It sounds all too familiar, a group of neighbors petitioning against the noise of a bar/lounge spot during hours of operation. Except this time as a result of the complaints, it seems the bar/lounge has become the target of every city agency within its bureaucracy. The FDNY, NYPD, DEP, DOH, DOB, NYSLA have all visited [...]
March 20, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: bknesto . Comments: 32 Comments
What’s up folks,
Come on out to have some fun and sing your favorite tunes with Clinton Hill Chill and Clinton Hill Blog on Wednesday, March 25th. I will be celebrating my one year anniversary since starting this blog. I must admit, I was very apprehensive about starting this blog, there’s even been times when I thought [...]
March 19, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: bknesto . Comments: 1 Comment
March 10, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: bknesto . Comments: 18 Comments
In the mid-eighties the Brooklyn Arms Hotel, a welfare hotel/shelter, formerly known as The Granada was a hell hole. Drugs, prostitution, negligent parents, rats, any criminal element you wanted to find, like Ragu…It was all in there! The majority was law abiding folks who turned to the city in hard times but by this point [...]
March 3, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized . . Author: bknesto . Comments: 6 Comments