The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

There appears to be an imminent Trader Joe's on Atlantic Ave.

when is Antic? 10/5?

in fact, yes

http://www.atlanticave.org/antic2008/antic2008.htm

HAY GUISE WAS IT JUST ME OR WERE THERE FIGHTER JETS AND SHIT FLYING OVERHEAD LAST NIGHT? (nb. I have been hearing things lately...)

that was me in my plane

i got bombed yo

i've seen military copters in manhattan. lots of people in town for UN/CGI - police escorts all over midtown and dudes with helmets and assault rifles outside hotels.

dude, didnt you read--it was me in my plane bombing jho

how much are real estate prices in bk gonna fall over the next year

DEPENDS ON IF U KEEP BOMBING

do u think well all be able to afford entire blocks by december

do you think well be able to afford to live anywhere by december

Ok, where is a good lower price liquor store for party beer and wine?

I'd tell you if you were nicer to me

ice cold, morbs

do you have a car, h? there's a big, warehousey place on 3rd ave around 9th street that's good for bulk-buying beer and mixers.

that's still there?

it was last year. you think it's closed?

are those 2 places on court st in cobble hill still open? american beer and something else?

american is still there.

anyone been to this annual clam shuck at the Brazen Head? (this Sat)

rereers: theres also that place next to home depot

"re beers:"

Trader Joe's stocks good beer now.

Also, this place is awesome:

http://www.hibino-brooklyn.com/blog/

They change their obanzai every day and they're really good. Good cheap sushi as well. We left full for like $11 each.

Does anyone have any experience with what the trick-or-treat scene is like in this area? I'm wondering if I need to stock up on candy, or if kids are only going to knock where there are pumpkins and shit.

A couple of years ago, I put a sign on our front door saying, "We have candy! Ring the top buzzer!" No response. I ended up eating a lot of candy that week.

So is that Trader Joe's open now?

i get no trick or treaters in my hood. the kids seem to go out to the business on the main streets rather than to the apt buildings.

^^^this

last year i was getting my hair cut and the barber was bitching about it -- 'the same kids keep coming back again and again and they're not even wearing costumes!'

hahaha. so if bk trader joe's is open now does that mean the u square one will be less crowded? is bk one bigger/better stocked?

A couple of years ago, I put a sign on our front door saying, "We have candy! Ring the top buzzer!" No response. I ended up eating a lot of candy that week.

― lindseykai, Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:55 PM (49 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ha!

so i didn't know they're planning to build a whole foods at gowanus?

bitches tryin to scam on the fairway game.

Ikea should just add a few floors of condos.

so cop shot a half a block from my door

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/43/31_43_mm_fg_shooting.html

i was away but apparently the whole area was shut down and cops and tv people everywhere

right around the corner from BAM, no?

yah a few blocks

i was right there! i was like about to get coffee -- from marquet. it was really frightening.

see this is what happens when your restaurants are reviewed in the new yorker!!

hehe

dude tell us more

well, all i know is, i'm walking up the street with laura. we see this hoard of people, police tape, cars etc. i'm like let's go closer! but we didn't -- but on our way back to work, our coworkers told us what happened. when i got home that day, there were like 12 police cars lined up in front of my house! have they even caught these guys yet?

its my understanding that no ones been caught

love it

boyfriend's all locking the house down i'm like we live on the 3rd floor...

marquet was reviewed in the new yorker?? the couple who run that place are lovely - i used to eat at least one fig salad a week there

no i think he means no. 7, which is right across the street

loooove marquet

whoa wtf - i used to get my hair cut at that place - only white guy in there

it's actually where i went right after my house was broken into - a weird decision but i went there for the peace of mind!

i can't say i'm THAT surprised - this neighborhood is a flexion point between rich and poor - robberies and burglaries are incredibly common

last week surmounter robbed jhoshea

haha

it's still a "neighborhood in transition"

i know, i go by there all the time :/