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As we all now know the Foursome Diner is closed and just in case you didn’t know its going to reopen at that Chinese Buffet on Nostrand and Z, next to the Banco Popular.

Both locations have signs up promoting Kouros (386 Nostrand Avenue) opening in the spring.

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On the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Avenue Z, which used to be some kind of Chinese buffet, and prior to that — many moons ago — the Pavilion Diner, has a sign on its window advertising that it will re-open in the spring as the “Kouros Diner…formerly the Foursome Diner on Bragg Street & Avenue U.”

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Remember Citgo? Across the street from Key food & Chinar. Looks like its all gone. Make way for the condos.

2008 looks like the battle ground year for Gerritsen Avenue. The battle will be about the DOT’s second phase of its plans for Gerritsen avenue. They plan on putting Green Streets down the center of Gerritsen Avenue. Green Streets are like a cement curb with parking on one side, think of Emmons Avenue without the diagonal parking.

The first phase of the DOT plan we already see with the painted median ad the reduced 25 MPH speed limit.

There are some ideas floating around. Like just putting these Green Streets only in front of the school and the by the Point. Any new median put in the Point would basically put an end to the illegal street racing.

Ideas are nothing unless they have the support of local politicians and Marty Golden has expressed that its all of Gerritsen Avenue or nothing.

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[Behind Mandee's on Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue. In the Duane Reade parking lot.]

There had to be about a 1,000 old school CRT monitors in this tremendous mound. You could totally climb to the top and feel safe, whoever stacked these stacked them so they were all solid.

As Dr. Venkman would say: “No human being would stack books monitors like this.”

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Looks like the Brooklyn View picked up on our story. GerritsenBeach.net made the newspapers! We were mention and they even used my pictures, with permission of course. My plan to take over the world is slowly coming along.

Its a very Interesting read.

If you cant pick up a copy here is the article:

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This past Saturday December 22nd, I was reading a newspaper when I came across an excerpt written by a 60+ year old man, when this man yelled out, “Blame the Internet”!

I couldn’t believe what I just read. It was one of the most obscene outbursts I’ve ever read. There were 4 friends present around me who merely cursed at the man. I know the comment wasn’t directed at me, otherwise the man who said it, would be sleeping in his own bed comfortably, because I don’t threaten children or the elderly.

If this man is any indication of what we can expect of our elderly we are in a lot of trouble.

I have a theory on what’s causing much of the outrageous behavior by some of our elderly. I believe it’s the newspaper columns such as “Marine Park Bulldog”, and other similar columns available to anyone who wants to say anything about anything, whether its true or not, and rarely if ever, have to worry about the consequences of doing so.

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On a recent walk back weeds, I found what used to be someones car.

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Bargain Bow Wow Santa spreading the cheer.

Crystal Bakery 2137 Knapp Street opened the other day. We went in a took some pictures.