Greenpoint
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New & Noteworthy: NYCStalled.com
Filed under: 11205, 11206, 11207, 11211, 11222, 11237, Bed-Stuy, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, Bloomblight, Bronx, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Bushwick Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, East Williamsburg Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Greenpoint Brooklyn, Greenpoint Magic, Manhattan, New York City, Queens, Staten Island, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Brooklyn
At long last, a site documenting the other side of the New York City real estate boom! As you can see in the above screencap, north Brooklynites, our area is quite red. The mad genius behind this endeavor writes (in an email entitled “Weekly updates of stalled construction sites in NYC”):
You may be interested in this website…
To wit I replied:
Ha! This is awesome!!! Who do I send updates/images to???
Check out this roster of Bloomblight for yourself, north Brooklynites—and perhaps bring it to the attention of your elected officials?
Coming To Bedford Stuyvesant: Williamsburg Winery
During my peregrinations today I stopped by this store in the hope of getting a much needed snack. But alas it was not to be: a winery cometh to Bedford Stuyvesant and its name is Williamsburg. Given the current trend I prognosticate Clinton Hill will qualify as Williamsburg in 2014.
Williamsburg Winery
Open Date: t.b.a
686 Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
Urban Artifact: Hart Street
In Bedford Stuyvesant they have dinosaurs— and they have middle fingers!
Spotted At 331 Greene Avenue: (Words Fail Me, Pictures Aren’t Much Better)
While I and my walking companion du jour, a really amazing man named Dennis*, took in these missives a number of passerby and even motorists paused to take note. As you can see this fellow (?) has a lot on his mind.
Damn.
*Who was recently the subject of a pretty good article in the New York Times’s City Room. Do give it a read!
Bed-Stuy Photo du Jour: Sanford Street
Filed under: 11205, Bed-Stuy, Bed-Stuy Brooklyn, Stuff That Makes Miss Heather Happy
Taken March 17, 2012.
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