My Life In Brooklyn

Below I have two images, taken the same day by my spouse.  Purely by chance he happened to catch the first image on the way to work yesterday morning.  Late last night, I happened to notice the new sign, which is not a surprise really as it can’t easily be missed.  Could it be any more ostentatious?  The full effect of this sign is not represented in this grab shot – it is huge, and all of it is pretty much bright red and white (lower sign says “park with us”) — and there is considerably more light generated than can be seen from this image.  Location Fenimore and Flatbush.

Not that there is too much cause for complaint.  When we first moved to the area, the parking lot was simply a wide driveway with a chain link fence.  The building over the garage driveway is a newly built extension as of this year.  Anyway, at that time (five years ago) they had a loud, irritating high-pitched alarm that was set off by a motion detector — needless to say the sound bounced all the way down Fenimore street and was the topic of more than one block association meeting.  Many people in this neighborhood like loud.

I am assuming this may be the finishing touch on the building.  As far as I know, it is completely devoid of tenants.  The space on the ground floor, to the left of the garage entry was a health center that moved to Clarkson on April 1.  The second floor is newly built, and there is additional retail space on the ground floor to the right of the garage door. I haven’t seen any tenant activity yet.

It’s ugly construction, made worse with the sign.  But, so far it remains quiet.