Clothing Donation Center near Sunset Park, Brooklyn?

creepy, indeed.

Posted by: lala at October 8, 2008 9:03 AM in response to Stars in the Park

sunset park! we need something such as that in the area.

the rainbow cafe is still for sale.....

Posted by: lala at August 6, 2008 11:42 AM in response to Where Should the Brooklyn Brewery Set Up Shop?

sunset park! we need something such as that in the area.

the rainbow cafe is still for sale.....

Posted by: lala at August 6, 2008 11:42 AM in response to Where Should the Brooklyn Brewery Set Up Shop?

the link to brooklynian.com is good, however.... their quiz is innaccurate because the sale already includes four 2-bedroom walk-ups-- there would be no 'conversion to residential above' because currently, the building is bar below and residences above.....

Sunset Park Neighborhood Landmark
Includes Retail Space (3800 sq. ft.)
Restaurant
Full Professional Kitchen
Vintage Bar and Catering Hall
Includes Furnishings & Equipment
Entertainment Area
Four, 2-Br Walk Up Apts.
Ideal for Large Retail Chain, Bank,Fitness Center, Fast Food
Ideal location with high foot traffic

Posted by: lala at August 1, 2008 12:51 PM in response to Sunset Park's Rainbow Cafe Building Officially For Sale

A hospital adorned with Ikea furniture. No thanks. Architecturally, developers should really start paying respect to designing an interesting interior. Otherwise, they will never distinguish themselves from the next guy.

And, this Toto toilet.... i'm trusting all of your words that this Toto is totorific and will wow anyone who visits with its splendiferousness.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 1:10 PM in response to Sales Begin at The Isabella

The maintenance is reasonable, but this guy won't get $463,000 for a one bedroom and with what looks like a smallish living room and lack of windows throughout the apt. The kitchen could use some updating. Maybe if there were 1.5 bathrooms and/or 1.5 bedrooms....

I'm guessing $395,000.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 1:01 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 396 12th Street, #2R

The maintenance is reasonable, but this guy won't get $463,000 for a one bedroom and with what looks like a smallish living room and lack of windows throughout the apt. The kitchen could use some updating. Maybe if there were 1.5 bathrooms and/or 1.5 bedrooms....

I'm guessing $395,000.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 12:59 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 396 12th Street, #2R

probably a no on the elevators, but the mattress show room on fulton street is one creepy place.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 12:48 PM in response to Sunset Park's Rainbow Cafe Building Officially For Sale

11217- i wasn't singling park slope out, just using that neighborhood as an example (had nothing to do with the fact it was adjacent and that made them competitors, but in the fact that gentrification often occurs in the same way if you drop water, the liquid continues to slowly expand outward from the epicenter...). my comment could apply to any neighborhood that was gentrified... harlem, burg, the undergoing bushwick...

as for sunset park's 'bad wrap.' most of it i think is the fallacy that it is much more dangerous than other areas in brooklyn and than it really is. yes, crime occurs, as it does in the east village, or upper east side, but it does not impact 'quality of life.' sunset park, overall, is a very family oriented neighborhood.

bxgrl: the business at rainbow cafe before it's closure was steady. it wasn't the kind of place that attracted young, hipsters from outside brooklyn neighborhoods, but it had the potential.

you had the 'regulars' at he bar, but the restaurant side attracted the MTA workers (big MTA hub- jackie gleason bus depot, is right around the corner). the MTA workers actually have a strong influence on the success of the surrounding restaurants.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 12:21 PM in response to Sunset Park's Rainbow Cafe Building Officially For Sale

The interior of this bar is awesome and classic and it would be a travestry whoever bought this building just tore it down. it torn down, i guarentee it would become a bank, or some other run-down chain (i.e. similar to all those that litter 5th ave between 50th-60th streets). what if they retained the bar and turned the back (or even the above apartments-which are included in the sale) into a music venue. there tons of possibilties and it would be a shame for the rainbow cafe building to be turned into something that doesn't offer anything more than a bank account, or fast food, to the community.

the simple fact that this location is just blocks from the express train into manhattan (it's faster to get to manhattan from s.p. than from park slope) should enhance its value to a potential buyer. also, if some of our beloved park slopers were ever courageous enough to venture to sunset park, they'd know that there are pockets of ridiculously beautiful rowhouses that line the streets just waiting for the 'gentler' folk to come and gentrify them.

needless to say, park slope is great and i have nothing against the people who live there, but sunset park really should not get such a bad wrap.

Posted by: lala at July 31, 2008 11:51 AM in response to Sunset Park's Rainbow Cafe Building Officially For Sale