http://brooklynian.com/forum/tags/barclays-center en-US Wed, 22 May 2013 21:31:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://brooklynian.com/forum/search.php http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/where-to-go-for-dinner-on-mothers-day-in-brooklyn-moms-entree-12-off-at-melt#post-768032 Sat, 11 May 2013 13:29:47 +0000 Jack Krohn 768032@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>My wife and I periodically go to Melt, mostly for brunch. We've always had positive experiences with the food and service. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/where-to-go-for-dinner-on-mothers-day-in-brooklyn-moms-entree-12-off-at-melt#post-768021 Sat, 11 May 2013 01:20:29 +0000 mp 768021@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>There are many places to go for brunch or dinner but Melt on bergen street <a href="http://www.meltnyc.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.meltnyc.com</a> is offering a Free glass of champagne to all moms for brunch and for dinner, moms entree is 1/2 off. When you have a family of 6 or more, its hard to find a restaurant that will have a table ready for a big group. There is rarely a wait on tables for large groups at 8pm during the week. Since it is located near the 2/3 bergen street train stop and 2 blocks from Barclays Center, it is a great meeting spot for drinks at the bar especially during happy hour. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-763003 Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:57:58 +0000 homeowner 763003@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>This happened deeper into bed-stuy, but still seems part of a trend of shootings/muggings in central Brooklyn</p> <p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/man_gunned_down_in_bed_stuy_ErqlnoKvLF0ypz8LUJRVjO">Man Gunned Down in Bed-Stuy</a> </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762962 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:03:13 +0000 Yellowcat 762962@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>yep will do thank you </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762957 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:52:56 +0000 whynot_31 762957@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Yellowcat, I would suggest walking around various neighborhoods at various times of the day, and talking to lots of bored people in Laundromats in order to determine whether you wish to move and where. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762955 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:39:50 +0000 Yellowcat 762955@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>thank you so much for your responses! while I understand that I am not in the safest area, I love the area during the day and I like my apartment. However at night, especially on thurdsdays and fridays, its another story. Since i live right next to the c train at clinton washington I felt safer knowing that i would not have a long walk home at night but now it looks like my particular street is having the problems. I have lived here for three years and there have never been any shootings. Then, in the last three weeks there have been two. Yes it's the all night deli, and the club, and the all night diner, and the men who congregrate on the streets. But before I felt okay dealing with it.... no that guns are most obviously involved and present, I'm not so comfortable. </p> <p>Does anyone know how Propsect Heights is? I wouldn't want to move into another area with the same problems. What about on St Johns Place between Underhill Ave and Washington? Is that too close to Crown Heights?</p> <p>I have heard that it is an older population - as opposed to the 20-40 year old men drinking on the streets that i am used to. </p> <p>thanks so much for your help! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762836 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:02:28 +0000 Jack Krohn 762836@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>While any murder is disturbing, the neighborhood has definitely grown safer over the years. Like you, I used to live near a location that attracted fights, noise, bums, thugs, etc. All-night delis tend to attract the bottom feeders and, since this will only change if the deli goes out of business (unlikely), the best bet is to consider moving, if possible. I did so and my quality of life has improved. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762829 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 13:57:33 +0000 the collection next door 762829@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>there have always been shootings here - this is not new. so...i guess i'm saying nothing has changed, why the new concern? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/fort-greeneclinton-hill-safety-recent-shootings#post-762815 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:36:44 +0000 Yellowcat 762815@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Does anyone feel less safe in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill thanks to the two recent shootings on Fulton and Vanderbilt? I have lived in the area for five years, almost three on Fulton near where the two shootings took place, but am concerned about staying in the area because of the recent crime. I know that the 24 hour diner, bar and bodega do not help and late-night drunken fights are per usual in the area (thus I try to stay inside). But the shooting on December 17th happened to a man who simply walked off the c train and the shooting last early morning happened (although I'm not believing the reporting fuly) to a man protecting his girlfriend in the diner. These are things that can "happen to anyone." </p> <p>FYI, I am a single white female who has grown to just accept th cat-calling, verbal harassment and threat of muggings. However gun shots are another thing entirely. Is anyone else thinking of moving? </p> <p>Also, I used to feel safer about the fact that I was so close to the c train at Clinton Washington, so that I did not have to walk in the dark residential streets alone at night if I am coming home at 11 or 12 at night (doesn't happen too often) but now of course the problem seems to be the Fulton street between Clinton and Vanderbilt, only! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/airtraffic#post-760029 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:21:35 +0000 homeowner 760029@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p><a href="http://www.panynj.gov/airports/lga-airport-flight-monitor.html">Airport Flight Monitor</a><br /> Try using this to see what's going on with traffic </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/airtraffic#post-760028 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 10:13:24 +0000 steveo 760028@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>It's because of the basketball arena! