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Let's Get That Protected Bike Lane For Goodness Sake
Please sign this well-conceived petition and plan from your friends at TA to create a protected bike lane btw Empire and GAP, not unlike what happens on the "other" side of the park. I can already here...
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Kings County Nursery NOT Selling for North of $10 Million
UPDATE: HOLY COW! Joe changed his mind. Thx to commenter Kimplicated, we now know that Joe asked the broker to take down the listing!Just got our Christmas Tree from Kings County. Sad to hear they're...
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Caton Market to Affordable Housing - Public Hearing Tonight Wed Dec 7
Perhaps you know that Caton Market is to become a large apartment building of below-market apartments? In the years' single most significant effort towards ensuring a neighborhood of income diversity,...
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Turning Point For Errol's Bakery
Update: From reader Josh: I was in Errol's last night getting my curry chicken fix and heard they are going to court today. The landlord raised their rent which they agreed upon then changed their mind...
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From Sneakers to Kimchi
That sneaker place up near Beekman? You know the one, at 556 Flatbush, with the Don't Shoot mural on the gate? Gonna be a Korean BBQ spot, so says a source close to the action whose name is being...
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One Way to Break the $1,000 Apt Barrier
Times are weird when brokers start quoting you prices BY THE BEDROOM, having assumed that you're more than happy to split the $3200 rent four ways. At first glance this listing on the List of Craig...
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Putting the Small in Small Business
When the Q first moved to Clarkson, you could still buy crack from this little joint next to the Bodega on Woodruff just off the Flabenue. Maybe the crack man got priced out too? Nope, says a local...
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And Just Like That...Gone
This one hurts. Such a gorgeous old building, the old Congregational Home at 123 Linden Blvd. 3 views through the ages:Look for the new building to be at least 20 stories high, and the old-age home to...
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Let's Get Real Serious Here For a Moment
Update: The Q's reading the application again, and on further examination, guess what? It includes 960-972, the Spice Factory. Once this thing is done, if it happens, the value of the Spice Factory...
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Local Politicians Continue To Lavish Girts on Young Constituents
In blatant disregard for campaign finance laws, elected officials in Flatbush continue to "buy" future votes with cheap trinkets, sugary treats and lavish girts. While most politicians refuse to...
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History Made Simpler Than It Ought To Be Allowed To Be
It's notoriously difficult to see one's historical moment in real time. When I see my own life and times in hindsight, I recognize a pattern. I've over or under appreciated the significance of personal...
View ArticleA Local Gift That Goes A Long Way
The Q spends loves to identify the failings in some and champion others. I don't know why I do this. It's the way I think I suppose, and the whole purpose of this blog is to better understand WHY I...
View ArticleThe Parksidian Year In Review
The Q is quite certain the world's political realignment will continue to dwarf local issues in the public's mind as we head into the strangest and most volatile period of national politics since...
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It's Official: Pia Raymond Joins Race for Council
That makes two vying for Mathieu Eugene's gig - Pia and Brian Cunningham. The question remains - will they just split the vote and hand the primary, and therefore the seat, to Eugene? Or will one of...
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Tafari Tribe Moving Next Door
The Q's certain you were as shocked as he to see that Tafari Tribe's longtime home on the Flabenue has shuttered. Here's the Q talking to and about Sandra, owner of the Tribe, a few years back.Turns...
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Take a Bite Outa Greenlight
Greenlight looks NOTHING like thisIt takes some getting used to, this idea that right here and now we've got our own little intellectual clubhouse for ideas, right there in the shadow of the Flabenue's...
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On Race Part 2017: The Sickening Successes of Dylann Roof
Domestic Terrorism has a specific definition, outlined in the much-maligned Patriot Act, and the wording is meant to make clearer the difference between a lone act of malice and an act that is intended...
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Been Away Too Long, Sir Flatbushed
What he lacks in quantity she makes up with quality. Flatbushed is back. On "The Dugout" of Flatbush and Empire, from the Dodgers days, comes a story to good to miss. The Q's let it go for awhile, but...
View ArticleThe Time To Act Was Then
It may still be a longshot, but you can't pretend that the effort isn't long overdue. Watch this video, share the video, and give to this effort. DONATEIf after you see the video you have questions,...
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DOT To Take Smart Approach To Flatbush Bike Lanes
This Just In...A trusted source says that the DOT has finished a proposal to create bike lanes on Flatbush between Empire and GAP that sidesteps controversy and elevates common sense to its proper spot...
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