Many will be away but for those who can’t afford the getaway to the Hamptons there are still some things to do around town and I actually like it better because it won’t be as crowded in the city with all the trust funders on holiday.
On Saturday you can hit the Greenpoint Avenue Festival, Queens Boulevard to 44th Street, Sunnyside and probably have enough time to swing by the Sunnyside Gardens Park Annual Memorial Day Fair, rain date May 25, rides, arts & crafts, BBQ, games, silent auction & 50/50, rummage & bake sale, music & dance stage, 48-21 39th Ave.; 718.672.1555. – Queens Gazette
You can also check out the McCarren Park Farmers Market at Lorimer St. & Driggs Avenue, inside park entrance from 8am – 3pm.
Sunday is the annual Greenpoint Memorial Day Parade – Starts at 519 Leonard St between Driggs and Nassau Aves, Greenpoint, Brooklyn (718-349-6890). Subway: G to Nassau Ave. 8:30am. – Time Out
Shopping is always a good idea, too. Dalaga is having a 10% off sale on shorts and shoes for those on their mailing list (send an email to info@dalaganyc.com to sign-up!) starting tomorrow and running through June 1st. Plus, cocktails and moisturizer will be served!
And out of the immediate hood there is a huge to-do going on with the Brooklyn Bridge’s 125th Birthday starting tonight. There’s a ton of stuff to keep you occupied all weekend long. – Brooklyn Based
The Observer has an article on what the lowdown was last night at the G-Train rally. I copy and pasted the entire article here because, well, the Observer’s website sucks balls and is slow as shit.
“The four-car G train is just like one step above the horse and buggy days,” State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn told the crowd at Wednesday night’s Save the G rally at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene.
Almost 100 G riders kicked off a month-long campaign to increase service on the “forgotten stepchild” of the New York subway system, as Mr. Jeffries and others have called it.
“It’s important to increase the intensity of the public campaign,” Mr. Jeffries said, “to stress to the M.T.A. that G train service enhancements are absolutely necessary.”
On June 25, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board will meet to discuss system-wide service improvements. Mr. Jeffries, who organized the rally, intends to make sure the G is a top priority. In the coming weeks, G advocates will be writing letters, sending emails, and corralling the support of elected officials in an effort to “convince the M.T.A. to do the right thing,” as Mr. Jeffries put it.
In February, the agency announced a plan to increase the frequency of G service during off-peak hours, but these additions have been put on hold indefinitely.
“The M.T.A. is aware of these problems [on the G] but sometimes they just need to be reminded,” said Cate Contino, of the Straphangers Campaign.
Ms. Contino was one of a number of speakers who illuminated the unique woes of the G: truncated four-car trains, a lack of street transfers, long waits and a history of service reductions. Cuts to the G have occurred despite the route’s expanding ridership, especially in the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. In a recent rider report card survey, the G received a D+.
Joe Chan, of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, a non-profit local development corporation, spoke of the need to grow downtown Brooklyn as one of the city’s financial hubs — a project he says is hindered by the inadequacies of the G line.
The capacity crowd also included the president of the Pratt Institute, Thomas Schutte, as well as a representative from Brooklyn borough President Marty Markowitz’s office, City Council members, community leaders, and residents of Brooklyn and Queens. It was Mr. Jeffries’ rousing call and answer that received the audience’s loudest response:
Just caught this on the news this morning. Traffic is going to be mess this morning and maybe into the early afternoon with repairs and cleanup.
BQE (WABC) — A tractor-trailer hauling concrete collided with a livery car on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, causing a horrific crash that shut the roadway in both directions.
Newscopter-7 was live over the scene.
Eyewitness News is told the vehicles collided in the Brooklyn-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, at Morgan Avenue, at around 5:45 a.m.
Officials say the force of the collision sent the tractor-trailer rig hurtling over the divider, where it struck a Queens-bound car. At least one of the vehicles then caught fire, sending a large plume of smoke into the air.
The Brooklyn Queens Expressway was shut in both directions as officials put out the flames.
According to reports one driver was critically injured, possibly the driver of the tractor-trailer, which was hauling concrete. Another was in serious condition, and a third had minor injuries.
The roadway was expected to be closed in both directions for some time.
The Observer has an article on what the lowdown was last night at the G-Train rally. I copy and pasted the entire article here because, well, the Observer’s website sucks balls and is slow as shit.
“The four-car G train is just like one step above the horse and buggy days,” State Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn told the crowd at Wednesday night’s Save the G rally at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church in Fort Greene.
Almost 100 G riders kicked off a month-long campaign to increase service on the “forgotten stepchild” of the New York subway system, as Mr. Jeffries and others have called it.
“It’s important to increase the intensity of the public campaign,” Mr. Jeffries said, “to stress to the M.T.A. that G train service enhancements are absolutely necessary.”
On June 25, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board will meet to discuss system-wide service improvements. Mr. Jeffries, who organized the rally, intends to make sure the G is a top priority. In the coming weeks, G advocates will be writing letters, sending emails, and corralling the support of elected officials in an effort to “convince the M.T.A. to do the right thing,” as Mr. Jeffries put it.
