Oops. A bit dated now, but here it is. From the New York Times via Brownstoner.

PROSPECT HEIGHTS $750,000
34 Plaza Street
2-bedroom, 2-bath, 1,250-sq.-ft. co-op in postwar building; 24-hr. doormen; dining area, windowed kitchen, parquet floors, Manhattan skyline view; roof deck; maintenance $1,029, 30% tax deductible; listed at $695,000 (multiple bids), 3 weeks on market (broker: Warren Lewis Realty)

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Some people in Prospect Heights avoid shopping at the corner bodega because they think it’s more expensive than making the trek to Key/Met Foods or a chain drug store. Not so! Case in point: the Rite Aid on 7th Ave. recently charged almost 3 dollars for 2 16-oz. bottles of seltzer; whereas the typical bodega here charges $1 per bottle. So that’s a 50% premium. Ditto with pet food, coffee, milk, eggs… what’s your experience? Please discuss. And take a look at the price tag next time you buy.

PICTURED: Josh Goldstein of BodegaNYC.com sent us this picture of himself standing in front of Espinal Grocery at the corner of Sterling Pl. and Underhill Ave.

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Now up at Tales of the Cupcake Mafia: “Stopping by Video Edge … I had just rented Dead Like Me Season One Disc Three when I decided to stop and pick up dinner. Eschewing traditional take-out I decided to take advantage of my new neighborhood and head to a place called ‘The Wing Wagon.’…”

“The wings only came in batches of 10, and I wanted to try at least two different sauces. So I ordered 20 wings, 10 BBQ and 10 Medium and waited for my order. I was repulsed yet giddy with the weight of my wings as I carried them home. Opening the boxes, the potential for mess was so great, I moved the whole operation to the kitchen sink and ate standing up beside it.”

“… I was attacking these wings with a fervor that had not been seen since the days dinosaurs walked the Earth. Sauce was all over my mouth which would generally gross me out but I swear I did not care … I looked up quickly and caught a glance of my reflection of the kitchen window and mistook myself for a feral raccoon.”

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Last week’s “server overload” incident knocked Daily Heights off The Internets, and in an emergency session, we had to negotiate with our benevolent webhost to put us back on the air, please.

In response to these woes, DAILY HEIGHTS regular Carnivore inquired about donations. His “can I donate” post generated a flood of response. Within hours, we had more than $500 in donations come in through Paypal! I’m really struggling for a way to properly thank FLUTE, JamesOnVandy, Lucas, Stacey, Daniel, alafairnadia, Carnivore, 11238, Eugene from Prospect Park, and all the rest of you for your support.

The immediate crisis period is over, but you can still make donations at any time via paypal (at this address: paypal@dailyheights.com) or by check/cash/whatever. Clicking the “donate” link over to your right makes this process super easy.

So what about that server problem? The status of Daily Heights is a bit better than last week - we are still limping along on the same old server. We’ve crippled a few server functions so that the site won’t run so hot. It’s not clear whether we will stay or go, but inertia certainly consumes fewer man-hours of internetty frustration. Whatever happens, all of your donations WILL GO toward improving the site, paying for bandwidth/server space, supporting neighborhood events, etc.

Regards,

The Management

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