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August 13, 2008
Retail advice
So I landed a possible retail space in a PRIME Brooklyn location. I won't say where as its not public info yet. Its about 500 sq ft. The rent is 3K. Key money for a 5 year lease is under 100K. Is 6 bucks a sq ft for prime Brooklyn retail a deal these days? I haven't owned a store in 20 years. Thanks
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And if this were in Soho or Nolita or Tribeca, it'd be sold, in cash in 3 minutes. No one would complain about light, guaranteed.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at December 1, 2008 12:59 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 111 Hicks Railroad Loft
In 6 months to 2 years, we won't be doing QOTD we'll be doing " Realistic Price of the day" .
I say fair price, even withstanding light issues.
Lets see more.....! Here comes the price lowering trend.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at December 1, 2008 12:47 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 111 Hicks Railroad Loft
The fundamentals of this economy are essentially strong.
peh.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at December 1, 2008 11:45 AM in response to Update on 20 Henry
Have there been studies as to the median family income spending this kind of money? And HOW they spend it?
I'm picturing a family with a median yearly income under 40K spending $375 all on credit cards.
I was at Best Buy in Bay Ridge on Sunday and saw LOTS of 2, 3, 4 thousand dollar flat screen TVs going out the door with families that were ringing sales up on credit cards.
Does this +3% we are being told really amount to much or is it just your standard holiday season social engineering?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at December 1, 2008 10:08 AM in response to Big Discounts Get Shoppers Out of Bed
Saying " Bad picture, Great apartment" is a real estate office's way of saying " We're too unprofessional and lazy to take 10 minutes to take some photos but give us 15% anyways!".
Bravo, Vita Realty !
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 28, 2008 11:54 AM in response to Friday Links
Geez, Lisa...are you joking?
Nice photo, though.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 26, 2008 5:03 PM in response to Closing Bell: Prospect Park's Wild Turkey
jfss-
If you read my post as well as my response to Vinca, you'll see that you and I are in agreement for the most part. Also, I think you've misread a bit.
First off, I came to the area in 1983 after my Dad bought an building in Boerum Hill. I live here, taking care of him as he's become disabled. So I know the area for over 25 years. I do remember Carroll Gardens and although hardly the ghetto Boerum Hill was it was not that nice. And Smith Street WAS dangerous and to say it wasnt unsafe is just plain wrong. I'm not one of the precious entitled ones. I've been here just like you. I've been mugged, our building has been broken into and I've dealt with my fair share of crap, even in olden days Carroll Gardens you refer to.
One place we actually agree is that I too believe that its just business and that its the market that sets the price. That is the whole point that I was trying to get to Vinca in the first place. Read her post then read mine.
As far as the Italians I denigrate, I don't. I have shopped and supported all of the local vendors from day one that I arrived and do to this day. But it took a good 5-10 years for me to get on a 1st name basis in the shops and to this day, non Italians are scowled at.
I will disagree. Ask any old timer where the families are and they themselves will agree that most moved their families to the suburbs because the city was a rotten place to raise kids. Sure a few stayed but the middle generation, know in the 40s with kids live elsewhere. If they stayed you'd see the local schools filled up with more Italian kids. Now its a split down the middle, yuppies and project kids.
" You didn't discover CG; the natives have always known about it."
I never claimed I did. This is my 25th year in Brooklyn and my 46th year in NYC.
" Maybe if you built relationships instead of grievances you might be happier here."
I've built many but I know that SOME people that have no interest in building a relationship with my kind.
" There seems to be a lot of misinformed ranting around here lately and it's getting tedious."
I was thinking the same of you.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 25, 2008 9:38 AM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
Sorry, Sam...I was still stuck on my Carroll Gardens diatribe.
-Downtown- Brooklyn? Yeah, Newark works for me.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 9:14 PM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
No, Sam.
Downtown Brooklyn is looking more like suburban California.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 8:52 PM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
Message for Vinca and for Cobblehiller-
You are missing a HUGE part of the story. Lets look at Carroll Gardens. You mention the realtors and the greed. Do you realize that the MAJORITY of realtors in the area are all owned and run by old school, been here for generation LOCALS? There are only a handful of newcomers as far as real estate offices go. And they ALL overcharge and they ALL are greedy and they ALL are part of the problem and they ALL carry the guilt.
A question for Vinca: in the 60s- 80s when NYC, and Brooklyn and Carroll Gardens were truly in the toilet, where did the Italian 2nd and 3rd generations go? They moved to Bay Ridge, they moved to Jersey, they moved to Florida. The point is, the majority of them MOVED. Sure there are old timers in CG. Sure there are SOME families who have hung on but the MAJORITY of the landlords in CG and this stretch of Brooklyn are the very greedy overcharging opportunistic people you refer to. Whos selling the majority of 2.5 million dollar brownstones? Italian old timers working with Italian old timer realtors. They sell to whoever can afford the price. Vinca, you refer to a new generation of owners who SQUEEZE to barely cover costs. Lets see...do the math. A newcomer yuppie has got an 8-10K a month mortgage on a house he just bought for millions from an Italian realtor who has been in the hood for 30 years. What kind of rent do you charge? 900 a month? Is that fair? NO. That won't cut it. Get real.
And by the way, if the old timers do NOT charge market value, please cite some examples. Because it won't be ANY of the old timer realtors who do business in Carroll Gardens.
The only thing I can agree with you is that "That we far preferred our butchers, bakers and stoop-sitting neighbors " I prefer them too and am sad that my yuppie brethren have such bad taste. But the stoop sitting neighbors are usually the people that scowl at me for not being Italian and for not being born in this neighborhood.
So screw them.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 8:00 PM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
Mopar,
The What is immeasurably insecure and pathologically disturbed.
Too bad; I agree with a great deal of his opinions on the state of the economy and RE.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 6:15 PM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
Hey The What...
Now that a black man is our president, you'll have fewer reasons to blame whitey for everything. Talk about perpetuating a stereotype.
Yawn.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 5:57 PM in response to Closing Bell: There IS Someplace Like Home
Corcoran's got one: 3.8 million. Estate ready.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 3:15 PM in response to A Little Castle in South Slope/Greenwood Heights
Can you 2 get a room?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 3:04 PM in response to A Little Castle in South Slope/Greenwood Heights
Though I'm not exactly a fan of this particular building, I'd suggest a lot of a buildings appeal is context. This place wouldn't even get a 2nd glance in Cairo, Ankara, Jersusalem...hell even Barcelona.
Could you imagine how much fuss would be raised if a North Slope Brownstone Mansion were plunked down in the center city of Tangier?
Context...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 24, 2008 1:24 PM in response to A Little Castle in South Slope/Greenwood Heights
That last picture of Babs looked like Mary Tyler Moore. Todays pic she looks like Ellen deGeneres.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 21, 2008 10:58 AM in response to Babs Corcoran "Not Worried About Real Estate Prices"
denton- 35K. Fair enough. But remember just how -awful- Clinton Hill was in 1973.
