAT Supreme Court, mind you. The decision completely denies MTOPP (Alicia)'s claims...
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160 Stores Nearby And You're Still Shopping On Amazon?
Not one, not six, but one hundred and sixty stores are offering discounts during Shop Local CB9's campaign to convince you that pretty much everything you need for the holidays can be found right here....
View ArticleParkside Plaza Needs Your Support
video by Thorsten ThielowThe Q just gave. Please give.Only a year ago the Parkside Plaza was a gleam in our eyes. Now it's here, and man ever has it changed our little corner of the park. Just last...
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Ocean Ave Event - December 12
Amy Musick's at it again. Not even a little bit defatigable that one! She and Ocean by the Park Tree Club are not only advocating and beautifying they're doing something that only true urban gardeners...
View ArticleDid James Brown Really Happen, Or Was It All Some Wonderful Dream?
The Q's stuffing envelopes at work - gotta go out tomorrow, there's no getting around it. He's listening to the James Brown singles from the mid-60's thru early '70s. The Q sometimes can't believe that...
View ArticleThe Kitties Need You
Give to the Kitties! When feral cats get trapped and fixed, they can live out their lives fairly peacefully. Since doing TNR to a gang of cats behind our house in 2005, we've nurtured dozens of cats...
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Parkside Memories
Roxie V. nails a clutch ID, a vintage pic of Parkside, Ocean to Flatbush, from the POV of, say, the Mickey D's. I'm guessing from the info on the Eugene L. Armbruster's collection that this shot of 205...
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Is This Info Even Useful? And Why or Why Not?
Need confirmation that guns are a big problem in the Borough of Kings? Check out the interactive map that's provoking lots of droopy-dog head-shaking all over the country. The Q took three screen shots...
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The Q and His Block Shafted By CB9
For months, now years, the Q has sounded the alarm. Do a Planning Study, or lose even the inner blocks that aren't in the Historic District, to absurd development. And who's led the loudest opposition...
View ArticleBarry Hersko Sinks Even Lower
60 Clarkson's homeless shelter families are set to have a nice holiday party tonight, with pot-luck and presents and a lot of neighbors chipping in. One problem...the landlord doesn't want them to....
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The last person born in 1899
And she lives real nearby in East New York. Susannah Mushatt Jones. She eats four links of bacon every day. And her hair stopped being gray and has started growing brown again. No joke. The latest on...
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The Race Tightens
No, not that race. For City Council in the 40th, against incumbent Mathieu Eugene.Okay, so he's not running for reelection til 2017. But Mathieu should already be running scared. A likable, politically...
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The Q: Boy Who Cried Wolf? Nostrand-amus? How About - Map Reader?
Thanks Jacob for keeping the pushpins rolling. Here's more details on the shocking (see above) tracking of new residential developments in the neighborhood.Nice to see that the Historic District works...
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Hell Yeah, Bedford Armory
Sounds like our Bedford Armory is getting the sort of public-private development favored these days by public officials. Looks pretty sweet to me. The community center desired by the, community, seems...
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A Phat Albert Rethink
The Phat Albert building. Who hasn't dreamt of another use for the once bread-factory come five-and-dime? It's a terrific store, sure, but such a grand and historic building. Anyone with a penchant for...
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The No Muss No Fuss Guide To Responsible Segregation
It may mean nothing, or everything. Think about it with me for a second, how the below George Bush mug from which I'm ironically drinking coffee in GOP country, down here in a nearly 100 year-old once...
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The Flabenue Turns '16
Why do we say "Happy New Year" anyway? It's as if it's a demand, or we've already decided. "Have a Happy New Year" sounds optimistic, but not overly assured. There's still a pretty good chance you'll...
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It Happened in 2015
Like any blowhard - sorry blogger - the Q loves to recap and reassess at the end of the annum. I'm told the Q is considered a guilty pleasure by some, as in "the blog you hate to love and love to...
View ArticleCell Phones & Pistol Whips
The Q would never make light of a violent crime. His curiosity alarm went off though, when the NY Post noted the brands of cell phones snatched in an armed robbery down the Flabenue near Church. Read...
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