neighbors can be the robbers. tell the ll to install the bars, or perhaps find another place.

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 18, 2009 3:21 AM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

now now, that is on the other side of fulton which is not landmarked like your block BS. it is a whole different world over there!

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 18, 2009 3:14 AM in response to Development Watch: Grandma's House No More

Fantastic article, the best part is that MM attended a lecture given by Frederick Douglass. Both extraordinary men before their time!

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 17, 2009 11:36 AM in response to Walkabout: Part 3, MM - Park Slope and Big Business

you should get the landlord to put bars on the garden windows! there are guards which open in, so that if there is an fire you can still exit the premises. as for being liable for robbery, he would be liable since he didn't put the bars up, not because he didn't! he just wants to save $2,500 the approximate cost of installation!

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 17, 2009 11:33 AM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

wow. that house is going to take at least 450K to renovate, if not more. it is a SHELL! congratulations to the successful bidder.

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 13, 2009 10:30 AM in response to Big Turnout for 437 Waverly Auction

web dubois said that race was the biggest problem in the 20th century and it appears to be the biggest problem in the 21st century. will american ever get past its past? comments on this blog seem to show that we will not.

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 11, 2009 2:59 PM in response to Two Teens Shot on Fulton in Fort Greene

sounds like a squirrel to me and exterminators aren't allowed to kill them, unless of course, you find the right one! we had a problem, the exterminator came, killed it and it let off an malodorous smell for about a week. they came back and sprayed and i gave our tenant a reduced rental amount that month.

we do live in nyc, and unfortunately there are creatures, better a squirrel or mouse than a burgular!

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 10, 2009 4:12 PM in response to Lease Termination Notice

the people next door will be bummed, since their views will be blocked thereby decreasing the value of their investment

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 4, 2009 3:07 PM in response to Church Reboot on Clinton Avenue

you know your neighborhood has been gentrified when white girls walk their dogs at 11:30pm and act like it is OK.

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 4, 2009 7:59 AM in response to Closing Bell: Gentrification Indicators

ever thought of CUSTOM radiator covers? come on, let's be logical here.

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 21, 2009 3:33 PM in response to Replacing Radiators

@clifton girl. won't confirm a thing, sorry.

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 20, 2009 6:38 AM in response to Getting Close on Grand?

i am glad that it has taken a while. why rush a construction job, it always ends up pretty awful and hopefully, this place will be nice and fit within the context of the neighborhood. one of the owners has BEYOND EXTRAORDINARY taste, so...i am hoping for the best!

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 19, 2009 1:21 PM in response to Getting Close on Grand?

Very interesting how they permitted all of those awful developments on Washington Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, Vanderbilt Avenue, among other streets go through, yet when it comes to a few senior citizens, people who we should respect and admire, they won't permit the rezoning. Very strange indeed as I would much prefer them than a bunch of overpriced apartments which no one now wants.

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 19, 2009 10:18 AM in response to Dim Hopes for CNR's Senior Center

we had the same problem and called roto rooter (sp) who came and flushed it. that was two years ago, and this summer we had to have the entire main replaced as it was 140 years old because there was leakage-gross.

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 15, 2009 1:05 PM in response to Sewage Smell in Basement

my mortgage is $2,500 a month, i have a tenant who pays $1.500 and i live in a 1873 RENOVATED brownstone in clinton hill on three floors each over 950sf? what makes more sense? renting in a building where exterminators come around spraying each month or owning and deducting my mortgage, hmmm....

Posted by: witchdoctor at October 13, 2009 1:28 PM in response to To Own or to Rent?

we love our wolf range and the red knobs. it's been a dream.

Posted by: witchdoctor at July 13, 2009 8:22 PM in response to Range Suggestions

i think that it is fantastic, now let's send the drug dealers on the corner of grand and putnam to the front of her building and have them hang out and transact their business there! then perhaps she will do something about them and their ILLEGAL business.

Posted by: witchdoctor at June 11, 2009 5:59 PM in response to Streetlevel: Tish James Campaign HQ Opens on Fulton

why is this UGLY brick permitted for use anywhere? why is it even made? it is so gross and so out of context in the neighborhood!

