sepecat wrote:
The one on JFK is purely Hookah lounge and has a menu which consists of about 3 items. Kofta with rice, Chicken and Rice and Gyro I think. You?re better off just smoking.

Kindelan wrote:
How come there isn't a thread about this? I figured YOU PEOPLE would be all up in arms.

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... y_school_board_exten.html

People, including our deputy mayor, claimed that the nationwide search for a superintendent was racially motivated.

http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/ ... t-and-more/#comment-57159

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I've seen kids as young as 10 or 12 and teens that look like they're 16 or 17. There are also young adults in their 20's and a few in their 30's! I have no idea who really lives there, who's visiting or what's going on. They're just all over the place, loud, dirty and the music is on all the time.

It's a legal 2 family, that much I know, but the basement is also being used as an apartment. I don't think there's anything illegal going on like drugs, but all those people living there is definitely not legal.

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I hear that the new bar opening in wamu location from willyburg will have a table. Hopefully not just another bar table but full size.

I don't understand. Do you mean the location at Newark & Barrow, and what does "from willyburg" mean?

As for table size, forget it. I played APA pool for a decade in bars all over lower Manhattan and never saw a full size coin table. Why: you can wait an hour for some drunk duffers to finish a game on a 6 ft table! Could you imagine on an 8?

Yes, newark and barrow is where the old wamu bank branch is located. that's where they're moving to open the new bar.

Willyburg is short for williamsburg and is what most locals call it

I played at the Kettle of Fish at it's location on 3rd/6th across from the Blue Note. Now owned by Fat Black Pussy Cat guy. The bar table there was one of the better ones @ two quarters a game back in the 90's. I usually played at SOHO Billiards(actually north of soho, on Houston) where you rented tables by the hour and there was never a wait for a table through most of the nite except weekends.

Once they open we have to shoot some call pocket, open pool, 14 to 1 continuous.

I actually do know "where" Willyburg is (though I usually hear it referred to as "Billyburg", it's more alliterative). I still don't understand the reference to a bar from there. Are the owners from there? You can't really move a pub.

Even back in the 90's there were few tables around that would tolerate anything but 8-ball, and or were less than $1. The Downtown Raccoon Lodge had something of a pool scene with some 9 ball, and my longtime home base of Googies had some occasional 9. 14.1 is pretty tough on a coin table since you can't pull the foul balls!

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I hear that the new bar opening in wamu location from willyburg will have a table. Hopefully not just another bar table but full size.

I don't understand. Do you mean the location at Newark & Barrow, and what does "from willyburg" mean?

As for table size, forget it. I played APA pool for a decade in bars all over lower Manhattan and never saw a full size coin table. Why: you can wait an hour for some drunk duffers to finish a game on a 6 ft table! Could you imagine on an 8?

theo wrote:
Hey nerds:

Come play trivia at the Golden Cicada on Tuesday, June 8 at 9:00pm. Play as a team or just show up and join one. There will be beer. There will be prizes. There may even be some questions about math.

Date: Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Time: 9:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Golden Cicada
Street: 195 Grand Street
City/Town: Jersey City, NJ

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ripple wrote:
Off the top of my head:

-Abby's
-Barrow St. Bar
-Guillo's
-The dive bar on the right side of Newark as you leave downtown going up the hill toward JSQ (can't remember the name)

The closest real pool hall that I know of is Fat Cat Billiards (very close to the Christopher St. PATH stop in NYC)

Tino wrote:
Why MUST we get him a motorized wheelchair if a cane will suffice? Seems a bit excessive.

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I see you can't refute, deny or prove otherwise, so, you name-call. Pathetic.

It's ALL true.

Vice-Prez of GOLDMAN SACHS ('memba them?....recent bailout!); first to be deployed to IRAQ--which had NOTHING to do with 9/11; and NOW he's a 'revolutionary'?

PHU-LEEEEZE!




also to the above poster:
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"Fulop was deployed there after leaving his job"

He said many times and it's printed on his flyers and on website...HE CHOSE to leave his job to fight 'terrorism" after 9/11. HIS choice. Terrorism and Iraq are NOT synonomous with 9/11 no matter how many times the media and elected officials purposely confuse the issue.

Do you actually read (or understand) the things you rail against or do you just have a bag of cliches and buzzwords that you reach into whenever the opportunity comes up to use them? You say HE CHOSE (what's with all your caps anyway?) to fight terrorism - that still doesn't mean he requested to go to Iraq. Somehow the Bush policies are Fulop's fault?

More importantly, in this case - the vote against the bonding wasn't a vote against development. If you were at the council meeting you would have heard him explain his vote: he's all for the project. It's much-needed and the jobs created are critical. You don't need to borrow money to do the project. The ordinance had nothing to do with whether or not the development will occur, it was only on whether or not the city should borrow $67 million.