In February, the agency announced a plan to increase the frequency of G service during off-peak hours, but these additions have been put on hold indefinitely.
“The M.T.A. is aware of these problems [on the G] but sometimes they just need to be reminded,” said Cate Contino, of the Straphangers Campaign.
Ms. Contino was one of a number of speakers who illuminated the unique woes of the G: truncated four-car trains, a lack of street transfers, long waits and a history of service reductions. Cuts to the G have occurred despite the route’s expanding ridership, especially in the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Bedford-Stuyvesant. In a recent rider report card survey, the G received a D+.
Joe Chan, of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, a non-profit local development corporation, spoke of the need to grow downtown Brooklyn as one of the city’s financial hubs — a project he says is hindered by the inadequacies of the G line.
The capacity crowd also included the president of the Pratt Institute, Thomas Schutte, as well as a representative from Brooklyn borough President Marty Markowitz’s office, City Council members, community leaders, and residents of Brooklyn and Queens. It was Mr. Jeffries’ rousing call and answer that received the audience’s loudest response:
David Cook takes the whole enchilada and deservingly so. I think this might be the first season ever that they guy I was rooting for since the very beginning actually came out and won.
Here are the highlights (the last ten minutes) of the show from YouTube:
Just caught this on the news this morning. Traffic is going to be mess this morning and maybe into the early afternoon with repairs and cleanup.
BQE (WABC) — A tractor-trailer hauling concrete collided with a livery car on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, causing a horrific crash that shut the roadway in both directions.
Newscopter-7 was live over the scene.
Eyewitness News is told the vehicles collided in the Brooklyn-bound lanes of the Brooklyn Queens Expressway, at Morgan Avenue, at around 5:45 a.m.
Officials say the force of the collision sent the tractor-trailer rig hurtling over the divider, where it struck a Queens-bound car. At least one of the vehicles then caught fire, sending a large plume of smoke into the air.
The Brooklyn Queens Expressway was shut in both directions as officials put out the flames.
According to reports one driver was critically injured, possibly the driver of the tractor-trailer, which was hauling concrete. Another was in serious condition, and a third had minor injuries.
The roadway was expected to be closed in both directions for some time.
David Cook takes the whole enchilada and deservingly so. I think this might be the first season ever that they guy I was rooting for since the very beginning actually came out and won.
Here are the highlights (the last ten minutes) of the show from YouTube:
I just found this out and it’s horrible news. All of the neighborhood’s Catholic schools have bit the dust since I was a kid. St. Cyril’s, St. Anthony’s and now St. Cecilia’s.
“The financial situation is even bleaker than was anticipated,” said spokesman Frank DeRosa. “Regrettably the re-registration has [proved] not to be sufficient.”
The school’s budget deficit is now estimated to be $398,000 – nearly 90% more than was anticipated, said DeRosa.
Enrollment at St. Cecilia has been steadily declining. With uncertainty about its fate, only 107 students were signed up for next fall. The school now enrolls 222 students. Ten years ago, 479 attended the school.
The only one to remain open is St. Stan’s and well that’s because it’s the Polish one.
I just found this out and it’s horrible news. All of the neighborhood’s Catholic schools have bit the dust since I was a kid. St. Cyril’s, St. Anthony’s and now St. Cecilia’s.
“The financial situation is even bleaker than was anticipated,” said spokesman Frank DeRosa. “Regrettably the re-registration has [proved] not to be sufficient.”
The school’s budget deficit is now estimated to be $398,000 – nearly 90% more than was anticipated, said DeRosa.
Enrollment at St. Cecilia has been steadily declining. With uncertainty about its fate, only 107 students were signed up for next fall. The school now enrolls 222 students. Ten years ago, 479 attended the school.
The only one to remain open is St. Stan’s and well that’s because it’s the Polish one.
Speaking of the Brooklyn Real World – where’s it gonna be? Nothing has been locked down yet according to producers but they threw around the G-word in this interview… – Urbanite
There’s a new bar with a twist coming to Franklin Street. The Production Lounge “is a place were you can sit back and relax. Enjoy a cocktail and a bite to eat, or just some coffee and desert and at any given time you can watch various types of entertainment going on from auditions and rehearsals, to modeling shoots and workshops. Open mic nights and jam sessions to poetry readings and scene study classes. And best of all, it will be all live and the cameras will be rolling while you watch!” Oooo voyeurism comes to The Point!
And as for new bars, I wonder what’s going to come of the Manhattan Ave joint that has a For Rent sign in the window. I passed by today and the gates were up, the door open and the lights on.
Here’s an annoying one – Brooklyn Glamour is doing some sort of Mizz Greenpoint pageant at East Coast Aliens. Who wants to place bets the crowning will most undeniably be a hipster from Montana who’s lived here about five minutes? It’s a disgrace.
Greenpoint Hotness: My favorite part is that she’s a slash magician, too. This blog has some funny ass pics of people doing stupid ass shit. A new daily check-in for me. – Don’t Die Phone