Posted by: witchdoctor at June 11, 2009 5:57 PM in response to Development Watch: 324 Grand Avenue

the problem at that intersection is that there is a stop sign on waverly but there isn't one on willoughby. there needs to be stop signs on both corners and in addition, cross walks. as for grand avenue, the bumps do not work because they are not large enough and there needs to be more than just one.

maybe the local councilperson could do something about it, since she refuses to do anything about the drug dealers.

Posted by: witchdoctor at June 4, 2009 11:59 AM in response to Car Crash at Waverly and Willoughby

what they are afraid of is that the drug dealers who pay them regularly will have to move on and they will be out of money. half of those stores are fronts for dealers and their customers. get out!

Posted by: witchdoctor at June 2, 2009 9:45 AM in response to Fulton BID Opponents Threaten Not to Pay

if it is good enough for those in brooklyn heights it is good enough for those/me in fort greene/clinton hill. i am all for the idea! residents who OWN should be first in line.

Posted by: witchdoctor at May 18, 2009 8:37 PM in response to Residential Parking Permits Pushed for Brooklyn Heights

move on, the police don't care, the brooklyn da doesn't care and the borough president, and your city council person don't care. it is status quo in brooklyn.

Posted by: witchdoctor at May 13, 2009 6:19 PM in response to What To Do About That Pesky Drug Dealer?

drugs, they must really be on drugs. you can get a whole house in boerum hill for that price and a whole house in brooklyn heights for that price now days! the halloween parade isn't that fantastic!

Posted by: witchdoctor at May 6, 2009 6:43 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 11 Garden Place

today coming out of choice, i opening the door for a white woman and her baby in a stroller, she didn't even say thank you....wonder why people complain about the change in the neighborhood. remember all most people want is a little respect and this rude woman couldn't even say thank you....

Posted by: witchdoctor at May 5, 2009 12:01 PM in response to Rosie and Nelson Redux

i understood exactly what she was saying and while it may not have been in the language that many of the readers of the blog could understand, what she was/is saying is that she is beginning to feel like the outsider in her own neighborhood. i happen to see her often still getting her hair done at the dominican beauty salon. i, personally, walk down the street, as an african american woman, and people expect me to move, i sit on my stoop and people look at me as if i am not supposed to be here. sometimes, it is not as friendly as it seems. my husband walks down the street and many white women and men will cross the street-he hardly looks like a so called "hoodlum". so, i believe that we have to listen to the concerns of all residents and while no one is pinning for the "good old days" we are pinning for a little respect.

Posted by: witchdoctor at May 4, 2009 12:51 PM in response to Rosie and Nelson Redux

Take a look who has commented SEVERAL times already on this thread. The same old people over and over and really it always boils down to the same thing, which neighborhood is better, race, crime. After a while, it gets boring. Do any of these people have day jobs?

My suggestion is have topics which don't always ask the same questions, think of new ones. Talk about architecture in Italy and how it was transported here, anything and maybe the same olds will move on to another site. The NYTs blog won't permit certain conversations and actually, I like that and find it and the comments to be more mature.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 27, 2009 4:18 PM in response to Let's Talk About Commenting

Is there a school on your block? If there is you will get a ticket.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 27, 2009 4:11 PM in response to Ticketed for Double Parking

If the owner is an agent, doesn't that have to be disclosed? The house is way overpriced for the neighborhood, any neighborhood now. Look at those stairs to even get upstairs. I am tired already. But it does look pretty nice if the photos are accurate.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 24, 2009 2:24 PM in response to House of the Day: 154 St. James Place

That is really funny. The ad that Denise placed says that the house is a colonial. Has she ever been to Brooklyn?

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 18, 2009 4:18 PM in response to House of the Day: 52 Strong Place

GROSS!

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 12, 2009 4:52 PM in response to Confirmed: Arby's Planning to Take Gage & Tollner Space

The rendering alone says it all. Get rid of the African American's who frequent the Mall now and replace them with the people that we want there. Quite sad, indeed. Shouldn't we have a diverse population on the Mall which reflects the diversity of the Borough?

