It's bright, it's clean, it's a helluva better 24/7 presence at the corner of Parkside(z) and Flatbush than the old Mansoobs. Some of you may recognize one of the proprietors from his days working at "Parkside Deli" (no Z) next to the Pioneer. Yet another amiable Yemeni run deli to consider when hunting and gathering your wee hours kibbles, though don't count on being able to order half the stuff pictured on the signs. The garbage at that corner became a huge problem this summer, as a fragrant Fresh Kills buffet greeted commuters each morning for weeks on end. Let's hope this place plays by the rules and helps keep the boisterous Parkside-Winthrop gauntlet a bit less raucous. Though with that shooting gallery just up the block (tell me you haven't seen that stunningly skinny woman nodding off on the steps of 691?) and a liquor store to the stars (surely you know our most notorious Otis Campbell, who likes to drop trou from time to time in front of "First Class Liquors"), it's gonna be tough to make this stretch gramma friendly. Welcome, Parksidez!
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shooting gallery??
Well-known to the cops, that building has been a problem for years. If you watch closely, you'll see a wacky assortment of high folks coming and going. It's the frequent nodding off on the stoop and around the building that gives it away - at least one apartment must be live. Occasional scuffles break out. That building, and that stretch of Flatbush, have to be on the short list of worst offenders, in my view. You can tell by the state of the entrance and hallway that the landlord is of the "laissez faire" variety. It's a real doozy that one, almost a throwback to another era.
Another recent development on Flatbush from Parkside to Winthrop (aka "the gauntlet"): the tenant in the apartment directly upstairs from Wig Club has recently set up his own radio station, WPLG, which plays Bottom 40. The radio station broadcasts from two speakers, propped in the window, cranked to top volume. Its listening audience consists of the drug addicts across the street, the drug dealers across the street, and me.
It looks so nice right now, so clean and sleek. I give it less than a year for the place to look like the offspring of Mansoobs. (Mansoobs was a disaster by the way.)
i live around that store. So one day i went and brought me a sandwich when i got home and ate it, it tasted so good......Now i usually go there daily ...and yes it is very clean in that store, and seriously where can you find "Bacon Egg Cheese" for $1.99 in Flatbush but that store? Very good stuff in there & food.!!!
I live around the corner also, been there for a minute (not a recent transplant, although they r welcome) and I know the owners personally. They Wont let it degrade to Mansoob's level. As a matter a fact I hear that they're bringin in craft beers for the local yuppies.
Oh btw, And to my Yemeni brothers, did u notice the web address? The "qat" at parkside. That's hilarious! that's the most approbiate web address to talk about a Yemeni store.
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