“The very idea that Marty Markowitz supports historical preservation in any shape or form is downright laughable. If it was up to him, the whole borough would be razed to the ground and replaced with high rise towers and box stores.”–Markowitz Calls for Demolition of Admiral’s Row & “Food Justice”

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“The management of N. 11th has been very responsive anytime we (as neighbors) have had a complaint. All you have to do is call them and talk to them (I know, a novel idea). When neighbors of ours complained about the tiny styrofoam the offered to come over and clean it up. When another person [...]

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“I’ve seen several elderly gentlemen in williamsburg (including my former neighbor) tearing down fliers from lamposts, construction fencing, etc, like it was their job. I don’t know why they do it, but in my neighbor’s case i think he believed the telephone pole outside our building to be his personal property. The key is to [...]

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“The familial piece of the story makes this more complicated. But the issue of soaring rents and closing businesses is a common and troubling one throughout the borough (and beyond). After the initial sadness of these closings fade, many are left wanting recourse, action. Is there room for public suasion in this case– and, indeed, [...]

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“The issue is not with lack of interest in buying condos, but in the increasingly more difficult ability to get credit in the wake of the subprime mortgage mess. The days of handing out credit to every Tom, Dick or Harry are over, and people are going to need to shore up their finances if [...]

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“I was a kid in the neighborhood in the late 30’s and shined shoes in front of Diamonds with my Friend who would become my Brother in law after the war. I remember a Packard touring car pulling up to the curb and several men in long coats got out and went into the bar [...]

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“I live in Carroll Gardens and my landlord advised about 2 weeks ago that a Raccoon was spotted on our fire escape and to watch our windows. Well last weekend it paid me a visit and broke though the screen and entered my apartment going after my birdcage and frightening one of my birds to [...]

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“That same night, as on most weekend nights, there was a brawl outside the Lucky 7 bar across the street, and when i woke up to this crime scene i was hardly surprised. the fighting and shooting (several since i’ve lived here) around that bar has become commonplace. for all the police attention from a [...]

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We return to our regular feature “On the Sofa,” which has been on hiatus for a couple of weeks. (We have, however, added a new feature in which we’ll be featuring individual comments on some days during the week as well.) In any case, heree is a random selection of comments left by GL readers [...]

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“I, atypical Park Sloper, childless and unemployed, heard the fireworks going off around 10 PM on busy 5th Avenue. No one turned, no one blinked, no one cared. Just because a handful of Park Slopers know how to make their whining heard does not mean they represent all of us. Park Slope earns some of [...]

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Every week, we take a look at a few comments left by GL readers during the previous seven days. Here’s this week’s selection:
Ruby Reopens on Boardwalk After “Unfortunate Accident”. “I was the first person to walk in the bathroom at Ruby’s after the floor had collapsed. Imagine my surprise to find this panicked guy sticking [...]

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Every week, we take a small, random sample of the comments left by readers during the previous seven days. Here are this weeks (very random) choices:
Hardcore Union Hall Opponent Criticizes Community Board 6. “For the record, I think Mr. Crow has every right to press his case, and this letter shows that he is shrewd [...]

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Every week we highlight a few of the comments left by readers during the previous seven days. Here’s a random selection of this week’s GL Reader Comments:
Coney #2: ‘We Have Not Compromised…Our Original Goals’. “There is no way that the new plan is not a compromise. I’ll go further and say it is a complete [...]

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Every week, we like to highlight a few of the comments we get during the previous seven days. Here are this week’s choices:
Fun Times at Windsor Liquors. “I used to live around the corner, and these guys are harmless. They’ve been in the neighborhood for at least the past 10 years and it hasn’t resulted [...]

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Every Sunday, we like to take a look back at a few comments left on GL during the previous seven days. Here’s a random sampling from this week:
PM Update: Boerum Hill “Asian Garbage Bag Thief”. “This happens all over the city. What makes you feel like your trash is any better than anyone else?” [...]

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Every week, we take a look at comments left by our readers during the previous seven days. Here’s a selection from this week:
Carroll Gardens Rumor Mill: “Pro-Development” Petition? “I respectfully disagree with your choice of words calling Buddy Scotto an ‘activist’ unless you mean by that he is active in encouraging large-scale, greedy developers to [...]

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Every week, we highlight a few random comments left during the previous week by GL readers. Here are this week’s choices:
Boerum Hill School Changes Parking Regulations on Its Own. “DOT will be replacing the sign.” [Anonymous]
Vituperative Grand Street Rezoning Fight in Flier Form. “Can we define terms? Who is a developer? A resident of 10, [...]

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Every week, we offer a fairly random selection of comments that GL readers have left during the previous seven days. Here are this week’s choices:
Ratner Post-Gala: Did Marty’s Wife “Hoarde” Murakami Swag? “Actually, a great story… reflects perfectly the current zeitgeist in Brooklyn. Grab as much as you can as fast as you can, and [...]

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Once a week, we like to look at some of the comments left by readers during the previous seven days. Here are a few random selections from this week’s batch:
Toll Brothers Team Talks Up the Gowanus Project. “It was all a bit scary, that group, parading in single file with their renderings and statistics. They [...]

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Once a week, we select a few random comments from our readers. Here are this week’s choices:
Atlantic Yards: Miss Brooklyn & Housing to Die as Arena Lives? “Let’s see…1 Billion to Ratner for a basketball court. 800 million to Stienbrener for a baseball Field300 million to the mats for another baseball Field. 200 million to [...]

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Once a week, we highlight a few random comments left by GL readers during the previous week. Here are some from the past seven days:
Toll Brothers Gowanus Development Gets Scoped. “People are raising the toilet problem. Unfortunately, City Planning could care less about that since it doesn’t fall within that agencies purview. The people who [...]

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Every Sunday we highlight a random selection of comments left by our GL readers during the previous seven day’s. Here are a few from this week:
Plans for Controversial Carroll Gardens Building Coming in April. “it will be interseting to see what the lower rung of rogers marvel have planned for this spot. with all the [...]

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Every week, we like to take a totally random sampling of a handful of comments left by GL readers during the previous seven days. There is always far more to highlight than we can choose for one post:
More Public Place: Hudson Companies “Gowanus Green” in Detail. “Well that all looks pretty fascinating in a Planet [...]

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Every week, we like to take a look at comments left during the previous seven days and highlight a few. Here are this week’s selections:
Carroll Gardens News: Monteleone’s Up for Sale. “The true Monteleone’s died back in 2006 when they shuttered it for renovation. That place was a gem, and the people who worked there [...]

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Every week, we take a look at a few comments left during the previous seven days by GL readers. Here are a couple from the last week for this President’s Day:
Bklink: Terrorist Photographers. “It’s fun to imagine witty replies to such coercive tactics, such as “Is this a police state” “Are you a fascist?” “Aren’t [...]

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