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May 18, 2006 at 8:15 am · Filed under Cars vs People
What are car owners getting away with in Park Slope?
Monthly rent for a 750-sq-ft apartment in Park Slope: $2500
Hourly “rent” for a 250-sq-ft metered parking space: 25 cents
Did anyone see this or talk to these people? This was reported on Naparstek.com a few days ago:
“On Saturday, a group of Livable Streets advocates staged a ‘parking squat’ in Park Slope, Brooklyn (see QuickTime video here). Organizers David Alquist, Jeff Prant and Geoff Zink showed up in front of the Connecticut Muffin shop on 7th Avenue and 1st Street at 9:00 am, dropped quarters in two parking meters, unfolded lawn chairs and proceeded to hang out, drink coffee, read the paper and chat with friends, neighbors and passersby in street space that would typically be occupied by two lifeless automobiles.”
“A parking squat challenges the idea that the vast majority of a crowded city’s street space–its public space–is best used for the storage and movement of private automobiles. Space is one of New York City’s most precious and valued commodities. The sidewalks of Park Slope’s shopping avenues are narrow and on nice weekends they are jam-packed. Yet, while pedestrians hauling strollers and shopping carts jostle up against one another on tiny strips of sidewalk, single-passenger vehicles frolic across vast swaths of asphalt.”
“And while some people in this neighborhood pay as much as $2,500 per month to rent an apartment the size of a parking spot, renting an actual parking spot costs a mere 25 cents per hour.”
Is it really only a quarter?? If so, that’s maybe $3 a day (assuming meters are “read” only 12 hours per day) and $90 a month. At that rate, you could rent a 1,000-square foot apartment for $360 a month.
Read more here: Naparstek.com: Parking it in the Slope
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May 16, 2006 at 9:18 pm · Filed under Events
At Gallery 64 (64 St. Marks Ave, Park Slope) from May 20 – June 24: “Mr. Zeines’ work has been compared in spirit to William Blake with references to Max Ernst and Hieronymus Bosch. His intensely cross-hatched drawings are driven by the subconscious, drawing the viewer into the artist’s deep personal world.”
The show will open with a wine reception on Saturday, May 20 from 5 pm – 8 pm.
Posted by 8thandPrez
May 11, 2006 at 4:40 pm · Filed under Design/Fashion
Everyone at Curbed.com is all agog over the new models of the Atlantic Yards project. There seems to be an equal amount of hatin’ and lovin’ in their comments.
What’s your take?
Posted by 8thandPrez
May 9, 2006 at 11:43 am · Filed under Random
Before you drop $950,000 for that handyman’s special in Gowanus/G-Slope/BoCoCa East, you might want to consider the likelihood that Brooklyn’s hottest nabe may soon end up at the bottom of the Gowanus canal.
Alex Tingle’s GoogleMaps-flood data mashup lets you set different global warming sea levels and watch as New York City — and Gowanus in particular — sinks beneath the waves.
Pictured at right: the new Gowanus Bay after a 9m sea level rise.
Posted by admin
May 4, 2006 at 2:12 pm · Filed under Restaurants
Updates:
Mango Thai has not closed down, but the garlic seitan isn’t as good as it used to be, according to 8thandprez.
Beet is (still) not the suck.
Carnivore writes: “despite the multitude of Thai places in the area, they’re all quite deficient in one way or another. I’d trade every single one of them in for one Sripathai!!!
Posted by admin
April 28, 2006 at 10:54 am · Filed under Parks
…he’s back.
He knocked her down so hard that she hit her head on
the cobblestones….
Afoot in Prospect Park: Park Slope Message Boards
Posted by admin
April 26, 2006 at 11:56 pm · Filed under Bars and Nightlife
quijibo writes:
a lot of people on 5th ave
can’t afford to have their own dog
they’re sharing like 2 people in a 1BR
so they miss their own dog back home
and enjoy drinking a beer while actively petting a dog
she loves the attention
it’s a win – win
Dogs in Bars? In the Park Slope Message Boards
Posted by 8thandPrez
April 25, 2006 at 2:12 pm · Filed under Crime, Mischief, and Tomfoolery, News and Current Events, Parks
Coming on the heels of an active discussion on the Park Slope Message Board regarding the safety of Propsect Park, a man was found stabbed to death in the park last weekend. 