You'd likely get stabbed 35 times walking home from the subway.
Thats ~thirty~ five~ times.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 21, 2008 10:38 AM in response to Babs Corcoran "Not Worried About Real Estate Prices"
Yawn...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNmcf4Y3lGM
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 21, 2008 10:16 AM in response to Babs Corcoran "Not Worried About Real Estate Prices"
"what is the difference between someone drinking on their stoop as opposed to a diner drinking outside at a sidewalk cafe?"
I'm very much in support of the stoop drinker and am just as guilty as he is, though wine is my drink of choice. HOWEVER, the difference with restaurants is that restaurants pay HUGE fees to do outdoor dining. Its in the 10s of thousands depending on the space.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 21, 2008 10:05 AM in response to Stoop Drinking Still Illegal
"is it me, or do most indian restaurants' menus have that one item that is "too difficult to explain?""
Perhaps, but this place actually has "too difficult to explain" written on the menu under the item.
My explanation? Its delicious and I could eat 6 of them if they all fit into my stomach. Damn those are good.
Its difficult to explain...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 20, 2008 3:21 PM in response to Baluchi's Opens for Business
Like I advised yesterday:
"Those Con Ed scammers, IDT came to my door. I knew who they were. I let them and sat them down. Then I proceeded to talk gibberish and stripped down to my underwear. I put on some opera, asked them if they liked opera and walked to the kitchen to open a can of spaghettios.
They soon left."
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 20, 2008 2:45 PM in response to ESCOS Energy Scam: The Flyer
Those Con Ed scammers, IDT came to my door. I knew who they were. I let them and sat them down. Then I proceeded to talk gibberish and stripped down to my underwear. I put on some opera, asked them if they liked opera and walked to the kitchen to open a can of spaghettios.
They soon left.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 4:49 PM in response to Wednesday Blogwrap
To be fair, Biff, their brunch at one point was their peak. Way back when they opened, the brunch was excellent, even with the "dirty, grimy charm" .
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 12:56 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
um...buechler
Walking in without a reservation is how everyone does it.
They don't -take- reservations.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 12:42 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
"The dirt and grit was part its charm."
Agreed there. I'll eat off a barn floor if the food is good.
But the food SUCKED.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 12:20 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Shes got a Mary Tyler Moore look I jut can't resist.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 11:41 AM in response to Babs Still Bullish on Brooklyn
DIBS,
Understood on her no longer being part of the company, but still....guilt by association.
Agreed on GILF, non lurking.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 11:03 AM in response to Babs Still Bullish on Brooklyn
The idea that Barbara Corcoran is bullish on Brooklyn is as predictable and obvious as could be. Next on the newsfront, the sun rises in the morning!
Yes, Karka, she does look tired.
Tired of lying, tired of falsely inflating the market, tired of being "part of the problem".
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 19, 2008 10:52 AM in response to Babs Still Bullish on Brooklyn
"Yeah this house is all over Crown Heights for 800K.. Just hit Dean Street and Brooklyn Ave."
No.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 18, 2008 4:33 PM in response to Closing Bell: 315 Garfield Place, The Movie
Wow!
"Slope's" covers it all: a bistro, a restaurant AND a Bar and Grill!
Restaurant naming department:
Fail.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 18, 2008 2:39 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Restaurant in the South Slope
Toto toilets?
That'll push the sale through...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 18, 2008 1:12 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 1 Pierrepont Street
Jebby, I'm with ya except for 2 things:
1. You've described the situation in -every- American city that once had personality and flavor. It is not Brooklyn specific. Brooklyn has become bland, homogenous and mediocre but so has the rest of the country.
2. Juniors may have been a lovely tradition and a cornerstone of the Brooklyn brand of yore but, um....the food is awful nowadays. Other than the cheesecake, I can't say the food has been anything edible since the 80s.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 17, 2008 3:44 PM in response to Quote of the Day
The fundamentals of this economy are essentially strong...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 17, 2008 11:42 AM in response to What's New at OBBP
the 6 black guys in the photo in the Times story are the only 6 black people in the whole neighborhood.
Marine Park is nice, but too much like Long Island for my tastes.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 17, 2008 10:04 AM in response to Park Slope Can't Measure Up to Marine Park
I can't be the only one one who might see a bit of collusion between the dealers and the cops?
There is a -prime- Cobble Hill block where blatant dealing goes on day and night. The reason the cops don't do anything? Its an "old school" family that have been there since the 70s. A family member has direct ties to the 76th precinct.
You don't have to go to the ghetto to find drug houses.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 17, 2008 10:02 AM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames
Heather:
"As I have learned from this blog, all you slopers smoke pot, which is conveniently delivered to your doorsteps. I think it's wrong to assume you can separate the elements of the drug trade you find convenient, while condemning the ones you do not."
Ridiculous argument. Believe me, if pot culture went hand in hand with gun culture, I'd have a huge issue with it. Guns and violence are not "elements" I can tolerate. I could give a crap if my neighbors smoke crack, meth or infant harp seals. Bring guns and ghetto bullshit to my block I have a problem.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 16, 2008 3:54 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames
Estate ready, hip area, lots of edgy cafes and boutiques nearby.
995,000
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 15, 2008 7:27 PM in response to Notorious Crackhouse at 474 Greene Avenue Up In Flames
here, a quick google on the subject-
http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-08/st_15absinthe
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 14, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Petals for Williamsburg
DIBS-
"Real" absinthe, yes -real- absinthe legally entered the market about 2 years ago. Its not the fake non wormwood distilled bs but the real thing. Got a bottle right here in my bar.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 14, 2008 11:16 AM in response to Petals for Williamsburg
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Downtown Bar and Grill on November 13, 2008 7:27 PM
We should print this thread and slip it under their doorstep.
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Downtown Bar and Grill on November 13, 2008 1:58 PM
The beer list is staggering. The vege burger IS awesome.
Everything else sucks, absolutely, completely and categorically SUCKS.
That would be: the bartenders, service, food, menu...everything.
The saltiest fries on EARTH, and I like salty fries.
Ridiculous waste of real estate this place.
Did I mention the most expensive pub grub in Brooklyn, if not NYC?
BRG-
I love Yemeni food, been eating it for most of my life and for over 20 years right on Atlantic Avenue. Agreed on Yemen cafe.
The op started with the biuzarre idea of a Yemeni Italian place.
I'd be the last person to diss Yemeni food.
But this is just bizarre.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 6:01 PM in response to Wednesday Blogwrap
denton...
Its Yemeni ITALIAN ~FUSION~ .
Even the jaded foodies like myself are perplexed by this one.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 5:38 PM in response to Wednesday Blogwrap
Good to know I started the thread with a penis reference and it hasnt graduated must past that in 3 1/2 hours.
Pretty highbrow crowd we are.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 5:34 PM in response to Streetlevel: Center of Light on Smith
And whats with Mother Divine's mustache?