You could sell the land today to Honeywell for more than that and have all the money you need without having to borrow a nickel. Instead, the city will take the money today, misuse it and then down the road - when they finally sell the land - the proceeds will be used to plug yet another budget hole on a one-time basis. And that hole will be the result of generous patronage raises and jobs and all the other crap that the administration wastes money on.

That's what the vote was on. I know that is inconvenient for your tidy little Fulop = Goldman, Sachs = Iraq war = Evil construction.

Johnny wrote:
Hey everyone,

I'm new to downtown JC and was wondering what the hell I should do with myself when it rains. I went on a bender this weekend and don't really want to drink right now. Any ideas?

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At least the signs read "Pet Free Zone" and not "Dog Free Zone". We wouldn't want all those cat owners in the neighborhood chiming in on this one.

I'm pretty sure that the "pet free zone" is not aimed at cats but the large amount of pot bellied pig owners who have descended up HP. One should always have their bases covered, no?

Vigilante wrote: [...] 5) A lot of dog-owners are now unhappy with Fulop.

Althea wrore: The Director of Public Works, Rodney Hadley, designated 50% of the park pet free. He provided the contractor with a map that clearly delineated which lawns would be pet free and which would be pet friendly.[...]

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The pet free lawns

The Director of Public Works, Rodney Hadley, designated 50% of the park pet free. He provided the contractor with a map that clearly delineated which lawns would be pet free and which would be pet friendly.

The contractor made a mistake which we hope will be corrected as soon as possible. The two quadrants of passive space on the 8th Street side of the park are to be pet friendly.

I'm so sorry this happened because it only adds to the bad feelings on all sides. Remember that those of us really using the park are much more in tune than a lot of the City employees merely following instructions. They don't always take action with full knowledge or compassion.

Councilman Fulop has asked them to correct the signage in our shared park as soon as possible.

BTW - Children are not to be left unattended in any part of the park INCLUDING the playground.

Althea [pet and child wrangler]

Thanks Althea for the clarifications and hard work. But don't you think the "unattended children" thing needs refining? Surely you can't mean 17 year olds? 5th graders are allowed to leave school alone, probably they're old enough to be in a park without a parent. Maybe it could apply exclusively to the playgrounds without being impractical?

Behavior problems are an issue whether 13 or 30, and we need a method to deal with that, but an "R" rating for a park seems extreme, no?

...Behavior problems are an issue whether 13 or 30, and we need a method to deal with that,...

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Well, someone has to try to build awareness of Jersey City among Manhattanites. Jersey Shore has been a start, but articles like the one about Crytsal Point, are also good.

Why are you so concerned about trying to "build awareness of Jersey City among Manhattanites."?? Who cares unless you're in the real estate biz trying to sell "Crytsal Point " (sic) or other gasbag condos.

Listen, I loved Manhattan when I lived there and likewise Brooklyn and never thought about JC or other places. I love where I live now in JC too and don't feel the insecurity of giving a flip what Manhattanites think of JC. Get over it and grow a pair.

You're certainly entitled to your POV, but at least recognize its that of a renter rather than owner. Most owner cheer the raised profile of Downtown JC as it not only raises their RE values but also brings more nice services to the area. Not all are to my taste or yours, but at least there's variety.

jersey_girl72 wrote: The dog owner with the two black scottish terriers goes to the park every morning and evening so you can catch him and give him your two cents. I felt today that the park no longer welcomes dog owners with open arms. There is a lot of hostility toward dog owners and dog owners are hostile right back. The signs are everywhere. I don't agree with what he did, but I understand him. I'm counting down the days to the first fist fight to erupt. Strangers yelling from their cars and "informing" us where we can and can not go with our dogs is ridiculous. I wonder how a parent would feel if I gave them parenting tips or told them to keep their kids 5 feet away from me.

