More Waiting for 14th Street Armory

The marathon has past; Daylight Savings is over. The cold air on your morning run around the park is becoming less tolerable by the day.

But for some, salvation from chilly jogs seemed right on the horizon. The Park Slope Armory, a new indoor track and sports facility to be managed by the YMCA, was set to open last Spring. That date was pushed back to September 1. That date was then pushed to December 1.

Now, it's been pushed back to 2010. Bummer. For details, there's some excellent reportage in today's Brooklyn Paper.

the daily [mis]haps

Bag that Brownstone! Rents plummet in Brooklyn...and everywhere else, but we do it better on this side of the East River: parks and music and bikes...

...Cheesecake, maybe not.

At least there will always be the neighborhood bar! Unless you're counting on 230 Fifth Ave...we know it wasn't the rent that did Playa and Cabana Bar in.

Bike and Barf?

Sometimes I wish I had a bike. Then I think about all the times bikes have almost run over me, all those close-call collisions when the delivery boys rapidly ring their bike bells at me. (One time a stationary bike attacked me on 13th street. Someone had the cojones to leave their wheels in the middle of the sidewalk.) Perhaps I should pay more attention...

My mixed feelings on biking in New York (boroughs and all) apply to THIS little adventure ride as well. Due to go down this Sunday starting in Prospect Park, this bike tour sounds partly delicious, partly cramp-inducing...possibly vomitous. Check it out and let us know!

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First of all, I just have one thing to say:           

North Brooklyn   vs.   South Brooklyn

And now that that's been established, a further tribute to the hotness that is South Brooklyn: 

Adrien Grenier is not only a resident of South Brooklyn, but he's also so hot that we stalk him all the way from his eczema ointment shopping spree at the Park Slope Food Co-op to Paris. 

In other news, The Brooklyn Start! Heart Walk in Prospect Park raised money to save lives this past weekend.  

So, if you're looking for somewhere to chill tonight with the attractive and compassionate humanitarians of South Brooklyn, Langhorne Slim is playing a show at the Bell House.

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The Guns of Brooklyn:

three shot outside Prospect Park
Skater Cozmik dead

Her So Called Life [politely] Disapproves:

Claire Danes needs to hit up OVERFLOW

Hasidic Harrassment:
Orthodox Jews of Brooklyn seek justice outside rabbinical courts after rise in child sex abuse