15 Comments

1. jay October 31st, 2007 at 12:13 pm

   He’s alive – what’s been keeping you busy. I hope not home renovations.

   I think Star street Matt, with the bf is gone from this site, he used to be an author with interesting stuff to read.

   Right now the latest buzz is what’s opening on Halsey St.

2. BushWickLou October 31st, 2007 at 12:16 pm

   whats opening on halsey????

3. jay October 31st, 2007 at 12:56 pm

   Gongs is gone! New beauty place opening up, so all you folks will be looking a lot prettier!

   Lou – how’s the rentals been going. Did you get folks to rent the 3 br for $1800, and your other properties.

4. jay October 31st, 2007 at 1:15 pm

   We were hoping for a wine and cheese shop there, or a sportsbar, but the demand for beautiful divas in the nabes prevailed.

   We are hoping to get a commercial real estate round up going, and someone willing to provide some good services to the area, then will patronize the place, and another seed of gentrification will be planted.

5. bushwickgirl October 31st, 2007 at 2:48 pm

   I noticed a work permit in a store front on Wyckoff near the hospital and the name on it said “Vinos de Wyckoff” or something like that… I’m HOPING this means a nice little wine store is coming our way. I’ll keep you all posted if anything more happens.

6. jay October 31st, 2007 at 4:58 pm

   Great, now we need a little BYOB restaurant!

7. derwood October 31st, 2007 at 10:44 pm

   i definitely favor the commercial round up idea. i own a couple of places in the area, i have a vacant storefront on wilson right near flushing, if anyone has some ideas or some entreprenurial go getters i would be game. its pretty close to brooklyn natural and that area..if anyone is looking to open shop and want a great landlord send me a heads up..

8. Andrew November 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am

   Enjoy your break Jeremy, you deserve it!

9. John Dereszewski November 1st, 2007 at 8:31 pm

   Jeremy, hope you are having a great break from reality. We just returned from a terrific vacation that I will hopefully describe in a Bushwick context.

   1. Our hotel in Chicago was located in the Lakewiew district, which is like being in Brooklyn. It was a short 20 minute bus ride – or a 1 hour walk – to the loop. We did both. The hotel was also situated close to a number of terrific restaurants just south of Wrigley Field and in close proximity to Wicker Park and the Ukrainian Village – two very lovely communities that reminded us how parts of the Northside of Williamsburg used to be. So, we were able to enjoy the neighborhoods of Chicago while also being able to see the great downtown sights.

   2. We did partake of the Chicago deep dish pizza in a restaurant situated in the south loop. While we both really enjoyed it, I still prefer the thin crust, Neopolitan, variety. Thus, I am looking fowrard to checking out the Little Munchies place on Evergreen and Decator.

   3. Armstrong’s recommendation to go on the Chicago River architectural tour was wonderful. It was an absolutely terrific 90 minute experience. Barbara and I also visited such terrific older archetural examples as the Rockery and – a real find – the Fisher building. Chicago architecture really rocks!

   4. One thing that we saw in route to a French restaurant in Lakeview was a 9 lane bowling alley that could be clearly seen- beyond the obligatory bar – from the street. Compared to this, the old Wyckoff Lanes in Bushwick were positively titanic. I have never seen anything like it.

   5. While most of our visit to San Francisco just retraced old favorites – the Cliff House, Golden Gate Park, Sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge – we spent some time exploring the South of Market area and discovered both the terrific SF Museum of Modern Art and – most interestingly – a wonderful community garden in the heart of this gentrifying area. It really reminded me of the terrific gardens that I recently came across in Bushwick.

   Hope you enjoy this.

10. Armstrong November 3rd, 2007 at 11:13 am

    Hey John, glad to hear my advice was of some use on your trip which sounds awesome!

11. BushWickLou November 3rd, 2007 at 8:06 pm

    hey jay – thanks for asking. Yeah man, all the units are rented. I have some pretty awesome folks living there. I really lucked out with all 3 tenants.

12. Jaybushwick November 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 pm

    John, glad you had a good time in Chicago, and thanks for linking it to Bushwick, what a great twist.

    Just like your hotel to the loop, bushwick is 20 minutes to manhattan.

    Little Munchies makes a good slice, and never burned, and not greasy.

    You give a great architectural tour of bushwick yourself!

    A good bowling alley in town would really liven things up around here.

    Well we don’t have anything like the Cliff House yet. NK is as close as we can get so far. Irving Square Park is going through restoration now so it will be new and improved soon. We have bushwick inlet instead of Sausalito, and the Williamsburg bridge.

    Lou, how’d you find your tenants (any luck with this site?), sounds like everyone is paying their rent, and not trashing the place.

13. BushWickLou November 4th, 2007 at 9:29 am

    just used craigslist and several brokers. I got most of them myself. I had to sift out the crazies ( as much as I could) but so far so good. This site could be the source for all things bushwick esp for apt searches. If J could find someone dedicated to just that then I am sure it could happen on a regular basis.

14. John Dereszewski November 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Hello Jay, and thanks for the kind words.

    Re your reference to Bushwick Inlet – the last remaining portion of Bushwick Creek – you may be interested to know that I am currently pitching the idea of conducting a walking tour that will trace the course of this long extinct body of water, which formed the original boundary between Greenpoint and Williamsburg. If it ever happens, the tour will begin at the site of the old Bushwick Bridge – where Kent Ave. becomes Franklin St. – go through McCarren Park, through which the old creek once flowed, and end up at the site of the original Bushwick settlement, at the very beginning of, what else, Bushwick Ave. Hopefully, I will be able to pull this together and will keep you abreast of any progress.

15. yami April 20th, 2008 at 1:44 am

    YEs, there will be a nice wine store in 150 wyckoff ave. Maybe the grand opening wil be in may.