This past weekend’s New York Times Metropolitan section reported that Parks Department negotiations to purchase the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead and turn it into a house museum have stalled. In 1999, the city offered $2 million for the house and its historic contents, among them a sword etched with the royal crown and initials for George Rex III and windowpanes with the initials of two Hessian soldiers [...]
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View Comments Melissa on Feb 1st 2010
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Coming Soon: Savor Cafe
The site of Savor Cafe has seemed unfinished for quite some time, yet today’s visit to the site confirms that it appears to be opening soon(ish). Located at the corner of Avenue P and Nostrand Avenue, this site has had some “questionnable” tenants as of late, most recently a medical office whose windows were always obstructed. As this [...]
View Comments Melissa on Jan 14th 2010
Strolling through the neighborhood, I noticed that the house on Coleman Street that has gotten much publicity over the past few months due to its public displays opposing St. Thomas Aquinas ringing the church bells every hour, has acknowledged MarineParker’s role in publicizing this battle which has become a hotbed of controversy, chock full of stinging discussion. [...]
View Comments Melissa on Jan 8th 2010
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House Fire at 4009 Avenue P
On Wednesday evening, at approximately 6:30 PM, a fire broke out on the second floor of a private house at 4009 Avenue P, between Kimball and Coleman Streets. From what onlookers could discern, the family, which had young children, were able to flee the house unscathed. It appears that the fire started in a 2nd floor children’s [...]
View Comments Melissa on Dec 17th 2009
Because here at MarineParker we love to butcher things to death, CBS 2 news has contributed to the on the ongoing battle of the bells between local resident John Russo and St. Thomas Aquinas Church.
View Comments Melissa on Nov 23rd 2009
Photo by Mike McLaughlin of the New York Daily News Such wonderful timing! If you have been involved in the fervent discussion during the past few days on the “War of the Bells” post regarding St. Thomas Aquinas Church ringing the bells every hour on the hour and a nearby resident’s (artistic) opposition towards this, you must check out today’s Daily [...]
View Comments Melissa on Nov 20th 2009
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War of the Bells
If you reside within Southern Marine Park in the vicinity of Flatbush Avenue, chances are that you are cognizant of the bells being rung every hour, on the hour, by St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Although I live a few blocks away, I oftentimes hear the bells very clearly so one can imagine what they [...]
View Comments Melissa on Nov 13th 2009
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UPDATE: 1581 Hendrickson Street
Councilman Lew Fidler’s Office has contacted MarineParker and offered the following information on 1581 Hendrickson Street: ”We spoke with [a contact] at the Department of Buildings who said that the lot is zoned R3-2, so maximum building height is 35 ft. Plans were submitted for a 2-story ambulatory health facility, but the plans were disapproved. So, no construction [...]
View Comments Melissa on Oct 3rd 2009
After the existing house was demolished earlier this year, the development slated for the corner lot at Hendrickson Street and Avenue P seems to be underway. According to the Department of Buildings, the most recent plan (dated August 26, 2009) submitted by applicant/architect Sandor Weiss of Gelu Durus Musica, amends the original plans which proposed [...]
View Comments Melissa on Sep 28th 2009