new border of prospect heights?

some people with businesses on franklin av told my girlfriend that the new border of prospect heights is now at franklin av. is that true? he said it was official.

here we go.....

LOL. And what body would make it official, exactly?

I'm sure that's what many businesses on Franklin Avenue would like you to believe.

bad news....it just came out that the Brooklyn is now within the borders of New Jersey. These imaginary lines tend to be very shifty you know.

Well, now that I've read it on the internet, it must be true.

Nope. He's wrong. Franklin is now the official border of Brooklyn Heights

A reliable source tells me that Crown Heights no longer exists. East New York Avenue is the new OFFICIAL border between Prospect Heights and East New York.

On the other hand, another reliable source said that Prospect Heights now officially extends to the Belt Parkway.

Maybe we could just permanently stick the border-discussion thread on the top of the Prospect Heights board.

BKChickie wrote: Maybe we could just permanently stick the border-discussion thread on the top of the Prospect Heights board.

nah. It seems most posters in the "disputed zone" want to be in PH, and I never advocate giving posters what they want. (whether most people in the area wish to live in PH in a completely different matter)

Instead, it should go on top of the CH board with a title of "let's secede!"

:roll:

P.S. Before one secedes, one should make sure the other side wants them.

a realtor told me it is now called

"colony of park slope and park slope plantations"

Call it Brooklynianville and be done with it.

I'd like to see the realtors fight it out with spatulas. The one with the fewest welts wins rights to name the border. As long as it's either Franklin, Washington, or Nostrand.

If that's the case, then Washington Avenue is like Vatican City.

Picture taken this afternoon on Franklin.

Subject: Re: new border of prospect heights?

mr. met wrote: he said it was official.

Can you please ask him for the official proclamation? I think the Brooklynian community would love to have a meeting with governing body making these determinations.

Subject: Re: new border of prospect heights?

raulism wrote: [quote=mr. met]he said it was official.

Can you please ask him for the official proclamation? I think the Brooklynian community would love to have a meeting with governing body making these determinations.

While your at it, please ask the esteemed village elder:

At what point does one becomes a local?
...is it based on length of time in the 'hood, or where one lives in the 'hood?

If someone has lived here forever, are they allowed to go to the new stores, bars, and food places? Or, does that make them lose their local status and become gentrifiers?

What if a newbie moves to the hood, yet -in the star trek tradition- vows to consume only goods, "culture" and services that have been in the hood for more than 20 years? Are they a gentrifier?

What if the aforementioned individual has a preference for driving a fixed gear bike and drinking PBR?

What if someone who has lived in the 'hood their entire life develops (or has always had) a preference for fixed gear bikes and PBR?

Subject: Re: new border of prospect heights?

raulism wrote: [quote=mr. met]he said it was official.

Can you please ask him for the official proclamation? I think the Brooklynian community would love to have a meeting with governing body making these determinations.

I believe this would be a writ of mandayumm(!)us.

Karl the Druid wrote: a realtor told me it is now called

"colony of park slope and park slope plantations"

Nice Ocean State reference there!

LOL

sorry, that's what the owner of the Brueeueueuekelen Coffee Shop said. another guy backed him up, saying it happened last week. my first reaction was that it was BS, but just wanted to check.

i support the expansionist policy. From Ratnerville to the Sea, the independent state of ProHo (aka Downtown Brooklyn).

mr. met wrote: LOL

sorry, that's what the owner of the Brueeueueuekelen Coffee Shop said. another guy backed him up, saying it happened last week. my first reaction was that it was BS, but just wanted to check.

I really don't mean this as an attack, but do you really not realize how ridiculous this is.

"[I]t" happened last week. What is "it" exactlty? What could "it" possibly even be?

there are still no publicly funded prospect heights services. the neighborhood, in essence, remains a fake neighborhood. prospect heights is still part of the 77th precinct, all of which except for your tiny sliver to the west is known as crown heights. this debate just never gets old.

"[I]t" happened last week. What is "it" exactlty? What could "it" possibly even be?

uh, "rezoning"?

Speaking of zoning, the following comes from the September 2009 meeting minutes of none other than CB8 itself:

http://www.brooklyncb8.org/cbminutes_0909.htm

CB8 September 2009 Meeting Minutes wrote: ...Ms. Wedderburn asked on what basis was Prospect Heights (the area west of Washington Avenue) excluded from the plan, and why only certain portions of the City were targeted...

Official map on the Official CB8 website:

http://www.brooklyncb8.org/MAPS/map_cbk8_neighborhoods_400.gif

sure looks like Bedford Ave to me!!

(no I am not being serious...but look at their map, it's good for a laff)

mr. met wrote: LOL

sorry, that's what the owner of the Brueeueueuekelen Coffee Shop said. another guy backed him up, saying it happened last week. my first reaction was that it was BS, but just wanted to check.

ZOMG! They're not even FROM here... :roll: :shock:

Is Jack Krohn an owner/investor or something?

This thread was good for a larf today. Thanks everybody.

squindar wrote: Official map on the Official CB8 website:

http://www.brooklyncb8.org/MAPS/map_cbk8_neighborhoods_400.gif

sure looks like Bedford Ave to me!!

(no I am not being serious...but look at their map, it's good for a laff)

Not that old chestnut...

There is no border between PH and CH marked on that map. They just used too big a font to fit the name within the borders.

agreed, that map was something drawn on a napkin and then scanned in.