One of our favorite Brooklyn blogs, Bed-Stuy Banana, is still posting in July, though on a reduced vacation schedule. Today’s post returns to a favorite themes–the memorial murals in Brooklyn remembering people that have died. As always, they range from simple to involved. Check them out.–Bed-Stuy Banana

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In recent months, an old crime has started to reappear…on the border of Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant: a spate of muggings that has caught some in the neighborhood by surprise. People walking or biking alone have been attacked with punches, kicks — and in one case, a baseball bat — and then had their cellphones [...]

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Last night, City Lore and the Municipal Art Society honored Ten Places that Matter with Place Matters awards. We were on the selection committee that picked this year’s honorees. Here’s a short vid highlighting the winners, which are in all five boroughs. The Brooklyn honorees are the Weeksville Heritage Center and the Greenpoint Manufacturing and [...]

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Today’s Daily News deals with an important part of the Anarchy in the Pre-K situation: the fact that affluent parents in Park Slope and other neighborhoods haven’t been the only ones impacted by the partial meltdown of the selection and admission system. The troubles are hitting parents of modest means in less privileged neighborhoods too [...]

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If you’re looking for a fun way to check out historic Weeksville, then think about the Brooklyn Historical Society-sponsored tour coming up on Saturday, June 14. Here’s some info:
Walkabout Weeksville: Guided walking tour of Weeksville Neighborhood by the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville. The Hunterfly Road Houses, located on a Native [...]

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This example of comfy bus stop seating comes from Tompkins Street in Bed-Stuy, where it is useful for awaiting the arrival of the B43. It was sent our way by Miss Heather.

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“Built in 1889, the Alhambra—on Nostrand Avenue between Halsey and Macon—is a Romanesque Revival beauty: five stories, several turrets, a pointed roof, and 30 apartments (eight room each!). It was designed by Brooklyn’s own Montrose Morris, a starchitect in his day.”–Ephemeral New York via Brownstoner

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The very friendly naugahyde chairs come from Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy. They’re not couches, per se, but they’re street furniture and, you know, they fit together. Miss Heather contributed the photo.

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This bent up sign comes from Herkimer and St. Andrew in what either Bed-Stuy or Crown Heights depending on one’s view of the neighborhood lines of demarcation. It was sent our way by Miss Heather, naturally.

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Part of a wall of a vacant four-story building in Bed-Stuy collapsed yesterday. There were no injuries and the structure looked like it could come down if someone looked at it the wrong way.–Brownstoner

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There are two interesting things about these signs, which come from the border of Clinton Hill and Bed-Stuy. One of them is the dangling one way sign. The other is the fact that Miss Heather, who supplied us with the photo, notes that the street is “Sandford Street,” not “Sanford Street.”

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This plush and once-proud recliner comes to us from Dekalb Avenue in Bed-Stuy where Miss Heather found it communing with a couple of old TV sets. While the staging suffers from the fact that the TVs have been carelessly placed behind the recliner, it’s still easy to picture kicking back in it and watching.

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From Bedford Avenue in Bed-Stuy we have this specimen with what appears to be panels from a construction fence, painted that unmistakable blue, and some trash bags. It comes to us, of course, from Miss Heather.

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If ever there was a sign that Spring is right around the corner, this line up of street furniture from Arion Place in Bed-Stuy is it. It comes from the camera of our Roving Correspondent, Miss Heather, of course.

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Here’s one from the streets of Bed-Stuy via Miss Heather. We call it Waiting Room Couch with Mattress and Trash as it combines all three vital elements. At least, we hope that’s a waiting room couch, because it sure doesn’t look like something comfortable to have at home.

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Here is one from Lexington Street in Bed-Stuy as forwarded to our inbox by our Roving Correspondent Originating in Greenpoint. We call it an upside down couch.

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Oh, Sunday Brookyn Craigslist Missed Connections, we do love you sometimes. We will say nothing about this weeks selection, except to present it:
Attendees from impromptu seminar on S&M held by 7 min mile runner - w4m - 28
Searching for attendees of an impromptu seminar that took place last Saturday March 1 in bed-stuy. Saw some [...]

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This beauty comes from Madison Street in Bed-Stuy. Unlike many street couches, which are junked, this sample is in very good shape. If the weather were a bit warmer, it would be ready for serious sidewalk enjoyment. It comes, of course, from Miss Heather.

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We can’t say we’ve focused on this building before, but it has risen at 1056 Bedford Avenue at Clifton Place and it is the work of architect Robert Scarano. Our Roving Correspondent Miss Heather sent in these shots, along with the comment that it’s “an argument for contextual zoning.” The building has been hobbled by [...]

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The image of the Fingerish Building below came with a photo of this humongous TV on the street outside, courtesy of our wide-ranging correspondent Miss Heather. It’s seen better days, but boy, is it big.

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This is 31 Kosciusko Street in Bed-Stuy between Bedford and Nostrand. Miss Heather emailed it over after having a look at new construction in the neighborhood because it struck as being somewhat Fingerlike. We agree that it has the essential qualities that make a Finger Building, although the height of the building it adjoins doesn’t [...]

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We featured this sofa, which is currently on Malcolm X. Boulevard in Bed-Stuy, last week. Miss Heather took another pass by and sent along an update. The sofa has lost last week’s snow, but gained some other stuff.

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From Lewis Avenue in Bed-Stuy, submitted by Miss Heather.

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Here’s a black leather sofa from Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy. It comes from none other than Miss Heather, who knows her street couches.

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This bus stop street couch, which sadly is facing the wrong way, comes from Bed-Stuy and the camera of our well-traveled Greenpoint Correspondent. It was on Halsey Street and, yes, that’s a microwave on top.

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