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Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 3:25 PM in response to Streetlevel: Center of Light on Smith
here, Lisa:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sportin%27%20a%20Woodie
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 2:36 PM in response to Streetlevel: Center of Light on Smith
Lisa,
Good to know its fully "erect" and "sporting" a new occupant.
Are you single by chance?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 2:13 PM in response to Streetlevel: Center of Light on Smith
Hey THAL,
When you call someone a tool bag, just what does that mean? Its far more abstract than say, asshat.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 11:25 AM in response to Has the Buyers' Market Come to Brooklyn? Duh.
The fundamentals of this economy are essentially strong...
; )
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 12, 2008 11:21 AM in response to Has the Buyers' Market Come to Brooklyn? Duh.
bkny: "people over extend themselves everyday in everyway."
Not everyone. Some people make a real effort to NOT overextend themselves in any way.
Its the American materialism, greed and usury that would make you think that -everyone- overextends themselves.
But its not all of us.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 11, 2008 7:46 PM in response to Quote of the Day
bkny-
I don't find the op's comments bitter.
On the whole, though there exists a multitude of reasons why we got into the mortgage mess, at the end of the day its the fault of the home buyer. I wouldn't buy something I couldn't afford no matter what kind of snake oil was being thrown at me. I wouldn't get into an interest only or an ARM if you had a gun to my head. Again, I agree that there are many reasons it got to this place but the bottom line is with the buyer.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 11, 2008 5:47 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Can we find a Brooklyn restaurant where you can dip a waffle into a sunny side up egg and it'll actually -stay-?
Also, why just a yolk? wheres the white part? y'know...the healthy part?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 11, 2008 4:21 PM in response to Closing Bell: Hungry for Art at MetroTech
How might this affect Foragers? I doubt Peas and Pickles will feel the competition...
Is there anything else for food down there now?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 11, 2008 10:27 AM in response to Choice Atlantic Revealed!
Wheres the broker who used to call this area "edgy"?
Probably not working any more...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 10, 2008 3:31 PM in response to House of the Day: 591 Union Street
3.5 million.
Estate ready.
FAR possibilities are breathtaking.
-Corcoran
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 10, 2008 1:45 PM in response to House of the Day: 591 Union Street
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Tanoreen on November 10, 2008 1:33 PM
NsPx-
If its not the best ME food in Brooklyn PLEASE fill us in where is!!! I've had worse food in Cairo.
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Tanoreen on November 10, 2008 12:30 PM
Aside from the New York rating of "Best Cheap Eats" ( which is odd as its hardly cheap) its also recently rated Zagat's best Middle Eastern spot in all of NYC. For those of you that think you know Middle Eastern food from your visits to Zaytoons and an occasional sandwich at Bereket in the city you owe yourself the favor of going here.
It is the real deal. HUGE portions, unique and different Middle Eastern faire and authenticity abounds. BYOB.
Get on the R train, its worth the trip.
For all the people that -have- to drive into NYC. Think about it, do you -have- to drive for your commute? For the man that drives his wife to and from W'burg to the city every day. Unless she is in a wheelchair or 90 years old, is there not a subway option? My wife and I have a car. She works in the city. I work in all over the 5 boroughs. Only if I need to be in SI do either of us ever even think of commuting with the car.
I am NOT unsympathetic to those that have to drive. There are certainly tens of thousands of people, perhaps hundred of thousands of people who -have- to drive. But I have no sympathy for those that will choose to take the subway for their commute, just like the overwhelming majority of NYC commuters.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 10, 2008 9:57 AM in response to East River Bridges May Not Be Free For Long
DIBS-
Its OK. I've been confused for a religious fanatic because of my handle, a liberal because I see through the fog of corporate-politico collusion and a would be assassin because I crack a sick joke on an Internet forum.
Net confusion is rampant.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 1:45 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
DOW-
I clicked on the 5/2 link and backquoted the comments regarding the Sackett property. Its funny. I wonder how many times " I am not a broker" is written by a broker.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 1:41 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
DIBS- I know. I was quoting from a thread from May on the Sackett property.
They weren't my word, DIBS.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 1:29 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
from 5/2/08
"These are not overpriced. Get over it. I would not be surprised if Carroll Gardens and Prospect heights properties get multiple bids. And I am not a broker. Quality properties sell. Anyone who can afford 2.2 million is not affected by the economy. These are not 450000 Toll Bros. houses in a surburb of Columbus Ohio nor are they overpriced condos on 4th Ave.
HA!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 1:16 PM in response to Open House Picks: Six Months Later
Biff, I'm taking your comments as sarcasm.
A 2 minute walk to Borough Hall, perhaps by an Olympian. In a car.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 11:38 AM in response to Rental Reductions at One Brooklyn Bridge Park
agreeing with fsrq:
"The reason they will or wont sell has little to do with their aesthetics and much more to do with their price and location."
If these were in Clinton Hill, Red Hook or Gowanus at that price you'd all be coming in your pants.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 11:20 AM in response to Horror Show Friday
"you're just being a snob with :"they are the only ones with a proper answer".
-r"
Hardly being a snob. I'm saying the only people who can really tell you why they pay ridiculous amounts of money to live in that area are the ones who actually are paying it. You moved from Harlem and now live in Park Slope, right? Why did you do that? Are you paying more? Less? You'd be the only one to answer that question right?
Lets say you make enough to buy a unit in that building. Lets say you -choose- to live there. You would have your own reasons to be there, right?
How is that snobbery on my part?
Like I said, if I had that kind of dough, I could think of a multitude of other places I'd rather be but if I chose to buy there, its my decision and mine alone.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 10:56 AM in response to Rental Reductions at One Brooklyn Bridge Park
PitbullNYC:
" what gives any one person the right to say to another person that they arent allowed within a given area? what the hell IS so valueable anyway about a sterile neighborhood with no services around the serve the needy? nothing."
As far as I can tell, as long as you can afford to live in any given area, they can live there. Within 2 blocks of these very high priced condos are $800 a month rent controlled apartments people have lived in for decades. Within 10 blocks there are housing projects. And, of course, there are multi million dollar brownstones.
Where have you seen it that people arent ALLOWED to live in that area? If they can afford to live in that ridiculous, ugly monstrosity that is One Brooklyn Bridge Park, let 'em have at it.
You ask what the hell is so valuable about a sterile neighborhood with no services around that serve the needy? Ask the people that buy there. To be fair they are the only ones with the proper answer.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 7, 2008 10:45 AM in response to Rental Reductions at One Brooklyn Bridge Park
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Quercy on November 6, 2008 1:19 PM
My favorite French in Brooklyn.
Authentic and delicious food, friendly service, fair prices.
Magnifique!
If this is true then props to them. Proof that Brooklyn newcomers don't shop around much and have way too much money on their hands.
" (and billed as half a block from Brooklyn's "shopping and dining Mecca")."
Yeah, in 2001. Its also as half a block from Brooklyn's housing project mecca.
