It's on Nostrand between Halsey and Hancock, I think, a couple of short blocks north of the Nostrand stop on the A/C at Fulton St.

Posted by: rf at September 12, 2007 9:43 AM in response to Wednesday Links

Mr. B, the Ansonia is across the street and down the block from this building, at 420 12th St.

Posted by: rf at September 27, 2007 1:46 PM in response to Condo of the Day: Ansonia Loft

The Ansonia was originally a clock factory before it was converted into a coop. It's a huge square building with a courtyard in the middle, running from 12th to 13th St. on the west side of 7th Ave. You can see it clearly on satellite view via googlemaps.

Posted by: rf at September 27, 2007 2:01 PM in response to Condo of the Day: Ansonia Loft

This is a shelter for single men, acknowledged by all to house the homeless that are thrown out of other facilities and are housed as a last resort, plus their victims who are so screwed up that they can't advocate for themselves. It does no good for struggling families that need shelter to have this in their neighborhood.

Posted by: rf at October 11, 2007 6:11 PM in response to An Athletic Center for the Atlantic Armory?

Polemicist,

Re your number 3: have you ever been in this neighborhood? I live right in the middle of it, and there are blocks and blocks and blocks of beautiful, well-preserved, owner-occupied brownstones. This will prevent speculators from knocking down a few and erecting ugly, tall Fedders buildings.

Please, take a walk or ride through the blocks just north of the Nostrand Ave. stop on the A or C train. Macon, Halsey, Hancock, Jefferson, Putnam, all lovely blocks, at least from Nostrand to Throop, but very vulnerable to uglification.

Posted by: rf at October 30, 2007 4:06 PM in response to Council OKs Bed-Stuy Rezoning

About ten years ago I walked around a gigantic snowy owl, dead, on the crosswalk of Gates Ave. at Cambridge Place.

Posted by: rf at November 2, 2007 11:49 AM in response to Dead (Murdered?) Squirrel Raises Questions

A few years ago, I witnessed contractors planting street trees in Clinton Hill. They dropped the trees in as quickly as possible and didn't unwrap the root bundles of the trees, which, of course, died within a year. I hope these contractors do a better job now.

Posted by: rf at November 7, 2007 11:32 AM in response to Should the City’s Million-Tree Plan Get Pruned?

BrooklynCouch,

Do you have a bus map? Or try http://mta.info

The Fifth Ave. bus turns onto to Atlantic Ave. (near Target) and proceeds down Atlantic right to the end, past Long Island College Hospital. The new TJ's will be at Atlantic and Court Sts.

But it's not open for business yet.

Posted by: rf at November 10, 2007 5:16 PM in response to Apple Store Watch: Downtown More Likely Than W'burg

Prospective Stuy-Heights buyer:

8 months ago I moved with my 11-year-old to Bed-Stuy, not in the historic district but a very nice area near the old Boy's High School building.

I had lived in Clinton Hill since 1989 and I was very happy to raise my daughter there. Likewise, we are very happy here; in fact it's faster to get home from work/school because we take the A train instead of the C. My daughter has always gone to school in Manhattan (although if I had a child starting school now I would definitely consider PS11 or PS20). Now, in 6th grade/middle school she travels many times by herself on the subway and walks the 5 blocks to our house alone.

I think the other questions you raised in your post have been addressed but no one else talked about the issue of raising children. You may want to join the Bed-Stuy kids Yahoogroup:
http://groups.yahool.com/groups/bedstuykids

Stuy Heights has an especially active community of parents of kids your child's age, as well as more restaurants, a real book store a wine shop, etc., although further west we have a better supermarket (Foodtown on Fulton St. at New York Ave/between Tompkins and Marcy). There's underground parking at Foodtown.

Re parking: I know you received one tip for a garage near your intended house. I've noticed several houses with paved lots next door and my guess is that you'll be able to make an arrangement with a neighbor to park your car if you decide you want off-street parking.

Good luck!

Posted by: rf at November 12, 2007 9:10 PM in response to Bed-Stuy: The New Lower East Side?

So, you recent commenters stating that people should send their kids to troubled schools in transitional neighborhoods: how many kids do you have in such schools? Are you willing to sacrifice the safety and education of your children in the interest of this principal? How many of the long-term middle-class residents of these neighborhoods do you think send their kids to better schools outside the neighborhood? Do you think your presence and willingness to volunteer is enough to turn around a bad school the moment your child arrives? How many years do you think this magic turnaround will take?

Posted by: rf at November 13, 2007 1:56 PM in response to Bed-Stuy: The New Lower East Side?