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 11, 2009 8:22 PM in response to Big Plans for Fulton Mall Makeover

What is wrong with stringer and 11217 tonight? Why the hate filled posts? There was a young man killed in Prospect Park this past weekend, does that mean that 11217 is leaving? What about Williamsburg and all of those people who don't wash their hair, and all of the Hasidim and Latinos that live there? Does he find them problematic or a joy to have in the neighborhood, enriching its history?

The beauty of New York is diversity. You can chose to live where ever you want. Live on the UES or the UWS, live in Cobble Hill or Fort Greene, Greenpoint or Bay Ridge, but stop critizing other neighborhoods if you really don't know that much about them.

The market will determine the price, not outsiders filled with bad opinions and heresay.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 11, 2009 8:17 PM in response to Condo of the Day: 430 Clinton Avenue, #4D

Does the FCC exist anymore? I personally will NEVER read the Brooklyn Paper again. When The Post ran that offensive cartoon, I was finished and now I am finished with the Brooklyn Paper.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 10, 2009 6:07 PM in response to BREAKING: Murdoch Buying The Brooklyn Paper!

That maintenance is awfully high. If the price were $795K, perhaps.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 10, 2009 1:08 PM in response to Co-op of the Day: 39 Plaza Street West

No, the neighborhood has a sense of self importance, the residents and the owners of the store fronts. Maybe they will understand that vacant store, like vacant houses in "bad neighborhoods" leads to the demise of a neighborhood not the invigoration.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 10, 2009 9:17 AM in response to High Rents Killing Montague Street

I think that everyone seems to have the same taste and it will be interesting to see something different each week. That house looks like all of my brownstone friends' homes.

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 5, 2009 6:46 PM in response to Closing Bell: Brownstone Voyeur

This house seems a tad pricey for that location in this market, but who knows. Maybe the price is high, because they expect less?

Posted by: witchdoctor at March 4, 2009 7:50 PM in response to House of the Day: 216 17th Street

Do not move into this apartment. You are supposed to have windows with bars that able to unlocked from the inside for you to exit for fire. If you put bars on your landlords windows you are foolish.

Posted by: cillmylandlord_again at November 17, 2009 1:38 PM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

Do you really see the others have bars on windows? what kind of block do you live on. I have sliding glass doors in rear...obviously no bars...as do others....
How about on fireescapes of bldgs behind you? Do they all have bars?
I would just get lock, or something so window could not be lifted unless in some area with lot of breakins (ask your precinct).

Posted by: Petebklyn at November 17, 2009 4:43 PM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

I would say definitely get them. Years ago (in the 80's and early 90's) we would get broken into through our yard as often as through our roof. It's been 20 years since anyone tried to break in through our garden door, but alas just last week, a neighbor caught someone trying to break into another neighbor's door in their backyard, so I do now recommend them.
Landlords are not however, responsible for them. You need fdny approved security gates. Vinny's ironworks does goregous ones and installs them for $500 (that was for 2 windows), but you can get regular accordian looking ones for around $100 at loews or home depot.

Posted by: Cobblehillbaby at November 17, 2009 5:42 PM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

Thanks so much for all of the suggestions.

Posted by: snowbunny at November 17, 2009 6:41 PM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

I couldn't find what I bought on Lowe's website, but I did find it on True Value's website: http://tinyurl.com/yhnwm85

That is the one I bought. It was super easy to install. I've had some nimrod try to break into my apartment several times through the rear window. Since I've put that up, I've had no problems. I highly recommend this product.

Posted by: InsertSnappyNameHere at November 17, 2009 10:15 PM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

The LL may say that to save a buck but you should get your own. Just make sure that they're fire Approved - NO LOCKS WITH KEYS.

Posted by: Crownlfc at November 18, 2009 12:06 AM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?

neighbors can be the robbers. tell the ll to install the bars, or perhaps find another place.

Posted by: witchdoctor at November 18, 2009 3:21 AM in response to First Floor Apartment Security?