Finally, a Thai restaurant in the neighborhood!

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at September 22, 2009 2:13 PM in response to StreetLevel: Ghang Opens Court Street Outpost

I agree with the law enforcement ideas. For a city that enjoys collecting revenue from parking tickets, I don't understand why criminal and potentially deadly acts like blowing through stop signs and red lights go largely unpunished. For an intersection like Dean and Boerum Place, where I have witnessed at least three pedestrians hit by cars over the past few years, I would think the city could collect some hefty fines by doling out tickets to the cars that use Dean St as an autobahn to Park Slope and beyond, and maybe save some lives in the process.

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at July 9, 2009 11:48 AM in response to Another Crash on Waverly

Don't go near it. Surely, it is haunted.

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at May 15, 2009 10:33 AM in response to Backyard Reno Unveils Old Well in Fort Greene

Does this mean I can bring my dog to the Flea, finally?

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at April 29, 2009 9:56 AM in response to Brooklyn Flea Expanding to Brooklyn Bridge Park!

I have had the exact opposite experience with the construction workers on that site. The fact that they tend to congregate on the stoops of other buildings on the street to smoke and eat meals, leaving food scraps, spilled coffee, cigarette butts and refuse might the the contributing factor as to why they keep the front of their site so clean. Also a neighbor with a newborn tried to park adjacent to the site to unload for five minutes and got an earful from one of the workers who didn't care that the family was parking there only momentarily.

I look forward to the speedy completion of this project and any contributions to the neighborhood, aesthetic and otherwise.

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at April 28, 2009 10:03 AM in response to Development Watch: 216 Pacific Street

Tom, the beer distributor, owned the whole building. He also owned a garage on Dean St., I believe in the location where the current development is in progress between Smith and Boerum Place. He sold his client list to a distributor in Queens and the Pacific St. building to the aforementioned wallpaper dude. He was the unofficial mayor of Pacific Street and a great guy. The construction on the block was a factor in his decision, but I think he got out just in time and wanted to sell when things were still selling. I saw him in the neighborhood a few weeks ago and he's doing well.

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at April 27, 2009 4:44 PM in response to Development Watch: 216 Pacific Street

I live down the street and have been observing the whole renovation process. It seems like a real slipshod job. This past weekend there was truck out front loading in what seemed to be white-veneered pressed board cabinetry. Plus, contrasted with the bigger construction job going on across the street, the guys working at this site are total slobs. I don't have high expectations for the quality of this place, but I hope I'm proved wrong.

Posted by: obsessedwithhats at April 27, 2009 3:10 PM in response to Development Watch: 216 Pacific Street