Archive for October, 2011

• Fire Reported at Menahan and Central

  April 22nd, 2009

  A tipster reports a large fire at Menahan and Central by St. Barbara’s Church.

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/22/09

  April 22nd, 2009

  

  $1250 — 1br: Something tells me this place is awesome, despite the lack of good photos. In an actual Victorian — rare in Bushwick — and a great price with all utilities included.
  Cornelia and Bushwick |…

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• A Spring Art Walk Through Bushwick

  April 21st, 2009
  
  Factory Fresh’s back yard wall. — Photo by Anna D’Agrosa

  This weekend was all about gorgeous weather, art, and Morgantown for me. I had some wonderful friends in town from Minneapolis, and after a yummy brunch…

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• Checkers Coming Soon to Broadway

  April 21st, 2009
  
  New Checkers location at Broadway and Eldert. — Photo by Diego Cupolo

  For some reason, the Brooklyn web is going nuts — real estate blog Brownstoner didn’t just report it, they checked in on the…

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• Kossuth Place Co-named for José Sucuzhañay

  April 21st, 2009

  The city council passed legislation formally co-naming Kossuth Place for José Sucuzhañay, a local man beaten to death in December by thugs from the Bronx, after recommendation by the Community Board…

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• City Coughs Up $257K for Bushwick Arrests

  April 20th, 2009

  The city has agreed to pay a $257,000 settlement to 32 Bushwick teenagers who were rounded up and arrested while walking to a friend’s funeral…

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• UK Guardian: ‘Fashionable Bushwick, Brooklyn’

  April 17th, 2009

  Unfortunately, this Guardian piece is not cool-hunting fluff, it’s about “bullicide” and mentions the Sucuzhañay murder. Awkward.

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• Tandem Is Now Open on Troutman!

  April 17th, 2009

  

  Jane Virga tells me — a little reluctantly in fear of a crush of customers — that new bar and restaurant Tandem is finally, after nearly a year and a half, open for business as of tonight! All…

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• Bushwick Community Board ‘Live’: April 09

  April 17th, 2009
  April meeting superstar Raul Rubio dazzles his audience with PowerPoint. — Photos by Aaron Short

  Tune in every month for Aaron Short’s report from CB4, the Bushwick Community Board’s monthly meeting. Check out last month’s minutes.

  It’s…

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• Bushwick Cooks: Lemon Coffee Cake

  April 17th, 2009

  

  I’ve been craving coffee cake lately. Usually when this mood strikes I head to the store to pick up an Entenmann’s, but neither my Food Dimensions nor the Associated had their Crumb Coffee Cake in stock. Now, I’ve learned…

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