Pete Wells, restaurant critic for the Times does the unthinkable and gives Peter Luger’s zero stars. I said a few weeks ago that Luger was probably the second best steakhouse in Williamsburg – maybe it isn’t even in second place? Still, quite a takedown. Last time it was reviewed in the Times (by Frank Bruni) Luger got two stars, and prior to that I remember Ruth Reichl giving it at least two stars as well.
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7 Best Steakhouses in New York City
Almost one-third of the best steakhouses are in Williamsburg. Of course Luger’s makes the list. So does St. Anselm, at #7 (though if we are actually ranking based on the meat, St. A deserves to be higher than Luger).
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L Train Won’t Run At Night For Two Weeks In Brooklyn: MTA
Transit officials plan to shut down overnight L train service for a large swath of Brooklyn stations for the two weeks, and during every weekend in January, according to the recent L train repairs newsletter.
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Angry residents bash Brooklyn community board for buying $26K SUV
“We went through established protocol,” [CB1 Board Chair Dealice] Fuller said.
This pretty clearly was not the case, and the Community Board has basically put out all the breadcrumbs to prove that. I expect that this is not over.
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Brooklyn tough guy ‘Frenchie’ Ramos dies at age 76
Frenchie Ramos, whose gym was at the corner of Marcy and Broadway (looking out on the platform of the Manhattan-bound J/M/Z platform), has passed away.
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Sales Trouble at 184 Kent?
Interesting tidbit (I assume about 184 Kent) in a piece on the sale of Paul Manafort’s Soho condo:
“I think there are buyers who wouldn’t buy it or would be less interested because of it,” Harkov says, citing difficulties with selling off a Williamsburg, Brooklyn, property owned by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Several prospective buyers said they didn’t want to be a party to putting money in the family’s pocket.
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An Old Brooklyn Church Seeks New Muscle to Save a Tradition
Katie Honan on the search for a new generation of paranzas (paranze??) to lift up the Giglio at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel’s annual Feast of San Paolino.
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“The Greenpoint” Developer Offers India Street Elevated Walkway for Flooded Ferry Entrance
What happens if you rezone a neighborhood for thousands of new residents, but don’t bother to plan any infrastructure around it?
As I understand it, India Street’s catch basins don’t tie into the City’s sewer system, they never have. And the City doesn’t have plans for these hookups for a number of years out. So people who wanted to get to the India Street Pier (and the ferry) were facing years of having to parkour over the plastic barriers to get to the pier. But now the developer of the “The Greenpoint” condominium is addressing the access to India Street via a temporary raised sidewalk while (as they should, even though the lack of infrastructure isn’t their doing this is literally their front yard).
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Mayor de Blasio Calls for Probe of Community Board SUV Purchase
The Council was proud to provide community boards across the city with additional funding for the first time in years so they could better serve their neighborhoods
Presumably CB1 will better serve the community by driving them places.
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Brooklyn Community Board Roils Over $26,000 SUV Splurge
The City (which is killing it in general) exposes CB1’s not-so-secret decision to take the car behind door #1.
TL;DR – CB1 decided to use a City Council grant intended to promote community outreach and engagement to buy $26,000 RAV4 SUV.