i live half a block from fresh pond and the yupster stuff has made it as far as forest ave, two blocks east of here. there's one evil real estate developer who's made it his mission to bring the washed concrete and houseplant aesthetic to ridgewood and he's slowly winning.
plus, i mean, i'm here and i'm definitely a middle class boho dickhead.
― adam, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
I feel like, for a lot of people, the coronavirus / WFH has made the boroughs more distinct and cut off. I live in Brooklyn, and have been to Manhattan twice in the past two years. Once for a doctor's appointment, once to take my kid to the Natural History museum.
― paulhw, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:36 (two years ago) link
The gallery's been there for a while. They own the building and live upstairs, and make art there as well. I'm sure if they were just renting and expecting to make a living as a gallery in a neighborhood like that it wouldn't be so easy. It's very nice though and my friend Rose's show is fantastic in any case.
Anyway the reason none of those neighborhoods will ever be the net ridgewood is because they don't have subway access. That's always been key. And there's always been outliers. I don't know, I suppose if an art community can grow in Red Hook it can happen anywhere, but they had cheap spaces, and the waterfront vibe, for a long time.
There's actually tons of industrial space in woodside. When I moved here 15 years ago I thought it'd be great to get space and thought it'd be affordable but it wasn't...every HVAC, car repair, printer etc that wanted industrial space close to manhattan and on a bunch of highways knew this was a good spot and it was priced accordingly. But maybe due to pandemic or other forces...there's TONS of empty spaces, which I'm sure people will sit on forever. It sucks, walking by all these rent signs on big industrial spaces. Could be so much cool light industry here. Bring us an Industry City!
Of course there's that weird thing in sunnyside now where the evil guy from Uber started a chain of ghost kitchen buildings, which is a good idea.
― dan selzer, Monday, 28 March 2022 14:37 (two years ago) link
Nice accounts, y'all! I was actually enjoying a sunny Queens Saturday the previous weekend - took the bus to Maspeth (by which means it's a very short jaunt from Bushwick), and hiked from there to Elmhurst, Corona and Jackson Heights, plus a sunset stop in Sunnyside. The actual premise was knocking incredibly minor buildings off my architecture to-do list, but it was really just an excuse to be out pounding the pavement and taking in the neighborhoods. Beautiful time all throughout, people out enjoying the weather, street market on Junction Boulevard thronging with activity, etc.
Dan, where'd you get the ceviche? That would be a selling point for my partner to join me next time going over there.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 March 2022 15:26 (two years ago) link
Mama Pio in Maspeth. Really nice little place. I wonder about the history of peruvian restaurants in NYC. It seems like there's dozens that are basically knock-offs of Pio Pio, who's main location in Jackson Heights is like a football field of families having feasts. I've gotten that same kind of peruvian ceviche at these places, with the leche de tigre and the sweet potato and big hominy and crunchy corn and onions and I really can't get enough of it. Plus the rotisserie chicken at these places is simply the best. I remember reading that Pio Pio marinated theirs in beer and tamarind. There's a place in sunnyside that used to be called Pio Riko and is now just Riko and it's fine but nowhere near as good as Pio Pio. This Mama Pio is maybe as good or better than Pio Pio.
My funny Pio Pio story is the first time we went I didnt know what to get and I ordered the Matador Combo thinking, well, that seems kinda expensive at 28 dollars but a combo seems like a good way to go. Then they brought out the food and I realized it was like for an entire family. A half chicken. A giant plate of tostones. Rice and Beans. Salchipapas (the french fries and hot dog combo), an avocado salad etc etc.
― dan selzer, Monday, 28 March 2022 16:07 (two years ago) link
That sounds delicious, thank you dan!
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 28 March 2022 16:52 (two years ago) link
Lol at Pio Pio ordering snafu.
― The Central Rockaliser (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 30 March 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
I just found a picture of the matador combo. Imagine me at a small table with my then girlfriend, who ordered a fried cevice (jalea) and I get this:
https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/10/21/30/95/matador-combo.jpg
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
And that's 42 dollars now.
When I went the first time about 15 years ago it was 28.
Cheap at any price.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 30 March 2022 16:03 (one year ago) link
This doesn't seem good in the long-term: "A Casino Atop Saks? Lobbyists Push for Manhattan Gambling Site"
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 31 March 2022 05:26 (one year ago) link
The pio pio copy in Forest Hills/Kew Gardens was called Tu Casa and it was solid, at times even amazingly good although a bit inconsistent. We brought home a tub of their green sauce last time we went because we miss it so much.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 31 March 2022 12:28 (one year ago) link
yeah, had some leftover Mama Pio green sauce this morning on my leftover pupusa from El Comal in Jamiaca which my wife got because she was on Jury Duty. Sorry really should move this discussion back to the queens thread! Don't know if it's true with all Salvadoran tamales, but this place has tamales that make all mexican tamales taste so dry.