61-year old William Oliver was found dead on a wooded trail in the infamous Vale of Cashmere section of Prospect Park.
The Vale of Cashmere (satellite image), long a gay cruising ground, has been the site of anti-gay violence in the past, most recently in 2005. While it’s not known if Mr Oliver was gay, the NYPD is currently looking into the possibility of a hate crime.
Read the New York Times story on the murder
Posted by admin
April 25, 2006 at 12:14 am · Filed under Random
quijibo writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards:
the next “friends”ian hit tv series will be about…
a lesbian couple who adopt an ecuadorean orphan
who doublepark their strollers at the tea lounge
shop at the food co-op + back to the land
are vegan
and there’s al the window washer guy
this one brooklyn native,
who fancies himself to be mucho mucho street
i mean like streeter than street
al employs a bunch of hispanic men to wash store windows
up and down 5th avenue
and they have these amazingly decorated bicycles
with huge handlebars
festooned with decoration –fulla bling
and wait. do they drink?
yeh. they drink
and they all go to total wine bar for drinks
*these fotos are from my friend’s flickr blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidbivins/sets/585137/
Not sure what this has to do with Stabbing Death in Prospect Park in the Prospect Heights Message Boards
Posted by admin
April 18, 2006 at 12:09 pm · Filed under News and Current Events
Thanks to kosherdave for these photos. This might not make sense if you haven’t read the gender-bending foofaraw over the “Found: Boy’s Hat” post on Park Slope Parents list.
You can read some Park Sloper comments on this in the Park Slope Message Boards.
PS. Here’s the e-mail at the bottom of the flyer: lost_boy_hat@hotmail.com
Posted by admin
April 14, 2006 at 11:51 pm · Filed under Crime, Mischief, and Tomfoolery
Anybody hear what happened? Five shots were fired about 7 PM Friday evening, and two ambulances took people away. Any news?
deposit reports in the Park Slope Message Board that he/she spoke to the police: “I was visiting friends on that block and when we left the apartment, the cops were outside. The cops said that there was a robbery at the clothing store on the corner. I guess the robbery turned to gunfire. The cop made sure to tell us that no one was killed. Was that to reassure us?”
Posted by admin
April 14, 2006 at 9:42 am · Filed under Apartments for Rent
swimbtfly writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“So… If you were visiting the city this weekend (from Ithaca) and wanted to make appointments to look at apartments in prospect heights, what would be your plan of attack? I’m looking for a 2 BR for 1800 or less starting in June. I can come in this weekend and 1 more weekend in May.”
“Some of the CL stuff looks OK, but nothing specifically for June (when I want to move in). I’m thinking of contacting some of the brokerages from the thread over in the park slope forum, but I’m not sure how productive (or expensive) this would be.”
“I’ve found 1 listing in clinton hill from housingmaps.com that I’m looking at on Friday, but fear that its too far away from subways for a reasonable commute to midtown… “
Posted by admin
April 11, 2006 at 4:48 pm · Filed under Random
Ziggly writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
I am moving my family to Park Slope (near the Union street train station on 4th ave) in a month and was wondering what the best way to get from JFK to PS would be. I will have myself, wife and 15 month old toddler. We will have 4 large suitcases, 4 carry ons and a car seat. We will be arriving at 8am. I figure my options are…
1. Airtrain to Howard beach station and take the A train in, transfer to the F take that to 9th street/4th ave station and transfer to the R to get to Union street
2. Take Airtrain to Jamaica station, take the Long Island Railroad to Flatbush then take the R to Union street. Does anyone have experience taking a lot of luggage on the LIRR?
