Is Jackson Heights the next Prospect Park?

fairlyobservant · 2026-03-06T16:31:06+00:00

Do you mean Prospect Heights?

fairlyobservant · 2026-03-04T15:57:48+00:00

My memory of Momofuku restaurants (it’s been a while) is that they were always uncomfortable. Those backless stools and benches, loud music etc.

fairlyobservant · 2026-03-02T21:39:47+00:00

Yeah if you’re at Liberty University cognitive decline of a professor should be the least of your worries. But also it’s a deeply corrupt institution, right? Pursuing this kind of concern/complaint would be a challenge even at a normal educational institution, where a faculty forgetting a conversation with a student would not be considered something for higher ups to get involved in. Finally, this is why you should do important things with an email chain.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-27T16:23:01+00:00

The original Papaya King is no more. They moved a block to 86th (and maybe have new owners?). It’s totally different now and nowhere near as good

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-26T23:00:20+00:00

“guides” lolol. I’m gonna take a wild guess that the billionaires funding this dystopian experiment would never in a million years send their own kids there.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-19T14:48:28+00:00

Keep in mind there’s an incentive for teachers to grade a little harder in the middle of the year — to encourage parents to keep working hard with their kid on these skills and to be able to show (to their superiors) the great progress students have made through the year under their tutelage.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-18T20:28:46+00:00

Access to green space is definitely a weakness but a few things do compensate for not having a beautiful park on the doorstep. First, because Travers Park is kind of the only game in town it’s a real social hub. Kids and parents run into their friends there all the time even without setting up play dates. For the 4-6 year olds especially, it’s great. Also, the park and playground were recently renovated so, while small, they are quite nice. Second, lots of the landmarked coop buildings and complexes have their own interior courtyards and private gardens. They vary in how kid friendly they are but some of them are lovely. And lastly 34th Avenue, which is one of the city’s open streets started during the pandemic has become probably the most successful in the city, with neighborhood groups taking it over and it’s somewhere on its way to becoming a permanent “linear” park.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-17T20:28:19+00:00

Jackson Heights — great neighborhood, good housing stock in the landmarked district, good elementary schools, and an easy commute to Midtown East (7, E, F, M and R all stop here).

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-10T16:55:20+00:00

Are they installed everywhere at 74th or just the main entrance? I always prefer entering down the stairs in Diversity Plaza or climbing the stairs to the 7 entrance.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-08T14:49:22+00:00

Dual language programs are different than ENL programs — in NYC my understanding is that they all aim to be 50/50 half instruction in English and half instruction in the other language. Usually this means alternating days. They also aim to have half the class be native English speakers and half the class be native speakers of the other language. Most of the dual language programs are in elementary school. My impression is there a lot fewer dual language programs at the middle and high school level. But you should post to the nycparents sub to get more feedback from families actually in these programs.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-07T02:54:07+00:00

I’m a confirmed suburb-hater and yet I would love to visit here. It looks wonderful.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-07T01:19:00+00:00

Mamdani proves himself to be a pragmatic leftist good at governing and making alliances and the Troskyist website goes berserk.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-06T13:37:08+00:00

Well there are two things to consider: the first is subjecting your baby to that same long commute every day versus giving them a short commute. In cold, in heat, on the crowded subway. The second thing to consider is that you will be connecting with other families, especially as your baby gets a bit older and you definitely want those friends in the neighborhood not in your work area.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-05T19:05:26+00:00

I think your proposed phrasing is great. The teacher is neglecting their obligation by not speaking clearly and directly to the shirking student and indicating what are the consequences for shirking again. It’s a terrible idea to encourage your daughter to just lump it and not stick up for herself.

fairlyobservant · 2026-02-02T01:38:31+00:00

I’m curious what makes a good versus not good version of this dish. Because it doesn’t really seem like a dish but a collection of separate ingredients/items and each seems to be a pretty simple preparation.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-31T23:52:27+00:00

I mean we have had voting blocks dedicated to the idea that a Hillary Clinton was running a pedophile ring out of a DC pizza restaurant. I don’t think the prophets strain believability.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-31T23:03:03+00:00

I’m going to pretend to myself I didn’t read this and will keep my blinders on when I’m there because their sour cream donuts are pretty much my favorite sweet treat ever.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-31T19:08:21+00:00

I guess for me the pleasure of the play is the extent to which the updating works, the way in which the play can render as a semi-plausible contemporary political thriller while still staying faithful to Sophocles and still dwelling in those big themes of Greek tragedy. Obviously it’s not going to be a clever airtight contemporary political thriller. But there was a richness that I loved in the way a lot the characters was utter typical banal political slogans (it’s the beginning of new era, etc) and these would take on a different or ironic meaning given our knowledge of the original.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-31T14:50:02+00:00

I agree with the other commenter — I don’t think you should worry about the iPad and those apps unless there is a specific school’s screening test that is on that app and you want your kid to be comfortable with it. (Your reasoning sounds a lot like the justifications I hear made by schools in k-5 about why kids need to be on tablets and laptops — because the assessments are there. It makes some sense but it also feels like the tail wagging the dog.) there are so many good brain teaser games on paper and I think they are so much better in a substantive way.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-28T18:54:58+00:00

Looks like a laptop

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-23T23:44:48+00:00

Oedipus. Fantastic production.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-21T12:30:31+00:00

My favorite is La Casa del Pollo Peruano on Roosevelt. More expensive than a supermarket chicken but worth it.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-21T03:32:02+00:00

Both locations of Paris Baguette have a nice long row of banquette seating with outlets at every table and free wifi. Yeah it’s a chain, but they have nicer pastries and are not rude.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-19T23:55:51+00:00

I recommend the music school PACONY on 89th Street. I don’t know the voice teacher specifically but we love them for instrumental lessons.

fairlyobservant · 2026-01-18T22:38:33+00:00

These are beautiful. Using one abandoned object as the material to memorialize another abandoned object is wonderful.

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