But like I said, if they truly sold through then good for them.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 6, 2008 11:23 AM in response to Baltic House Sold Out
not looking for a coastal war here but um...goldie.
Socal is not the capital of great Indian food. Lots of great food there but
there is plenty here in NY, as well as "Socal".
That is not a diss on Socal as much as the way you predicated your culinary perspective.
Now if you would have said " coming from London", I'd not say a word.
That being said, Baluchis is a chain. Average to just above average.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 5, 2008 11:11 PM in response to Baluchi's: Slow Train Coming
Carol!
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 5, 2008 7:32 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
On Smith and Degraw, there was a Baluchis that left after terrible business. Now its Provence en Boite. I guess 5th is a better prospect for them, or lower rent.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 5, 2008 7:21 PM in response to Baluchi's: Slow Train Coming
No problem, Lisa.
Haven't been to the Brooklyn Ghenet but the one in Manhattan is a wonderful spot. Great food and romantic atmosphere. Their new location is a gamble, hope they make it.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 5, 2008 9:56 AM in response to Fourth Avenue: Gentrification or Ghettoization?
Lisa,
Ghenet is an Ethiopian restaurant, not Egyptian.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 5, 2008 9:34 AM in response to Fourth Avenue: Gentrification or Ghettoization?
"more white people???
pretty funny,
well, I guess in some areas."
Since 2000, yes.
In Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights, Red Hook, PLG.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 4, 2008 4:13 PM in response to Quote of the Day
"How has Brooklyn changed so drastically since 2000?
Except for the rash of highrise condos, it seems pretty much the same to me."
Higher rents
Higher sale prices
More restaurants, retail and amenities
Less crime
Cleaner streets
Improved schools
Blogs
A Flea Market
More beards
More white people
Less Brooklyn accents
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at November 4, 2008 4:00 PM in response to Quote of the Day
funny how a guy named Jimmy Legs is calling out Jamie Knuckles....
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 30, 2008 11:35 AM in response to Brooklyn Bargains? This Week's Condo Price Cuts
The more money you have the less taste you have.
Just hire someone.
Yeah! Thats it!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 30, 2008 11:19 AM in response to Music: The Final Frontier of Outsourcing for the Home
Granite St. place
2 BR, 1 Ba and 683 sq ft.
Um, OK.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 30, 2008 11:15 AM in response to Brooklyn Bargains? This Week's Condo Price Cuts
Comparing a visit to Williamsburg with a visit to Park Slope is like comparing a visit to East Harlem and the West Village.
2 totally different neighborhoods.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 29, 2008 4:15 PM in response to Quote of the Day
DIBS,I give up. I can't win here. I'm hardly a liberal.
OK, Brownstoner and community: I hereby retract all previous comments regarding McCain.
Publicly and openly and absolutely.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 28, 2008 11:23 AM in response to The Obama Escape Clause
lechacal and DIBS,
Please...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 28, 2008 11:03 AM in response to The Obama Escape Clause
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Joya and Song on October 27, 2008 1:08 PM
"what Thai restaurant IS consistent?"
My secret.
" have a friend in town from Europe and we literally walked through and explored about 10 neighborhoods in Brooklyn this weekend."
Yeah, nothing like looking at property prices and then cutting 40% off the price.
Euro to dollar is tasty.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 27, 2008 12:33 PM in response to The Housing Crisis Has Arrived
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Joya and Song on October 27, 2008 12:10 PM
Glad to be the 1st poster here.
Can't speak for Song but my one word review for Joya is INCONSISTENT.
They can be excellent and fresh, they can be bland and uninspired, they can be disgusting even inedible.
INCONSISTENT.
Here comes several hundred denial posts....
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 27, 2008 9:14 AM in response to The Housing Crisis Has Arrived
another Thanks to Dave.
A few of us here have the skills, um...to pay the bills.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 23, 2008 1:42 PM in response to Whole Foods Can't Do It Alone (In Gowanus)
apologies due...
I found the article online and cited todays date from their ledger. My bad.
But I see my original $5 bil revenue is $6.5. But whats a bil and a 1/2 amongst good friends?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 23, 2008 12:50 PM in response to Whole Foods Can't Do It Alone (In Gowanus)
Northsloperenter-
"Do you really not understand?"
Well, actually I do understand pretty well, I think.
Here is an article, oddly enough from -today's- New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/05/15/060515crat_atlarge
And yes, I do understand how market cap differs from total revenue.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 23, 2008 12:37 PM in response to Whole Foods Can't Do It Alone (In Gowanus)
Even with Whole Foods profits losing last year and with the general economy in the tank, lets not forget that Whole Foods is a 5 billion $ company. Why they can't scramble the dosh to do this project is beyond me.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 23, 2008 10:23 AM in response to Whole Foods Can't Do It Alone (In Gowanus)
Thanks for responding without calling me an anti Semite.
I'm saying that all of the candidates exist on 1 plane and in one mindset. Do Jews -control- all 3 candidates? No.
But the game plan for all 3 is the same.
Capital, religion and our political system has a rigid set of rules. No candidate can ever stray.
AIPAC influence is merely one cog in the wheel.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 7:05 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Ironballs,
Thanks for (finally) elaborating on why Hil is different than Obama. I'm still hardly convinced.
On the morning after Obama won the nomination, 3 powerful political candidates all attended an AIPAC meeting.
AIPAC. They couldnt even rest for a day. They ALL had to be there.
Obama, Clinton and McCain. All tentacles of the same octopus.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 5:48 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Ironballs-
You have yet to explain why Hilary losing was a national DISASTER.
How is Hilary that different than Obama?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 2:40 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
East New York
There will be an election in 2009.
C'mon dude...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 1:26 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Ironballs- "It's a national disaster that Hillary lost."
Seriously? A national DISASTER?
I'm not looking for a fight and I'm not calling you a female hygiene product but how is any candidate losing a national DISASTER?
How different is Hilary from Obama or McCain in the long run?
Back to the original subject I guess...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 1:07 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
I think people who carry a thread from one that was about political parties to one that analyzes the meaning of the wprd "douche" are um, douches.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 12:55 PM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Long Tan on October 22, 2008 12:54 PM
""Grilled kangaroo salad? Only in Brooklyn."
Or Manhattan, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Paris, Barcelona, London, Melbourne.
yeah.
dave-
"PS...glad to see that someone can see out 20 years or so. We might want to employ you here at the firm for your crystal ball look into the next 12-18 months!!!"
Joke as you will but isn't the consensus here lately that a surprisingly large amount of Brownstoner readers are now looking back at The Whats predictions, once deemed outrageous and crazy, as largely accurate and for the most part, on target?
Again, you have my word I am not The What. But to suggest that America's place in the World is in anything other than a systemic and categorical decline is either ignorant, naive or blind.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 11:31 AM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
cobblehiller: "I'm not sure I have time to digest the entire history of the world in time for the apocalypse..."
