Author Archives: Teanickeldime

Brooklyn Baker Tries to Raise Dough for Bed Stuy Location

Posted on July 28, 2010 by Teanickeldime

I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist!

I saw this piece on eater.com about SCRATCHbread, an “underground” bakery that sells goods at the BK Flea every Saturday and supplies goods to various eateries in New York City. Apparently they are hoping to site their retail location in Bed Stuy and have found a space, but lack the funds [...]

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Malcolm X Community Farmer’s Market Opens Tomorrow!

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Teanickeldime

[ July 10, 2010; 8:00 am to 2:00 pm. 4:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ]

Just spoke to Rev. Robert Jackson of the Brooklyn Rescue Mission, who is super excited about this year’s Malcolm X Community Farmer’s Market season starting tomorrow!

In addition to fresh locally grown produce, this year there will be fresh eggs, cheese, bread, honey, and more! The market will be every Saturday rain or shine from 8am-2pm on Malcolm [...]

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The NYPD Tapes-81st Precinct

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Teanickeldime

Village Voice stands appeared near subway entrances just in time to deliver the story on corruption in the 81st.

The cover article of the latest issue of the Village Voice is starting to make its round on local TV news. An officer in the 81st Precinct in Bed Stuy (which runs from Atlantic to Broadway, Marcus [...]

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Bed Stuy Pride

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Teanickeldime

Spec Boogie is a lifelong resident of Bed Stuy and is quite the skilled MC. I love the creativity in his rhymes and he never fails to show love to the neighborhood he grew up in. One of his most recent songs, Bed Stuy, is a perfect example. He made a video of his paean [...]

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February CB3 Meeting Rundown

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Teanickeldime

Sorry for the hiatus. I was unable to attend the CB3 Meetings for December and January. Here’s the roundup for February!
You can find a copy of the meeting agenda here.
Opening Remarks
Chairperson Butler started the meeting with updates regarding two major issues that has affected the neighborhood in the past few weeks.
Gelzer Foundation/Halfway House
Chairperson Butler did [...]

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Drive for the Stuy

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Teanickeldime

[ December 19, 2009; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] This year ARISE Collective, Malcolm X Pizzeria, and Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger are literally taking it to the streets this year for a food and clothing drive on Saturday, December 19th from 12-5pm. It will be held right outside the pizzeria which is located at 352 Malcolm X Boulevard.

There will be live enterainment and [...]

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CB3 Public Meeting Recap-October

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Teanickeldime

Hello again! Here’s a re-cap of October’s CB3 Public Meeting which took place on October 5th. It was a pretty long meeting so I’ll try to be as concise as possible!
Here is the agenda from the meeting.
Remarks from Elected Officials
Al Vann thanked everyone for voting in last month’s primary and thanked everyone for the support. [...]

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Community Board Meeting and Malcolm X Farmer’s Market

Posted on October 2, 2009 by Teanickeldime

[ October 5, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] This Monday is the next Public Meeting for Community Board 3! The agenda isn’t up yet but check here for meeting information.

Also, the Malcolm X Community Farmer’s Market, which is run by Brooklyn Rescue Mission, is participating in Bed Stuy Alive! as one of the Shop Bed Stuy vendors! On both October 10th and October [...]

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CB3 Meeting Re-cap Part 2

Posted on September 17, 2009 by Teanickeldime

And here is recap Part 2 of last Monday’s CB3 meeting! A lot of community announcements regarding a lot of the issues currently going on in the community-good and bad but all VERY exciting!

Financial Empowerment Center
Prior to community annoucments, there was a presentation by representatives for the Brooklyn Financial Empowerment Center, that has just been [...]

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CB3 Meeting Re-cap Part 1

Posted on September 16, 2009 by Teanickeldime

So CB3 meetings are back! I made it out to the first meeting of the 2009-2010 session yesterday (meetings are normally held the first Monday of every month) and a lot of things have been brewing over the summer break!
Here is a copy of the agenda, though there were some deviations.
Department of Health H1N1 Briefing
The [...]

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