Bow Wow To Open This Weekend

Exciting news on the Rogers Avenue front: after months of activity behind closed blinds (and I'm sure tons of work on the part of the owners) Bow Wow Pet Boutique is set to open on Sunday March 27th. A "meet and greet" open house is scheduled for Saturday (check for updates on their website or call Bow Wow at 718-484-1585 for details)

Our quick peek revealed a festive front room and bright clean space in back. Bow Wow will offer not only grooming for both dogs and cats, but also boarding, doggie day care, training, dog walking and even routine vet services (vaccines, etc). In my opinion looks to be a huge improvement over this location's previous tenant, Kay-D Mailbox.

Bow Wow is located at 521 Rogers Ave (gmap) between Rutland and Midwood.

Illegal Dumping Reaches New Low with Dead Kitten

What do rusty nails, soiled mattresses, piles of broken furniture -- and, yes, dead cats have in common? They have all been illegally dumped recently on the corner of Hawthorne and Flatbush.

Thanks to some neighbor-watchdogs, we've got a few leads on various guilty parties. If you see any one dumping residential trash on street corners in the neighborhood, please note any identifying information where possible (such as a drivers' license) and report it to the Department of Sanitation.

Photos readers have sent from previous weeks that we are only now getting around to posting:

 

 

Sunday, March 20: Purim in PLG at K-Dog

Celebrate Purim right here in PLG!

Megillah Reading at KDOG, Sunday Morning, March 20, 2011 at 9:30AM

Walk-Ins Always Welcome. There will be light snacks and kids are invited to come in costume.

To RSVP: call 718 – 290-4248  or email:  plgrsvp@gmail.com

Sunday, March 20 at 9:30AM
K-Dog and Dunebuggy
43 Lincoln Road
Free! 

New Comedy Show, Wednesday 3/9 at Lincoln Park Tavern

As I've mentioned from time to time, I'm a stand-up comic. Though parenthood has taken a major bite out of my performing schedule, I've decided that the best way to get more stage time is to get the stage closer to my house. Lincoln Park Tavern has agreed to help me with this, and this Wednesday will be the first Pant-Hoot Comedy Show, a free monthly stand-up showcase.

The lineup for the first show will be:

Ted Alexandro (2 half-hour Comedy Central specials, Letterman, Conan, Kimmel...)
Joe Mande (Comedy Central's Live at Gotham, VH1's Best Week Ever, author of Look At This Fucking Hipster)
Brooke Van Poppelen (TLC's American Chopper, upcoming Comedy Central sketch show Jon Benjamin Has a Van)
Liam McEneaney (Showtime's Caroline Rhea and Friends, Comedy Central's Premium Blend, Tell Your Friends: The Concert Film, debuting this week at SXSW)

Hosted by Charles Star (Bridgetown Comedy Festival, host of Adult Education)

Pant-Hoot Comedy
Lincoln Park Tavern
49 Lincoln Road
8:30 PM
Free!

In the future, the show will be on the second Thursday of the month, so mark your calendars now.

ABBA Makes a Surprise Appearance in PLG

Over the weekend two significant signs changed, and both signalled the arrival of a new player in the local real estate scene: ABBA Realty Associates. 

The first sign was on the face of Patio Gardens. The old, shabby, sign had been neatly removed and a new, spiffy logo was in its place, possibly telegraphing a new dedication to style and comfort at Patio Gardens? I don't know much about the buildings, as I've never been inside the gates, but I am told that the apartments themselves are large and full of light, though the hallways are kind of run down.

I've never really been able to find out much about Patio Gardens because whoever the prior rental manager was was awful about getting information on the web or, according to friends that were looking to move to the neighborhood, returning calls. ABBA is doing a better job with information, at least. If you are curious, a studio is going for $1100 per month, a 2BR is $1850 ... and the pictures are very nice. A quick peek at the website reveals that they also have listings at the Ebbets Field houses, which I know even less about, where a 1BR is $1100 per month.

As I walked down Flatbush, I noticed that the former Mike's International space at Lincoln and Flatbush also had a new sign. This one was sloppily bolted on top of the old Besen Realty banner. As Besen is a leasing company, it appears that the owner of the building has decided to have someone new take a crack at filling the space. What hasn't changed? The asking price: still $10,000 per month.

We now return you to your regular, not-real-estate-obsessed and rarely updated blog.

New Street Trees Coming to Hawthorne

It took a year or two but it looks like the Million Trees Project is finally delivering: several sidewalk cuts for street trees have appeared on the block between Flatbush and Bedford. If all goes according to plan, the trees should be planted this spring.

Requesting the trees was easy. The hard part is going to be keeping them alive. Most of the trees are located in spots where the building owners didn't actually approve them, so it's going to be up to others people on the block to help water and maintain them.

Keeping street trees alive generally isn't too tough -- the Parks Department picks particularly hardy species. But the stretch of Hawthorne on the north side, near Flatbush, is relentlessly sunny, with all the reflected concrete, and the trees there will need regular watering.

Want to help out? Come to the next block party meeting to discuss. Or email us at brooklynite282 at gmail and we'll follow up.