Sorry, I'm speaking in hyperbole when I say apocalypse. I don't believe the world will end. But America's role as superpower global leader, global cop, global chauffer will end soon, likely in the next 20 years.
I'm not a bunkerist either. But I do live each day, not seeing much life past 20 years or so. Not in America, thats for sure.
I'll be with you in the cheese line.
; )
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 11:20 AM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
"PS, dear, what is it that you and What are seeing that I do not see...pray do tell so I can get my 'go bag' together."
Read some History of the World type books and get back to me.
Gibbons " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is a great one, if long.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 11:02 AM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
And all I ever wanted in that space was Katz's Brooklyn.
Sigh...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 10:58 AM in response to F. Martinella Finally Open
daveinbedstuy-
I can assure you I am not The What, honestly.
Also, for those who in the past have mistaken my handle for me being a religious zealot, I'm not that either. My belief in apocalypse has nothing to do with religious silliness.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 10:57 AM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Republican or Democrat, right or left...this country is over. Rome is burning, folks.
This website, this city, this country, you, me and everyone in it will cease to exist as we know it.
Soon.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 10:45 AM in response to A McCain Outpost in Blue Park Slope
Gourmet
Garage
Please
Thanks.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 22, 2008 10:39 AM in response to Supermarket After All for 200 Schermerhorn
"You spill Ragu all over barn-siding and you clean it how?"
Hot water.
Wipe.
Salt.
Corn oil.
Wipe.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 21, 2008 5:49 PM in response to Tuesday Blogwrap
That rustic kitchen spread is a joke.
If you want to do a rustic kitchen, don't include a $2,200 stove and a $1,700 armchair.
Faux-tique is one thing but this is pomo-stupid.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 21, 2008 4:42 PM in response to Tuesday Blogwrap
My point is this...
Of course, it'd be a lame move to include yourself but truth be told, for everyone that loves or hates you, you've certainly influenced municipal politics.
Lets put you at #51 and call it a day.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 21, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Influential No. 31 - 40
I feel like a shameless asskisser for saying this but wouldn't -you- fit in this Top 50 somewhere, Stoner?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 21, 2008 11:36 AM in response to Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Influential No. 31 - 40
and lets not forget that in olden days ( pre 90s ) " South" Brooklyn was considered by locals to be Atlantic Ave going south all the way to Red Hook. What is now Carroll Gardens was part of "South" Brooklyn.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 20, 2008 9:52 AM in response to North Brooklyn Safer Than South Brooklyn?
wasder- "My life has never revolved around money or even the value of real estate."
If you gave a credit card, bank account, job, rent or own an apartment, then your life has revolved around money -and- the value of real estate. Its all one big steaming cancer.
Rome is burning, folks. Obama or McCain will make no difference here.
10 years left at best.
Time to enjoy the little things in life because the big stuff is already dead and buried.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 9, 2008 10:17 PM in response to Dow Closes Down 679 Points
dittoburg-
If I wouldn't have used have used the word "white" my point wouldn't have been made.
Given your response, you see what I'm saying.
By the way, I'm white. And I've spent time in the 80% of Brooklyn that the majority of white transplant gentrifying Brooklyn chooses to stay away from.
By choice.
hint: there is an "edge" beyond your safety zone.
And its not in Williamsburg, dittoburg.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 8, 2008 7:36 PM in response to Closing Bell: Photos from the Fringes
I love what arty, white transplant gentrifiers pass off as "fringes".
Great photos, btw.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 8, 2008 4:07 PM in response to Closing Bell: Photos from the Fringes
Dunno about that...
How has the Nu been doing?
Or Le Bleu?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 8, 2008 3:35 PM in response to Development Watch: 237 Duffield Street
Pole-
My original post was a quotation of the last few lines of Canto LXV.
Nothing more and nothing less. The subject is usury.
"you mock Pound's claim that usury is inherently against nature, this shouldn't surprise me."
When did I do that? I agree with you, Pole.
"You really have no idea how the fruits of civilization come forth from the earth, just as the banker can scarcely fathom from where his interest payments come."
And you're a commercial broker? Damn, Pole...arent you a part of the problem we're discussing here?
"Finally, I find it so very comical you have cited a particular song that describes the collapse of our present system of society even when it is happening before your very eyes."How is that comical? We're in agreement Pole.
Except I'd say you are one of those academics looking for a puzzle.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 8, 2008 12:03 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Polemicist,
For someone who calls himself Polemicist, you are surprisingly silent in rebutting my Pound response.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 8, 2008 9:10 AM in response to Quote of the Day
Polemicist,
" Neither of you are artists"
Really? And what makes you say that? You wouldn't be making such a bold opinion that one needs to be an artist to understand Pound, would you? Because thats just ~embarrassing~ and juvenile.
" or even have the capacity to understand that passage."
I've read my fair share of Pound, so again, fill me in. Have you met me? Seen my library?
" I'm sure for both of you, your understanding of sex is no different than a beast."
Again, have we met?
" That is Pound's point in this particular passage. We live in a world where it is not just art and architecture that is soulless, but even the most intimate of acts is wholly separated from any notion of philosophical or aesthetic idealism. Hell, most humans today in the US look more like monsters than men."
An interesting take on Canto LXV. Interesting, and innacurate. At least Rudge, Kenner and Moody would think so.
Ah, Brooklyn. Home of the overeducated and underpaid.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 7, 2008 6:02 PM in response to Quote of the Day
My quote of the day is from Ezra Pound,
"Usura slayeth the child in the womb
It stayeth the young man's courting
It hath brought palsey to bed, lyeth
between the young bride and her bridegroom
CONTRA NATURAM
They have brought whores for Eleusis
Corpses are set to banquet
at behest of usura. "
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 7, 2008 4:30 PM in response to Quote of the Day
and in other news, people go to bed earlier when they get older.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 6, 2008 3:46 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Keep 'em comin, keep 'em comin, keep 'em comin!
Yeee HAW!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 6, 2008 3:13 PM in response to Brooklyn Bargains? Condo Price Cuts
Especially in this difficult market, I can't even picture what a 15K rental could be?
A 5 BR penthouse triplex?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 6, 2008 1:02 PM in response to Rentals of the Day: The Standish Hits the Market
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Miriam on October 6, 2008 12:33 PM
The one one 5th I like. The one on Court not up to the other...
This is not really my price point so maybe I'm wrong but geez, a 30K price cut on a unit over 1 mil seems ridiculously small.
No?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 6, 2008 10:13 AM in response to Price Cuts at Be@Schermerhorn
A realtor might describe it as "estate ready".
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 2, 2008 3:15 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Café on 8th Avenue
Have any stats been done as to how many condo projects are in the works and how many units are coming into the market?
A realtor colleague ( someone I only 1/2 trust ) that 500-1 thousand condos are sitting in Brooklyn unsold and 2-3 thousand are coming into the market in the next 2 years. Unless he was including Atlantic Yards, I find these figures highly questionable.
