Phat Tats No Longer Available in Quaint Cobble Hill

Cobble Hill: The very popular Brooklyn Tattoo Shop is leaving the hood. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Dumbo: Two generally accepted truths debunked in one article: New York has outpriced artists, and the members of the Walentas family are a bunch of scrooges. [NYT] Fort Greene: Attention, 124 Dekalb Avenue: Spike Lee has left the building. [Brownstoner]

Posted 03/06/08 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: cobble hill, dumbo, fort greene, neighborhood watch, prospect lefferts garden, real estate, staten island, williamsburg

Cyclists Threaten Double-Parking Rights

Astoria: Get your towels ready. Astoria Pool opens June 29. [LICNYC] Clinton Hill: The fast-growing Brooklyn Waldorf School will move here from Fort Greene. [Brownstoner] Park Slope: Not one but two chickens have been spotted running around Prospect Park like, uh, yuppies with their heads cut off. [Gowanus Lounge] Prospect Lefferts Gardens: With the new bike lane on Lincoln Road, it will be that much harder to double-park. [Across the Park] Upper East Side: A six-ton boring machine has been lowered into the 63rd Street tunnel to link Grand Central Station with the Long Island Railroad. [Gothamist] West Village: Verizon confuses advertising with drug propaganda. [Copyranter]

Posted 06/12/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: astoria, clinton hill, neighborhood watch, park slope, prospect lefferts garden, upper east side, west village

Harlem on Only $600 a Night

Chelsea: The nasty Jag ad is gone from the side of the old McBurney Y, but a giant glass of Stella Artois has taken its place. [Blog Chelsea] Flatiron: Coming soon to Madison Square Park: steel trees! [Polis] Harlem: Marking yet another gentrification benchmark, a former Associated supermarket on 124th will become a $600-a-night W Hotel. [Columbia Spectator] Parkville: Is Ocean Parkway the "Madison Avenue of Brooklyn"? That's what the condo developers say. [Kensington (Brooklyn)] Prospect Lefferts Gardens: Neighbors suspect a developer of wanting to tear down a single-family home on Ocean Avenue to make way for condos. [Across the Park] West Village: Richard Meier’s glass towers on Perry Street will soon compete with a spire from edgy husband-wife design duo Asymptote. [Curbed]

Posted 04/24/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: chelsea, flatiron, harlem, neighborhood watch, parkville, prospect lefferts garden, west village

Williamsburg Gets Its Own Jeans

Boerum Hill: Outraged tenants are battling a local landlord with a lawsuit and a blog called Bad Landlord, of course. [Daily Slope] Brooklyn Heights Jehovah's Witnesses are selling their Columbia Heights property, formerly the Standish Arms Hotel. [Brooklyn Daily Eagle via Brooklyn Heights Blog] Clinton Hill: Who's haunting that abandoned church on Clinton between Greene and Gates — ghosts or junkies? [Clinton Hill Blog] Nolita: According to the Medici Foundation, it's anti-Italian-American not only to dislike the San Gennaro festival but also to say "Nolita" instead of "Little Italy." [Curbed] Prospect Lefferts Garden: The altruism of a group of neighbors who cleaned up graffiti this weekend doesn't stop certain meanies from calling them ugly. [Across the Park] Williamsburg: Well, they once named a jeans line for Studio 54. Is it any wonder the Gap should name its skinny denims after the city's most insufferably trendy hood? [Free Williamsburg]

Posted 03/28/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: boerum hill, brooklyn heights, clinton hill, neighborhood watch, nolita, prospect lefferts garden, williamsburg

Prospect Lefferts Gardens Latest Victim of Youth Scourge

Coney Island: The kids trying to save Coney from the plans of megadeveloper Thor have erected a MySpace page — so you know they're serious. [Kinetic Carnival] East Village: The Leaning Tenement of 12th Street? Look at how unaligned this old building is with the new one going up next to it. [Curbed] Prospect Lefferts Gardens: Here come the low-rent hipsters … not to mention their publicly etched pronouncements on the difference between film and cinema. Oy. [Across the Park] Richmond Hill: Say good-bye to the beautiful old Vetter Mansion on Lefferts and Hillside, because it's comin' down. [Queens Crap] Tribeca: It may not be built yet, but that won't stop Elliman from listing the penthouse at 415 Greenwich Street for $32.5 million. [Curbed] Williamsburg: A fire last night in a garage housing dozens of Koolman ice-cream trucks may mean fewer of the vehicles on the streets plus lost income for their immigrant drivers. [i'm not sayin, i'm just sayin]

Posted 03/14/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: coney island, east village, neighborhood watch, prospect lefferts garden, richmond hill, tribeca, williamsburg

Last Call at Northsix

Clinton Hill: Lots of abandoned homes up for sale—for first-time homebuyers, that is, not folks looking to trade their tiny co-op for a spacious fixer-upper. [Clinton Hill Blog] Coney Island: Developing Coney Island isn't "financially feasible" without high-rise housing on Stillwell Avenue, says Thor Equities. [Kinetic Carnival] Harlem: That empty lot at 1405 Fifth Avenue will soon be low- and middle-income housing. [What About the Plastic Animals?] Prospect Heights: Turns out there are still five privately owned acres smack in the path of Atlantic Yards. [Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn] Prospect Lefferts Gardens: Would expanding the historic district help prevent new development eyesores? [Across the Park] West Village: Which fashion label will grace the N.J. Turnpike–size billboard being affixed to the Gansevoort Hotel? [Curbed] Williamsburg: Catch the last show at Northsix before the space closes to magically transform into the Music Hall of Williamsburg. [FREEwilliamsburg]

Posted 01/31/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: clinton hill, coney island, harlem, neighborhood watch, prospect heights, prospect lefferts garden, west village, williamsburg

Cleaning Up the Lower East Side

Brooklyn Heights: Fishs Eddy is closing, but not until they sell everything in the store for 75 percent off. [Brooklyn Heights Blog] Carroll Gardens: Brooklyn Yoga canceled its early-morning class. Where else to do the cobbler's pose at dawn? [A Brooklyn Life] Far Rockaway: Next time your cell phone dies at JFK, charge it in the terminal and thank Samsung. [NewYorkology] Flatiron: Crayola-makers Binney and Smith have left the city for good. [Crazy Fingers via Blog Chelsea] Lower East Side: It's amazing what a little power washing can do. [Trevor Little via Gothamist] Prospect Lefferts Gardens: What does rent control look like? Photos of Patio Gardens. [Sensei Oddsox via Across the Park]

Posted 01/04/07 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: brooklyn heights, carroll gardens, far rockaway, flatiron, lower east side, neighborhood watch, prospect lefferts garden

What to Tip in Prospect Heights

Brooklyn Heights: A pedestrian was killed this morning on Henry Street near Montague. [Brooklyn Record] Clinton Hill: This holiday season, help Todd Lester save an endangered artist. [ClintonHillBlog] Greenpoint: If you start thanking government officials for efficient service, Marty Markowitz may call your house. So be careful. [New York Shitty] Prospect Heights: Tip your cabbie at least $3 if coming home from Manhattan. [Daily Heights] Prospect Lefferts Garden: According to CompStat, this place isn't nearly as deadly as Brooklyn blog readers seem to think it is. [Across the Park] Upper East Side: What's the best sports bar for the football novice? [The Upper East Side Scene]

Posted 12/13/06 in Daily Intel : Neighborhood Watch

Tags: brooklyn heights, clinton hill, greenpoint, neighborhood watch, prospect heights, prospect lefferts garden, upper east side