Friday Links
Spring RE Market Roars In but Tiptoes Out Early [NY Times] Students to Protest Possible End of Free Rides [NY Times] Jail Population Falls to Lowest Level in 24 Years [NY Times] Coney Island: Strides Amid Rides [WSJ] B’klyn School Has a ‘Cow’ Over New Sculpture [NY Post] BP Station in Park Slope Attracts Complaints…
Spring RE Market Roars In but Tiptoes Out Early [NY Times]
Students to Protest Possible End of Free Rides [NY Times]
Jail Population Falls to Lowest Level in 24 Years [NY Times]
Coney Island: Strides Amid Rides [WSJ]
B’klyn School Has a ‘Cow’ Over New Sculpture [NY Post]
BP Station in Park Slope Attracts Complaints [NY Daily News]
Scrutiny Could Curdle the Greenpoint Food Market [Brooklyn Paper]
Unique Condo/Hotel on McCarren Park [Brooklyn Eagle]
Three Arrests Over Attempted DOB Bribes [Brooklyn Eagle]
Coney Boardwalk Ranks Among Best In Nation [NY1]
The $2 Million Flip of Freddy’s Building [AY Report]
Did Absolut Bloggers Break the Law? [AY Report]
Dig Planned For Battle of Brooklyn Artifacts [Gothamist]
Photo by paulie~
I wholeheartedly agree with the comment about Norman Oder (the reporter who so aptly named him “the Mad Overkiller” is Errol Louis). Oder’s obsession with Ratner and AY borders on disturbing. I can see Oder still writing 2000 word tomes on this topic 10 years after the arena is built. Sad.
It’s curious about the crime stats. Yesterday at the Bed Stuy Expo, an attendee said crime has increased so much her neighborhood is like it was back in the 80s. Everyone seemed to agree.
Could crime be flourishing in certain locales? The event took place in the 81st precinct, the one where the cops have been accused of fudging the crime stat reports.
“Oh, yay, are we going to spend the day writing limericks?!?”
Probably not, but we should!! : )
“Is any part of our government actually able to do something competently?????”
You’re starting to sound like a tea-bagger, Dave. In the political sense.
Oh, yay, are we going to spend the day writing limericks?!?
We’re lake people so I’m not worried for my July trip to the country house.
*buffs nails casually on front of shirt while yawning*
Along the lines of: “I once knew a girl from Nantucket…”
A bather whose clothing was strewed
By breezes which left her quite nude
Saw a man come along
And unless I’m quite wrong
You expected this line to be lewd.
But DIBS, I really DID once know a girl from Nantucket
(No Limerick)
Biff, get it right…
There once was a guy from Nantucket,