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Summerhill Bar on Gothamist
whynot_31 on August 23
2nd fatal stabbings within 3 blocks, and 5 hours. Eastern Pkwy and Schenectady. June 11, 12:20 AM
whynot_31 on August 23
Former temple (now Baptist Church) at 552 - 556 Prospect Place to be razed
whynot_31 on August 23
Posturing, planning, conversation and positioning begins re: J'ouvert 2017
whynot_31 on August 23
951 Dean Street - What is it?
whynot_31 on August 23

NW corner of Franklin & Union: Crow Bar
specifically directy @ Mr. Whynot:you know the rumor you posted that a sizeable entity was interested in the corner shops, provided the bodega was willing to vacate?just walked by last nite-- they've moved to president street.and speculation in 3,2,......

5.3K views 111 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 31Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
265 Rogers (at Carroll) to become a shelter
132 families will fit in this building? https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170301/crown-heights/new-homeless-shelter-crown-heights-mayor-first-of-90

768 views 40 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 29Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Fears that either the Crown Heights Library, or the Brower Park library will be sold.
http://citizensdefendinglibraries.blogspot.com/2017/02/bpl-proposing-to-sell-crown-heights.html

514 views 32 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 28Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
These two houses on Sullivan Place will become about 20 apartments
262 Sullivan Place and 264 Sullivan Place share a common wall, and each has their own driveway. They are being marketed as one property. They are likely to be torn down, and replaced by a building with about 20 apartments. The houses are between Rogers and Nostrand. ...

1.1K views 21 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by uglyfloorlamp March 28Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
State owned land into housing?
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170309/crown-heights/vital-brooklyn-cuomo-funding-healthcare-affordable-housing

Pretty big announcement here! Can we speculate what these properties that will be turned into 3,000 units of affordable housing are?

193 views 6 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 25Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Participatory Budget Vote Week - March 27 - April 1
Be sure to VOTE March 25 - April 2. PS 705 (St. Marks & Classon) will be a voting location and any resident of District 35, 14 years old and older, can vote (no id required)! Or you can vote on-line: Also vote online at 33 views 0 comments 0 points Started by keribberi March 24 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
March 25, the Crown Heights talent show.

40 views 0 comments 0 points Started by whynot_31 March 22 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
FREE Know Your Rights Immigrant Workshop

30 views 0 comments 0 points Started by keribberi March 22 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Illegal construction at 565 St. John's
Anyone live in or near 565 St. John's? It's visible to us from our backyard on Sterling Place. Workers have been adding two floors to the four-story structure since last fall. It's quite a sight, as the structure is very skinny, and the two extra floors make it look rather like a medieval tower ...

1.3K views 19 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 20Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Bloggers Behaving Badly Meetup
If you're a travel blogger (or aspiring/ novice blogger) and would like to meet other bloggers to discuss guest blogging/ collaboration/ syndication, join us at our Bloggers Behaving Badly meetup Monday, 3/20, 6-8 pm, at Electropositive (co-working space) 639 Classon Avenue, Brooklyn NY(near Dean St. next door to Friends & Lovers). Free.

For more information, just show ...

42 views 0 comments 0 points Started by travelriter March 17 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Center for Court Innovation: SOS CH is Effective at Reducing Gun Violence
Any study written by a parent, about their child, should be read with a skeptical eye. That said, here is a just released (Jan 23, 2012) study conducted by Center for Court Innovation, the parent of SOS Crown Heights. First, I'll give you a short press release. Then, I'll give you ...

178 views 4 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 16Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
The 77th Pct appears to have broken up a dog fighting ring
http://nypdnews.com/2017/03/brooklyn-detectives-rescue-dog-from-cruelty-guns-recovered-man-arrested/

170 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 13Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Happy Purim ...a holiday celebrated with enthusiasiam by the local Lubavitch

128 views 4 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 13Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
115 Kingston (near Bergen) to become a restaurant
[quote]The owner of Basil Pizza & Wine Bar, an upscale dairy restaurant in Crown Heights, plans to open an sister restaurant that will serve fleishigs. After speaking with Daniel Branover, the owner of Basil, we can now confirm that the rumors are true. Branover said the new restaurant will be named ‘Meat.’ It will be ...

2.1K views 50 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by srcon346 March 12Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Crown Heights south of EP is apparently a rat resevoir
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Rat-Disease-Death-New-York-City-Leptospirosis-Reservoir-Investigation-Bronx-I-Team-Health-Department-415486463.html?_osource=SocialFlowFB_NYBrand

Walking on Empire near the fast food junction at Flatbush I can testify that there are dozens and dozens of rats late at night at least as far down as Bedford. And not just the kind that run away, the bold kind that you might accidentally kick or will run straight over your foot.

