Photo: Adrian Hernandez
Business owners upset over new bike lanes. [Jewish Updates]
Archives for May 2009
The Morning Photo + Weekend Links
Photo: Will Femia
Greenway Bike Tour starts in Greenpoint. [link]
May Day Block Party at Brouwerij Lane. [link]
Rachel’s Getting Varied
Rachel’s Corner, everyone’s favorite late night Greenpoint grocery (106 Nassau at Eckford), is getting a makeover. On my way to pick up the usual deadline cookie dough on Friday around 1 a.m., I was stopped short by Rachel’s owner, Vinny “the Turk” Sahin. Vinny explained that he was expanding all the way back, replacing office and bathroom space with a full freezer section and….beer!
The beer selection will be brought over from Vinny’s other store on the block, Beer Mania (110b Nassau Ave.). The former Beer Mania has already been gutted (left), and is being remodeled into a fast food kabob house, which Vinny hopes to open in two months. What does Vinny the Turk plan to call his new eatery? “Turkish Kabob House, of course!” he says.
The construction at Rachel’s (below) began around 10 p.m. on Friday evening and Vinny, committed to efficiency, swore the place would be open for business again by Saturday at 10 a.m.
Walk Dogs With BARC!
Few things are more fulfilling than walking a dog in the park on a beautiful Brooklyn day. Alas, I personally don’t own a pooch because I’d feel bad leaving an animal in my apartment all day long only to come home and subject it to a steady diet of reality TV. But thanks to the Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition (BARC), a rescue organization that runs a volunteer dog walking service, busy, city-dwelling dog lovers like myself can still scratch that behind-ear itch for a little puppy love.
Located at 253 Wythe Ave. at the corner of North 1st, BARC has been around since 1987. 90 percent of the dogs they care for are mid-to-large sized breeds, and 70 to 80 percent are pit bulls or pit bull mixes.
“People just seem to abandon pit bulls,” said Holly, one of the shelter’s managers. Between handing dogs off to volunteers and running pups around the block herself, Holly mentioned she was the only employee on duty that day, with about 40 (!) dogs to care for.
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