Monthly Archives: December 2007

Dear Neighbors, Please Make Your Dog Shut Up [Bed-Stuy Social]
Bed-Stuy’s Habitat for Humanity Homes [Reclaimed Home]
Christmas Is Here (and so is the Apple Butter) [LV&R]
Mugging On Our Block! [500 Hancock Block Association]

Recently Jeremy from BushwickBk.com contacted me about a new restaurant that has opened on the border of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick (although technically it is on the Bed-Stuy side of the border). The restaurant is called Le Conakry. Before Jeremy mentioned it to me I hadn’t heard anything about this place, so I was [...]

RENTALS
Where the Mastodons Roam (#1)

#1 — $1000 — 1 BR: The ad says that this place is prehistoric, which I think means that the street has a lot of ferns and dinosaurs on it. This is why the rent is so affordable. Definitely worth checking out. Quincy and Tompkins Bedford-Nostrand G
#2 — [...]

We love receiving emails from our readers, so we were totally bummed when we had to deal with the temporary shutdown of our emailboxes. Thankfully, they’re up and running now, but they’re terribly empty. If you emailed us in the past couple of days, please resend the message.

Still Shopping for Christmas Gifts?
Not sure what to get?
Well, look no further…

Gift cards are available at
Common Grounds
A Neighborhood Coffee House
376 Tompkins Avenue
between Jefferson & Putnam Avenues
Stop in today to get gifts for all the folks who help you out all-year-long. Gift cards available in the dollar amount of your choice.
Happy Holidays!!!

A sign on the ground on Willoughby

I found the bike lane sign above on Willoughby. The sign was uprooted and laying on the ground, and it represented how little people care about cyclists in this city.
A reader disturbed by the recent bicycle fatalities in Brooklyn and Manhattan wrote to me bringing up some issues [...]

Do you have a favorite decorated house or apartment in the neighborhood?
After sitting at a stoplight for a loooong time a few nights ago, I’ve decided my favorite is the second-floor apartment above the bodega on the corner of Greene & Throop.
The decoration is simple but effective: The resident has hung plain white curtains in [...]

1. Supposedly the MTA is going to take the extra money they get from raising the price for unlimited Metrocards (and introducing a new 14 day card) and use it to improve service on certain lines, including the G train. YAY!
But, they said it wouldn’t be until March (2nd quarter) because they wouldn’t know until [...]

I got a wonderful opportunity to chat with an amazing blogger by the name of Eleanor Traubman. She writes a cool blog called Creative Times. The blog includes interviews with artists, tips on design, health hints and even a little bit of New York City history (she wrote a really interesting piece on [...]