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Lefferts Makes the Short List Of Nabes To Preserve
Lest you think that the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Heritage Council isn't earning your donations, check out who just made the Six to Celebrate list from the Historic Districts Council. The info below....
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No Better Place To Celebrate MLK Than Right Here
Always a Terrific Event - Close To HomeAt a moment when the Prez-elect is slamming a true civil rights hero and icon (John Lewis), a comrade of the great Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, and calling...
View ArticleGood Times, Good Vibes
So nice to see neighbors enjoying the MLK holiday. Local resident Carmen of Kiddie Science was there - above you can see how engaged the kids were in discovering that black is made of every color....
View ArticleCar Explodes Into Flames on Flatbush and Lenox
Early this afternoon. No word on injuries. Anyone?
View ArticleMaple & Flatbush - Man Busted Selling Guns Outa His Car
STORYBusted at the Golden Crust. If allegations proven true, good riddance to Mr. Marcus Gamble. Anyone selling illegal guns in our nabe qualifies for a special low-hung rung on the Lefferts Social...
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I Think I Can See Trump Tower From My Apartment, Ma!
It's All About the ViewLest we forget just how much a view matters to a big d Developer, the Q offers this evidence. Has Lefferts ever made a Downtown Brooklyn "Big Belly" trash bin before? I doubt it....
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Insane Crash on Rutland II Defies Law of Physics
Never seen anything like THAT before. Word is no one was hurt but the driver took off on foot.
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Former CB9 Chair and DM Win Settlement
Word just came to the Q that pretty much all the allegations against your Borough President regarding your Community Board were, well, not defend-able, let's leave it at that. A settlement of $200K is...
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More Walls Come Tumbling Down
There is something eerie about watching a house be torn down from within. Especially when you only hear the breaking glass and plaster and can't see a sign of a human, just the occasional debris thrown...
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Help the Fire Refugees
It would appear that many people can't get back into their apartments at fire ravaged 35 Winthrop, and lots of property has been damaged and destroyed. So, some of your industrious and helpful...
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Clarkson Near Hospital - Hudson Bets Big
Adding to their already gargantuan project at the corner of Nostrand and Clarkson (you've seen it - nearly done actually) comes word of their next door behemoth at 350 Clarkson. Fat and relatively...
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Rezoning Sought For Massive New Buildings Near Botanic Garden
The Q has already delved into the reality of the privately proposed rezoning of areas near Franklin Avenue just north of Spice Factory, by Cornell Realty. The fact remains that even this requested...
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Massive Hipster (Hippie?) Dance Club Opening
Some days, at certain moments in the news cycle, you wake up thinking you could be surprised by nothing short of an alien abduction. Yet, as the Q sits over his Bustello, he nearly spits the sludgy...
View ArticleHate Free Zone
From your good friends at PLGNA, check out this statement sent to public officials, seeking to get some traction for an official endorsement that we are a "hate-free" zone. Though I'll admit it's going...
View ArticleHow Do You Recognize the Start Of Your Own Civil War?
History suggests that martyr(s) come in handy when you want to take your political movement to the next level. And who might that be? Not hard to imagine, really. Could happen any day, as a matter of...
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Fenimore, or Less
If you don't know this house on Bedford you probably don't live in the area.As discussed here previously, your neighbors on Fenimore 2 (that's Bedford to Rogers, folks round here count their east/west...
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Rolling a Spare
Nicely done gentlemen! A (presumably) Parks Dept truck knocked down another streetlamp. Will it be replaced? Keep your eyes peeled! (Actually, don't peel your eyes. That's...really unpleasant.)near The...
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The Long Arc of the Kwenci Jones Mural
His name is Kwenci, and he's a serious artist and community activist. Big heart. Big ideas. You know him from the gorgeous recently demolished mural at the MTA building at Flatbush/Ocean. Having loved...
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Wait...So Gentrification Hasn't Hit Yet?
So says this article in the Brooklyn Paper, the presence of $2 million dollar homes and $2K-plus rents is not enough for the landlords along Flatbush to reel in the BIG G stores. This despite bars,...
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So Painful I Could Cry
The Q can't contain his feelings right now. Digust? Sadness? Astonishment? Hilariousness? Gas?Your councilperson just sent a "press release" for an event happening at 3pm today. That's in less than an...
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