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Down In Bubbleland
The Q has a problem. Whenever he makes a musical joke in his head he can never undo the damage. When I first saw that the large laundromat at the SW corner of Woodruff and Flatbush would be dubbed...
View ArticleSurreal Estate: Homeless Shelter, Now $2500 Rent
More signs of the times.60 Clarkson. From homeless shelter, to market rate in, what, four months?$2500 ListingAnd what's the significance, you might ask? These were all big, livable rent stabilized...
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Tragedy Strikes Fenimore
Fire. Fast and furious. 203 Fenimore. A 64 year-old woman, Patricia Thomas, was caught in the fire and died. 8 firefighters injured. Dreadful, to say the least. A beautiful day in Lefferts, gone...
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Just a Few Images Going Through The Q's Mind As He Heads To the Polls
Maybe it's the two young daughters talking. Maybe I'm just old and "establishment." But I was around when Hillary first was getting dogged by the right and she hasn't had a day-off since. She logged...
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Empire Boulevard - What Would We Do Without It?
So many memories. So many cheeseburgers. And so many coffee tables that just didn't fit in the new apartment, but maybe one day! All this and more leads one to the conclusion - do nothing, keep Empire...
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Nagle's Bagels Coming To Lincoln Road
And they're giving away 10% of net profits to...drum roll...The Parkside Plaza! Now I won't quibble (I will nibble though). It's tough to turn a profit in your first year. BUT if we all agree not to go...
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MTOPP Over the Big-Top
At last night's Board meeting - pure hilarity. Alicia and Janine et al offered incoming attendees a "program" for the evening that features yours truly as the "star." Which of course is fitting, given...
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Look Out East Flatbush - Here "We" Come
Happy for them; still, surprised the NY Times is on the caseThey're usually behind by a year or two.That's Linda Jaquez's pictureNever in a million years...but hey if you want a house you gotta start...
View Article626 Views
The developer of 626 Flatbush, the 23-story building that we love to hate and hate to love, has released a stunning promo video that reflects the kind of production values typically reserved for...
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Affordable to Whom? It's Not a Myth
As neighborhood naysayers continues to thwart a Planning Study that would unquestionably lead to the creation of more affordable housing, word comes that 626 Flatbush and its 50 units of affordable...
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The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread
If it comes to pass, and it looks damn likely, the single biggest positive physical change to the neighborhood will happen within a year or so. The Phat Albert's clock will be restored to its former...
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Bob Marvin Talks the Walk
Who wouldn't say oui to a brunch-time stroll with 40+year Lefferts resident Bob Marvin? On a Saturday? In May? If Jane Jacobs got anything right, besides thwarting the excesses of Robert Moses, she...
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A Carnival For the Family - Saturday May 7
It's my kids's school, and it really is fun if you like bouncy castles and touching trucks.
View ArticleIt's Official. Ta-Nehisi Coates Is A-Comin'
But which coffee shop will he prefer? Odds on, Gratitude Cafe. It's closer. Lincoln Road y'all. I trust we'll all react like the cool New Yorkers that we are and be totally blasé about it to his face,...
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Full Buzz For 10% Less!
Come on by for DRINK's grand opening tomorrow, Saturday, and get 10% off purchases. That's 492 Flatbush, 'cross from (the soon to disappear?) Phat Albert's:The place, to quote the Yiddish, is schwank...
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45 Lenox Rendering
This Is An Example of the "Better Than the Vacant Lot" School of ArchitectureFrom Yimby:Another day, another new project in Flatbush. YIMBY recently stumbled across a rendering for a six-story...
View ArticleTa-Nehisi Coates - Don't Leave Us. We Were Just Teasing!
The Q is stunned. Shocked. A week after embracing the idea of a great writer moving to the neighborhood, he's thinking of backing out on us? Because people know the address? EVERYONE knows EVERYONE'S...
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Wellness Day at Compound Cowork - Tuesday 4-8pm
Before Brooklyn Commons, there was the lovely Brooklyn Compound co-ork space, up above the beer store at Lefferts/Washington/Flatbush. Not to be outdone, they've got a swell program set:Community...
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Winos on Every Block
Crazy y'all. You can't swing a dead cat around here without swatting a wine store. And each one has a slightly different spin on the world's oldest inebriator. Damone Jones, the affable Men-of-Lefferts...
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