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What Knucklehead Ordered This?
Thanks Rachel at DNA for telling the story much more delicately than I would have. As the deposed Transportation chair at CB9, perhaps I'm a little too close to this. But WTF? Has the city no sense of...
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More Knee Jerk J'Ouvert Reactions
Lest You Forget - Stabbing and shooting people? Bad. pic Andre T.More temporary insanity from various groups involved in the staging of J'Ouvert and West Indian Day Parade. The above poster has made...
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What If They're Wrong About Zika?
Got bit by mosquitoes today in my yard in Lefferts. There. Connection to neighborhood made. I did not contract Zika, or so I think, but if I had I would probably get sick, but not sick enough to die,...
View ArticleDon't Drive on Monday. Just Don't. You'll Thank the Q
Some folks, it seems no matter how many times they've been burned just can't help but test the flame. Years and years of experience have led the Q to believe strongly - do not try to drive or ride...
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Missing Person Alert
from the Facebook:One of our residents of PLG has gone missing for 8 hours now. He's memory is not so great and more than likely is lost. If you see him please call 718.216.3064. His name is John Pratt.
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Lives Lost, Fingers Pointed
The Q had high hopes it would be fine, that the night and day would pass peaceably, and the comments on social media would be all festive and fond come Monday, Labor Day, 2016. But it wasn't to be.My...
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CaribBEING There
Quirky, smart, fun, stylish...l's and g's the Q gives you your neighbor, Shelley Worrell, and her ingenious container contraption on Caton:Excerpted From Black Enterprise Magazine piece by Maryann...
View ArticleShot on Woodruff
Feel like Caledonia's been pretty quiet lately. Bad news last night...Police sources said the shooter ran up to the man and fired — hitting the victim in the head and neck — and ran.“There was three...
View ArticleDiscussions Circling Back On Discussions
J'Ouvert and the discussion about discussions about its safety continue to dominate our area. I urge you to check out your local politicians (conspicuously missing YOUR council person and Haitian...
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Simple Machine
The lever. That's a simple machine, no? The idea of "pulling a lever" for a candidate is now officially a metaphor only. There are no more levers, or even those little metal thingies you'd flip to the...
View ArticleThe Black Institute Fights Back
Subtitled: In NYC, you must never appear less liberal than your neighbor, lest you get painfully skewered.Looks like the plan to build apartments and a recreation center at the Bedford Union Armory has...
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Frequent Flyers
It's September and that can only mean one thing. Flyers! Lots and lots of flyers. Meetings, events, new businesses, lost doggies. From science classes for kids, to a safety meeting in the Park, to Jazz...
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Dooooooooooooode! Nooooooooo....
No way. Really?MAN ARRESTED WITH GALLON JAR OF POT AT Q AT PARKSIDEDid he think he was in Colorado? Did he grab the wrong jar, thinking it was the Maraschino Cherries?
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Empire Blvd - Never a Dull Moment
Hey the Q's no longer on CB9 so what do I care? Here's a note I sent to them earlier this morning, along with a picture of a nasty wreck over the weekend. (If you're new to ridiculous fight AGAINST...
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The View Of the Nabe From 626
A reader sent this map from the Parkline website, noting that all but 16 apartments appear to be rented. Really? I guess we'll see.Here's the selective map they include with their promotional...
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Can't See the City For the Neighborhoods
What a golden age of information! The Q can easily post and link micro-nabe info on crime, house prices, density, transportation, schools, sanitation and more. But lately I've noticed that there's a...
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Civic Minded - today at noon
If the shenanigans at Community Board 9 make you feel there is nowhere to turn to engage the City, Diana Richardson (one time CB9 Treasurer now Assemblywoman) devised a brilliant alternative - Civic...
View ArticleNothing New But the Outrage
Taking back my pledge not to opine on the upcoming elections. Can't help it. I have never before seen such hand-wringing by Democrats over how and why a douche like Donald J. Trump could be doing so...
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Le Chat est Outa la Baguette
Can't deny it any longer. A French restaurant is coming to the Flabenue, at 701 Flatbush to be precise, previously a bodega. Confirmation is in the liquor application that's made CB9's monthly General...
View ArticleExactly Five Americans Swayed By Debate Enough To Switch Teams
In a live televised confrontation between an Interrupting Bull (IB) and an Intelligent and Qualified Woman (IQW) last night at Hofstra University, the highly anticipated debate for POTUS was marked by...
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