red fish smoking
It looks as if our local graffiti maven, Red Fish Smoking [/redfish-smoking-graffiti-flyers-raises-q-1/], is moving away from his crappy stickers and onto some “found art.” Okay, okay, so it’s not red. But it is dead, and my name is Ned, so it’s all gravy. After yesterday’s rain, reader
waterfont
Photo by DoughnutIn the fight to make a better waterfront, most argue that if residential homes are torn down, they ought to be replaced with something to compliment the marina. Be it bait and tackle shops or lively nightlife, that’s what’s called for, and that’s why the
siberian health
Months after the location looked furnished, Siberian Health at 1408 Avenue X (between East 14th Street and East 15th Street) is finally open. The sign says Siberian Health will sell organic products and cosmetics, but when we stopped in late last week it wasn’t quite what we expected. Instead
economic crisis
I don’t know about you guys, but I’m really getting tired of the current economic crisis. Like many other Americans, it’s had major effects on my life. And that doesn’t look like it’s going to change soon. However, I’m surprised by how few people
adam dasdemir
Grand Bazaar, a new gourmet supermarket opening at 2424 Coney Island Avenue (off of Avenue U), has construction nearly all wrapped up and hopes to be stocked and ready to go by late-February. Owner Adam Dasdemir said the market will be open 24 hours, and a grand opening is being
Kings Highway
Every now and then we get sent a photo that just can’t wait for our next Midweek Photo feature. This is one of them. Arthur Borko caught this fella mid-step as he jogged over to his car near Kings Highway and Flatbush Avenue. Mr. Lady Liberty was trying to
We’ve been getting a lot of e-mails about the status of Loehmann’s department store at Loehmann’s Seaport Plaza (2027 Emmons Avenue). We were surprised to see that they’ve stayed closed so long, and calls to Loehmann’s corporate offices went unreturned. We were lucky enough to
Photo by Arthur Borko… and this little guy is telling on him. Seen in front of 2260 East 18th Street.
gersh gofman
An 83-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident beat up a 99-year-old Fort Hamilton man on Monday, leading to charges of assault in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon. Gersh Gofman left Steve Pulwers, who is nearly blind, with broken ribs and a broken nose after hitting him in the
east 29th st
This is NOT how you build a treehouseThree years ago, workers began demolishing 2820 Avenue Z to make way for a new building. The problem is, it never had permission to do so. The resulting mess is a portrait of Department of Building’s inefficacy that is now putting schoolchildren
best buy
Courtesy of Wikipedia CommonsKings Plaza 6, the movie theaters at Brooklyn’s most fabulo… I can’t say it. I just can’t. Kings Plaza is a hell hole, and the theaters there were terrible. I just got word that the theaters closed two weeks ago, via the blog Brooklynometry
atlantica
While some in the comments section of yesterday’s article seem to imply there’s no waterfront activities here anymore, this photo from madabandon [http://www.flickr.com/photos/madabandon/] says otherwise. Here’s to remembering how much further we can fall if we don’t safeguard Sheepshead Bay’s