3. Car service or cab it. I am on a tight budget and was concerned about getting a cab during what I anticipate to be rush hour AM traffic.
…and wave ‘em like you just don’t care: kagey_b’s most interesting photo.
Posted by admin
April 7, 2006 at 2:00 am · Filed under Random
Q. Will Katie Couric make a good “CBS Evening News” anchor?
“She has always done a good job and I don’t know why she wouldn’t on the new show. I like when she comes out in public for interviews. She has a nice smile. I’ll miss seeing her reporting … in the mornings.” –Glen Martin, 56, Park Slope
Updates will be posted as they become available.
Posted by admin
March 28, 2006 at 11:13 pm · Filed under Random
Is it real?
Posted by admin
March 28, 2006 at 10:02 pm · Filed under Crime, Mischief, and Tomfoolery
Eyewitness account in the Park Slope Message Boards from the neighbor of the victim of the attempted robbery on 15th and 8th:
jeb writes: “I was on the scene shortly after the incident happened around midnight. My upstairs neighbor, who was the victim of the attempted robbery that sparked it all off, recounted it to me right afterwards.”
“The shooting apparently took place when a couple of guys tried to rob my neighbors at gunpoint, on 15th Street between 8th and PPW, in front of our apartment building. A couple off-duty cops just happened to be driving by and saw the robbery in progress…”
“… They jumped out of their car and chased the perps down the street toward the park. Apparently that’s when some kind of gunshots were exchanged … They called for backup and continued to search for the guys throughout the neighborhood. Helicopters, EMTs, fire trucks, and tons of patrol cars arrived on the scene. Apparently in the search for the guys they cleared out Bar 4 to see if the suspects were hiding in there.”
“According to abc, they actually got the guys in there and recovered their guns.”
Posted by admin
March 28, 2006 at 9:51 pm · Filed under Crime, Mischief, and Tomfoolery
jaha127 writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“I know there are alot of mothers who read this blog, so I just wanted to give you an FYI …”
“Also, I don’t think this guy went to trial yet, and its also important to remember that you are innocent until proven guilty. But this is just a reminder about being cautious…”
Read the story in the NY Daily News.
Read neighborhood reaction in the Park Slope Message Boards
Posted by admin
March 28, 2006 at 9:24 pm · Filed under Services
Grand Master steve writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“I’m a big believer in supporting small local business… which is why why I am somewhat conflicted to be happy about the demise of one: a cell phone store on 7th Ave. just outside the F station.”
“… One less cell phone store sounds great to me. There must be one on nearly every block of 7th Avenue, and the proprietors largely seem like shysters, so enough is enough. I might even call to see how much they want for the space, but I think it will be more than I want to spend right now for my business.”
Posted by admin
March 28, 2006 at 10:04 am · Filed under Crime, Mischief, and Tomfoolery
seven24 asks in the Park Slope Message Boards: Anyone hear about the shots fired on 15 street and 8th avenue last night?
fifteenthstreet says: “I live at 15th and 8th, and yes, I heard them … There were a lot of cop cars blocking off 15th street between PPW and 8th for at least 30 minutes, and a police helicopter with a search beam scouring the roof of our building … ”
Posted by admin
March 27, 2006 at 11:34 pm · Filed under Restaurants
So it looks like Stone Park on 5th Ave. in Park Slope took “best restaurant” honors in AOL cityguide’s City’s Best 2006 poll for New York–placing ahead of Gotham Bar & Grill, Gramercy Tavern, Daniel and Le Bernardin, among others.
Stone Park co-owner Josh Grinker told the Daily News: “… winning these types of contests really attests to the loyal support of our customers … We really see what we’re doing as bringing up the standard of neighborhood restaurants.”
It’s true that Stone Park has its fans. And predictably, this has become another opportunity for us chronic complainers at Daily Slope to hold forth (do we like anything?). laura writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “My boyfriend and I went there once … I can’t recall what we ate, but it was so underwhelming we decided never to bother again.”
