Posted 12/11/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Parts of Brooklyn That Feel Richer and Whiter Really Are!
One-fifth of black and Hispanic families have left the west-of-Prospect-Park area in seven years.
Posted 11/14/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
What Will Go Atop the BQE If They Put a Lid on It?
Mayor wants housing, locals want pretty mini-parks, some just want more bridges.
Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
The Revenge of the Stoop Pooper
Behold the return of the Boerum Hill Stoop Pooper, the chilled-out raccoon of Brooklyn Heights, and the aggressive Kennedy Fried Chicken sign of Bedford Park. All in today’s boroughs report.
Posted 08/07/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Carroll Gardens Woman Will See Nanny Brought to Justice
A busybody mom seeks punishment for a nanny she thinks left a kid unattended in Carroll Gardens, New York 'Press' commenters lose their lunch over a Harlem-gentrification story, and a snarky Greenpoint blogger goes soft, all in today's neighborhood news.
Posted 07/25/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Battle Over the Brooklyn Flea Goes to the Religion Place
The real nannies of Park Slope, Roosevelt Island's Animal House potential, the great Fort Greene flea smackdown, and a few bits more in our (whew!) week's-end hood-scanner.
Posted 07/22/08 in Daily Intel
Company Town
Katie Couric: ‘America Is Giving Me the Hillary Clinton Treatment’
The CBS anchor identifies with the former presidential candidate. Plus, why it's not looking good for Wall Street bonuses, or the doorman who won $5 million on a scratch ticket a couple of months ago, and more, in our daily rundown of New York media, finance, real-estate, and law news.
Posted 07/16/08 in Daily Intel
Photo Op
Carroll Gardens Graffiti: ‘Yuppie Fux Are Sitting Dux’
It's an impressive spin on the old 'Die Yuppie Scum' chestnut.
Posted 07/15/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Bedbugs Threaten Boerum Hill Bastille Day
'Real World' rumors hit Carroll Gardens, strange "vocational" lions hit Staten Island, the "Beaver Butler" hits the financial district, and more, in today's boroughs report.
Posted 07/08/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Ikea Buses for All — Even Recovering Heroin Addicts!
Stuy Town laundry thieves are being surveilled, Carroll Gardens raccoon cheerleaders speak out, Ikea bus riders forego affordable design for methadone, and much more, in our 'Ruby Tuesday' boroughs roundup.
Posted 06/23/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Can Regina Spektor Make Murray Hill Cool?
Regina Spektor moves into Murray Hill, Carroll Gardens' Ivy League hipster types strike back against last week's maudlin anti-yuppie video, and a celeb hip-hop stylist's body turns up in the Bronx. Plus, news from Red Hook, Long Island City, Dumbo, and Coney in today's boroughs roundup.
Posted 06/17/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Carroll Gardens: There Are Still Real Italians There
Will your relationship survive Red Hook's new Ikea? Will Carroll Gardens old-timers continue to make-a da pizza? Will the Upper West Side open-house thieves cop a plea deal? More questions and even fewer answers in today's borough report.
Posted 05/19/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Avenue A's Most Famous Appendage Perks Up
Say hello to "The Collection" in Carroll Gardens, a possible good-bye to notorious Club Kalua in Jamaica, and plain old "WTF?" to a Staten Island kid who won't give up his Confederate-flag T-shirt. That and more in our daily boroughs report.
Posted 04/18/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Some Old CBGB Punks Think the John Varvatos Store Isn't That Bad
Fancy cornices aim to redeem Fedders homes in Carroll Gardens, aging rockers defend CBGB's new retail use on the Bowery, and a Billyburg record store faces shutdown. Oh yeah, the boroughs are alive and well in our handy-dandy Neighborhood Watch!
Posted 04/15/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Ellen Barkin on the Loose in Brooklyn Heights!
Our daily neighborhood roundup, including dish from Soho, the Bronx, the Upper East Side, and Brooklyn Heights.
Posted 04/04/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
Tompkins Square Park Faces Off Against the Quiet
Who's stealing the big bronze bells of Woodside? That and other burning questions in our daily report from the hoods.
Posted 03/25/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
A Biggie Biopic Grows in Brooklyn
A movie in Clinton Hill, a murder in Carroll Gardens, Obama faces popping up all over Brooklyn, and more in our daily roundup of neighborhood news.
Posted 03/20/08 in Daily Intel
Neighborhood Watch
CBGB's Gallery, at Least, Will Be Spared the Shame of Conversion
Was Karl Lagerfeld really in Harlem? Will CBGB's Gallery really be saved from becoming a bank? Our daily neighborhood news roundup.
Posted 03/19/08 in Daily Intel
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