I live near Monroe and Franklin and use the C train. I haven't had a problem. One of my tenants was mugged by teenagers in front of our building at night last year however. The immediate area does seem to be improving, but I think when coming home late at night that taking a car is prudent.

Posted by: kutterkan at November 17, 2009 1:37 PM in response to Monroe Street Safety & Schools

According to PropertyShark the building on Myrtle that collapsed was built in 1969.

Posted by: kutterkan at June 24, 2009 11:17 AM in response to Wednesday Links

It puts the lotion in the basket.

Posted by: kutterkan at May 15, 2009 1:04 PM in response to Backyard Reno Unveils Old Well in Fort Greene

I had some stuff stolen from my unit at Storage Mart on Atlantic Ave. The company forces customers to buy their insurance but would not cover the loss. Stay away.

Posted by: kutterkan at May 15, 2009 10:10 AM in response to Storage

If you see something, say something. Go to the 77th precinct's monthly community meeting (look it up on the precinct's website) and ask the cops to put a stop to the drug dealing on your corner. If it doesn't stop, go the next month and complain. If that doesn't work, well, you've done your part.

Posted by: kutterkan at March 18, 2009 11:41 AM in response to Drug Dealing Hotspot in Crown Heights?

Amen, 8:28. I received a ticket a couple of weeks ago for rolling at about 2 mph onto a sidewalk at a gas station on Atlantic and Bedford because didn't want to be killed on Atlantic as I looked around for the nearby post office. At about the same time, a few blocks away, a kid was killed by a speeding teenage driver while crossing the street holding the hand of a crossing guard. Also, 20 yards away from where I was stopped were a few cars parked in the Bedford bike lane with no tickets on their windshields.

Posted by: kutterkan at June 5, 2008 9:22 PM in response to Closing Bell: New Bike Lane and Parking Cuts on Dekalb

My fiancee placed 7th in the same lottery and she is will soon close on a 3-family brownstone in Bed Stuy. The majority of the properties in this round of sales are on the eastern edge of Clinton Hill or the western edge of Bed Stuy. PACC's intent is not simply to benefit a few buyers, but to continue in the process of revitalizing the neighborhood by fixing up homes that were extremely dilapidated and sell them to folks who agree to live in the homes for at least 7 years, thereby introducing a measure of stability to the neighborhood while fixing blight.

While the houses have below-market selling prices, no one is going to become rich off these deals, nor will this program fix all of the neighborhood's problems. This program does benefit a neighborhood in need of improvement however. Whether the benefit justifies the cost in terms of federal housing subsidies is a matter of opinion. In my biased opinion this program is far better than most taxpayer-subsidized attempts to improve the City's housing stock, and clearly, those former crack dens and unsafe SRO's weren't going to fix themselves.

Posted by: kutterkan at March 24, 2008 4:29 PM in response to Winning the Housing Lottery

Well I can say that Satellite East is a great JHS. My daughter attended the school. The school requires the students to wear uniforms. She loved the school. Another good school is PS 44 an elementary school located on Throop Avenue between Madison and Monroe.

Posted by: Shalacha at November 17, 2009 1:43 PM in response to Monroe Street Safety & Schools

There's a small article today in the NYPost about Bedford Academy being an A school with an over 95% graduation rate. It's actually the #2 brooklyn high school, right behind Brooklyn Tech. That's impressive.

Posted by: BedStuyGal at November 17, 2009 6:58 PM in response to Monroe Street Safety & Schools