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Prospect Perk Photos : Just an assortment of photos I've taken at Prospect Perk, our beloved neighborhood coffee shop. - Matt

Prospect Perk Photos

Just an assortment of photos I've taken at Prospect Perk, our beloved ...

Updated: Dec 27, 2009 5:52pm PST

The PPUABA Holiday Party : Dec 16, 2009 Neighbors gathered at the home of Jiordana and Ross Martin for the PPUABA Holiday party. Here are a few photos I took of that lovely gathering. - Matt

The PPUABA Holiday Party

Dec 16, 2009 Neighbors gathered at the home of Jiordana and Ross Ma ...

Updated: Dec 16, 2009 8:00pm PST

Fall Photos 2009 - Around Brooklyn : Sep 16, 2009 Just some shots of Fall as it comes to Brooklyn and my neighborhood in 2009.

Fall Photos 2009 - Around Brooklyn

Sep 16, 2009 Just some shots of Fall as it comes to Brooklyn and my ...

Updated: Nov 27, 2009 10:16am PST

Halloween 2009 : Oct. 31, 2009, We went with our neighbors to the annual Park Slope Halloween parade and had a great time. After, we ate at Sette, a lovely Italian restaurant on 7th Avenue and 3rd Street. Here....a few shots from the evening. Enjoy! - Matt

Halloween 2009

Oct. 31, 2009, We went with our neighbors to the annual Park Slope ...

Updated: Nov 02, 2009 1:12pm PST

A Brunch On Fifth Avenue : Oct 3, 2009 And that's Brooklyn's Fifth Avenue, if you please. Got an invitation from our new next door neighbors - Jennie and Furyk. It seems Furyk would be hosting at a local bistro on Fifth Avenue - Park Slope's restaurant row. Canaille Bistro has been there for a while but had only been serving dinner. Now they were launching a new brunch on weekends and my neighbor asked us to join them and check it out. Stacey was down in Virginia with the kids so I rolled myself down Prospect Place on my bike (it's all down hill) and had a lovely time, meeting their friends hanging out with Jennie and Baby Truman and sampling some really good food - and yes, imbibing a super bloody mary, mixed by Furyk himself and topped off with blue-cheese stuffed olives! Highly recommended. And thanks to our neighbors for including us in this fun event.

A Brunch On Fifth Avenue

Oct 3, 2009 And that's Brooklyn's Fifth Avenue, if you please. G ...

Updated: Oct 03, 2009 3:52pm PST

Car Crash On Underhill Avenue : May 18, 2009 Sitting in my house today around 6:00 pm, I heard a loud crash in the street. Running out, I saw a scene on our corner that resembled something out of a disaster movie. A car, driven by one of the attendants at our parking garage, was delivering a BMW to its owner. He exited the garage and drove the BMW south on Underhill and at the corner he collided with a car traveling west on Prospect Place. The other car, a brand new Range Rover, on impact with the BMW, lost control, swerved and flipped over several times, coming to rest on its side leaning against a parked car. The driver of the BMW, shocked and trembling, nevertheless rushed to the Land Rover and extracted three people, two women and a toddler, from the interior of the car which was resting on its side. . All were taken tothe hospital to be checked further though they seemed to be in fair condition, given the serious nature of the accident. I shudder to think if there had been someone crossing the street at that moment of if kids from the playground or the school were nearby. Nobody actually witnessed who was at fault this time. The attendant says the Range Rover ran the light. Regardless, the fact is that cars are regularly driving on or across Underhill Avenue very high speeds. it is not uncommon to see cars running the traffic lights or driving very fast in an effort to make as many blocks as possible before being stopped by a red light,. Driving to make the light without regard for safety of people on foot on our streets will, sooner or later, result in catastrophe. It is a fact that the leading edge of death of young children in New York is not disease but being struck by a car. his time nobody was seriously injured. Next time ... ? NOW IS THE TIME TO GET SPEEDING CARS AND RECKLESS DRIVERS OFF OUR STREETS.

Car Crash On Underhill Avenue

May 18, 2009 Sitting in my house today around 6:00 pm, I heard a lo ...

