Dumbo Residents: Where to Vote for Tomorrow’s Election 2008
November 3rd, 2008
Tomorrow’s election for US President will take place at polling places throughout the United States. You can vote ONLY at your designated polling place. Make sure you are at the correct polling site and Election District/Assembly District (ED/AD) for your address. For Dumbo and Vinegar Hill residents, the polling place is either at PS8 on 37 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights or at PS307 on 209 York Street. Please check your specific address by going to the online poll site address locator or call 1.866.VOTE.NYC. Polling Places open 6:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Tonight, November 3 at 7pm, Galapagos Art Space is presenting a screening of Recount, the story of the 2000 Presidential Election, starring Kevin Spacey, Laura Dern, Ed Begley, Jr. and Denis Leary. (free)
Once you vote tomorrow, head over to Galapagos Art Space at 6pm to join their “Obama-Fabulous Election Night Party” ($10). Results are projected live on their big screen with music and events through the evening:
- The Yes We Can!-Can Girls
- A Presidential kissing booth
- Santa Claus will make an appearance
- Free doctor’s notes so you can go to work late the next morning
Get out there and vote!
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November 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm
who should I vote for? I’m still undecided.
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:36 pm
just an FYI…
VH residents are likely voting at PS 307 on York Street… at least that’s where the Board of Elections has me going…
November 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Thanks Obama voter. I’ve updated the post to include the VH location.
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 pm
How do you define the borders of DUMBO and VH?
Best to go to the website and check your polling place. We live on Jay St and we vote at PS 307.
http://www.vote.nyc.ny.us/pollingplaces.html
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:22 pm
The polling place for 100 Jay, which is technically DUMBO, is PS 307 NOT PS 8. So be sure to verify your location if you are not sure. Google maps will tell you your location if you punch in your address:
http://maps.google.com/maps/mpl?moduleurl=http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/mapplets/elections/2008/us-voter-info/us-voter-info.xml
Obama-Biden 2008!
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Just saw that dumbonyc also has a polling site locator link included in the post above…
November 3rd, 2008 at 6:13 pm
I believe 84 front st, which is in DUMBO, actually votes at PS 307
November 3rd, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Yes, 84 Front votes at 307. It looks like Washington St. is the cutoff as 70 Washington votes at PS 8.
November 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Residents at 85 Adams St and 100 Jay in dumbo vote at PS 307 on York Street. Please correct your site. That is a lot of people.
November 3rd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Vote for Obama, if you want any kind of future for yourself and this country.
November 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Once again, another stupid comment from this newgirl.
Ask her how much of her salary she has donated to others per year and then see what she says.
Then ask her if she wants to continue to be able to make the choice as to how much she should give and to whom to give it to herself, or would she rather have someone else make those decisions for her.
Agreed that Newgirl and her moronic comments are ruining an otherwise informative blog.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:52 am
oh my god, leave newgirl alone already!
I mean, let’s be honest, it’s not like the level of discourse on this blog has ever been that high. is the blog informative? yes, absolutely. but if newgirl is anything like me when I first moved here and started reading this site, then she is probably horrified at the racist, classist, simply ignorant comments that are posted here regularly. perhaps her sometimes less-than-thought-out questions/responses are her way of muddling through it all.
November 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Damn, I voted for Obama! Wasn’t I suppossed to vote the opposite of who Newgirl endorsed???
Well the good news is no more dumb SNL election specials and free Starbucks coffee today.
By the way, who the heck lives in district 125? Us poor slobs in 124 waited a half hour in line this morning at 10:00AM, while 125 had no line at all. Whats the Deal with that?
November 4th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
vote obamaa & newgirl, you are both tools. This is a blog for information about dumbo, not some political blog. I dont care who you vote for and neither does anyone else. The purpose of this post was to tell people WHERE to vote not for WHO to vote for.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
um… seriously? the first person to respond to this post asked who (s)he should vote for… is (s)he also a tool? actually, great, considering how awfully negative you all too often are, perhaps it’s better to ask: who ISN’T a tool in your eyes?
November 4th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
great,
You’re not.
We start with a subject and if it strays, who cares? Lighten up and have some fun.
November 4th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
pretty much everyone else is not..just people who spew things out when they don’t know what they are talking about. you were fine until you decided to defend newgirls continued ignorant comments..
November 4th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Me, I could give a rats ass if I find someone’s comment “ignorant” or not. People have the right to say whatever they want as long as its in good taste.
Debate them or ignore them if you wish.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
politicians are only concerned with getting elected and staying elected – especially presidents and especially obama. as such, he will disappoint the socialists and placate the capitalists by doing nothing for 4 years, and assuming no significant external events during that term, he’ll get the chance to do nothing for another 4 years. see bill clinton for more detail. mccain is cruddy also but he’s less of a manipulator and seems more interested in leading than being empowered to lead. thank goodness our political construct ties the president’s hands so tightly b/c it’s scary how much ignorant passion is getting behind obama. richard pryor had it right.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Your comments are spot on BrooklynLove.
