CG'ers Don't Want No Stinkin' Bars
Rumors are swirling that Al’s Grocery, a longtime fixture a the corner of 3rd Street and Hoyt, is about to be replaced by a jazz bar. “Ours is a quiet residential block with a lot of young families recently moved in and far removed from the commercial bustle of Smith Street,” writes one concerned neighbor….
Rumors are swirling that Al’s Grocery, a longtime fixture a the corner of 3rd Street and Hoyt, is about to be replaced by a jazz bar. “Ours is a quiet residential block with a lot of young families recently moved in and far removed from the commercial bustle of Smith Street,” writes one concerned neighbor. “We’re not looking forward drunks sitting on our stoops or pissing in our already-truncated front yards.” Word is that the beer and wine license is a non-issue because it transfers with the lease. Anyone have more deets? GMAP
Gee, 11:48, sounds like you need to go over to the bar and have a couple of stiff drinks, yourself!
That was very funny, and gave a chuckle to the morning.
Yes, the people on that block live in a city, but you may notice that they did not move to Times Square, or Bleecker Street, or Ludlow Street… They moved to/bought on a quiet residential block with a deli on the corner. It is possible that some people are overly worried, but I disagree with the attitude that just because you are a city dweller, you are supposed to put up with anything and everything.
I hear alot of opinions but not details. I am intrigued- does any one have details? We can save the editorials for later.
In my neighborhood, a bar opened on the corner down the street from where I lived. Next thing I knew, people were not only pissing on my lawn, but also on my windows and, occasionally, on me. They were also taking dumps on my doorstep, my herb garden, and on my dog. My son became an alcoholic because he would stop by the bar on the way home from PS 321 to drink mojitos and cosmos. One of the patrons gave herpes to my daughter and started her cocaine addiction. The noise from the bar is so loud that I have to yell at my wife louder than I normally do, so my vocal cords are strained. In fact, I swear my wife started having extramarital affairs because of that bar.
Reactionary is all the newcomers and their celebs that are against every new building/development that someone wants to build – especially if its over 4 stories tall.
Some really great brownstone neighborhoods in Albany and elsewhere upstate. Great houses at giveaway prices compared to Brooklyn nabes. Downside is you have to live up there, although the nano-tech boom is really starting to transform the capital region. Silicon Valley East under the rosiest scenarios. High-speed trains to NYC will happen eventually.
If you want rural peace & quiet, come right on up to upstate NY, which is losing younger residents in droves – I guess they’re moving to CG? Oh, and your housing dollar goes much MUCH further up here (e.g, Upper Hudson Valley/Capital Region).
The reactionaries of CG are legendary. There is a group of citizens fighting to stop the renovation of the PS 32’s schoolyard (union and hoyt) because it might attract kids which in turn will play and make noise. Imagine that!!
Very easy for apply and call yourself a ‘jazz club’ and portray as quiet little mellow crowd. But once have the license can easily be or become (when the jazz theme doesn’t make enough money) another dive for overaged frat boys.