Christian Lorentzen in the Brooklyn Star: "We begin … at Freddy’s, 6th Avenue and Dean. This outpost lingers in the
Flatlantic interzone … The room is dark, the video selection a sinister
eclectic, an adjoining room allows for bands and billiards, and a can
of PBR costs $2.50. Drink up-you won’t see another one of those for a
half a mile." Read more.

NEXT MEETING: Thursday, February 10, 2005, 7:00 PM
Brooklyn Children’s Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue corner St. Marks Avenue

New York City is divided into 59 geographic community district. Each is served by a local representative
body known as a Community Board. Each one is composed of up to 50 unsalaried people. Community Board responsibilities include involvement in land use and zoning issues, participation in the city budget process, and "service delivery" (i.e. housing complaints, potholes, permits for block parties), among others.

Community Board #8; 1291 St. Mark’s Ave.; Brooklyn, NY 11213
718-467-5574 / fax 718-778-2979 / http://www.brooklyncb8.org/
NEIGHBORHOODS: Crown Heights, Weeksville, Prospect Heights
BOUNDARIES: Atlantic
Ave. (N), Ralph Ave. (E), Eastern Parkway (S), Flatbush Ave. (W)
Chairperson: Robert Matthews; District Manager: Doris Alexander
Board Meetings: 2nd Thursday of every month

From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives at brooklynpubliclibrary.org. "DROPPED DEAD OF STARVATION" is the actual title of the article. (Interesting to note that "Ads By Google" aren’t much different than the advertising techniques used back in the 1930s.)

Errol Louis writes in the Daily
News: “…City Councilwoman Letitia James, a vocal
critic of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development plan, may have to fight for
her political life this summer. James - who first got elected to office on the
Working Families Party line in a special election after the assassination of
James Davis in 2003 - is ineligible to run as a Dem in an overwhelmingly
Democratic district.”

“…
she could face a tough general election race against a pro-development Democrat
this fall, unless (she gets) special permission to run in its primary …
James’ entrenched opposition to Atlantic Yards has strained her ties
with the pro-jobs, union-backed Working Families Party, which generally
supports Ratner’s plan.

"I have yet to hear anyone say, ‘We will not
support you because of your position on Atlantic Yards,’" James says. But
about 20 neighborhood residents, upset about James’ opposition, recently
picketed the councilwoman’s office.” Read
more…