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Not gone. Apparently knocked down by a car and it’s now under repair, according to lovemynabe.

Charles/ugarte says: “I can’t speak specifically to historical significance, except to say that attractive antique clocks on tall poles are rare these days, but used to be more common. Whenever we lose one, a bit of the city’s architectural history dies. We had one in our neighborhood, but no more.”

“I found a picture of the clock – when it was standing – on Forgotten NY; you have to scroll down to find it. It is designated as “Flatbush and Eighth in Park Slope,” but more accurately was at Flatbush and Park in Prospect Heights. It is a much better picture than my nighttime phonecam snapshot.”

Huh? What clock? Where? Crustythor says: “you probably would only remember it as one of the many public things to which Key Food ties their ridiculous, bootleg tarp ‘awning.’ ”

Discuss: Prospect Heights Message Boards

Photo: Forgotten NY

joncane has a special request in the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “Whoever the anagram-happy vandals are, may I humbly suggest that they use:

OH NO INFERNAL GERMANS VANISHING FINE MARVEL

UPDATE: We would settle for this:

MAN OF NINE GROINS MARVELS IF HE HAVIN LAGER

Backstory: Van Helsing Vandals Strike [Prospect Heights Message Boards]

JessicaSophia writes: “I havent’ seen any signs for it yet, but the guy at Heights Coffee just mentioned that the Flatbush Street Fair was going on this Sunday.”

More details: Prospect Heights Message Boards

Away with your FILTHY, pre-owned items! We must have it new. New!

Here are the remnants of the National Council on Jewish Women (NCJW) thrift store on Flatbush – you know, the one that used to pile all sorts of treasures out on the sidewalk. Oh… wonder what they have today? … Well, you can forget about that, now. Happy?

Just a few weeks ago, Jack wrote on the Prospect Heights Message Boards: “Oh, no. Oh, no. I can’t believe they are gone! They were truly one of the last old school gems and they really had a nice selection of stuff… it seems all the cheapo places to shop in this city are fading fast.”

“One of the two sisters was there in the store with the other African American woman who worked there. They recognized me, and when I asked ‘So, you’re closed forever?’ they said ‘Sorry, yes, thank you for coming…'”

“… that place has been there virtually forever … Seeing it all cleared to the walls was just a shock. This city is changing in ways I just don’t understand anymore.”

This is just one of three notable Flatbush Ave. junque store closings recently. As marthajoy reported, “a lot of second-hand stuff on Flatbush has closed down … [including] that antique store [next to Franny’s]. I noticed that the Second Time Around furniture (also affiliated with Jewish Women’s thrift store) over behind Yummy Taco is closed too.”

Discuss.

Both EmilyM asked about a space on Flatbush Ave., next to Kombit, “undergoing a high-concept looking reno. Full length windows, one of which had a display of river stones in it {hard to explain}. Anyone know what that is?”

Turns out this Flatbush Ave. storefront is going to become a “full body” spa, according to one of the women who owns Kombit.

Looking through some old photos, I had completely forgotten that this used to be that computer store with the blue awning that was loaded with mounds of outdated junk and never seemed to have what I was looking for (cable? no. video card? no. storage media? no.)

Discuss: What’s up with the stones?

Wasn’t this a Goodwill district office just a few months ago? This building on Flatbush Ave. is going to be a franchise location of i-soldit.com, a company that will list your junk on eBay so you don’t have to. They will also field questions from eBay shoppers and take care of shipping.

Sounds great to me, but it’s a huge space in a prime location, so it’s got to be an incredibly expensive undertaking (and a bit of a strange business decision, since apparently there’s a similar “EAuction” start-up company about a block away in a smaller space…). I’m going to drop off a few boxloads as soon as they open (provided their cut isn’t ridiculously large), but it’s a bit of a new concept… I really wonder if they will make enough money to cover the rent.

UPDATES: EmilyM writes: “I walked by this morning and this ebay place appeared to be open. I didn’t go in though because I had a heavy bag. The space does look really huge–can’t imagine what the rent must be.” According to daveb, they charge a 30% fee for listing your stuff, which if true, sounds reasonable to me.

More details and discussion in the Prospect Heights message boards.

Around 9:30 this morning, the antiques store on Flatbush (the one a few doors down from Franny’s) was moving all its junque out on the sidewalk and into a moving van. Apparently the place was still “open for business” up to the very end… noisefootprint said one of the guys loading the truck (jokingly?) encouraged her to go inside and browse around.

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