something like that
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
i think they're just retiring
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
new bookstore is just gonna sell the harry potter series i think
― schlump, Thursday, 8 December 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
relatedly there is a new greenlight on flatbush ave btw
― schlump, Thursday, 8 December 2016 02:59 (seven years ago) link
ha when they opened on fulton years ago i was all u will be out of business in 2 months u poor soft headed fools
― lag∞n, Thursday, 8 December 2016 03:05 (seven years ago) link
re: retiring i don't think they're THAT old, or so old that they couldn't scale back their own hours (they already have worker bees) and just live THAT way. Also closing in 3 weeks is a really short window for an announcement if ur finna clean house and empty the store for a new tennant. I bet it's gonna be a turnkey sale
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 8 December 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
i've never been to bookcourt. what do they have there?
― 龜, Thursday, 8 December 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
court
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 8 December 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
Author readings approx 5 times a week; well stocked neighborhood book shop with great ambience. Always 5 or 6 people inside browsing; way more on weekends.
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 8 December 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
also i have seen actor M Shannon there
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 8 December 2016 17:11 (seven years ago) link
Cobble Hill's very good video store, which I patronized a bit several years ago before I was inundated with other options, is moving to the Alamo Drafthouse downtown.
http://www.indiewire.com/2016/12/video-free-brooklyn-alamo-drafthouse-theater-1201756310/
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Monday, 12 December 2016 16:39 (seven years ago) link
people talk about chains moving in to smith st or w/e but those places that have been run out of business are all empty storefronts. idk what chains people are talking about. there are the places that look like corporate fast casual which may or may not be small businesses (white maze...), places that look like mob fronts (sunken hundred...) & places that are bad taste (bornholm, or whatever it's called; the various and sundry tacky boutiques). I don't see the gap moving in, for example. certainly not in the critical mass that people keep talking about.
― ein Sexmonster (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 12 December 2016 17:57 (seven years ago) link
like, brooklyn industries has been there for years but I excuse local chains, no matter how pointless/shitty they are
RFI: what do you guys know about parking by the Greenpoint Ferry Landing? (asked on the Queens thread is well, not sure which is the best thread for Greenpoint)
― Trelayne Staley (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 6 May 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
https://ny.eater.com/2018/5/9/17336048/ganso-ramen-closing-downtown-brooklyn-nyc
*screams*
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 15 May 2018 19:54 (six years ago) link
Essence of Park Slope
http://gothamist.com/2018/08/28/park_slope_bike_lane_blocker.php
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 16:30 (six years ago) link
this seems excessive
The city may have to shutter the Brooklyn Heights Promenade for 6 years during construction of the BQE, according to @NYC_DOT project manager Tanvi Pandya.— Julianne Cuba (@Julcuba) September 20, 2018
― mookieproof, Thursday, 20 September 2018 20:07 (six years ago) link
hmm pretty sure the bqe already exists
― sprout god (lag∞n), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 15:46 (five years ago) link
nuthin's ever finished
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
http://gothamist.com/2018/09/24/bqe_crumbling_photos_brooklyn.php#photo-1
― mizzell, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 15:59 (five years ago) link
A major problem with the roadway is the concrete itself. It turns out it wasn’t really designed for heavy trucks. Pandya said if the 1.5-mile stretch slated to be repaired—between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street—isn’t done by 2026, truck traffic will have to be restricted.
that seems fine?
― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:25 (five years ago) link
good. shouldn't have given the waterfront to cars.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 16:53 (five years ago) link
there's an existing waterfront park along the only part of the BQE that's close to the waterfront
― mizzell, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
the Belt Parkway is a disgrace for this reason though
― mizzell, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:02 (five years ago) link
BQE is the worst road.
― ian, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
I start to admire the BQE when I haven't been on it for a while. It's this great big fuck off road, rarely governed by any laws, spreading absolute mayhem across a large part of NYC at any time of the night or day. You really have to mentally prepare yourself to get on it as a driver.
― Position Position, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
the part between the prospect expressway and the battery tunnel entrance, where it goes over the gowanus, is always magical
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
ha, the next apple product event is at BAM on octobeer 30
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 20 October 2018 16:21 (five years ago) link
Pacific Green (grocer) on court and pacific lost the battle w J Crew; last day tomorrow
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 31 October 2018 00:57 (five years ago) link
Di Fara, the iconic Midwood pizzeria that has been around for more than 50 years, has been seized by the state after not paying taxes. pic.twitter.com/AN2UtvL4rC— Morena Basteiro (@morenabasteiro) August 20, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 18:06 (five years ago) link
lol those 30$ pies were such a bargain too
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
it's about a mile from me and never made it there
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 18:56 (five years ago) link
nor did i. i live around the corner from lucali if i want to wait two hours for a $30 pizza
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:18 (five years ago) link
yeah i don't wait for... anything
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:21 (five years ago) link
I went a bunch of times a long time ago and it was fantastic. The wait was frustrating but it was really really good pizza.
― dan selzer, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:34 (five years ago) link
i had it once because i happen to be walking by and there was only a small line . It was pretty damn good though but not mind blowing and the place is a dump ffiw
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 20 August 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
the government is eating all the pizza now
― lag∞n, Thursday, 22 August 2019 13:54 (five years ago) link
uhhhhhh
Does anyone know what the hell kind of chicken massacre happened in Boerum Hill? pic.twitter.com/Wfk73zm1jZ— Sara Vilkomerson (@Vilkomerson) August 30, 2019
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 August 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
Well there goes chicken as a lunch option
― calstars, Friday, 30 August 2019 16:38 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EDO8I4cWsAAqzF4?format=jpg&name=small
― mookieproof, Friday, 30 August 2019 17:07 (five years ago) link
omg
― lag∞n, Saturday, 31 August 2019 05:00 (five years ago) link
see what you’re missing, hippie?
― mookieproof, Saturday, 31 August 2019 05:04 (five years ago) link
Has this been noted here? https://bklyner.com/36-years-court-street-office-supplies-will-close-brick-mortar-location/
― The Fearless Thread Killers (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 9 September 2019 23:05 (five years ago) link
ppl are real excited abt this Wegman's place
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 October 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
It was a big deal when a Wegman’s opened up near my parents in South Central PA because I could get snooty city stuff when I visited. Don’t exactly get the point of one in an actual city, much less New York City.— Splat! Prigge (@mattprigge) October 28, 2019
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
miss brooklyn today. could be enjoying the view of the cars queuing to park in wegmans from my house.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
I used to go to Wegman's when I lived in central PA. It was really nice. It was the second best thing about central PA.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:10 (four years ago) link
I'm kind of interested in the Sahadi's new Sunset Park location. I really like that they do (or at least used to) carry jelly babies in the bulk section.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:14 (four years ago) link
wait, did Sahadi's move or does it just have a second location?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:48 (four years ago) link
FWIW I loved Wegmans when I lived in Jersey but I really can't see spending 40 minutes on the damn BQE to get to one, it's not *that* good.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 October 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link