Bowling goodness on the corner of 16th Avenue and 60th Street.
Nov 092009
The Flatbush Artists held their second annual studio open house this past weekend. I posted a few of my favorites below!
At the southern end of the open house footprint was the glass studio of Fran Levy. Pictured above are sushi plates. Sushi plates! I used to work as a junk mailer for a company that sold “collector” plates. Fran’s work is far more attractive, and they can be used as actual plates as well!
I went out to Flatbush on Saturday for the art studio open house that took place there over the weekend. I have lots and lots of pictures, and lots more, not only of the artists’ studios, but also of the neighborhood in general and a couple from Vox Pop. I have plenty to keep me going through the week. Hope you enjoy!
Nov 052009
I am really thrilled to see the Flatbush Artists Studio Tour – the 2nd annual – on the docket for this weekend. I saw their flyers last year for the inaugural event in June 2008, but by the time I had seen them, I had already made plans for that weekend. “Next year,” I figured… but when June 2009 came and went with no Flatbush art crawl, I had assumed the 1st annual event would be the last. Not so! They just moved it to a different weekend.
Suits me just as fine anyway. That first weekend in June has about 5,000 different studio open houses going on. I’m willing to bet Flatbush has the open-studio monopoly this weekend. (Update I: I was wrong, there is one in Greenpoint as well.)
Where: Looking over the map, looks like there will be 14 open studios spread over roughly three stops along the Q-line (Newkirk Avenue, Cortelyou Road, and Beverly Road).
When: This Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, from 11am to 4pm.
BTW, FWIW, the weather forecast looks VERY promising. Awesome. Count me in!
Update II: Right after I hit publish, I checked out Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn, and read that Vox Pop – the counterculture coffeehouse that sits square in the middle of the studio tour’s footprint – will be celebrating its 5th anniversary this Saturday, starting at 8pm. I’ve been there a couple of times before, and I’ve been a bit underwhelmed, but I’ve been meaning to check it out again in its post-revival period (long story – I’ll get to it later). Saturday will probably be as good of a day as any.
(Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/md111/ / CC BY-NC 2.0)
An article published in Tuesday’s Brooklyn Daily Eagle covers what has become an autumn ritual – New York Water Taxi announcing the likely suspension of East River ferry service for the winter. But this time, the Brooklyn Army Terminal at the end of 58th Street in Sunset Park will keep its route year-round.
Another stop in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park, is part of a separate route, which starts in Rockaway, and isn’t threatened. Sherman pointed out that this route is more profitable and thus uses larger boats. The Rockaway route began service in May 2008 — only months after an earlier ferry service to the Brooklyn Army Terminal had been discontinued.
Brooklyn Army Terminal may be more popular as a destination because cars are able to park there, making it convenient for riders from Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst and other nearby neighborhoods. By contrast, there is no parking at Fulton Ferry Landing.
