Open Thread Wednesday 3/16/11

By on March 16, 2011 12:31 am in Brooklyn Heights

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  • Tony

    @Hicks St Guy: an entire block was closed off from parking, in a neighborhood where parking is a premium, so a few kids could play in the street. Can’t wait for all the self-righteous windbags to now write, “People shouldn’t be driving anyway. Anything that cuts back on car traffic is good.”

  • Montagueresident

    I agree with “Christi”. I’m happy the laundry is back in service for those who need it but how long is the Grand Opeing supoosed to last. The banner has already come down once. It IS tacky.

    Does anybody know of a way to get the garbage truck at 6:30 AM to alternate routes. Since every “Handicapped” person in the area parks on Pierpont you can’t get around them to get to work in the morning. I just can NOT believe that many handicapped people own fancy new cars! Someone should look into it. I think it’s abuse of priviledge.

  • JoeyJoralemon

    @ Montagueresident, We are having the dog on Hicks look into the handicap parking privileges being abused.

  • AEB

    Topham, your post above is odious–ignorant and antisemitic.

    You are entitled, of course, to your opinion about the motivation of the synagogue for posting the signs, which may in fact represent a form of over-reaching. And I am entitled to call you out on your notion of what the synagogue leaders believe about god and their relation to that entity. In regard to that, you know nothing.

  • GHB

    Topham, and now apparently Tony, are clearly anti-semitic. They love to stick it to “The Jews” any chance they get. What I don’t understand is, what the hell are they doing living in Brooklyn?

  • Lee

    @Remsen, I was told by a neighbor that the some kids were doing the same thing to my building and the building next door as well. They were also trying to climb up the scaffolding. This was on Montague St around 3 in the afternoon.

  • MARTINLBROOKLYN

    Topham B.: Hey, you don’t have to be Jewish to take unfair advantage of parking. Example: A recent big-shot wedding event at the Heights Casino, where limos lined the curbs with police assistance claiming parking space. Then there is the persistent Sunday bit with the commuters to the Presbyterian church parking up Henry Street from Clark to Love Lane.
    Topham, next time around be a mensch and try to maintain a little balance in your bitching.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @AEB & GHB: Is any objection to the misconduct of certain Jews anti-Semitic? Not one person who has noticed my comment has remarked on what provoked it. The members of the synagogue on Remsen St between Henry and Clinton are always shutting that block down either for the observance of their holidays or for private affairs. Who the hell are they to do that?

  • nabeguy

    Big f-ing deal. Both Packer Institute and Plymouth Church (two rather Christian bastions) do the same thing for their street fairs. Get a clue.

  • AEB

    Topham, what does the Jewishness of the people involved have to do with the issue of posting the signs?

    That the action is seen by you as “Jewish” reveals your bigotry.

    And now you’re trying to backpedal by focusing on the “issue.”

  • Tony

    You’re a fool, GHB. I’ve never once complained about the synagogue on this forum before. And I can assure you I would be just as annoyed if a church or a mosque did the same thing. Also, some of my best friends are Jewish.

  • Zooey Vox

    Really amazed that Henry Miller once abided in what is now CVS on Hicks … ;).

  • Joe2: The Joe-ening

    Hmm….the string of people trying to finneagle their way into buildings in the ‘hood gives me pause. A good friend of mine came over this weekend, and I was surprised by a knock on my door instead of a ringing buzzer from downstairs. Apparently, he buzzed the wrong apartment in my building and they just let him in anyway, without question. I didn’t think much of it at the time besides being a bit surprised, but now I’m growing concerned.

  • GHB

    Tony, some of my best friends are black. What’s your point?

  • ABC

    I thought the fair was canceled — the street was closed and I saw no kids on the street at all. It was irksome.

    I have no problem with fairs in general. PS8, plymouth, grace and packer all have street fairs with games, jump castles and pony rides and the lot that I’ve taken my kids to in the past. But I’m not for the non-fair.

  • Topham Beauclerk

    @AEB I couldn’t possibly tell you what their Jewishness has to do with their conduct. I notice the conduct and I notice that they are Jews. They could just as easily be members of another religion but I was commenting on the situation at Remsen St between Henry and Clinton where there are two synagogues and far too many closings of the street for the benefit of their members. They put up fake no-parking signs two weeks ago, they closed off the street this past Sunday and I understand that they’ll be closing off the street again this weekend for still another holiday. They make too many demands on the good will and patience of their neighbors. There’s a monastery on the block too and in the many years I’ve lived on Remsen St, the monastery has never made a nuisance of itself.

