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Chris Carr, Brooklyn Wildlife producer (right) and friend Tyquan Sounds. Photo by Ventiko
By Gloria Fox
Alongside a massage table, crafts and t-shirt vendors, as well as immersive dance troupes, including Sans Limites Dance, there was the music… excellent music coming from independent bands and singers, all part of a music scene that is cresting with powerful energy and talent in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Someday I expect to say about a few of these bands: “I saw them back when….”
Another summer has come to an end, and while the sky is still blue and the air still warm and lovely, claim your piece of the Brooklyn sky. It’s yours for the price of a craft beer or a fancy cocktail.
I counted at least seven rooftop drinking and dining venues in Williamsburg: The Ides, Juliette, Bia67, L’isola, Zona Rosa, Berry Park, and Night of Joy. That means on any given night, whether you’re in the mood for French, Vietnamese, Italian, Mexican, or American fare, you can drink and dine on a breezy rooftop under the starz.
Small Town of Williamsburg Gets New Eye Doctor
There’s something about the new doctors who are setting up offices in Williamsburg; they seem to be especially in touch with the original ideals of their professions. Dentists, podiatrists, allergists, chiropractors, and more are offering a Mayberry RFD kind of experience. Williamsburg, in its own way, is a small town, and one can almost always look forward to a really nice patient-doctor interaction.
Opthalmologist Jessica Fleishman is probably the most recent doctor to hang her shingle in the neighborhood. In May, she opened the Center for Sight of New York, a full service eye care center on Hope Street, in a new building between Havemeyer and Roebling streets. The spacious office, about 1,000 square feet, includes a large room that will eventually become a certified surgical facility.
City Council District 33 Primary
Stephen Pierson
Your City Council Member really does have palpable influence over the destiny of our neighborhoods and quality of life. District 33 Council Member elections also present a difficult choice, because there has only been one political debate, and Stephen Levin, former Vito Lopez Chief of Staff, has been fuzzy about some of the remedies proposed. By contrast Stephen Pierson has put forward some ideas to address issues that have been raised about the 2005 rezoning. Such as taking a stand to downzone, because the current zoning allows segregated housing by economic status, ie., the “poor door,” and ushers in outrageously oversized developments (that are approximately twice the density of Stuyvesant Town). Levin says, he’ll look into it.
On September 10, it’s Primary day; your day to make a difference. In the last election, in 2009, voter turnout in Greenpoint and Williamsburg was abysmal. Most North Brooklyn census tracts had turnouts below 20%. It’s vital to remind yourself how important your vote really is.
So, what do you gain through voting? Elected officials know who votes. If this community is turning out less than other neighborhoods, elected officials will pay less attention to us, make fewer appearances here, and provide fewer services.