Why doesn’t dailyheights have a Prospect Park section? Good question. Now it does. While this weather doesn’t inspire us to venture outside, you can just take a look at this incredible photo from RNWAR and fantasize about (slightly) warmer times.
TONIGHT: The latest on Ratner and the Stadium
Short notice… there will be an Arena Update at 8 pm tonight at 306 Park Place. Your questions taken, by representative(s) of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council (PHNDC). Discussion ensues. This meeting of the Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association.
From the PP/UA BA newsletter: "The Environmental Impact Study (EIS) will be done soon and the PHNDC is committed to enabling the Prospect Heights community to have as much input into the EIS as possible." NOTE: Possible public meeting about the EIS in Prospect Heights, in March.
Regardless of what you think about the stadium, you should click on this thumbnail for an awesome panorama courtesy of Ratner and Co:
Washington Ave.: 100% HUMAN HAIR. WE ALSO HAVE ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Ben writes us: "I’d like to see more info about Washington Ave. and what’s going on there. It’s beginning to develop and get the good kind of shops we need." Any new developments?
"Also, I notice there is lots of new construction in that area … I know one site near prospect place is slated to have 12 condos, I don’t believe anything more than excavation has been done yet. Any details?"
Please tell Ben about Washington Ave. Also, Photo Credit: the amazing lightningfield.com NYC photoblog. Click the photo to visit that site.
The Phantom Carjacking on Atlantic and Grand
According to Newsday.com: "A Brooklyn public school teacher, trying to hide from his wife the fact he spent the night in a crack house, concocted a bogus story about being carjacked…"
"Larry Grant, 48, of Clinton Hill … who teaches history and physical education — and coaches basketball — at Canarsie’s Intermediate School 211, reported on Friday morning that as he was coming from a diner, he was confronted by two men near Grand and Atlantic avenues in Prospect Heights."
Egyptian (Theme) Sewing Machine from 1905 – $50
If you go out to pick it up, wear gloves.
See also as soon as you post your goods for sale on CL.
The Drink Police, They Work Inside of My School
Battle afoot, over on Classon Avenue, involving marketers of nutritious, healthy drinks for kids. The NY Post reports: "Kids held a rowdy protest recently at Clara Barton HS in Prospect
Heights, where they have been smuggling soda past Gestapo-like drink
police inside heavy parkas … Cynthia Vallejo, a Barton
student (said) ‘We believe it is a way to take students’ money and for
Snapple to profit.‘ Under the $40 million deal, which …"
Grammar Gestapo: Read that lead again. How do the drink police fit inside heavy parkas? Sing it, Robin: "The Drink Police, they live inside of my coat…"
Duck! A bidding war
Brownstoner reports rumors of a "bidding war" over this house for sale, with the leading bid at $1.3 million. We can confirm that the street address is 330 Park Pl.
Those hot pink pillars are… Striking… Just striking. Click the pic for a detailed view, and go to Aguayo & Huebner Real Estate for inside detail.
Jared Fogle: Putting a human face on it
Conch Stew: Cure for Post-Holiday Depression?
Kris included Kombit in her round-up of Caribbean restaurants that "add brightness" as "New York settles into its gray
season."
"Kombit refers to the Haitian tradition of communal farming and
feasting. The restaurant has the look of upscale dining but the soul of
a family hangout. Kombit’s kitchen coaxes flavor out of root
vegetables, perfumes dishes with whiffs of nutmeg and clove and excels
in fried seafood."
Time for lunch yet?
PS. NewYorkmetro.com has another good write-up of Kombit. Click the picture to go there.
We're Number 20! We're Number 20!
Wow. Looks like we are #20 today in the Google search for "Prospect Heights Neighborhood in Brooklyn."
Free Japanese gold-plated Google memory sticks for everyone!
Update: We are #5 in Google for "Prospect Heights Brooklyn."