Open Thread Wednesday

Look up your address here:

https://nyc.pollsitelocator.com/

Early voting is Oct 24 through Nov 1. I believe the early voting site for the neighborhood is 285 Jay Street.

As of now, poll sites will be open on election day from 6AM to 9PM. The early voting site has different hours each day so check the website to make sure it is open before you go to the early voting site.

Request your absentee ballot here

https://nycabsentee.com/

If you are affected by COVID-19 and/or the potential of contracting the virus, please check the box for “Temporary Illness” on the application. The definition has been temporarily expanded to include “a risk of contracting or spreading a disease” such as COVID-19.

I think I wrote here a while back about her being charged with shoplifting from Whole Foods.

The last time I took a screen grab of the census self-response rate in Community District 2 (CD2) was May 12, almost four months ago. Since then, every census tract has improved its rate of response except for Census Tract 3.01, bounded by Upper New York Bay and Pineapple, Hicks and Joralemon streets. The rate there is still below 50 percent. The overall response rate for CD2 is around 65 percent. Residents who have not yet responded can do so without a census identification number at my2020censu.gov

More photos from the Olde Days. Well, not so old: here’s Cadman Plaza and Pierrepont Street, before 300 Cadman Plaza West was built, from March 21st, 1977:
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What a nostalgia jolt to see the Rooney sign.

PLEASE use those links to identify your polling location and it’s hours. Don’t rely on what your neighbors told you. Check your voter registration here as well: https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/

I am also interested in the answer to this question. Is there still a PS 8 middle school co-located with Westinghouse High School?

If you zoom in, you can see the restaurant (with the “LIQUORS” sign) in the old Crescent Club building:

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Does anyone know when St. Ann’s took over all of 129 Pierrepont? Their website says the church bought the building for the school in 1966, and transferred the building to the school when they split in the 1980s. But from this pic, looks like there were still Crescent vestiges in the 70s…

Hicks Street between, Pierrepont and Clark was resurfaced a couple of weeks ago. The speed bump was removed as a result. Anyone know if it will be replaced?

I am pretty certain the store and diner were gone by 1980

I’ve listened to one episode so far and it was sooooo cringy and a little too close for comfort. But then again, that’s probably a good thing for me to recognize that. MS915 is now an independent Middle School and was once MS8, part of PS8 (meaning same budget, one principal). It is the MS that is located in Westinghouse on Tillary. The other school close to BH is Dock Street in Dumbo. Supposedly the DOE is building another MS at Atlantic Yards (referred to as MS One) but it has been delayed, delayed, delayed and came about because of pressure for more quality middle schools from parents in Prospect Heights. There are other schools that are merit based and have screenings like Mark Twain (in Coney Island) and Arts & Letters in Fort Greene. One of the fastest and no nonsense ways to learn about Middle Schools is to take Joyce Szuflita’s seminar. She knows the whole Brooklyn school scene, both public and private, inside out. She will also do individual consultations with parents. http://www.nycschoolhelp.com Keep in mind that the discussions around equity and diversity and the complications of the pandemic will influence the screenings for the specialty schools. In fact many schools are doing away with screenings all together. To keep up on what’s happening I also suggest you read Chalk Beat and follow NPR’s education reporting. Here’s the 2020 Middle School Admissions Guide. https://www.schools.nyc.gov/enrollment/enroll-grade-by-grade/middle-school/nyc-middle-school-admissions-guide

All of this was so helpful, thank you both!

Good report, ‘Birdy.’ Isn’t Arts & Letters moving to Bed-Stuy? And so my question is not misunderstood, I am asking from the perspective of traveling to-and-from school.

That map is interesting. I’ll note that there are a couple of former JW buildings within that small tract that are in transition (including the very big one that they are in the process of converting into a senior care facility, and another series of connected houses that are being turned into student housing), which may account for some of the non-responses. Also note we are CD7 (not 2) for anyone else who wants to have a look.

Yes, thanks for the reminder. Arts & Letters is moving to Bed-Stuy. Still D13. There are several buses you can catch at Tillary that will go to that neck of the woods. Not sure about what the closes subway is.