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Photo: Phil Patton/NYT

The only downside to being out of town this past weekend.

Photo: Sean Doyle

Ms. Heather links to a photo of the aftermath of a car wreck on Provost Street. From what I hear, it was not a drag race, but rather a single car with a young inebriated driver showing off to his girlfriend. Unfortunately, the driver is dead and the girlfriend is paralyzed. If you read Polish, it’s in all of the local papers.

[In the same post, Heather has an equally horrific account of a young man’s deadly fall from a Greenpoint rooftop.]

BushwickBK asks an important question. Given the small numbers of voters in a city council primary, the impact of voting is much greater. If that’s not enough reason to vote, remember this – politicians notice where the votes are, and pay attention accordingly.

When people ask me if Bushwick is safe I always reply: ‘It’s like any urban area, if you’re smart and pay attention to your surroundings you’ll be fine.’ … Unfortunately, a couple of weeks ago I didn’t follow my own advice, ending up with eight staples in my head because someone really wanted to steal my crappy mountain bike.

When we contacted the Department of Transportation about the flagrant traffic violations, they responded saying: ‘The DOT will be coordinating with the NYPD to better manage trucks in the area and direct them to existing truck routes.’

I’d be willing to bet that Brooklyn residents are pretty united over DOT’s roll out of the Kent Avenue traffic changes.

The Times takes a look at the state of the economy in Greenpoint.

Public Place warehouse – Gowanus Lounge predicted this wall collapse six months ago.

The Post rips another story from the blogosphere, once again without attribution. In a story first reported on ThatGreenpointBlog.com, Williamsburg CORE gym scammer John Suarez has opened a new gym on South 3rd Street. The thing is, Suarez is forbidden from operating a gym in New York State. For life. (To his credit, at least this time he opened the gym.)

There is also the small matter of the fact that Suarez’s gym (or at least the basement part of it) is probably illegal in DOB’s eyes.

Planet Thailand is officially put out of its misery. It won’t be missed.

Once upon a time, Planet (PlanEat) Thailand was a destination. People would come from Manhattan to eat at its cramped Bedford Avenue quarters (now home of half of Spike Hill). But that was in the 90s. In ’99, they moved over to a huge location on Berry, and the menu became the Microsoft Vista of pan-Asian eateries – pure bloatware. The formula worked early on, probably due to nostalgia and a lack of competition. But over the years, the quality of the food went downhill, the service just dropped off a cliff, and a quagillion other decent, good and very good restaurants.

[photo: Daily News]

In a bold and decisive move, both Democratic candidates for Mayor have vowed to appoint their own commissioners if elected. It’s not clear whether either of them is committed to smart, sustainable transportation policy – though all signs point to “not”. (And I’m betting that neither would be as decisive or bold if the subject of the question was Ray Kelly.)