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Fun Vid: BBG Cherry Blossom Time Lapse

April 30th, 2008 · Comments Off on Fun Vid: BBG Cherry Blossom Time Lapse

From the Brooklyn Botanic Garden a fun vid of the cherry blossoms in time lapse. Very cool.

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Bklink: Snake in the Garden

April 27th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Snake in the Garden

So, there’s a snake at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It is a sculpture. There is also a cherry vandal. He is seen here snapping cherry blossom branches off the trees and giving them to a female. Nice.–Flatbush Gardener

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Bklink: Dear Neighbor

April 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Dear Neighbor

“Hi New Neighbors on Prospect Place, Welcome to the neighborhood. We’re all glad to have you. I can tell you feel comfortable and safe here because you have lived in your newly renovated first floor apartment for 2 months now and yet have not put up curtains in your bathroom. As a result, while sitting […]

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Tags: Prospect Heights · Shortlink

Bklink: Inside OPP

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Inside OPP

There is nothing like touring one of Brooklyn’s most well-known new buildings, like Richard Meier’s On Prospect Park. The views from the $6 million penthouse are killer and the units details are pretty nice. The building is 40 percent sold with move-ins coming in the fall.–Brownstoner

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Brookspring: BBG Blooming

April 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Image for GL courtesy of Deborah Matlack/Matlack Photography] More trees are blooming at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden as can be seen in this lovely shot just in from frequent GL photo contributor Deborah Matlack. We have a full set of BBG blossom photos here.

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DOT Planning Vanderbilt Ave. Bike Lanes, Landscaped Median

April 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Two years ago the city made changes to Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights to “calm” traffic, including creating medians and left turn lanes. The changes cut accidents with pedestrians and bicyclists among other things. Now, the Department of Transportation is planning a redesign of Vanderbilt between Dean Street and Grand Army Plaza that will include […]

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Tags: Prospect Heights · Transportation

Tuesday Rant: Prospect Heights Bar Stroller Olympics

April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

We found this rant about parents in bars and strollers interesting not so much for the subject matter–God knows that the Great Union Hall Booze & Stroller Debate left few stones unturned on this incendiary topic–but because it comes from Prospect Heights instead of Park Slope. We found it on the Prospect Heights Forum at […]

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Symphony of the 5:30AM Jackhammer in Prospect Heights

March 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on Symphony of the 5:30AM Jackhammer in Prospect Heights

We love tales of construction work going on after or before hours. So we immediately gravitated to this post on the Prospect Heights forum on Brooklynian because it’s titled “Jackhammering on Vanderbilt at 5:30AM“: who did this? why would you do this? 5:30 am and then at 7 am (when I had just gotten back […]

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Tags: Construction Issues · Prospect Heights

Say What–Bent on Flatbush

March 25th, 2008 · Comments Off on Say What–Bent on Flatbush

[Photo courtesy of Adrian Kinloch/www.britinbrooklyn.com] This photo from Brit in Brooklyn blogger Adrian Kinloch, shows just how nice a photo of compromised street signs can be. It’s from Flatbush and 6th Avenue and has clearly seen better days.

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Tags: Prospect Heights · Signs Under Siege

Things Get Crappy at the Bergen Street 2/3 Station

February 29th, 2008 · 6 Comments

If you are averse to stories about mounds of crap or if you are eating breakfast, lunch or dinner, stop reading and move on to the next item. If, like us, you find such tales of shitty misfortune compelling in a weird sort of way, read on. This comes from the Park Slope Forum on […]

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Tags: Park Slope · Prospect Heights · Transportation

Bklink: Prospect Heights Mugging

February 19th, 2008 · Comments Off on Bklink: Prospect Heights Mugging

Another day, another tale of a Prospect Heights mugging. “i heard shouting (thought it was just the regular shouting that comes from washington ave side of things) but realized it was a guy saying ‘fuck you! give me my bag back’ or something to that effect. he said he got punched in the face…a few […]

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GL Street Couch Series: Dean Street Edition

February 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on GL Street Couch Series: Dean Street Edition

Our street couch series gets around. This floral print specimen comes from Dean Street in Prospect Heights and comes from our Greenpoint Correspondent. Nice.

