The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

I've said before I saw a utility-HQ sign being dismantled in Newark which read PUBLIC ___VICE

last night it was something like

***T**_
FLOORS

http://nowitsafuckingfroyoplace.tumblr.com/

don't it always seem to go

that you don't know what you fro till it yo

no

oh

http://nypost.com/2014/07/11/pregnant-tarantula-on-the-loose-in-park-slope

So Tony's Hardware on smith is oob -- hoping Tony is retiring bc it would bum me out otherwise. Also the MET on smith st is going out of business, which I am more agnostic about (because I am rich and can afford Union Market, TJs, etc) but jesus h christ it's a goddamn grocery store going out of business and likely served the Warren/Wykoff houses mostly and that is a real drag

i got off the F to shop there about once a month!

I'm moving to Prospects Lefferts Gardens ya'll.

when?!

it's going to be a really cool expensive area in 10 years so look out

AUGUST 1, 2014

it's a cooler expensiver area now

A Crown Heights broker lady talked a ton of shit about Prospect Lefferts while driving us to various apartments. obviously she was trying to play up Crown Heights, and she knew we were thinking about a place in Prospect Lefferts, so no big deal. but then I mentioned that my gf's sister lived in Prospect Lefferts and she said, quietly, "uh yeah, I guess Prospect Lefferts is real up and coming...but Crown Heights is NOW!"

haha

after visiting a few spots and considering my budget, i came to the conclusion that i would rather have later (or never) than now

it's a good hood imo, right near the park and all

What's the broker's interest in steering you to Crown Heights vs Prospect Lefferts?

probably has a place to rent there
welcome to NOW

yeah, she specialized in crown heights ("i used to try to rent out places in prospect lefferts, but...ICK! CROWN HEIGHTS IS WHERE IT'S AT!"

she also expressed some disbelief that i hadn't heard about her or read about her before. she's a big deal

everybody in bk is a big deal dude, we're in bk
fucking get with it #YOLO #SWAG #KILLYOSELF

oh jesus christ realtor delusions of grandeur. amazing.

"i'm kind of a big real"

Wait Karl, you don't know Crown Heights Cindy?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-taYShNaPU

does anyone have a recommendation for burly moving dudes? i'm moving into a 6th floor apartment and i'm pretty sure the place doesn't have a freight elevator, so i'm splurging so that my first day in NYC doesn't end up with me being exhausted and frustrated and punching a wall

i don't, but maybe check this out?

http://www.citymove.com

Get used to splurging

If you hire a mover, here's a tip: Hide yourself in the furniture that you hired them to move. This way you don't have to walk up the stairs

lol

tbh i don't think a burly college hunk would even notice my extra weight.

i'm calling the super tomorrow to see if by chance there's a freight elevator, but i doubt it (6 floor building)

i am taking a google streetview stroll around my new neighborhood

btw xposts mookie thanks for that link. i'll probably end up trying it out, i'll let you know how it works

Eat doubles

Supers love to be called on Sundays

ugh, you're right

i've got ten minutes til sunday, i'll just do it right now so they won't be mad

I've used veteran movers and rabbit movers. I would recommend both. we tipped generously.
Veteran more expensive for a shorter move but I think we simply had waaaay more shit for that move than for our earlier one?

I use cheap guys off craigslist, whoever has the best rates for the day I need to move. Not always the most dependable though.

^^^^^

had good luck so far, but I move about once a decade BECAUSE ANYTHING ELSE IS MADNESS

well if I could I would move never

i am in an apartment in brooklyn. it is done. i hit a car with my penske truck as i was attempting to grab a sweet parking space in front of the building. mistakes were made

congrats

Woo.

Hi, zs!!!!! Welcome to our fair/terrifying/frankly most of it smells like garbage and piss city!

Piss City, just like i pictured it... urine streams and everything

http://www.theonion.com/articles/84-million-new-yorkers-suddenly-realize-new-york-c,18003/

:) thanks!

i am still trying to unpack and figure out wtf is going on but it'd be nice to meet up in the near future with anyone who is game. but i got a little tipsy last night and bought tickets to iceland so i will be gone for a while starting saturday.

let me know when you're back and i'll get you dinner.

Welome to our borough, KM. Just a few more people need to move here and I can quit this hideous board. (also deGrom pitches at Citi again on the 12th)

Coney Island Ave def had THAT AUGUST SMELL this morning.