This Week In Brooklyn: Shots!
This week in Brooklyn, many people are still searching for the elusive flu shot. The Brooklyn Paper caught up with those waiting in line at the Department of Health building on Flatbush Avenue Extension. The vaccine has been hard to come by, they said, and the three-hour wait in the cold did not help matters. "I feel like I will get the flu standing here," Mary Jane, of Crown Heights, told the paper. "I’m missing work, and I’m not getting paid."
A man was shot mid-afternoon Tuesday near the corner of Lorimer and Ten Eyck streets in Wlliamsburg, reports YourNabe.com. The shooting occurred near a polling site, where Councilwoman Diana Reyna had been talking to voters. The man was taken to Woodhull Hospital, but no further information is available.
The blog McBrooklyn spotted Ruth Ades-Laurent, aka daughter of the legendary peeler salesman, Joseph Ades, Tuesday at the Brooklyn Borough Hall Farmer’s Market. Before he died in February, Ades had spent years selling the peelers, often on the fringes of the Union Square Greenmarket, by Radio City Music Hall or in Brooklyn. He grew famous for his delivery, his ease in front of a crowd, his expensive suits, and was featured in newspapers and Vanity Fair, which he prominently displayed on his stand. Laurent is said to be selling the last of her father’s stock.
There seems to be no end in sight for weekend subway disruptions, as Brownstoner blog writers say they’ve given up taking the subway on weekends, opting to use the bicycle or car instead. Delays have prompted Transit Riders Council members to monitor the schedule changes. Andrew Albert, council and MTA board member, told the New York Post, "The signage is not adequate. There’s bedlam."
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