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Do You Know Me? Sad Doggy Tale Continues

February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Do You Know Me? Sad Doggy Tale Continues

As of this morning, there are still no reports of the cute dog who was found seriously injured in Park Slope being reunited with his owner. The dog was found wearing a collar and with a leash, so he clearly belongs to someone. Still, the person who lost him and the good soul that found […]

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Tags: Animals · Park Slope · Prospect Heights

PSA, Part II: Still Seeking This Poor Guy’s Owner

February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

This is another photo of the dog that was hit by one, or possibly two, cars on Sixth Avenue and was rescued by a kind hearted passerby and taken to a vet for help. He is described as being seriously hurt. As of early this morning his owner hadn’t been found, although fliers were handed […]

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Tags: Animals · Park Slope · Prospect Heights

Meanwhile, Bullets Flying in Prospect Heights

January 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Meanwhile, Bullets Flying in Prospect Heights

Park Slope may have its mugging situation and standoffs with the cops, but Prospect Heights (which has also had a wave of muggings), had two different shooting incidents yesterday. In fact, the Prospect Heights Forum now has two different discussion threads. One for the overnight shooting. And one for the daylight shooting. The overnight shooting, […]

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Upcoming: A Chance to Talk About Parking

November 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Upcoming: A Chance to Talk About Parking

Anyone with strong feelings about parking in Park Slope or Prospect Heights might want to check out the PlaNYC Workshop On Neighborhood Parking that will be happening on Tuesday (11/27). The topics that will be covered include “community concerns about the possible impact of congestion pricing on neighborhood parking,” “parking conditions in your neighborhood” and […]

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Tags: Park Slope · Prospect Heights · Transportation

"Stoned on St. Mark’s" in Prospect Heights

October 11th, 2007 · 1 Comment

What’s with the stories of late about people getting stoned? No, not the smoking weed kind of stoned (although, we had that too), but the people throwing rocks and things at other people kind of stoned. We came across this last night on the Prospect Heights Forum at Brooklynian: On Saturday night my friend–a gentle […]

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Brooklyn Nibbles: Special Ricky’s Flatbush Edition

September 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on Brooklyn Nibbles: Special Ricky’s Flatbush Edition

1) First, Brooklyn Heights. Then, Flatbush Avenue. The Ricky’s invasion of Brooklyn is happening quickly. There was a story about in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle last week. Now, posters over at the Park Slope Forum report: On Friday I was on my way to work and was getting off the bus at the Bergen subway […]

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Tags: Brooklyn Nibbles · Flatbush Avenue · Prospect Heights

A Prospect Heights Historic District Soon?

September 21st, 2007 · Comments Off on A Prospect Heights Historic District Soon?

Will a Prospect Heights Historic District be created soon? There’s no timetable, but the disrict is said to be “at the top of the list” of ones the Landmarks Preservation Commission is considering. The news was conveyed by Atlantic Yards Report: The Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC), with the assistance of the Municipal Art […]

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Terrier Menaced by Skateboard & What’s Up With Bicyclists?

September 7th, 2007 · 7 Comments

It’s hard to know what to make of these two items that we came across in discussions at the Daily Heights, but we certainly noticed them. First, the one about the skateboarders. Then, the one about the bicyclist: Terriers Beware: Light-Skinned Asian Skateboarders in BoCoCa I for one think that skateboarders can reach speeds of […]

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Tags: Carroll Gardens · Prospect Heights

Take the Municipal Art Society Prospect Heights Walking Tour

August 29th, 2007 · Comments Off on Take the Municipal Art Society Prospect Heights Walking Tour

If you’re unfamiliar with the neighborhood that could end up standing in the shadows of Bruce Ratner and Frank Gehry’s Atlantic Yards towers, you owe yourself a get acquainted tour of Prospect Heights. Via No Land Grab, we found news of a great tour being offered by the Municipal Art Society on Saturday, September 15 […]

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Artists Evicting Tenants in Prospect Heights

August 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

It’s really short notice, because the rally to protest these eviction takes place at noon today, but the story itself is one worth noting on any day of the week at any time. The specific issue is the “owner-use” eviction of four rent-stabilized tenants at 533 Bergen Street in Prospect Heights. (The story was covered […]

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Check Out a Taste of Prospect Heights on June 2

May 27th, 2007 · Comments Off on Check Out a Taste of Prospect Heights on June 2

Here’s a chance to eat and support students at P.S. 9 in Prospect Heights. The event is “A Taste of Prospect Heights” and it will be held on Saturday, June 2, on St. Marks Ave between Vanderbilt and Underhill, and in the P.S. 9 school yard. More than a dozen local restaurants–including Christie’s Jamaican Patties, […]

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"Rumor is Confirmed": Beyonce Buys at Richard Meier’s Grand Army Plaza Bldg

May 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on "Rumor is Confirmed": Beyonce Buys at Richard Meier’s Grand Army Plaza Bldg

After Curbed first reported a “rumor” that Beyonce might have bought an apartment at Richard Meier’s glassy On Prospect Park, GL has been told by a knowledgeable source that it’s for real. A Curbed commenter had noted yesterday that Beyonce bought a two-bedroom apartment at the Meier building. Yesterday evening, GL received an email from […]

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Sakura Matsuri: The Slideshow

April 30th, 2007 · Comments Off on Sakura Matsuri: The Slideshow

myspace graphicsA little slideshow from the Sakura Matsuri Festival this weekend at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. If this doesn’t work for you, you can head over to our flickr slideshow by clicking here.

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