Tuesday Blogwrap
Red Hook. Photo by foleymarq from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool. The New Victory Gardens [Brooklyn Based] Belt Parkway Bike Path Closed [Marine Parker] Landlord to Black Betty: Drop Dead [Free Williamsburg] Bushwick School Kids Reclaim ‘Rat Kingdom’ [Bushwick BK] Anonymous Group Sends Anti-Gowanus Superfund Mailer to Residents [PMFA]
Red Hook. Photo by foleymarq from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
The New Victory Gardens [Brooklyn Based]
Belt Parkway Bike Path Closed [Marine Parker]
Landlord to Black Betty: Drop Dead [Free Williamsburg]
Bushwick School Kids Reclaim ‘Rat Kingdom’ [Bushwick BK]
Anonymous Group Sends Anti-Gowanus Superfund Mailer to Residents [PMFA]
The rabid fearmongerers being whipped up on PMFA are no better than the developers et al with the slick advertising. I’m not in favor of developing a polluted site along the Gowanus or high density anywhere in the neighborhood but I’m not hearing a reasoned discussion from either side. Someone should tell the NJ poster that this isn’t NJ and property values in the area are NOT going to double after the Superfund designation and cleanup unless the act of designation first drops prices by 65%.
More relevant than rats above is the BushwickBK story yesterday that the Beauty Bar is settling in Bushwick on the JMZ line. Today, nail polish fumes with a martini. Tomorrow, cheese boutiques take over East New York.
My Williamsburg nightlife experiences are pretty limited but I did eat at Black Betty, and the food and service was great. So not a big loss to me, but sad to hear of its closing in such circumstances.