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• 354 Myrtle Avenue The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  * An interesting Daily News article (thanks, Brownstoner) on commercial landlords in Brooklyn who jack rents up high and are left with empty storefronts to show for it, breaks the news that Roberto’s Shoe Repairs bowed out of 354 Myrtle Avenue in September after 34 years. Farewell, Miguel.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Walworth Street and Myrtle Avenue Marching in Moses Harrell's Memory

  ...Mr. Harrell’s. On Nov. 14 he, too, was fatally shot, outside a deli on Walworth Street and Myrtle Avenue in Bed-Stuy, she said. (The police confirm that a 27-year-old man was...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 100 Clermont Avenue The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  * Monday, Nov.30, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.: A middle school fair for District 13 schools, at 100 Clermont Avenue, home to PS 46 — and to the fledgling Fort Greene Preparatory Academy, the public, Socratically-oriented school we wrote about in July, which is taking part in the fair.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 572 Myrtle Making Windows Bright

  At Green Pets spa at 572 Myrtle, artist Ronica Bhattacharya, 36, stuck with the store’s theme of green. Her decorations featured many, many green pines.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 686 Fulton The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  ...on Nov. 13. It’s not; it’s tonight. We called them.) Greenlight is at 686 Fulton...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues The Week in Crime: Tools of Mayhem

  ...a 53-year-old workman hit a colleague in the head with a hammer at Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. The 50-year-old man who was attacked sustained a cut to his head and...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 507 Waverly The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  * Tonight, 6 p.m.: Turkey giveaway at Jelani Lounge, 507 Waverly (near Fulton), with host/owner Guy Fouyalle.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 973 Fulton Street The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  ...for anyone who wants to enjoy a hot meal on Thanksgiving Day at the dojo, 973 Fulton Street near Washington. The school is also accepting donations of food, beverages and paper goods. Call...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Washington Avenue near Fulton Street The Week in Crime: Tools of Mayhem

  The news wasn’t all bad though. Police nabbed some robbery suspects later Monday in a separate incident. On Washington Avenue near Fulton Street at 4:39 p.m., a razor blade-wielding duo robbed a 28-year-old man of $20 and his iPhone. Anthony Hawkins, 44, was arrested and charged with robbery.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 472 Myrtle Making Windows Bright

  That wouldn’t do at all: the Middle Eastern eatery at 472 Myrtle was the winner of last year’s Myrtle Avenue Holiday Window Contest. Ahmed Samhan, the restaurant’s manager, picked up the phone and called a local artist, Benji Sirota.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Carlton near Atlantic The Week in Crime: Tools of Mayhem

  ...a knock came at the door of her apartment in the Atlantic Terminal houses on Carlton near Atlantic, the police said in their weekly release of crime reports. She was greeted by two...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 387 Myrtle The Day: New School Coming, Roberto's Gone

  * Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.: A live fusion duo at Chez Lola, 387 Myrtle, kicks off the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project’s Tuesday-night live holiday music series.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 175th Street and Broadway Sales Using Food Stamps Double at Greenmarkets

  ...for more than $50,000 of the sales, and a market in Washington Heights, at 175th Street and Broadway, represented more than $40,000. Ms. Quinn noted that the Poe Park Market is in...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Fort Greene Place and Lafayette Avenue The Week in Crime: Tools of Mayhem

  ...On Tuesday at 3:40 p.m., while waiting to cross the street at Fort Greene Place and Lafayette Avenue, a 24-year-old woman was approached from behind by three catty women. One said...

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• Hall Street and Myrtle Avenue Marching in Moses Harrell's Memory

  The demonstration stopped at Washington Park, in front of the Walt Whitman public housing complex, where the participants shouted to passersby before marching back to where they began on Hall Street and Myrtle Avenue.

  Published by New York Times on November 23, 2009.

• 470 Lefferts Steps Taken to Reduce Mistakes on 911 Fire Calls

  A mix-up over an address caused confusion in the response to a fire in Brooklyn on Wednesday in which six people were injured. Officials said firefighters initially responded to the wrong address because a dispatcher typed in “470 Lefferts” Avenue instead of “570.”

  Published by New York Times on November 21, 2009.

• Grand and Baxter Streets The Hunt: Shifting Priorities

  They could have bought an 850-square-foot unit at LaGrande Condominium, a 1990 building at Grand and Baxter Streets, for $650,000, Mr. Wu said, but they were ambivalent.

  Published by New York Times on November 21, 2009.

• Steinway Street and Ditmars Boulevard Living In | Astoria, Queens: Everyone’s Invited to This Block Party

  The biggest shopping, eating and lounging opportunities are on Steinway Street and Ditmars Boulevard, where each block seems to host a family business from a different country. National chains...

  Published by New York Times on November 21, 2009.

• 125 North 10th The Hunt: Shifting Priorities

  But 125 North 10th, six stories tall, seemed worth the wait. The couple chose a south-facing 820-square...

  Published by New York Times on November 21, 2009.

• 2963 Webster Avenue 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Botanical, 2963 Webster Avenue, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 4310 10th Street 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Long Island City Annex, 4310 10th Street, Long Island City, Queens

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 829 Soundview Avenue 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Clason Point, 829 Soundview Avenue, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 1682 Boston Road 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Crotona Park, 1682 Boston Road, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 715 Morris Park Avenue 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Van Nest, 715 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 128 East Seventh Street For the Soul

  PYLOS (128 East Seventh Street) makes it clear that chicken soup is not only for the sick. The avgolemono, Greek...

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• Myrtle and Grand An Autumn Festival of Linkage

  * Speaking of clothes, Clinton Hill Blog hears that Barking Brown plans to open a second location in the former Quizno’s space at Myrtle and Grand.

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 3292 Boston Road 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Hillside, 3292 Boston Road, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 839 East 149th Street 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  Oak Point, 839 East 149th Street, Bronx

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• 527 Hudson Street 5 Post Offices in City, Not 14, Are Now at Risk of Closing

  West Village, 527 Hudson Street, Manhattan

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.

• Eighth Avenue and 34th Street At Reunion, a Look Back at the Way It Was

  The friends, whose ages range from 75 to 86, stayed in a suite in the New Yorker Hotel, at Eighth Avenue and 34th Street, across from Pennsylvania Station. The reunion was particularly special, they said, because three of them worked in the hotel in the late 1940s.

  Published by New York Times on November 20, 2009.