  • Tony

    If you need someone to explain the meaning of the “some of my best friends are Jewish” line, then we can add ignorance (not to mention humorlessness) to your many fine qualities, GHB.

  • harumph

    @Topham,
    First of all there are two different synagogues on Remsen St. that have the street closed down for different holiday celebrations – they usually procure the rights to do so – the lame family that put up bogus signs is another thing
    @ABC – just a bad showing at their carnival I’m afraid – wasn’t canceled, just not attended
    @Tony wow, just wow.

  • my2cents

    Worst. Open. Thread. Ever….

  • north heights res

    @nabeguy, I work at Packer, and it’s non-denominational. The school may close down the street (though in 14 years there, I’ve never seen it done except for a very limited period of time, on occasions when kids are getting on buses for trips), but only in a completely secular way.

  • http://Building Jeffrey J Smith

    I think we need to be very careful in depicting anyone as being directed by prejudice. We need to carefully examine the validity of
    anyone’s evidence on an incident or a condition. Pedudice is
    pre judgenets. If someone has evaluated the evidence fairly and
    then made an evaluation then its hard to ascribe thier actions to
    some dishonerable motive. Also, we cannot have anyone who is exempt from open public examination of thier public behavior or
    non-visable behavior which has serious effects on society.

    The American way is to have make an open breast of an issue and let the chips openly fall where they may

  • http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com Teresa

    Need a recommendation for a good, slightly better than casual place to eat on a Tuesday night in Cobble Hill/Carroll Gardens. Somewhere between the Heights Cafe and River Cafe, but I don’t mean that geographically.

    Suggestions?

  • http://Building Jeffrey J Smith

    Some of thestreet events have become a basic feature of the Heights year. The Cranberry fair and the Plymouth fair are certainly integral features of the Heights cultural atmosphere.
    But several street fairs have poor security, marginal management and can be an intrusion on the quiet enjoyment of homes.
    Some of the behavior at street fairs has certainly been objectionable. i would like someone to video some of what goes on and put in on You tube

  • Remsen

    @Lee – interesting about the Montague incident. I was pretty surprised they were trying to get in the building in broad daylight…but then again, at 3pm on a Sunday, most people are not thinking they will be robbed or mugged, so the surprise element works for them. Moral of the story I guess is never just buzz somebody in and checked to make sure the swinging front door actually locks behind you!

  • Buddy Holly

    Does anybody know if any block associations got any money from the Sarah Jessica Parker movie production? Or was it just lip service to shut us up about them filming here for 2 weeks.

  • Karl Junkersfeld

    Teresa,

    Starting March 21st, “Dine in Brooklyn” is operative. Two restaurants that are participating in Cobble Hill that I love are Bocca Lupo (718-243-2522) and the best Japanese Restaurant in the area, Hibino. Hibino has some very interesting hot dishes that are unique and delicious. They have an especially strong assortment of dishes during the “Dining in Brooklyn” period. For $25, you get your money’s worth from both these locations. Also, I did a review of Colonie on Atlantic and just love them.

    Colonie

    http://vimeo.com/20095569

    Hibino (starting at 5:30 minute mark of film)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSUDqiomig8

    Here is link to Dine in Brooklyn link with participating restaurants:

    http://www.visitbrooklyn.org/pdf/dib2011.pdf

    Me, I always take advantage of the River Cafe lunch deal:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqP8efCgP14

  • travy

    admins- can we rename this the “wednesday-bitch-and-moan” thread?

  • T.K. Small

    @brooklynheightser: I recently also noticed that tag. As a card-carrying member of the “Crips”, I can assure you that was not an official communication.

    Also, as a general statement, last week on The Largest Minority Radio Show, which I cohost, my cohost offered the line “some of my best friends are disabled”.

  • David on Middagh

    @Teresa: How about Café Luluc (Smith St., between I think Baltic & Butler)? They do tend to fill up, so have a backup if you’re very hungry that night.

  • Jewess in the Heights

    To clarify – Brooklyn Heights Synagogue – not to be confused with B’nai Avraham (also on the same block), has the street blocked (with a police permit) twice a year. Once is for Simchat Torah in the fall and the other is for the Purim Carnival in the spring. The street was blocked off last Sunday from the hours of 11-4. There were pony rides and a bouncy house. Most of the carnival was held inside the building. March is an unpredictable weather month so we cannot count on using outdoor space.

    The parking signs for the bat mitzvah were put up by the family, not by the synagogue.

    I have found this whole discussion to be in very poor taste. I am surprised that the original anti-semetic comments were not removed from the blog. This is Brooklyn in 2011 and it is disgusting that I live amongst bigots.

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