Will there be that much inventory glut?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 2, 2008 9:10 AM in response to Buyers Cooling to Brooklyn
Prodigiously Sung?
I can't find this handle in this thread...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 8:29 PM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
BrooklynGreene-
I'm happily married, going on 20 years.
Full of myself? It comes from all the attention I get from people like you. Thanksfor playing...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 7:41 PM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
Wasder-
Sorry, I think 1/2 this country's population -deserves- to suffer.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 3:58 PM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
serpentor...
"yeah. that is the scary part. I'm amazed when I talk to my peers (early 30s, working but not lawyers or anything) and realize that most couldn't come up with anything beginning to resemble a down payment. I think there's a correlation between that and the way I'm always envying their travel and wardrobes and stylish home furnishings."
You just described me. Except I have a reliable, high paying job, ZERO debt- read: 0, pay next to nothing in rent and have PLENTY of cash in the bank. Oh yeah, and travel, nice wardrobe and stylish home furnishings, much of which I've recently bought at the Brooklyn Flea Market.
Down payment, I'm sitting on it, Thanks.
The only thing that could be a problem for me is if FDIC collapses. But I've got a few hundred grand in cash buried in my yard in case that happens.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 3:56 PM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
sebb
why so silent since 9:36?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 11:33 AM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
Paluka-
" For renters who want to buy, I don't suggest waiting for things to come in 30%, they may not make it there."
Are you aware how many condos are about to be dumped on the streets?
30%? I'm thinking 40-50. Give it a year or two.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 10:58 AM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
sebb-
" Because renters are the only people on this board who comment."
Am I the only one here who finds the exact -opposite- to be true?
" Yet the fools who are renters continue to bash NYC."
Many renters are fools, many are not. Many renters don't bash NYC, many do. Whats your point?
" After this Bill gets passed tonight you will see the Bottom in 2009."
I'll agree with ya there, sebb.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 9:58 AM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
sebb-
Why would renters be angry now?
Unless you are paying high rents, renters should be pretty content.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at October 1, 2008 9:21 AM in response to Has the Bubble Finally Burst?
One can only hope that these people get attacked by "throngs of marauding hooligans".
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 2:16 PM in response to A Letter From The Inside
i disagree-
I wrote that post on my laptop in a cafe. A guy walked by the cafe with a Berkeley shirt, with a starbucks cup on his bugaboo. I'd lay odds he's a hedgefunder fresh out of a job...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 11:39 AM in response to A Letter From The Inside
"The places that will suffer most in real estate losses are the suburbs where the hedge fund managers and all those guys who made all their money off this crisis they created, paid many millions of dollars for huge houses they can only sell to the similarly very rich."
Suburbs? I thought those shitbirds were buying up Brooklyn. Or are all of those UC Berkeley sweatshirt wearin, Starbucks drinkin, Hybrid drivin, bugaboo pushin folks from some -other- profession?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 11:10 AM in response to A Letter From The Inside
Good to know this all began in 1968 with South Brooklyn head shops.
I -knew- it had a root somewhere.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 11:04 AM in response to Is Pete Hamill Responsible for the Brooklyn Boom?
"Then around March of 2010 all hell will break loose."
And in 2012, the world ends!
Whoohoooooo!!!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 9:57 AM in response to A Letter From The Inside
That hand penned letter ( in script no less ) looks like something John Adams would have written to Thomas Jefferson. Did the writer use a quill pen too?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 30, 2008 9:50 AM in response to A Letter From The Inside
"Hey, what has happened to "The WHAT" anyway?
Haven't heard from him in a long time.
Anyone know?"
Stoner didnt need him any more now that his predictions came true.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 3:48 PM in response to Quote of the Day
If Sarah doesn't tell us, Tina will the next night!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 3:40 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Civil War NOW.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 3:22 PM in response to Quote of the Day
Snark-
"However, at $600,000, it still requires a buyer or buyers with a combined income of $200,000."
Really?
Independent of money put down on it?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 2:01 PM in response to House of the Day: 2777 Bedford Avenue
Spike's day is DONE. He needs to take a nap. Cuz he's ~tired~.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 12:44 PM in response to Monday Links
So lemme get this straight.
Spike Lee, who left his office in Ft Greene because the rents were "insane" is now setting up shop in DUMBO?
Yeah, DUMBO must be pennies on the dollar to Ft Greene.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 29, 2008 9:41 AM in response to Monday Links
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Em Thai on September 26, 2008 7:22 PM
fassglass-
"I'm literally wary of writing about this place, because I don't want to ruin a good thing. Em is essentially just as good -- maybe better, maybe not quite as good, it depends on your taste -- as Joya, "
As good? No, its FAR superior. However...Joya IS cheaper. You get what you pay for. Mediocre Thai.
Em is quite good but surprised no ones mentioned the -true- Thai in the hood.....keeping a secret.
To think, when this was first brought up months ago, most of the people on this board thought anyone with a concern for this was an overreacting.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 26, 2008 4:12 PM in response to Escaped Parolee a Game-Changer for Saint Ann's Stance
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Em Thai on September 26, 2008 2:14 PM
Joya- more established.
Established itself as being the neighborhood's best Thai for the 1st year it was open and now slumping to the worst?
Or established as being inconsistent, sometimes mediocre, and occasionally inedible?
Established how?
I'm sorry. Joya blows.
That Dyker Heights place looks like a players club suite in a Vegas hotel.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 24, 2008 11:43 AM in response to Last Week's Biggest Sales
RIP , Bill Hicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDW_Hj2K0wo
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 24, 2008 9:35 AM in response to Mad Men Moving to Wall Street Digs?
Werner,
Um...uh. It was a joke. Guess it went right over you.
I get my drugs -delivered-. Now if only I could get my $30 tee shirts delivered!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 4:59 PM in response to Streetlevel: Another Storefront Planned for Vinegar Hill
I buy drugs down there. Perfect! Now I can buy $30 tee shirts, too!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 4:04 PM in response to Streetlevel: Another Storefront Planned for Vinegar Hill
and no mention of the lack of TOTO toilets.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 2:32 PM in response to House of the Day: 304 Union Street
11217- sure is 1/2 the price of a comp in the uWS.
And a 17th the price of a seaside condo in Cannes.
Still overpriced.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 2:01 PM in response to House of the Day: 304 Union Street
Remember, $4,150,000 is only 2,816,040 Euros.
I say a foreigner buys it.
I hear more French in Brooklyn than any other language, except English.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 1:57 PM in response to House of the Day: 304 Union Street
Next year I don't feel like paying taxes.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 23, 2008 10:27 AM in response to Pop Quiz: Including Homeowners in the Bailout?
offthegrid-
Guess I'm lucky. I've had at least 20 orders of those. And I don't share.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 22, 2008 4:04 PM in response to Streetlevel: A Name for Brooklyn Freemans?