Posted by admin
March 24, 2006 at 9:12 pm · Filed under Uncategorized
How many distinct signs can you make out?
Answer can be found (maybe) on Dope on the Slope.
Posted by admin
March 22, 2006 at 12:27 pm · Filed under Restaurants
Clarification: Ranjit’s photo is at least a year old. It’s doubtful the renovations going on at Dizzy’s right now have anything to do with this auto mishap.
blksafyre writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“Is it kind of dumb that Dizzy’s decided to do renovations now? In the winter business is slow there, which would make sense for renovations then.”
From livetotravel: “May the renovations last forever! I’m so over this place. They clearly rely on past rumors of excellence and uniqueness for their business. There are just way too many people clamoring for tables on the weekends, resulting in consistently overcooked omelets, overcooked pancakes, overcooked coffee, underwashed dishes and utensils … “
From 8thandprez: “I love Dizzy’s. The huevos rancheros with veggie sausage are to die for. That said, the place is wildly overpriced. Insanely overpriced.”
“Something tells me the reno isn’t going to help that situation …”
Posted by admin
March 22, 2006 at 12:19 pm · Filed under Random
Neighborhood Improvement via the Park Slope Message Boards:
“I wouldn’t mind a fancy-ish gym, like Equinox.”
“Previously I was longing for a good Indian restaurant, but now we have the lovely Kinara!”
“Ethiopian food! I’d walk over to PS more often for that.”
“I don’t care–as long as it isn’t another realtor or coffee bar …”
“An In-and-Out Burger. Or at least a White Castle.”
“… the return of a real butcher, but United has been pretty good to me since the guys on 7th left and I wouldn’t switch back.”
“A soccer bar, but hopefully we’ll be getting that once the FloydNY spin off opens.” (hmm… isn’t there a new Irish bar that’s promoting itself as a soccer bar?)
“A nice movie theater. I don’t like the one on PPW …”
“A coffee bar that doesn’t allow strollers or laptop users.”
“… we need a drug store (w/ late hours) in the 4th-5th Ave area …” (Neergard is 24/7, right?)
“A decent fish market. Don’t get me started on the ones on 7th Avenue…”
“A belgian beer/frites and maybe mussels place. not too pricey…”
Posted by admin
March 20, 2006 at 11:23 am · Filed under Race Relations
law&disorder writes in
the Park Slope Message Board: “I’m still in a state of shock about what’s happened to me today. I had a couple things that I wanted to sell in that
Isoldit Ebay store on Flatbush Ave. So I put the things – a juicer, camera and blender – into two small-medium boxes. I called the car service I always use – Legends.”
(fast forward through a dispute over the fare…)
“…I told him that I’d NEVER been asked to pay upfront before and that I wasn’t appreciating his attitude at all. He said, ‘I’m not driving you anywhere unless you pay me first you NIGGER BITCH. In fact, get the FUCK OUT OF MY CAR. I won’t drive you anywhere. Take your boxes and get out.’ “
“This went on. And on … He pointed to a dog on the sidewalk and said that I was a lower form of life than the dog … That the ‘piece of shit’ building I live in (which happens to be a beautiful brownstone) is ‘nothing’ compared to the house that he and his family live in.”
“… By the time the second driver arrived, there was such a scene going on, with the driver screaming, ‘TAKE YOUR BOXES OUT OF MY CAR, YOU NIGGER SCUM,’ that a passing police van stopped and four officers got out to find out what the hell was going on …”
“The irony is that the driver in question is Egyptian. Never knew the Egyptians had a pathological hatred of their fellow Africans (I’m actually African as opposed to African American). The cops – who all looked Hispanic told the guy to chill out and said, ‘look, we’re ALL minorities here.’ The driver denied that he was a minority and said that he shouldn’t have to drive ‘people like me’ anywhere…”
Posted by admin
March 20, 2006 at 8:31 am · Filed under Restaurants
ugarte writes in the Park Slope Message Boards: “2 Toms is excellent and very, very old school Italian. It doesn’t feel like it has a mafia past; it feels like it has a low-level soldier-in-the-mafia present. The food, though, is excellent.”
