Open Thread Weekend 5/15-16/10

Yep, the rats over there are not new. Lots of primo garbage to be spelunked after dusk, I suspect. Whenever I hear the rustle in the brush, I try to catch a peek at our “nekked-tail squirrels”.

Mebbe we need more feral cats?

I always thought the rat poison route was only a band-aid. Less food in the trash cans would help.

The construction at Squibb park may have dislodged a colony? Or the wet weather might have favored their survival this Spring?

I wish there were more street lamps on the far end of Willow Street. It gets pitch black at night, and has been a mugging area in the past.

I never never the promenade from the Middagh entrance because of the numerous rats that hang there, day or night, I always walk to Pineapple.

I remember going on the BHA walking tour one year and visiting a beautiful house on Willow and Middagh and couldn’t get the fact that a colony of rats were right next door. ugh.

I hope they don’t make it up to Hicks and Middagh were I live.

Karl , they have. If I don’t leave my garbage cans covered, there’s usually the tell-tale (or tail, as the case may be) of their foraging through it for food, evidenced in tiny tear holes in the bags. I have’t seen an actual rat in a few years, but I make sure to have my exterminator put poison in the under-porch as a precaution. In my experience, however, the vermin I noticed were coming from the east, so I suspect that it had something to do with the 20 Henry construction. The ones on the Promenade were more than likely dislodged off of the waterfront. As more and more people flood into BPP and the surrounding areas, this is sure to become a larger problem, as more and more garbage will be left behind. And, oh, do those rats love that left-over Grimaldi’s pizza crust! At least we can say that BH has rats with rarified tastes. Ratatuoille, anyone?

is anyone else hearing near incessant chopper noise right now? (it’s 12:30 saturday) or am i losing my mind? i kind of hope it’s the latter. who can i call other than 311?

chopper noise has been nearly constant for the past few hours. i tried 311 and was told EDC was closed for the weekend and to call back mon-fri 9 to 5.

A heads up — the Bklyn Hts Assn/Bklyn Hist Society workshop on house geneology is wonderful. There have been two sessions so far and both have been sell-outs. The BHS has a library of research material (much of which is crying for digitalizing) — and they show you how to find your way around. I’m sure if there is interest, they would schedule another session.

Had a great time on Homer’s Hidden BH Walking Tour today. As an old-time know-it-all type, I was truly impressed with some of the eye-opening points of interest. I highly recommend it for new-comers and Silver’s customers alike.

The Parks Dept. gardener told me that the far north end of the Promenade gardens are under the control of the Witnesses, hence the lack of much foliage control north of Pineapple. And although most of the trees along the Promenade have been de-ivied, the trees at the far end of the Promenade where it goes up to Orange/Cranberry Streets are still swamped by the stuff.

Combine that with the amount of ivy on the ground there, and you have a really good ground-cover to hide lots of rats. Maybe it’s time to take back the rest of the Promenade from the care—or lack of it—by the Jehovah’s Witnesses?

That’s interesting about the Witnesses control over the north end of the promenade. Today I noticed there were signs warning of rat poison in that general area. I actually find the biggest trash messes are around Montague, where of course, most of the non-residents tend to enter and congregate.

Any good RE broker recommendations as far as selling apartments goes? Having a rough time with current agent.