From the monthly archives: December 2005
Oh my… Are these legitimately overenthusiastic customer comments? Or just shameless shilling by the ownership/staff of Beet Thai? It’s so hard to tell anymore… Please… turn on your “fake customer radar” and let us know what you see. (These comments originally appeared on the “Park Slope Restaurants That Suck” post.)
1. “I do not [...]
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mc writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“Any recommendations for gret Mexican restaurants in the area or beyond?
I love Santa Fe on 7th, but I’d like to expand my horizons – especially [...]
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By david:
“White bikes are all around New York City, in memoriam of cyclists killed by cars.”
Here’s one in Park Slope.
8thAndPrez writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “I was so disgusted by the whole affair I felt it was only right to post…”
“I was originially excited when Star of India opened at 5th/Prez. Disappointed the few times we ordered from them and went to eat there. We more recently decided to [...]
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Oiseau writes in the Message Boards: “…I ended up riding over the Brooklyn Bridge with the cars. It was the only way to ride over that bridge, other wise you had to walk it.”
“I yelled at [...]
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And ponder the media…
The word “illegal” has been thrown around pretty loosely, and over and over again, at every opportunity, in the media.
And now, that sentiment is being echoed by the anti-strike crowd (by [...]
Scenes from summer 2003, originally uploaded by CatsFive, who wrote: “During the 2003 blackout, the subways, which run on electricity, all stopped. Lots of riders had to exit the subway in some pretty unusual ways.”
OK, we got a temporary [...]
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4th AVE. goes from “Wasteland to Tasteland,” according to the Daily News: “Even as the rest of Park Slope sprouts bistros, Brooklyn’s Fourth Ave. stays a bit, well, scruffy. Things may change thanks to [...]
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Pitu writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “Yes, I’ve tried them both. And [...]
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On Slice NY: “…Anthony’s is turning out a great Neapolitan pie…”
“I went yesterday for a late lunch and opted for a margherita, a benchmark … With the exception of some tip sag, the pie was excellent. [...]
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Guest writes: “A manhole cover blew on 5th ave. They started off ABC 6:00 news with this ‘breaking news’.”
Pitu adds: “Channel 7 is reporting … two buildings evacuated for carbon monoxide on [...]
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cat writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “I’ve been looking at apartments in Bay Ridge… I’ve heard that a lot of people from Park Slope have been moving there.”
“I know it’s [...]
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gak writes on Flickr: “Near the sidewalk Christmas tree front on 9th Street (with the vendors playing some impromptu ball hockey), the bunnies in the pet store display were living it up. I [...]
pitu writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “I was already enjoying (the Sunday New York Times Real Estate) section way more than usual, with the “wreck” apt they envisioned fixing up in the cover story . . . then . . . the charming feature about the Slope family [...]
Elizabeth Hays writes in the Daily News: “It’s a jungle out there for frazzled city parents forced to push a stroller along bumpy, treacherous streets, a new (Transportation Alternatives) survey shows.”
“Grand Army Plaza was hands down the most notorious Brooklyn spot. The busy traffic circle is near stroller-heavy destinations, such as the Brooklyn [...]
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kungfucat writes: “when I looked out my window this morning to admire my new view i found to my surprise a beautiful blanket of snow…”
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Yikes! Laura B writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“Last night I saw more rats on one block than ever before. After getting off the D train at Pacific Street (it was only around 7:30), [...]
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… to Open for Gentrification, according to the New York Times:
“The Gowanus Canal often stinks and is almost always spotted with slicks of oil. The streets alongside it are practically deserted, the silence broken by [...]
Many thanks to reporter extraordinaire Hugh Son for highlighting the saga of the tenants at 598 6th Street (see “Mr. Livanos Peeping Through His Tenant’s Collapsed Ceiling”). Hugh writes in his Daily News article:
“Brown liquid poured into Marian Tortorella’s ground-floor apartment yesterday as workers did exterior cleaning… A 7-foot section of Tortorella’s [...]
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Blackoyster writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “I moved to Park Slope about a year ago, and not a day [...]
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