“Meat (steaks and chops) are excellent but quite expensive. Pasta – I linguine w/ calamari al arrabiata (spicy) is also great but not so expensive. Yes, worth the trip, but if two people are going I’d suggest sharing a steak and a pasta to keep the cost down.”
kittygolightly adds: “Last I went, there were two kinds of wine – red and white, and both were self-serve from the fridge. I also had the best pork chop of my life.”
CAVEAT:There is no set menu, and thus no price tags, according to your neighbors who have been there. It may seem inexpensive but the prices add up in a hurry. The portions are very large, so it may be best to do some family-style sharing. digital_buffalo writes: “I went with a group of 7 and somehow our bill came to $300 and half of what we ordered was still on the table when we left – just too much food.”
Photo: MarkWinegardner.com
Posted by admin
March 16, 2006 at 3:06 pm · Filed under Race Relations
N. Slope Princess writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“Am I the only ‘woman of color’ in the Slope who’s not a nanny or a maid?”
“A friend of mine recently said that I’m a ’sellout’ for choosing to live in Park Slope and asked me if I notice that there are no other non-whites. I actually haven’t noticed. Is this true?”
“I’ve lived here for about 3 or 4 years but I’ve been very busy so I haven’t really stopped and taken note of the color of people’s skins.”
steve replies: “Didn’t spike lee make 3 movies about this? It sounds like your friend is using the same silly arguement about keeping it real that people have been using to backup their class jealousy for years. Live where you want. I know the Slope works for me, and I’m very happy about that.”
Posted by admin
March 9, 2006 at 11:48 pm · Filed under Random
dope on the slope writes in the Park Slope Message Boards:
“We’ve started a group on flickr to chronicle the evolution of Gowanus from what it is today into whatever it will become. If you are a shutterbug who takes pictures of the area or know someone who is, please pass along this link:”
http://www.flickr.com/groups/gowanees/
“Even if you don’t plan on contributing photographs to the pool, stop by for a visit.”
Posted by admin
March 9, 2006 at 12:05 am · Filed under Coffee Shops
They can put a man on the moon… so what about decent coffee on 7th?
Gorilla, the Brooklyn coffee house generally acknowledged to be Doing Things Right(tm), is at least thinking about setting up shop on what is still considered the main drag in Park Slope.
This just in from DS stalwart 8thandPrez: “Based on the flurry of messages in another post, it seems there’s quite a demand for a Gorilla Coffee expansion. I took the liberty of emailing Gorilla and pleading for a new store on 7th.”
Here’s their very prompt response:
“hi there. thanks for the link [to the Daily Slope forum]. we’d love to [expand]…need to save up some money first. some day hopefully soon. we’d LOVE to be on 7th ave.
darleen”
Posted by admin
March 7, 2006 at 3:55 pm · Filed under Wired / Wireless
Now go, call Time Warner and demand your refund.
Posted by admin
March 5, 2006 at 1:55 pm · Filed under Wired / Wireless
8thandPrez reported last Monday that he’d beeh having sporadic connection issues that Time Warner initially blamed on “weak signal strength” between his modem and the outside world. That might make sense if there weren’t independent reports of problems from a whole bunch of people on the Park Slope Message Board, includng Drano, 8th&Carroll, Dope on the Slope, LiveToTravel, and StevieShamrocks, who writes:
“I was having problems with my cable box last week, and was given a prompt service call of 4 days later. I was told by the service guy (who was sooo happy to be here) that there are problems with TWC all over Brooklyn.”
“I asked if he had any other info, because I was alos having problems with IE and he gave me the technical lowdown “Fuck if I know.”
Dope on the Slope adds: “My god it’s an epidemic. I just had the tech here and he replaced my modem. Of course the problem returned within 45 minutes of his departure. I thought it might be problems with the exposed connections in the ‘backyards’ of Park Slope after the recent precipitation and freezes, but my TV is fine.”
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