I have a name for the new Freemans...drumroll please:
" Brooklyn's most remote restaurant"
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 22, 2008 2:31 PM in response to Streetlevel: A Name for Brooklyn Freemans?
Phew...I don't have to go to the Bowery for dates wrapped in bacon.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 22, 2008 2:09 PM in response to Streetlevel: A Name for Brooklyn Freemans?
House made soft pretzels.
I'm speechless.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 19, 2008 2:44 PM in response to Streetlevel: New Restaurant on Union
Prices?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 18, 2008 10:39 AM in response to Zoinks! The Clermont Going Rental
tybur6-
Did you go to the Flea when it first opened? Because I'd be the 1st to agree with you. However, the Flea has indeed progressed beyond the $30 tee shirt dynamic. Junk, dusty boxes of crap to sift through, fine antiques, great food and yes, even...bargains.
And I do know what Flea Market is. I've been to the best of 'em, from Cali to Boston, from Chicago to Miami, from Paris to Madrid.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 18, 2008 10:37 AM in response to New York's Best Neighborhoods
A personal source says his friend will be opening the restaurant next door to TJ's. We'll see...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 17, 2008 4:25 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
For the hopefuuul wine buyers.
Trader Joes will NOT, repeat WILL NOT! be opening a wine store, even next door. This has been discussed not just on Brownstoner but countless other blogs.
There is rumor of a restaurant opening there.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 17, 2008 3:34 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
BobfromBrooklyn-
If you don't get the lure of the Bagel Hole, PLEASE let us know who has a better bagel.
I have yet to find one...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 17, 2008 2:49 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
I wonder if Frank Bruni wakes up the morning wondering which uber-obscure, esoteric word he can pen in a restaurant review.
" Today it will be 'agita' "
Pretentious twat.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 17, 2008 2:47 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Bubby's Brooklyn on September 17, 2008 2:27 PM
hey bowl of um, dicks
It was a nighclub/bar for a short period during the dot com years. I want to say 98-2000? I say the dot com years because thats who a lot of the patrons were and also I believe some of the folks running it. Also, it was around the time the artists were leaving DUMBO and all the assholes moved in.
I don't remember the name.
Bubbys...
The pies are truly sublime. The brunch at one point was great if you don't mind spotty service and 400 screaming children running around. Lunch and dinner in the beginning were pretty good actually. But it fell off long ago. I went in for a burger a year or so ago and walked out after one bite.
Remember folks...if Barbara had it and it was in Carroll Gardens?
9.5 mil
Fuhgeddaboudit!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 17, 2008 2:20 PM in response to House of the Day: 47 Sidney Place
Ceolaf-
I consider myself progressive liberal so lets meet on some common ground here. While I agree with the fundamentals of your opinion I have to say that you really have some blinders on. You think that if we change our attitude and opinion on rowdy kids that they will cease to behave like this?
Ever been mugged? Chased? Stabbed? Beaten up?
Have you lived in this city before say, 1990?
And sorry to be provincial but I'll ask the inevitable, are you from Brooklyn?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 16, 2008 2:45 PM in response to More Troubles with Teens
This thread reminds me why Obama will lose this November.
Liberals can't deal with race issues honestly and plainly. Gives ammo to the Right.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 16, 2008 1:21 PM in response to More Troubles with Teens
Morris-
" I find snotty rich kids to be as rude and uncaring as attitudinal poor kids."
So do I. Usually the snotty rich kids don't carry weapons.
I say imprison the parents.
Seriously...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 16, 2008 10:49 AM in response to More Troubles with Teens
Mmmmmmmm....cemetaries.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 16, 2008 10:21 AM in response to Sales Begin at Greenwood Plaza
Lechecal, 12:15
Why so snide? I've never been uncivil with you...
Thanks to those that actually answered my question. Yes I know that TODAY or even next month are not the times to buy. And yes, OF COURSE I know that prices will continue to drop. I'm more trying to figure what the general horizon might look like (1-3 years) and what the bottoming out scenario might be.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 1:22 PM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Madiba on September 15, 2008 12:38 PM
Only been once. I found the food tasty but the price to quantity ratio kept me from going back.
I'll ask again.
I am in the market to buy. I have plenty of cash and excellent credit. I have a job, not in the financial services area.
Why ~not~ buy?
Should I wait for prices to drop? Or will money, credit and job standings not make a difference to any lender right now?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 12:12 PM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
wasder-
"Prodigal--while it is true that internet threats rarely can be physically dangerous, don't you think that this community like any other should have a code of decency that is at least moderately adhered to?"
Yes, 100% agreed.
I just see slippery slopes.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 10:06 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
Not to be a rabble rouser but just how do physical threats on the Internet amount to anything, except for scenario swhere people's addresses have been outed: Brownstoner, Barbara Corcoran and Sandra Oh.
?
If I told the What online that I was going to kick his ass, should he be afraid of me?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 9:59 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
suburbandude-
"But you would be nuts to buy today."
IF you have cash in the bank, a job and great credit, why would it be nuts to buy today? Should buyers wait for prices to fall or for the pending global depression 1st?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 9:42 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
Karma...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 15, 2008 9:14 AM in response to Wall Street Reorg: Impact on Real Estate?
Neogrec-
Corco is one of the higher priced houses, thats why. And their stock is WAY better than this dump on Warren Street.
Even Corcoran wouldn't price this dump higher than 1.2 at the -highest-.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 6:09 PM in response to Open House Picks
NeoGrec-
That Warren place is awful.
For 1.6? No way.
This should be a mil -max-. It needs a gut reno.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 4:47 PM in response to Open House Picks
Great...
Maybe the throop stoop pooper will have a new place to do her deeds...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 3:55 PM in response to Barbara Goes Long Stuy Heights
The Cobble Hill place is cashing in on the buyer fever in that neighborhood. That place on Warren is a fricken DUMP.
We'll see...just how many Euros is 1.6 million dollars?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 1:51 PM in response to Open House Picks
The irony here is guess who has more rights if this comes to legal action?
The kids.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 10:45 AM in response to Wild Teens Trash Court Street B&N, Assault Manager
East New York.
How is it NOT news?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 10:33 AM in response to Wild Teens Trash Court Street B&N, Assault Manager
The What-
This blog disgusts you yet you post here at least 40-50 times a day. Says more about you than Brownstoner.
Think about tit...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 9:54 AM in response to Housing Crisis Will End on June 30, 2009
June 30th, 2009?
C'mon!
ANYBODY who knows ANYTHING about real estate knows it will happen on July 1st, 2009.
Oh, by the way, the world will end on December 21st, 2012.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 12, 2008 9:36 AM in response to Housing Crisis Will End on June 30, 2009
TJs will NOT have a wine store in Brooklyn. That is confirmed. The reason is they can only have one TJ wine shop in any given retail region, less they would be competition against the Manhattan TJs wine store. Its a TJs company wide corporate policy.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 11, 2008 9:21 AM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
Quick, landlords and brokers!
