From the Prospect Heights Message Board
ftunnah writes: “Does anyone know what happened at the Grand Army Plaza Stop today? There were about 6 cops there around 1pm this afternoon and there was a lot of blood on the platform. I can’t find it on any local news websites….”
Posted in the Prospect Heights Message Board
From the Prospect Heights Message Boards:
jimbo79 writes: “My dog seems to have identified stray voltage in front of 398 Sterling Place. We used to pass that way twice a day on our walks. About a month ago, I noticed would hold back as I approached this spot, and then race ahead as fast as he could, in both cases as far as the length of the leash would allow. I shrugged it off at first but then he became reluctant to even leave the house at walk time. Then I realized he was showing the same behavior that he showed at the Underhill Avenue hot spot in 2004…”
“Back in 2004, this dog exhibited the same behavior, laying back then skipping ahead, each day as we passed a spot on Underhill between Sterling and St. Johns. I thought it was weird that he always did that at the same spot, but didn’t think it was serious. Then one day when there was a lot of melted snow and salt on the sidewalk, my other dog (RIP), who never before had seemed to react, fell over on his side, writhing in pain…”
alafairnadia writes in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “given this, I’m glad I was using a cameraphone (and not insta-blogging, either, through my ultra-hip flickr acct) to capture this …”
Captain M writes: “Saw them picking up the pieces this am… one of the cars looks like an undercover cop car. Its been a while since I’ve seen a bad crash on Vandy.”
ana.log writes: “I was actually walking right there when this occurred, though I only heard the bang, and didn’t see what exactly happened. it wasn’t pretty though.”
“That’s the second time this has happened to me — I witnessed a woman get hit by a car on 5th Avenue in Park Slope last week (and then the car subsequently backing up and racing off – a hit and run; thank god the victim was more or less OK).”
“I hope there isn’t some force field around me that causes accidents.”
Back in February, we at Daily Heights reported that a rogue snow plow had taken out a big tree at the corner of Underhill Ave. and Park Place (Pictured: See what city services hath wrought).
Well, now it’s November, and it’s still not fixed. There’s a community meeting tonight where people will discuss solutions to this issue that the city has yet to fix. From the newsletter of the Park Place/Underhill Ave. Block Association:
“Are you Tired of that Sidewalk Eruption on Underhill & Park?
“We will discuss this and create a plan to fix it. If you have any other concerns relating to the quality of life on our blocks, bring them to the meeting. Our association exists to improve the neighborhood.”
Also on the agenda: All about Ratner and You.
What does it take to get the attention of city engineers?
Or, why all cell phones should be banned behind the wheel (Exhibit Z/umpteen)
At 2:15 Monday afternoon, on Prospect Place between Vanderbilt and Underhill, SCREEEEECH, BAM!!!! It sounded like two cars jockeying for position at top speed had collided – not surprising, given the awful tendency of vehicles in this neighborhood to drag-race down our double-wide blocks. Except in this case, actually only one car had been moving when the whole thing went down. The other vehicle was just parked, quietly and legally, on the street.
A VW Passat driven by a 30s-40s-ish woman in a suit, on her way to a meeting (possibly a court date), simply drifted, going at least 25MPH, into an Econoline van sitting idle on the right side of the street.
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