Tomorrow's the Last Day to Register For Primary Election!
As we all know, NYC's elections are decided in September. The overwhelmingly Democratic City chooses its winners two months before the general election. (Rudy and the fake-republican Bloomie being the...
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Meeting Tomorrow With D.A. and Precinct at Tugboat
August is a tough month to convene folks, but this meeting is a good one if you're available. If you recall, the recent uptick in violence led some of us to meet with the D.A.'s office. One group of...
View ArticleQuestions for the Candidates
Do you need to vote absentee for the all important Sept 10 primary? Go to this page ASAP to find out how. One option I hadn't considered before was voting absentee IN PERSON. You can still get it by...
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Your Chance To Meet the Candidates - This Thursday!
Thanks to a lot of hard work from leaders in the community (Quest Fanning and Lindiwe Kamau and Milford Prewitt among others - sorry if I've missed anyone crucial to the effort!), a Candidate's Forum...
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Loews Kings Looking Killer
Even as I question the current biz plans for the gorgeous old Loews on Flatbush, I gotta admit how thrilled I am about the renovation. Recent pictures off of Untapped Cities show an almost "Close...
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Phirst Photos of Phorum Phor Q Phaithphul!
Courtesy of Delson Enterprises:Candidates from left: John Grant, Sylvia Kinard, Saundra Thomas. Looks like Lindiwe Kamau at the podium.The incumbent arrives one hour late. Very, very busy time for the...
View ArticleShooting on Flatbush Near Maple
This from a listserv writer last night:Someone was just shot at the barber shop between Golden Crust and The 99 cent store on Maple and Flatbush. Heard the shots, saw the guy run away. Tons of cops....
View ArticleNotes on Last Night's Meeting
I'd like to thank the Q at Parkside's highly paid intern for taking notes at last night's Candidate Forum. To the haters who say I'm biased against the incumbent (guilty as charged), I bear no...
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Tafari Tribe To Open Cafe, Stabbing
Seems some commenters feel the Q is too focused on crime these days. What, I should be beating the drum for housing prices and lattes all the time? Fair enough. For those who prefer a more upbeat...
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Flabenue Scuttlebutt
Know that building at the corner of Flatbush and Lefferts, the one that just added a pawn-shop-gold-buyer-check-casher, much to the dismay of all of us who secretly wished for a Long John Silver's?...
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Goodbye Neighbors
The ever on-it Brownstoner scooped me on my neighbor-building and its success turning rentals into condos - SOLD condos. We half thought the managing agent John was joking when he told us about the...
View ArticleMeet the Canidates - Tonight In Lefferts! 6-8:30 pm.
Yes, it's last second notice. But I only now got confirmation it's happening! Street Hype is the host, it's being sponsored by your community board, number 9. And it's just down the street, Hawthorne,...
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Last Night's Council Candidates Forum
The Q kids you not. I went to the forum at St. Gabriel's prepared to listen to the candidates, take some notes, maybe some pictures, and go home. The event was hosted by a blog/paper called Street...
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What's Doin' On Woodruff
Three pictures. Three mimeographs. Three lightposts. One whimsical mimeo-artiste?Elizabeth C photos
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Baby Steps On Bedford
shot just the other day, as a matter of factThe Q has passed 1860 Bedford at Midwood, oh, probably 300 times in the last 10 years. It's always been such a sad sight to see...a beautiful old house on a...
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Saundra Thomas On the Issues
You've heard the Q talk about Saundra Thomas, the City Council challenger in the 40th District with the best chance to defeat incumbent Mathieu Eugene. She really has been pounding the pavement in...
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Tonight at 7:30 - Come Support the Family of Fatima Gordon
Most of you probably remember the tragedy last August of Fatima Gordon, who was the victim of a poorly aimed assassination attempt on a local group of thugs sitting in a parked car. The Q just got word...
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626 Flatbush - The Future Is Now
A Q-comrade sent a wonderful architectural design for the much ballyhooed residential project at 626 Flatbush. Lest I be accused of going all Orson Welles on y'all, let me add that this is ONLY a...
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Swings Votes Prevail!!
A few weeks ago about 20 of us tried a new tactic - the Pig-Pile 311. The Safety Task Force tried calling and emailing a complaint to the Parks Dept as our first issue. We chose the big-kid swings at...
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Back for the First Time - PLG Outpost
It's been just 19 months or so since I last posted about PLG Outpost, Michael Campbell's latest venture in his ever-evolving loveable strip mall on Fenimore, along with wine store 65 Fen and Delroy's....
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