carnie
Source: See-ming Lee 李思明 SML via FlickrHave you ever considered running away to join the circus? If so, you may be able to fulfill at least some of your carnie aspirations with a seasonal job at Coney Island. Central Amusement International, Nathan’s Famous, and the Coney Island Development Corporation
F Train
Photo Credit: C.P. Storm via FlickrFor months, multiple media outlets have run stories regarding illegally parked trucks on Bay Parkway near McDonald Avenue. NY1 [http://www.ny1.com/content/features/ny1_for_you/154493/ny1-for-you--parked-tractor-trailers-still-infuriate-brooklyn-homeowners] , this site [/trucks-disturb-the-peace-on-bay-parkway/], the Home Reporter [http://www.homereporternews.com/news/general/illegally-parked-trucks-get-the-heave-ho/article_
kevin jeffrey
Councilman David G. Greenfield presents a $7,450,000 check to Brooklyn Parks Commissioner Kevin Jeffrey to support projects throughout the district.The following is a press release from the office of City Councilman David Greenfield: Greenfield Unveils Design for Boro Park’s Newest Playground Includes Area Designed Specifically for
calko medical center
Andrew Gounardes, Marty Golden’s challenger for State Senate in District 22, recently applauded residents who joined forces in a bureaucratic brawl over the parking capacity [/50-percent-more-parking-added-at-bay-pkwy-medical-facility/] of a new medical center going up on Bay Parkway. Neighbors of the development first decided to take action [/hearing-on-calko-medical-center-today-protest-on-thursday/] after the developer
Barack Obama
State Senator Diane Savino, along with Senators Liz “no relation to Carl” Krueger and Tom Duane from Manhattan, is asking Catholic Bishops to reconsider their stance against offering employees reproductive health care through their insurance plans. “We need the church to recognize that acknowledging that Catholic women are practicing birth
20th avenue
There will be a meeting of the Community Education Council, or CEC [http://schools.nyc.gov/Offices/CEC/GPInformation/CommunityEducationCouncils/one.htm] , for District 21 on the evening of Wednesday, February 15, at P.S. 128 (2075 84th Street). The Business Session will run from 5:30 p.m. to
drug abuse
The following is a press release from the office of State Senator Marty Golden: TEENAGE DRUG ABUSE AND BULLYING IN OUR SCHOOLS TO HIGHLIGHT TOWN HALL DISCUSSION Brooklyn – State Senator Marty Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn) will host a town hall meeting on teenage drug use and school bullying, on Wednesday, February
Cha-Cha's
The owner of Steve’s Grill House – the last holdout of eight mom and pop businesses that had fought eviction [http://amusingthezillion.com/2011/02/15/coney-island-boardwalk-8-lease-deal-in-the-works-for-2011/] by amusement manufacturer Zamperla – has decided to sell his modular building rather than move it to a different location. Owner Steve Bitetzakis, who
37th street
In what could possibly be the strangest thing to come out of the heavily Hasidic hood of Borough Park, the Funhouse Food Spot is a non-kosher, Hip Hop-inspired destination restaurant that apparently opened sometime last year. The chatter surrounding the Funhouse was that it had started out as some kind
mara gorelik
The following is a message from Notify NYC: Alert issued 02/13/12 at 6:30 PM. The NYPD has issued a Silver Alert for the disappearance of Mara Gorelik, female, white, age 69, from W 5th St and Neptune Ave in Brooklyn. Ms. Gorelik suffers from Alzheimers and is
Christine Quinn
Source: PhillipC via FlickrLocal City Council members Domenic Recchia and David Greenfield, along with nine other colleagues – including Council Speaker Christine Quinn, are currently touring the Holy Land courtesy of the Jewish Community Relations Council. According to Speaker Quinn’s office, the trip is not being paid for with taxpayer
joseph crowley
"Unanticipated Quiet" courtesy of Jason NewmanA bipartisan group of Congressmen, including several local pols, are preparing an amendment that would restore dedicated mass transit funding to the House’s surface transportation funding bill. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Steve Latourette (R-Ohio), Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.