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Flatbush Junction
Unsalted Brooklyn Roads Bring Buses To A Halt – Flatbush
Buses on Farragut Road near Flatbush Junction pulled over. - © Frank H. Jump
FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN 7:00 PM: All up and down local Brooklyn roads this evening, you will find bus operators pulled aside due to hazardous snow conditions created by unsalted roads. One bus operator told me that the NYC Sanitation Department had not salted local routes and a unanimous decision by bus operators was to pull over until roads were made passable.
Rows of buses can be seen pulled over down Nostrand and Rogers Avenues. A local resident observing me taking pictures of the scene told me that he saw parked buses parked down New York Avenue for blocks. What’s up Mayor Bloomberg? Saving some dough by not salting our streets? Let’s hope there are no accidents caused by this lack of snow maintenance.
Another bus operator told me that they were trained to pull over in the event of encountering unsalted roads and other hazardous snow conditions. Apparently many of the operators called each other and made the decision to park it until they can pass safely. Good call.
Flatbush House Fire on Glenwood Road Has Local Raccoon Up a Tree – Friday, April 18, 2008
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As I was driving home for lunch on Friday, I arrived at the end of the block just as the firetrucks had arrived on the corner of Glenwood Road and East 32nd Street. There was a distressed raccoon on the roof of the house trying to find a way off. I ran home and got my camera and ran back down to the corner. Deborah Brathwait, a resident of the building was visibly shaken, but fortunately managed to get out safely. Brathwait informed me that all other residents managed to evacuate unharmed. By now the raccoon was in the tree, which also was at risk of going in flames. A local organization, Silver Lining Outreach – that apparently helps local fire victims and the homeless, gave me their card. I’m not familiar with this org but will do some research.
Arnold Duncan, another local photographer was at the scene and we started to chat a bit. [Duncan forwarded me his link to his pics. I posted two down below with links.] According to Duncan – a longtime College Glen resident – the corner house that had burned had once belonged to the adjacent church – The Vanderveer Park United Methodist Church – which has been trying to get the former parsonage back.
Fire on Glenwood Road and East 32nd Street, Flatbush Junction
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Some shots from another neighborhood photographer, Arnold Duncan.
© Arnold Duncan
Click here for a slideshow of Duncan’s pics of the fire.
Kudos to Ladder 147, The Pride of Flatbush! For their impeccable response time and professionalism- and for putting up with questions like “Did you see where the raccoon went?”
Eaglo Paint Update from Robert Baptista
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Hi Frank,
The Eaglo Paint and Varnish Corporation was located at 49-20 Fifth St. in Long Island City. It was established in the early 1900s. Herbert E. Hillman was Technical Director for many years.
Attached [below] is an ad for Eaglo Paint that appeared in the Bridgeport Post on May 11, 1973.
The New York-New Jersey metropolitan area was home for many of the largest paint manufacturers such as Sherwin-Williams and Benjamin Moore. The raw materials for paint, namely pigments, solvents, resins and additives, were readily available from local industries.
Robert
Thank you Robert!
Fading Ad Visits Target Flatbush Sunday Evening – Happy Shoppers Amidst the Opening Week Chaos
Bharata & Jean
Joseph & Christy
Melissa
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Brooklyn Junction visited earlier this weekend when it was a bit tidier.