― dan selzer, Thursday, 31 March 2022 13:45 (one year ago) link
TS: C Town vs Key Food
― calstars, Friday, 1 April 2022 22:33 (one year ago) link
Don’t think I mentioned that my Mi Tierra value card also works at Food Town, but maybe not SuperFresh.
― Never Mind the ILX, Here's the Blecch Pistols (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 April 2022 22:41 (one year ago) link
Big fan of See Food
― calstars, Friday, 1 April 2022 22:56 (one year ago) link
C town
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 2 April 2022 00:50 (one year ago) link
the answer is food bazaar
― 龜, Saturday, 2 April 2022 02:21 (one year ago) link
The new mega tall residential blade runner skyscraper in downtown Bk is next door to Juniors on Flatbush, which looks like it hasn’t been renovated since 1982. A strange pair
― calstars, Saturday, 9 April 2022 01:38 (one year ago) link
Is everyone safe? [shootings (confirmed) + bomb (hearsay on my end) in 36th st subway Sunny P]
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 13:47 (one year ago) link
Ugh. Just read about, not affected myself.
― Anita Quatloos (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 13:51 (one year ago) link
Fuck, scary.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
Heard someone who was on the train where the shooting happened on Brian Lehrer saying the shooting was on the N train before it pulled into the 36th St station. People were trying to get out of the car where the shooting was happening into another car while the train was in motion. There was also a fire on the car with a lot of smoke.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 14:15 (one year ago) link
Al Jazeera just interviewing random people on the street who never went into the station, great journalism guys.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 14:24 (one year ago) link
Some video of the train pulling into the station and people fleeing the train:
Very dramatic video from the incident as the subway arrived at 36th St Sunset Park in Brooklyn. #brooklyn #shooting #nyc pic.twitter.com/5cOdeYPIb1— Kristoffer Kumm (@Kristofferkumm) April 12, 2022
― o. nate, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 14:34 (one year ago) link
Fucking hell
― scientific method man (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:02 (one year ago) link
Everyone I know of is okay so far. My roommate does take that train around that time but she checked in already. I used to take it every day to get to work so this seems especially weird to me right now.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:16 (one year ago) link
yikes that vid is hard to watch, with the wounded staggering out of the train
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
hoping everyone and their loved ones are safe
Safe here. It’s my good friend’s stop and he is ok too but I was panicked for a minute there
― ian, Tuesday, 12 April 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
Same exact thing for me. Giving me a bit of a queasy feeling.
― Anita Quatloos (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 April 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
if only we hadn't defunded the police ;_;
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 01:51 (one year ago) link
looks like they arrested the suspect
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 13 April 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
Hiding out in …the east village?
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
"mumbling and saying shit about the FBI"https://www.instagram.com/p/CcTQGp5p5mL/
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 13 April 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 01:54 (one year ago) link
Like you would know
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
Do you feel abandoned calstars? The trolling was sort of funny but you seem deeply angry that I left the city. My wife is still there every day though. In fact she was a couple blocks from where the guy was caught when he was caught.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 16 April 2022 02:01 (one year ago) link
Isn’t there a suburbs thread you can post in something You ran away and you don’t live here anymore so
― calstars, Saturday, 16 April 2022 03:15 (one year ago) link
drunk posting is always a bad idea if you're a mean drunk
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 16 April 2022 03:18 (one year ago) link
is this part of the vibe shift?
! @NYCMayor’s job approval rating is at 29%. Many other findings pointing to widespread pessimism in NYC from this exclusive @NY1 @SienaResearch poll: https://t.co/DFTTohpXJF— Emily Ngo (@emilyngo) June 7, 2022
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 June 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
adams is a disaster waiting to happen― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Friday, February 11, 2022 10:52 PM (four months ago)
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 06:31 (one year ago) link
https://ouf.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/?wicket-crypt=4nEWwOiKc5w
^NY heads check and see if u have funds for grabs on here. More than one person in my phone book is on here and one buddy of mine has a 4-digit payment that they just claimed
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
FYI, nearly every state has a similar agency responsible for abandoned funds so those outside NY should also check with their state.
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
wow, it includes unused gift cards (wife has some) that's wild
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
Banks and insurers are obligated under NY law to hold unclaimed property (including $, uncashed checks, etc.) for certain periods of time, after which they are required to turn it over to the NYS Comptroller, which is required to attempt to notify payees/owners of the funds it holds, but after a period of time gets to keep the unclaimed funds.
― doomposting is the new composting (PBKR), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
I found my dad 15 bucks
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 20 July 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52263519076_0d204ba771_4k.jpg
I've been here for a week and I'm 100% in support of the locals that want to burn these sheds down.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:45 (one year ago) link
they're ugly and also not very fun to sit in but better the sheds than parking spots
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:47 (one year ago) link
Cool it turbo tax
― calstars, Thursday, 4 August 2022 22:55 (one year ago) link
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 7 August 2022 01:52 (one year ago) link