Gas Pains: Fourth Ave. Station Out, 12 Stories In

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build build build the more inventory the better

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There's another BP about 8 blocks away, and a Hess there too, so it's not a huge loss. Another condo? Yeah, sure, why not, just throw another one on the pile.

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Sure, more condos. Great views of the shit box dorm next door, 4th Ave., and across Ave. the taxi company, Staples/Pep Boys and if yer high up enuff, the stinkin' Gowanus.

Gonna be worth every penny.

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where brooklyn at? where brooklyn at?

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i have been generally negative about new development on 4th ave (i.e. you couldn't pay me to live there amongst the fumes and drag races). but then i started wondering, how is it any different than west side hwy or houston st? some people are willing to pay very big bucks to live on those highways (some with views of jersey no less), so why not medium sized bucks to live on this highway (especially in 321 territory)? the cab stands and tire shops are fleeting. i remember when there were gas stations on houston...

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because the west side highway is in Manhattan. Also those areas just face one side of the west side highway, they are all within hip neighborhoods like the west village or tribeca or soho.

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Hey #6, haven't you heard? 4th Avenue is the New Park Avenue. Tall expensive buildings on both sides with a railroad in the middle. OK, so they haven't banned commercial traffic like Park and probably never will. Don;t believe me? Just ask any real estate broker, lol.

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Fine by me. Bring in the $, raise up the prices, get the pingo pingoes the hell out of the neighborhood. "Whoop out you go"

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hey, #6. you didn't really answer the question, you only proved that you're a douchebag. i pointed out the price differential (big bucks vs. medium bucks) which already addresses your manhattan-centric bias. as far as hip neighborhood proximity, you obviously don't know the area and are therefore not qualified to comment.

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4th ave. only a drug invested,eye sore,no place to walk alone at any hour, i"ll take condos restaurants retail shops and a safer place to live any time .change is difficult for some but this change is far better then the run down hell hole that existed and still exists. welcome the new restoration.

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why so attached to the mess on uninviting 4th ave. yes time for improvement is thumbs up like property values. hope they line 4th with some trees ,it might turn 4th from gas stations ,and crumbling housing to an ave that is actually a pleasent place to stroll . It trully is a very depressing ave. imagine!progess,well no brownstones being built but no ugly commercial warehouses either!!!!

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mugged on 4th ave 2x,s over the past few years, won't miss the gang bangers,beer, drugs, or gas stations or needle park. kids are actually playing at restored byrnes park again!will not miss lovely 4th ave one bit. developement, yes yes yes!!!!!!!!

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this change is welcomed.4th was no gem why so negative its a positive. given the state of 4th ave,what will all of you miss,frankly this is a good change! born and will probably die in the place i was born in brooklyn .I welcome the clean up like the new bowery and alphabet city.

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number 9 you are a perfect example of the creatures that stalk the good people of park slope ,and prowel the beautiful forth ave. great language bud. why not move so a better less crude group of people can take up your space in the food chain.im very impressed with your intelligence and vocabulary.thank you and have a great day .

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no more horse drawn carriages.flower lined 4th ave.no more tire shops, no more out door cafe's . give me a break! get with the plan for a more livable brooklyn.progress people progress . it wont hurt to see the future on 4th is necessary and a positive move for brooklyn and the slope.

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i am a 64 year old grandmother have lived in park slope for 34 years. if i can embrace change for ugly crime invested 4th ave you youngens need to change with the times. whats with holding on to a discusting ave that breeds crime come on lossen up and rock and roll. love grandma

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ride on rock and roll grandma,you are on the money!!!!!!!! AKL. park slope

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where is the place in park slope for the sleazy people

where the sleazy people supposed to go now

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#18 in answer to your question, these are possibilities- WORK, rehab, detox, psychiatric or community mental health centers,subsidized housing and in some cases, JAIL.not on the streets or breaking into our homes.support the people who trully need help. i am far from wealthy but work 2 jobs and just make it from paycheck to paycheck and i don't consider myself sleezy. don't have a condo or much,but don't prey upon others. lon pk.

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why so resistent to a clean up of 4th ave.I for one won't miss the garbage,and crime. nothing lost but maybe something alot better for the community.no gas pains for me. j.c. pk. slope

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no gas pains for me either,infact i'm feeling better. jack r.

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the slum lords prey upon these less fortunate people,they live in rat and rouch invested things that pass for apartments and the tenents pay big bucks to these wonderful land lords,no dignity in these tenements,they prosper and the tenents pay with substanderd living conditions. whats right about this!!!!!!!!!!!!! lmp 4th ave resident

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the womans shelter on eighth ave. people were up in arms no womens shelter in p.slp. make up your minds.why not clean up the area and stop the b.s. abit hypocritical don't you think. forth avenue could use a really good shower. g

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the gas pains,what ?this was by no means an historical landmark. lets get real we will miss nothing about this ave.of fear and filth.the folks who live on the ave in between the tire shops,warehouses and slums who are being exployted may actually get some decent housing,and dignity . g.b a tree grows in brooklyn

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i'm all for a good clean up of our community.we would like to walk to the 4th ave subway station with out looking over our shoulder and at a very fast pace, especially when it starts getting dark. that would be nice. lyn park slp.

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b.p gone no loss to us. speaking of puke i have stepped in alot of it walking along 4th.

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ninth street between 4th and 5th ave.nobody wanted a battered womens shelter their either.now that the women are in one of our hystoric brownstones although protested by our block. the women are quiet and the only problem is that their abusers hang out in front of the brownstone.not very comfortable but we have to accept this now what choice do we have.you are in a better position with development in the neighborhood. 8th ave also has a womens shelter that was protested.

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hey out their can only get better. whats your problem ? the clean up is a good thing. l.p park slope resident.

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i am not pleased with the design of some of these buildings.but i think it is and will be much better then 4th is currently, lets proceed anything is better then whats been their. karen

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its better then run down tire shop, tenements,and the filth thats there now! i suspect it will be a safer place to walk, I think this is not really a bad thing for the community.but a positive move in the long run. j.p

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cool the redevelopment fears,change for the better as i see it.

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we have lived in the slope for 6 years,i can finally bring my kids to the park and not feel uncomfortable with the enviornment and needles broken glass bottles.rats etc. redevelop 4th bring it on!!!!!!!!we are all for a cleaner safer neighborhood

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nothing lost by no means,looking foward to the clean up.

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i agree that this place called an ave, is nothing but a black eye to our residents. all for a good clean up and soon. rn,pk. slp.

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where will all the dirt bags go. i hope far from the community, had enough of the garbage,begone,123. 4th ave tenent.

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truth be told the 4th ave mess, needs a complete renovation a clean up of the av. and undesireables it is a welcome change.i hope this will occur in a timely fashion. creepy place to walk at any hour.