From Brooklyn Tattoo’s Adam Suerte comes this pic of a fantastic ride parked in front of his store. Also check out the cover of this week’s Time Out NY – Suerte inked up the statue that’s featured front and center.
Check out Suerte on The New Homer Fink Show.
Archive | July, 2009
Tattoo Rider
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Bike thieves caught
The Brooklyn Paper reports that two men have been arrested for bike thefts that have taken place this month around Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill.
An officer busted two local men – Adrian Figueroa, 37, and Gasper Alcade, 49 – who were seen clipping the locks on two bikes that had been tethered on Wyckoff Street [...]
Boerum Hill assistant principal named interim acting principal at PS 20
According to Insideschools.org, Lena Barbera, assistant principal at Boerum Hill’s PS 261, has been named interim acting principal at PS 20 in Fort Greene (in May, PS 20’s principal, Sean Keaton, was arrested for allegedly assaulting a teacher). Barbera has been a member of the staff at PS 261 since 1996.
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Open Thread: What would you like to see open in the nabe?
There are a lot of closed down restaurants or shops around these blocks, some with signs of blooming business and others sitting just as they were left. What do you want to see open in in these shut down storefronts?
Boerum Hill may be getting some new brownstones
According to The Real Deal, John Frezza, president of Strategic Development & Construction Group, and Sammy Brahimi, a partner at IBEC Building Corporation, have plans to build a collection of six high-end, one-family brownstones, called the Ensemble, will be located at 354-349 State Street between Hoyt and Bond Streets.
The series of six six-story brownstones will be roughly [...]
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Brooklyn Boulders opening next week
Brooklyn Boulders, the converted Daily News garage turned rock climbing gym, is currently open for members of their “First Ascent” club, and will open to the public next week. As we reported back in May, there will be a replica of the Brooklyn Bridge that can be climbed (photo to the left from Brooklyn Boulders [...]
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Dick & Perry’s Variety Game Show at the Bell House
On Tuesday, July 28, join Dick Swizzle, Perry Comb-Over, and other special guests for a night of game show debauchery at the Bell House (149 7th Street). The show starts at 8pm, and tickets are $5.
Dick says, “There will be song, dance and challenges to bring the crowd into a frenzy. Come early for the Beer [...]
Serimony to Present “Fashion Nights” Wednesday and Thursday
As part of the Shop Brooklyn promotional campaign, Serimony, located at 421 Court Street, between 2nd and 3rd Places in Carroll Gardens, will present “fashion nights” featuring apparel and jewelry by local designers, from 5:00 to 10:00 P.M. on Wednesday and Thursday, July 29 and 30. Wednesday’s event will feature silkscreened apparel by KimmChi, and [...]
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Little Room to relocate despite Montessori expansion
Back in December 2008, we covered the Brooklyn Heights Montessori School’s decision to remove the Little Room, a program for special needs 3 and 4-year-olds, from its Bergen Street campus. The decision was made to keep the Little room open until August 2010, until it would be moved to join a different organization, which, according [...]
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