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Introducing The New York Loft Hostel!
I happened across this flier at the Northside Pharmacy today while running errands. After recoiling from yet another gratuitous use of the grossly over-used term loft, all I could muster in the way of a response was What the fuck?!? As soon I got home I looked at their web site. What I found was quite interesting. Amenities include:
- Free Internet
- Free parking
- Free cable television
- Free long distance calling
- A 2,000 square foot garden replete with jacuzzi and pool is promised in the future
- Manufacturing space for upstairs and downstairs neighbors
Well, I actually learned point #6 by checking out the Department of Buildings’s web site. I guess at $25.00 a night this is a pretty good deal. Unless of course someone beats you senseless at the conveniently located Morgan Avenue stop of the L and steals your wallet.
Miss Heather
P.S.: Check out their advertisement on Craigslist! They’ve lowered it to $19.00 a night! WHAT A DEAL!
Lest the previous has been pulled you can see it by clicking here.
From The Greenpoint Grapevine
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
I have it on reliable intelligence that the owners of Jack O’Neills (wishing to go back to Ireland) have placed the business up for sale. In fact, I was told it has been on the market for some time. I have no idea what they are asking in the way of a price for this beautifully appointed business but I suspect it might be a tough sell given there are currently six bars on Franklin Street with another two in the works. That makes eight drinking establishments on this street. Nine if you include the Greenpoint Coffeehouse. Yikes!
Miss Heather
Question Of The Day
Filed under: Williamsburg
Let’s pretend for a moment that you are organizing an event at McCarren Park. In this case, Slacro Fest “an eco-conscious fundraiser with all proceeds going to support The Mindfulness Challenge”. You want to get the word out, so you print out a bunch of fliers— and I mean a BUNCH of them. Now it is time to get the word out. You can:
- Post them in the usual places, e.g.; on light poles, fire alarms, storefronts, etc.
- Staple them on trees surrounding McCarren Park
- Both of the above.
If you picked 3 you are absolutely correct, albeit it not environmentally so!
This flier graces a tree on Bedford Avenue.
This flier graces a tree on North 12th Street.
As does this one…
and this one.
Perhaps I am splitting hairs here, but this strikes me as being decidedly NON eco-friendly behavior.
Just a thought.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Hospital To Get A Facelift?
Earlier this week I finally got around to going to Cooper Park. Of all the parks in the Greenpoint vicinity it is by far my favorite. Not only has it been beautifully restored, but its public lavatories is by far the finest to be had hereabouts. There is always an ample supply of toilet paper and the facilities are clean. But I digress.
As I was walking down Maspeth Avenue I noticed the Greenpoint Hospital (which is located across the a street) has been given the Christo treatment.
I was pretty bummed out that the beautiful facade of this building is now concealed. On the other hand if this building is getting a top-to-bottom overhaul, I think this is terrific news! My only question is: What will it be used for? Per the Department of Buildings, it will be “community facility” with parking to accommodate seven cars. The fact St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation now calls the site of the former outpatient annex home definitely lends some credence to this.
It should also be noted that a large number of vehicles for the New York City Department of Homeless Services grace the premises. Perhaps this will be a support center for the unhoused? I suppose only time will tell. In any case I suspect I speak for many when I say I am dying to know what the future will hold for this terrific old complex and will be delighted to see it finally restored to some semblance of its former glory!
Miss Heather
Subway Photo du Jour: Mamma Mia!
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Oh look, she has her father’s eyes. We all have someone from the Queens-bound platform of the Crosstown Local at Greenpoint Avenue to thank for saving us ten bucks (and listening to A LOT of ABBA). As you can clearly see, Dexter is Sophie’s father.
Miss Heather
PHOTO CREDIT: Mr. Heather
Great Moments In Urban Planning, Volume I
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Yesterday my buddy Kevin over at Forgotten New York emailed me a question. It was regarding a post on Streetsblog and read as follows:
Is Manhattan Ave the right place for a bike lane, as busy as it is?
And here is my answer: second only to perhaps McGuinness Boulevard or the BQE, Manhattan Avenue is one of the worst places imaginable to have a bike lane. Here is why.
This is the intersection of Green Street and Manhattan Avenue. Green Street is a popular thoroughfare for motorists (many of whom are cabbies) to turn around and head back to the Pulaski Bridge. While annoying, the added traffic is not the problem. Rather, it is the general reluctance on the part of motorists to obey the law. As a result I have seen many an accident come to pass here. If it has legs or wheels you can rest assured it has been thoroughly pulverized by some miscreant-on-wheels running this stop sign. Follows are a few that things that have been hit at this intersection by negligent motorists:
- One subcompact car
- One tractor trailer hauling construction materials
- A dog
- A bicyclist
- A child
Of incidental interest, here are a few things I have seen transpire where this bike lane will be installed.
- One crazy-ass dude being tazered repeatedly by the police.
- Some drunk guy passed out in the street. The locals, being acclimatized to this sort of thing, placed a street cone in front of this chap and called 311.
And now we are to have a bike lane here? Why doesn’t the city charge a bounty on bicyclists or host some Death Race 2000-esque type of event at this intersection instead? The end result will pretty much be the same.
I know what some of you are thinking: Why not call 311 and complain about people blowing through this intersection? I HAVE. After almost being hit myself. Once I even went to the trouble of complaining to a meter maid present writing a ticket. In both cases absolutely nothing was done. Until our city decides to enforce the rules of the road (for motorists and bicyclists) I see no viable reason why a bike lane should be installed on Manhattan Avenue. Franklin Street (which already has a bicycle lane)* is a much safer alternative.
What’s more, putting a bicycle lane in the path of a bus route strikes me as being downright idiotic. B43 bus service is bad enough as is, why make it worse?
Miss Heather
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Greenpoint Photo du Jour: Freeman Street
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
I would like some leather restraints with my granite counter tops please!
Miss Heather
Construction Site du Jour: Location, Location, Location
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Anyone who has worked in real estate for any appreciable amount of time will tell you the key to selling a property is its location.
This is why I find the above property (which is located at 214 Green Street) so fascinating: it is located on a corner many would consider less than desirable. Or would they?
If you want to, say, catch a cab or gas up your car this condominium cannot be beat!
What’s more, the tenant of the first floor will not even need to own a vacuum cleaner. He or she can simply reach out the window, pop in a few quarters and viola clean apartment!
Miss Heather
Williamsburg Photo du Jour: The Shocking Difference
Filed under: Williamsburg
From Devoe Street.
Miss Heather
Greenpoint Bike du Jour: Nasty On Noble
Filed under: Greenpoint Magic
Wanna sit on this seat?
Miss Heather
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