Updated: May 18, 2009 7:38pm PST

The PPUABA Block Party Was Beautfiul! : May 2, 2009 The weather predictions were dire: rain, clouds and more rain. We did get a few drops but then the clouds disappeared and the sunny blue skies of a beautiful spring Saturday appeared. People of our neighborhood came out of their homes and filled Underhill Avenue between Prospect and Park Places to partake in the annual block party of the Prospect Place - Underhill Avenue Block Association (PPUABA). Kids skateboarded down the car-free street or drew pictures with chalk. Food was offered for sale along with fabulous home-made baked goods. A flea market sold all kinds of stuff. And the plants and books laid out on tables were abuzz with customers. It was a fabulous party celebrating an association that strives to keep our community safe, more pleasant, diverse and united. What a day!

The PPUABA Block Party Was Beautfiul!

May 2, 2009 The weather predictions were dire: rain, clouds and more ...

Updated: May 02, 2009 5:44pm PST

Funny Signs around Brooklyn and New York : Here are some pictures of interesting, weird, over-the-top or just plain funny business signs I've come across as I've travelled around Brooklyn. That's all. - Matt

Funny Signs around Brooklyn and New York

Here are some pictures of interesting, weird, over-the-top or just pla ...

Updated: Apr 09, 2009 6:03am PST

A Pretty Little Snow Storm in Brooklyn : February 12, 2009 Well this has been a winter - like we used to get - cold, some occasional snow and very few mild respites. I took these photos after a very pretty snow storm which dusted and coated the trees in our neighborhood with a fine lace tracing. Enjoy. - Matt

A Pretty Little Snow Storm in Brooklyn

February 12, 2009 Well this has been a winter - like we used to ge ...

Updated: Feb 13, 2009 5:55am PST

Groundhog Day - Prospect Park - February 2, 2009 :

Groundhog Day - Prospect Park - February 2, 2009

Updated: Feb 02, 2009 3:08pm PST

One Column House in Manhattan Beach :

One Column House in Manhattan Beach

Updated: Sep 11, 2008 6:06pm PST

Provence en Boite : I took these at a restaurant on Smith Street - Brooklyn's restaurant row.

Provence en Boite

I took these at a restaurant on Smith Street - Brooklyn's restaurant r ...

Updated: Sep 03, 2008 3:03pm PST

The Met Opera Summer Concert At Prospect Park : June 20, 2008 -- On a perfect first night of summer, 50,000 Brooklynites and others gathered in the Long Meadow of Prospect Park for the Metropolitan's Opera Summer Concert. Met stars, Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna, sang popular arias. With a fantastic hi-def tv screen setup and superb loudspeakers, it was a delightful evening.

The Met Opera Summer Concert At Prospect Park

June 20, 2008 -- On a perfect first night of summer, 50,000 Brooklyni ...

Updated: Jun 21, 2008 8:29am PST

A Spring Walk Through The Botanic Garden : May 4, 2008 We ventured over to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with our friends, Diane and Rock. It was the Cherry Blossom festival and we thought it might be very crowded. It wasn't very crowded. It was TERRIBLY crowded. But it's big enough a space to still absorb lots and lots of people and still be enjoyable. Now, you enjoy. - Matt

A Spring Walk Through The Botanic Garden

May 4, 2008 We ventured over to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden with our ...

Updated: May 20, 2008 9:36am PST

Flatbush Food Coop - Grand Opening, May 18, 2008 : Hundreds of residents turned out for a grand opening celebration. The occasion? -- The opening of the new location of the Flatbush Food Coop on Sunday, May 18, 2008.

Flatbush Food Coop - Grand Opening, May 18, 2008

Hundreds of residents turned out for a grand opening celebration. The ...

Updated: May 18, 2008 2:14pm PST

Atlantic Yards - Time for a Time Out! : May 3, 2008 Hundreds of Brooklyn residents demanded a Time Out from continuing demoltion at the site of the Ratner - Atlantic Yards mega-project. Lining Pacific Street, they urged Governor Paterson to intervene to stop the project and prevent the developer from increasing blight brought on by Ratner's house wreckers.

Atlantic Yards - Time for a Time Out!

May 3, 2008 Hundreds of Brooklyn residents demanded a Time Out from c ...

Updated: May 17, 2008 5:04am PST

The 2008 Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association Block Party : May 3, 2008 Neighbors set up tables, strollers walked on by, shoppers had a field day -- at the 2008 Prospect Place Underhill Avenue Block Association street fair. Maybe you'll be there next year!

The 2008 Park Place/Underhill Avenue Block Association Block Party

May 3, 2008 Neighbors set up tables, strollers walked on by, shoppe ...

Updated: May 04, 2008 3:49pm PST