1. MikeB on June 17th, 2010 at 4:26 pm: Residents have a right to be concerned about Spectra Energy?s proposed pipeline because Spectra Energy has a track record that looks like a police rap sheet: *Unlawful Conduct ? The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued two Notices of Violation for ?unlawful conduct? related to the company?s 12-billion-cubic feet underground natural gas storage reservoir in Bedford County, PA. *Fiery Inferno ? Spectra Energy?s underground gas storage reservoir outside of Houston (Moss Bluff) suffered catastrophic failure in 2004 with two explosions, 6 days of fire with flames as high as 1,000 feet and two evacuations. The company does not want to talk about it. The project manager at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told me they were not aware of this when they approved Spectra Energy?s proposal for the storage reservoir in Bedford County. *PCB Contamination ? Spectra Energy acknowledges in its Form 10-K (filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Feb. 27, 2009) that, ?some of our pipeline systems are contaminated with [toxic] PCBs.? The EPA has concluded that PCBs cause cancer in animals and are a probable human carcinogen. *Top Civil Penalty Ranking ? Spectra Energy?s Texas Eastern pipeline division is tied for #7 on the EPA?s list of the 21 ?Top Civil Penalty Cases of All Time,? the National Enforcement Trends (NETs) document which is on the EPA website. The $15 million penalty was for massive PCB contamination along the company?s 9,000-mile pipeline. I am among a group of property owners in Bedford County, PA, who fought Spectra Energy?s threat of eminent domain for 2 years. By the way, don?t relax because Spectra Energy says the project is still in its preliminary stage. In our case, the project manager for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission told property owners that the Bedford County project ? while it was still in the proposal stage ? ?is a done deal.? Now that Spectra Energy is our ?neighbor,? there have been ongoing operational problems at this facility from the beginning. This includes emergency shutdowns which result in uncontrolled release of gas (toxic volatile organic compounds) and sometimes oily contaminate into the air (and on nearby properties). Spectra Energy keeps repeating that such shutdowns/blowdowns are not uncommon. But the company refuses to furnish the stats. After months of prodding, Spectra Energy finally admitted, ?Yes, we do track all of our compressor units? performance as part of our system reliability monitoring efforts, but this is not data that we report externally. In the meantime, based on unofficial record keeping by nearby landowners, there have been 25 shutdowns and/or blowdowns of the Steckman Ridge compressor station between August 23, 2009 (the first, big emergency shutdown) and the end of April 2010. And residents are still counting. Why must neighbors assemble information on the ongoing performance problems at this facility? Why doesn?t Spectra Energy disclose the information? Learn from our experience in order to protect your property rights, your health and your safety. Ask tough questions of the Spectra Energy representative, based on the information here. Ask how many explosive failures the company has experienced on its pipelines and underground storage reservoirs. Ask about PCBs. Ask the representative from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the likelihood of the project being approved. Ask about the use of eminent domain if property owners decline to ?sign up.? From our battle, a property rights blog emerged that tracks Spectra Energy and other companies involved in shale gas drilling or support functions. (By the way, the gas-rich Marcellus shale in New York and Pennsylvania is why this pipeline is being proposed.) Most posts are fully sourced with primary sources that include links or pdf files to the EPA, Pennsylvania DEP, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, court documents and filings from the gas companies. So anyone can check our source of information. As an example, here is a link to such a post: http://www.spectraenergywatch.com/blog/?p=616 Most of the material is found at the bottom of the post in the section titled, ?Links & Resources.? Happy to answer questions, if I can, at this link: Spectra Energy

hero69 wrote:
Well, someone has to try to build awareness of Jersey City among Manhattanites. Jersey Shore has been a start, but articles like the one about Crytsal Point, are also good.

PBW wrote:
this article pisses me off. Don't they know there's more to Downtown Jersey City than just Crystal Point?

I would like to invite to an event that I am co-hosting this upcoming Tuesday (June 22, 2010) at 6:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers (280 Grove Street, City Hall).

While Jersey City faces a tremendous number of challenges including taxes, crime, property value, and overall quality of life, more often than not those challenges are tied into a failing school system. This Tuesday, June 22nd, we have invited Whitney Tilson, who is one of the founders of Teach for America, to Jersey City to give his acclaimed presentation which was made into a documentary called "A Right Denied: The Need for Genuine School Reform" This is a powerful presentation from a national leader on educational reform. It will focus on the achievement gap in the United States and what steps can be taken to correct it in urban areas like Jersey City.

A panel discussion of statewide leaders including Rev. Reginald Jackson who is the executive director of The NJ Black Ministers Alliance and regarded as one of the 25 most influential people in NJ accordng to NJ Monthly Magazine; Ryan Hill the founder and CEO of the highly successful TEAM Charter Schools in Newark; and Whitney Tilson, will follow the presentation. This will allow for the community to engage directly with the experts on ways that we can work to improve our schools in Jersey City.

Mr. Tilson is often quoted as saying, ?the most important domestic issue facing our country is the mediocre performance ? and, in many cases, outright failure ? of many of our public schools.? His presentation illuminates the stark truth of that statement as well as those schools around the country that have achieved extraordinary success in educating even the most difficult-to-educate students. This is a challenge that we can take on in Jersey City with active leadership and an active community - I hope you can join me this Tuesday 6:30 p.m. in City Hall.

This presentation is brought to you by The Council Office of Ward E and Shelley Skinner, Founder of Jersey City Families for Better Schools.

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Eleanor_A wrote:
This was a great event! And a special thanks to the kids who break danced. You guys were great!

cheese7 wrote: Thank you for posting. I wasn't planning on going to any of these events but will drop by with donations.