The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

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 :/

so fucking predictable how nobody will identify the four killers - yay

i am willing to step forward at the risk of great bodily harm and identify surmounter as the assailant in question

guys don't pile up on surmounter. i confess it was me. i was home sick yesterday and got bored u_u

does it count as snitchin if you confess?

no that's the definition of not snitchin

jhoshea stole my heart and shot my soul in the head

guilty!

OMG YOOOOO GUYZZZZ!!!!

Chicago rapper Common just missed a fatal shooting in Brooklyn, New York on Monday (October 27), that left one man dead and four others injured.

According to a report from AllHipHop.com, the rapper had received a hair cut just hours before the murder, a place he is a regularly frequents when in need of a cut.

During Monday afternoon, two gunmen reportedly opened fire on a 19-year-old male near the intersection of 704 Fulton Street and South Oxford Street in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn.

The man fled into a nearby hair salon, was cornered and killed by the suspects. In a barrage of nearly 30 shots, four innocent bystanders in the shop were hit including an off duty police officer.

After the shooting, the suspects fled in a blue Chevrolet Tahoe.

If Common were to have been there just a few hours later, he would have witnessed the incident.

At press time, the suspects were still at large.

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http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/news/2008/10/5707/

I have a strong feeling that there's not much violent crime in the er...emerging? parts of Bklyn that isn't drug-related.

Not nec, like, muggings and simple thefts/crimes on people who are perceived to have money, but like that kid some years back who got cut into pieces, some of which were then left in a subway station. That's "sending a message" crime right there.

I mean shooting someone on a public street in Fort Greene at 2 in the afternoon is crazy stuff.

well the guy who was being chased was clearly targeted (hence bolting the doors unnecessary even if you are on the 3rd floor! tho you should be doing that anyway even when no one gets shot in a salon!), if that's what you mean...??

his last meal was a slice of cakeman red velvet cake :(

i can think of worse!

mmm thick red velvet...

its a great last meal - the association is sad tho

oh, i thought the sad face was about the meal itself.

one time i live blogged a lunch of two not rays slices and a cakeman red velvet slice

one xmas morning, i got a huge carrot cake from cakeman for breakfast. it was great!