Open Thread Wednesday

By on December 12, 2023 11:31 pm in open thread

What’s on your mind? Comment away!

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  • Tinn

    Lincoln Restler’s office is running a toy drive, with a drop off in the Borough Hall Farmers Market this Saturdya

    https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094DADA729A1FEC61-46482298-holiday?useFullSite=true#/

  • # Cshillum

    Has anyone else noticed that Variety Mart on Montague have upped their shop window game quite dramatically in the past few weeks? I don’t recall this window display ever having changed so significantly in the 25+ years I have lived in the Heights! Good on them…

    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1703385a49a1e66caae9e88688ecf53ef5940b0fe17078f0a630edf54405c9bc.jpg

  • Banet

    They had the window papered over for a month or so. I can’t imagine this is why…

  • Bornhere

    I’ve lived in the Heights since … well, forever, and this change is almost disorienting. The random whatevers in the window have been a constant over the decades+, and maybe because I run in there for a new Pyrex cup or caulk or some specific thing, I sort of overlooked the “window chaos.” Quite the transformation.

  • Jorale-man

    Two complaints to 311, two department of sanitation violations for 144 Clinton Street, AKA the abandoned building at the corner of Aitken Place. Yet still no cleanup of the trash-strewn sidewalk. The violation notices are stuck inside the door while rats scurry past, heading to their nightly buffet. It shows you the limits of NYC’s property laws, I guess.

  • Clark resident

    Anyone know what’s happening at the storefront at 57 Clark (formerly Clark pet.com)? Windows have been covered and work was being done. Hopefully something new coming in, that spot and the one next door have been vacant for a long time.

  • Andrew Porter

    Whenever I need something I walk past this place, go to Bruno’s. Wonder if the people running Variety Mart finally realized enticing people to come in and browse is half the battle in retail sales.

    Anyone notice any changes inside?

  • Andrew Porter

    Montague Street buildings in 1875. These burned down in November, 1903:
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ca72d24ae2760217726f31d74e7ad9e30f8891f532631cec54bd148852139e3c.png

  • Andrew Porter
  • Cranberry Beret

    Someone wants to build a new house in one of those Grace Court gardens that’s shown in this week’s Open Thread photo above.

    So says this link from Community Board 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qyk4K_aE8VVyqnmYFGbbwMnRjCRK_X2K/view

  • Jorale-man

    Do you know what corner that is? What a shame. The U.S. looked a lot more like Europe in those days.

  • Red Leader

    I had lunch at Taboonette today. It was spectacular! My heart still belongs to Heights Falafel but I’m definitely putting Taboonette in the rotation.

  • # Cshillum

    Heads up: The mailbox at the corner of Henry Street and Remsen Street in Brooklyn NY 11201 has been tampered with. A very sticky substance has been applied to the inside of the mail slot, presumably to prevent mail from dropping into the mailbox so that it can be retrieved later.

  • robertnill

    That’s the original home of BAM and the BPL, yes?

  • Jorale-man

    I’m guessing that’s Clinton & Montague we’re seeing in the first photo. Columbus Park appears to be in the background.

  • Andrew Porter
  • Andrew Porter

    Columbus Park only there after the 1940s.

  • Karl Junkersfeld

    I believe that is a picture of BAM before it burned down and the beautiful library was across the street on Montague.