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/airtraffic#post-760024 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:32:15 +0000 charlynn306 760024@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I live in the boerum hill area, and I cant help but notice the surge in airtraffic particularly in the early AM hours. what gives??? has anyone else noticed this? </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743810 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 21:03:29 +0000 Brooklyn Banter 743810@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Thanks for the responses! Keep 'em coming! </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743617 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:36:05 +0000 whynot_31 743617@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Outside the arena, some locals will sell bootleg t-shirts to the crowds. They will play cat and mouse with the police.</p> <p>I also expect one of our local grocery cart pushers to get dibs on recycling the cans left in the parking lot. Those guys know all the supers on my block. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743613 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:08:40 +0000 Boygabriel 743613@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Jobs will technically be created. The question is whether this was the most efficient way to spend PUBLIC money to create jobs.</p> <p>The answer is a massive and obvious NO. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743608 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:08:20 +0000 danaeo 743608@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Tickets sales, administration, operations and accounting are already filled by the current Nets employees, most of whom will continue to carry on their work in Brooklyn. Many of these jobs, like accounting and ticket sales, do not need to happen on site anyway. It's also in management's interest to keep on their experienced staff. </p> <p>What's left are jobs like maintenance, vendors, security that will provide seasonal, part-time, hourly wage work when arena events are happening. Aside from the larger question of whether all the subsidies were worth creating these jobs, there are practical questions that we still don't have information about less than a year before the arena opens:</p> <p>How will the jobs be advertised?<br /> Will priority be given to residents in the surrounding neighborhoods?<br /> Who will manage outreach and hiring? And will it be done in a way that reaches out to a large demographic or just to people connected to the CBA signatories?</p> <p>The same type of questions apply to the first residential building that is supposed to begin construction after the new year. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743607 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:48:54 +0000 homeowner 743607@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I think that the vast majority of the Nets management folks will move with the jobs. People like sales staff, accountants, lawyers and all the front office folks won't give up jobs in an industry its just too hard to break into. Those staffers have been preparing literally for years for the move to Brooklyn, so its not going to be that much of an adjustment for them other than figuring out how to do the commute without a car. The stadium administration jobs will come, but some of those are already being filled by current FCR staff who will transition over after the stadium is complete. The vast majority of the jobs will be low wage, low skilled non-union jobs. There will be hundreds of folks competing for a handful of jobs that allow them to sell t-shirts made in China or direct the flow of pedestrian traffic. There are a bunch of economists that study this regularly and its the same situation everywhere. The economic development aspects of stadiums are limited at best and the majority of the benefits accrue to a very narrow swath of folks, usually those that own the companies that contract out for things like security, and catering, Very little benefit passes through to the job holders and instead stays with team owners and arena operators. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743605 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:15:38 +0000 bohuma 743605@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>I think that there will be work created at the stadium. There will be a management office with the gamut of sales people, administration and accounting. There will also be maintenance staff to keep everything working, people to clean the stadium and when events are actually happening there will be security, crowd controllers, vendors, cater waiters etc. How many of these will be locals is a matter of conjecture. Some will be, some won't. Some will be recruited from outside Brooklyn but will buy/rent somewhere in Brooklyn to cut their commute.</p> <p>What I am concerned about is the influx of cars during Nets games. The Nets are currently based in NJ and can be expected to have a large contingent of fans resident in NJ. As a more suburban community, NJ has a higher proportion of car owners than NYC. If you are a Nets fan living in NJ, and you have a car in the garage, are you really going to take a NJ Transit train to Penn Station, then change to a 2/3 subway to Atlantic Ave to get to the game, or are you going to drive? I think a lot of fans will drive, and most people look for free parking before they decide to pay $20 to $30 to park for a few hours, so I think the streets surrounding the Barclays Center and any nearby subway station will be jammed with cars. I just hope that NYPD Traffic get out in force and ticket and tow the illegally parked cars, but they won't because the city will bow to pressure from the stadium owners to go easy on their patrons. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743572 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:42:33 +0000 Idlewild 743572@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>It's not a matter of me supporting or not supporting the arena. It's going up and will be in service. I'm going by NYC sports team history. Why have most teams moved out of NYC? Better offers, tax rates and more money to be made in other cities and states.My guess is NYS &amp; NYC will sue to prevent the move and will lose. At the most a ridiculous settlement will be made in the Nets' favor. Ratner is going to make a killing in the end. </p> http://brooklynian.com/forum/park-slope/do-you-think-the-barclays-center-will-create-jobs-for-brooklyn-locals#post-743569 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:32:23 +0000 Brooklyn Banter 743569@http://brooklynian.com/forum/ <p>Thanks Idlewild for your comment. I've heard of many people in favor of the center, so I appreciate your thoughts. Why do you believe the Nets will move on in 10 years? </p>