223 views 3 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by yesbrooklyn March 11Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Franklin Avenue bike lane news
Brooklyn CB 9 approves Franklin Ave. bike lane running from Eastern Pkwy to Empire Blvd. They had rejected it back in 2014.

http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2017/03/09/brooklyn-cb-committee-oks-franklin-ave-bike-lane-it-rejected-in-2014/

179 views 6 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by uglyfloorlamp March 10Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Eyes are again on the M-1 zone in Crown Heights
http://www.wnyc.org/story/places-new-york-where-you-cant-build-highrises/ ...the zone is quickly evolving from a manufacturing uses (ie auto body repair) to commercial and entertainment Photo: Brownstoner

2.5K views 36 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 10Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Changes proposed to Atlantic between Classon and Nostrand
https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20170309/bed-stuy/rezoning-atlantic-avenue-m1-1-zone-zoning-changes-crown-heights-bed-stuy Now is a great time to own a lot there!

109 views 0 comments 0 points Started by whynot_31 March 10 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
708 Washington Ave (formerly Mason and Mug) is becoming Mexican
"But when that restaurant unexpectedly and unceremoniously shuttered last month, fans were left wondering just where exactly they were supposed to get their guasmole and salsa borracha fix. Now they have an answer, as Chavez will open El Atoradero Brooklyn, a new, more ambitious restaurant at 708 Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights, in late September." http://www.grubstreet.com/2015/07/el-atoradero-reopening.html

4.1K views 40 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by Vanderbilly March 9Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Fire at 321 Eastern Parkway (near Franklin) 9:40 PM, March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/FDNYAlerts/status/839667642805932034

253 views 2 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 8Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Huge # of firetrucks and emergency vehicles blasting thru the neighborhood
Does anyone have any idea what the heck is going on? There seem to be dozens and dozens of fire trucks and emergency vehicles blasting down Eastern Pkwy (i believe) for the past 20 minutes or so. (945pm Wed)

105 views 1 comment 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 8Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Some nice news.
This is a really nice story. Glad to see a local nursing home do the right thing and even nicer that the patient's family members are a part of their care team etc.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/100-year-old-women-centenarians-birthday-party-crown-heights-Crown-Heights-center-nursing-home-rehabilitation--415575933.html

130 views 1 comment 0 points Jump to most recent comment by MOD March 7Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
For those who don't desire a one year lease or their own apartment: Co-Living
http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/07/16/co-living-startup-common-raises-7-3m-in-series-a/ I am interested in seeing how successful this model works in Crown Heights. It really serves young people who are fresh out of college well. I believe the units come with basic furnishings, so one only needs their own clothing and laptop. Another benefit: Potential dating pool lives within building.

1.4K views 54 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by BrooklynNavyYard March 7Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Something is happening in 634 Park Place (near Franklin)
This was briefly the site of Park Place Cafe. It closed a while ago, after the DOH realized that it never went thru the ordeal of getting its kitchen inspected, or registering with them.

It seems to have sat vacant since approximately Jan 2014. http://www.yelp.com/biz/park-place-coffee-new-york?sort_by=date_desc

However, today it seems the place is finally ...

1.6K views 17 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 5Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
689 Washington Ave , corner of Washington and Prospect PL
Hi, just passed by 689 Washington Ave and saw some people doing some construction work at this late 9.30ish pm. Just wondering what's gonna be there.

859 views 11 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 5Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Shooting on March 2, on St. John's near Ralph

107 views 4 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 March 4Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Now for lease: 678 Franklin Avenue, presently Bombay Masala
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/19873198/678-Franklin-Avenue-Brooklyn-NY/I suspect they were dragged under in part by their failed Mexican bar - restaurant - hookah lounge, Vicentes

1.2K views 23 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by whynot_31 February 28Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
What else?
I've been in this neighborhood for a while now, I'm proud to call Crown Heights my home. I love seeing all that has changed and progressed throughout my tenure here. Franklin ave transforming before my eyes and now Nostrand catching up. I keep hearing about supermarkets (bigger chains) and restaurants coming in. All this and ...

1K views 35 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by uglyfloorlamp February 27Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Meeting re Proposed Homeless Shelter in Crown Heights (1173 Bergen Street at NY Ave)
Community Board No. 8 Invites You To An Informational Meeting on the proposed Homeless Shelter at 1173 Bergen Street for 100 ...

89 views 0 comments 0 points Started by crownheightster February 27 Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Where we are suppose to eat
This blog states the places it believes are yummy in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights. https://www.theinfatuation.com/new-york/guides/crown-heights-prospect-heights-restaurants

819 views 5 comments 0 points Jump to most recent comment by zzy February 26Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens

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