Category Archives: Bed-Stuy Blogging Community

New Contributors On Board

Please welcome our newest contributor, Nettie! Nettie’s a Bed-Stuy resident who will be giving us her take on life in our neighborhood. Look for her post later today.
If you’re interested in contributing to the Bed-Stuy Blog, you can find out how by clicking here.

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Update on the hoopla over the homeless shelter at Sumner Avenue Armory

Photo by Rosie McCobb
The flyers were disseminated, the town-hall meetings were packed, and it seems progress has been made in regards to what may or may not be happening at the Pamoja House men’s shelter at the Sumner Avenue Armory. Photo by Rosie McCobbLocal community activists, including Jerry Blackshear of the Bedford Stuyvesant Association (pictured) [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 09/29/08

A Subtle Request From Your Bed-Stuy Neighbor

The Perfect Home in Bed-Stuy: A Los Angeleno buys a home in Bed-Stuy after living in the East Village and Williamsburg. [NY Times]

Bed-Stuy Will Be Fine, Thank You: Michael Amirkhanian of Massey Knakal has mostly good things to say about the state of real estate in Bed-Stuy. [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 08/11/08 (Subway Edition)

Artists at the Urban Arts Market in Clinton Hill
Newsflash: Subway stations are dirty: An advisory committee to the MTA found that many stations are in poor shape. One suggestion by the committee was to have an Adopt-A-Station program in which neighborhood groups and companies help pay for the repair and upkeep of the [...]

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Eye on the Stuy 07/28/08

I Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death at Von King Park

Brawlitics: Bed-Stuy’s own Dan Lavoie, author of the uber-smart political blog, You’re No Jack Kennedy, puts the smackdown on some Upper East Side Republican. [Time Out New York]

Radical Living in the News: One of the founding members of this communal Christian house used [...]

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