Washington between Dekalb & Willoughby blocked
Looks like there is a police investigation on that block this morning.
Fort Greene’s very own green toilet
This story could be seen as a feel good hilarious treat by some … and a piece of crap by others.
(Sadly the Brooklyn Paper’s videos can’t be embedded, so you’ll actually have to click on the link.)
Clinton Hill Town Hall Meeting about Bell Verdict Tonight
6:3O pm
Brown Memorial Church
484 Washington Ave at Gates Ave
Organized by Councilwoman Tish James
No more karaoke at Five Spot?
Karaoke night at the Five Spot on Myrtle and Washington has peppered my thursday night myrtle shuffle for the past year. Though I haven’t been a regular, I’ve sung Purple Rain on that stage and to the degree that I was going to the Five Spot, that was the night to do it. This Thursday I expected more good times with friends I hadn’t seen in a while (including the one who coined the phrase “myrtle shuffle”). We found out unfortunately that there is now a $5 cover charge. We were told at the door that there would be karaoke but the karaoke man has apparently been axed. The crowd was as motley and unique as a myrtle crowd can be: hipsters, Pratt freshmen girls eager to sing “Like a Virgin”, homies from Walt Whitman. The $1 PBRs were still there. That and the signature raucus live band. But Karaoke night is no more. No more voluminous catalogs from which to choose unforgettable singalong oldies, no more lyrics screen. Just when I thought I had (almost) everything I need on the strip, I have to travel to Park Slope or to Korea Town in Manhattan when I feel like singing.
About
A friend of mine who used to work at Il Torchio (now Anima), calls my practice of hopping from spot to spot when I come back from a long day’s work in Manhattan “the Myrtle Shuffle”. A beer here, a burger there but lots of love everywhere. I’ve lived in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill for 11 years, 4 of which have been on Myrtle.
Last summer (07), I watched a critical mass of restaurants and businesses pile onto the avenue. Now my friends have a hard time peeling me off of what was once “Murder Avenue”. I have been a blogger for a while now and I thought I’d start sharing my Myrtle adventures.
The wider playground is all of Fort Greene/Clinton Hill.
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News of the hood- Brooklyn Folks: We Need To Talk… | Kitty BradshawIn any event this was the most interesting time I’ve had at Moe’s bar in Fort Greene. Sometimes I go there after the movie at Habana Outpost. Usually I tell people it’s boring but after this past Sunday I gained a little more respect for it. It
- The Brooklyn Paper: Youth vote? That’s a laughThe good news is that Powell isn’t the only candidate who knows his way around the Interweb. The bad news is that the 74-year-old Towns hasn’t exactly figure out how to use the ‘Net to court voters who are nearly six decades younger than he.
- Daily Kos: No Sleep Till Brooklyn - Ed Towns Expenditures (NY10)Some of his transgressions as a Democrat in a +41 D district are working against Net Neutrality and being to the right of his district on other votes like the Bankruptcy Reform Bill.
- Daily Kos: Urban Youth Initiative - First Stop BrooklynThese Democrats are changing the political paradigm in central Brooklyn.
- Catsimatidis backlash begins… « The Real Fort Greenewhy deprive the local residents of services for YEARS if you aren’t even sure if the project can be completed?
- abistro - Fort Greene, Brooklyn « Jeffrey TastesGreat food, cozy (small) and clean restaurant. What a glorious date place to show her you know all the amazing, little-known local spots. Seriously, if you take a date here, he or she will melt.
- Burglary Row in Fort GreeneA repeat burglar — or a team of crooks — has tormented DeKalb Avenue restaurants, seemingly striking at will and with precision over the last two months.
- Is the Brooklyn Flea in trouble? « The Real Fort GreeneFor the record I’m not a big fan of it but that is primarily due to it’s location. Brooklyn could use a good flea market but put it somewhere that needs the foot traffic. I’m sure the Navy Yard or Columbia Street in Red Hook would be happy to have i
- Is the Brooklyn Flea in Danger? -- Daily Intel -- New York News Blog -- New York Magazinealthough he was unclear about exactly what the problem was, it was pretty clear the tussle has something to do with that old bogeyman, gentrification.
- metro: Supermarket battle causes deeper issues to surfaceIt wasn’t that long ago, recalled Kevin Powell, that Myrtle was known as “Murder Avenue,”... “All of a sudden, because we’re close to Manhattan, folks want to bring some money into the community... Don’t displace us. We have a right to be here
- Brooklyn Folks: We Need To Talk… | Kitty Bradshaw
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