GoodBye Astroland

Hello shopping mall .

For nearly 50 years, it's been the main attraction along Coney Island's famed boardwalk, but on Sunday the famed amusement park is closing down.

Fortunately the land marked Cyclone rollercoaster at Astroland is not affected and will remain where it is.

Read more about it here: New York Post ASTROLAND CLOSING FOR GOOD.

The *New* Projects

I saw this ad on the back of the Onion newspaper and thought it was a funny joke. I called the number on the ad and checked the website. Turns out it's real. Flatubush Gardens are the projects for the new poor a.k.a. middle class.

Pay only $1025 a month to have your own one bedroom with new hardwood floors in the charming neighborhood of Flatbush, Brooklyn! Only blocks from Bed-Sty, and drug dealers available right on the corner! But to rent an apartment you have to pass a criminal background check first. Gotta keep the riff-raff out.

post from In Her City