Raise your Ditmas Park rents 30%!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 10, 2008 3:46 PM in response to Streetlevel: Cortelyou Gets a New Restaurant
There are other train refs in popular music :
" Aight baby show me the exact spot
Meet me at Hoyt and Schermerhorn at 3 on the dot
So I hops up on the A-Train, I'm bein followed
My seventh sense senses danger
I turn around, it's Anger
and he brought a mob along, it's the same old song
Despair and Animosity got broke with the swiftness
I don't know what they think this is"
Jeru- You can't stop the prophet
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 10, 2008 1:12 PM in response to Is the Q Train the New L?
Thanks, as well.
Ironically I am 100% anti censorship.
But I'm all for maintaining dignity and resisting the exploitation of a minor's death. That photo pushed the limits.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 9, 2008 7:12 PM in response to Brooklyn's Dangerous Intersections
As a cyclist, cardriver and parent, I find this photo insensitive and tacky.
Changing the photo does not sugarcoat it, it respects the family.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 9, 2008 4:35 PM in response to Brooklyn's Dangerous Intersections
Every time I see Stacy London from What Not to Wear in Carroll Gardens, I get faint hearted and stop dead in my tracks. I run home and cry myself to sleep.
Its too much to handle.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 9, 2008 3:30 PM in response to Quote of the Day
That photo is -over the top- and in extreme poor taste.
Its like the suicide photo from last month in Brooklyn Heights with the bloody knife, can't remember the paper.
Change the picture back. Thats just disrespectful to the family.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 9, 2008 3:27 PM in response to Brooklyn's Dangerous Intersections
Pardon me for asking but...
Is there a MORE annoying blog in the entire Brooklyn bloggosphere?
I often agree with this woman's views but jesus, it seems 95% of what she writes is complaints.
Pardon me for asking but, does she have a sex life?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 8, 2008 5:57 PM in response to Monday Blogwrap
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about Grimaldi's on September 8, 2008 1:06 PM
Grimaldi's is for tourists and transplants who have lived here fora couple years and take their friends there to impress them with how authentic it all is. Grimaldi's is better than pizza you can get in Indiana, San Francisco or Chicago, sure. But its heyday of being Brooklyn's best, or one of NYC's best is -over-.
dave,
I am not "What-like".
Ouch that hurts!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 8, 2008 9:35 AM in response to Government Rescues Fannie and Freddie
correction:
It is not one of the most expensive bailouts. It is THE most expensive bailouts in the history of the world.
Thanks taxpayers!
SUCKERS!
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 8, 2008 9:24 AM in response to Government Rescues Fannie and Freddie
jawbreaker:
A few things to consider:
Remember how many people publicly said they'd move to Canada if GWB won the 1st time around? Then the second time? Now how many did?
Remember how self confident Dems were that we'd defeat Bush the 1st time around? Then the second time?
Lesson here: DONT UNDERESTIMATE THJE STUPIDITY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
In short: we're fucked.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 5, 2008 11:16 AM in response to Thursday Blogwrap
Being excited about Boards Head running a deli restaurant is like being excited about McDonaalds opening a burger restaurant.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 5, 2008 11:09 AM in response to F. Martinella Mystery Solved?
I've heard the Wonder Wheel will remain as well as the Cyclone.
Unconfirmed.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 5, 2008 9:15 AM in response to Night Falls on Astroland
mmmmmm...cafe con leche.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 4, 2008 5:46 PM in response to Thursday Blogwrap
tybur6-
"While stained glass is certainly far more expensive than a regular piece of flat glass - How much more??"
Its 5-10 times the cost depending on the designer/glazier.
Its the diff between a $5,000 window and a $25,000 window.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 3, 2008 4:08 PM in response to Streetlevel: War of the Wines in South Brooklyn?
Curious what typoes of music they'll be booking. I'm guessing this is a 1-2 million dollar project they've got. Gotta pay back the project. How much talent will -finally- come to Brooklyn?
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 3, 2008 1:23 PM in response to New Music Venue Coming to Gowanus
I highly recommend anyone check these out -if ONLY for a laugh-. I am in the market and go to as many open houses as I can. I saw these last year and literally walked out laughing. An easy contender for the most poorly planned, designed and executed condos in all of Brooklyn, if not NYC.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at September 2, 2008 12:49 PM in response to Condos of the Day: 335 Warren Street
This happened to me once but boy was I lucky I was drinking a 1962 Château Lafite Rothschild.
The cops just kept walking.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 29, 2008 9:35 AM in response to Is Your Stoop Private Property?
I guess my mind is in the gutter but when I read, " Hot Bird" all I can think of is Benny Hill. "Bird" is UK slang for a sexy woman.
Sex trumps food, yet again.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 25, 2008 11:19 AM in response to The History/Mystery of the Hot Bird Sign
""Slowly slowly slowly getting closer.
To.
Com.
Ple.
Tion."
Is this some John Cage reference?
Also, PropJoe...Heath Ledger died a few months ago. You must have seen his ghost.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 21, 2008 7:43 PM in response to Development Watch: 93 Nevins Making Progress
Prodigal_Son wrote a review about The Soul Spot on August 21, 2008 12:29 PM
Goldie, I'm all for differing opinions..but
If Brooklyn has a better soul food joint, please fill us in. Seriously, for Brooklyn, I don't know of any. Not one. Love this place.
troll- this law depends on zoning which is dependent on the neighborhood. Go to Smith St, 5th Avenue in the Slope or 9th Ave in NYC. There are easily 20 bars in a 10 block span. All legal.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 21, 2008 11:13 AM in response to Grand Opening of Bar on 6th Avenue Today
East River...
Though Prodigal Son is my handle, I don't believe in God. Or Gods.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 21, 2008 8:45 AM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
East River...
Katz's Brooklyn will never happen. For so many reasons...
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 20, 2008 9:39 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
All I can say is, in capital letters...
KATZ'S BROOKLYN
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 20, 2008 7:28 PM in response to Wednesday Food & Drink Round-Up
ENY-
Ramen culture is way beyond dried ramen you get at a deli 3 for a buck.
Its real food, trust me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen
IF these guys do it right ( I have my doubts) it'll really be a nice addition to Brooklyn food.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 20, 2008 6:10 PM in response to StreetLevel: Oodles of Noodles for 4th Avenue
East New York-
"I had no idea you could build an entire restaurant around ramen"
Welcome to the food world outside America.
In Japan, "ramen shops" are as common as bodegas are here.
Its also kind of a food trend now here in the States, esp. NYC.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at August 20, 2008 5:37 PM in response to StreetLevel: Oodles of Noodles for 4th Avenue
The oddest thing about this whole story is that very early on
Wow, Lisa...sometimes I don't know if Brownstoner should fire you or give you a raise. You somehow managed to turn a total NOTHING story into something thread worthy.
Posted by: Prodigal_Son at December 1, 2008 4:25 PM in response to Closing Bell: Hanging Out on the Stoop