Love the term “ignorant passion”. So true.
November 4th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
I wholly disagree with Brooklyn Love’s comments regarding Obama’s likely presidency. But we’ll all have to wait and see if Obama proves him wrong over the next four to eight years. There is a lot of very frothy passion behind Obama that’s true, but not much ignorance in my experience. Those of us who support him have had two long years to get to know him on the national stage, and to learn more about his impressive temperament, intelligence, experience, etc. And I think so many of us have been anxious to learn as much as possible about him as the wars have been faltering and our economy nearly died, all while we had a hated, dead duck president in office.
How can you possibly say that McCain is “less of a manipulator and seems more interested in leading that being empowered to lead.”? His campaign has been a cynical, wandering, incompetent mess. McCain’s own analysis of first presidential bid in 2000 has been heavily quoted in recent months. In his autobiography he wrote that he was wanted to become president as a personal accomplishment rather than an opportunity to lead and serve his country. While I appreciate such an honest admission, I can’t possibly believe McCain feels differently this time. And his shameless, desperate campaign showed very little respect for the office he sought.
We’ll see how much Obama can do given the dreadful state of the economy and our country’s damaged status. If Obama disappoints the Socialists, I couldn’t care less. This is the time for a president who can reach across the aisle, and I believe Obama will have a very moderate presidency. (When he was president of the Harvard Law Review, he was bipartisan to the point of anger from his fellow Democrat classmates.) This is exactly what we need. It’s just too bad that it’s going to take at least a generation to undo much of the damage from the past eight years.
Everyone coming out of the polling place today seemed to walk away with a smile on their face. It’s about time, the last year years have been an eternity.
ps; anyone who says that the SNL election stuff has been dumb did not see the Amy Poehler Palin rap!
November 4th, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Thank you, Brooklynlove, for telling it like it is. I am so sick of people putting this man on a pedestal when is has done NOTHING but talk a good talk. My gut is that he doesn’t give a rats ass about anything but his own ego (true of most politicians). I don’t mind people getting behind someone if they are educated, but I agree, I see a lot of “ignorant passion” around Obama. Especially people who made the knee jerk reaction to vote for him because he is the opposite party from Bush. I wonder how many of them have actually thought long and hard about what Obama’s policies will do to this country.
All I know is I don’t want MORE government. And I am seriously going to laugh my ass off when he raises middle class taxes to support all of his new wasteful spending.
If he wins… please people, lets not treat him like a god until he actually does something good for this country!
November 4th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
“I don’t mind people getting behind someone if they are educated, but I agree, I see a lot of ‘ignorant passion’ around Obama.”
maybe I am making a leap, but Really?, it sounds like you’re suggesting that only educated people should vote… I hope that’s not the case, because all too often it’s the uneducated (read: poor) people in this country who get the shaft.
there are ignorant voters on both sides, but the one thing that we should be happy for in this election is the passion surrounding it, be it ignorant or not, because it’s getting people to the polls, it’s getting people to care about what’s happening.
November 4th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
why is it that everytime I walked by an african american person they all say “today everythings going to change”. If they mean that things will change because Obama gets elected my question would be ‘what would exactly change’? I just don’t get it.
November 4th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
neighbor – a campaign is what it says it is – a campaign. mccain’s record serving in govt is what i’m basing my take on. and let me repeat – both candidates are bad, mccain is just less worse.
and that “reach across the aisle” BS in your post – sickening. do some research and think for yourself for godssake – you sound like an CNN recording.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am
We should be happy that people are voting even if they have absolutely no idea what they are voting for? Really? You have got to be kidding me. That is pretty much the most ridiculous thing I have heard in awhile. I did not say only “educated” people should vote, what I am suggesting is that everyone should educate themselves before they vote. I can’t believe anyone would think differently.
November 5th, 2008 at 10:33 am
And I agree absolutely that people *should* educate themselves before they vote… but people *should* do a lot of things that they don’t do.
so yeah, I definitely prefer the ignorant, uneducated voter to the one sitting at home doing nothing, bemoaning their lot in life.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
I’m with vote on this one. Yes, there probably is/was a lot of ignorant passion. But, there is also a lot of happy people today who, perhaps for the first time, feel a sense of hope, togetherness and patriotism.
While no one really knows if we elected a good or great president, one thing is certain, we start off the right way with a positive attitude unlike never before. That counts a lot.
November 5th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Also, Really? is correct in thinking that people should educate themselves before they vote. The unfortunate reality is that many do not take the time or have the desire to do so. Hence it becomes a popularity contest to a certain degree. I mean even if you’re a Republican won’t you really want to share a beer with Obama over McCain?
November 5th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Unfortunately, we are all likely to be “sharing” a lot more with Obama once his tax increases get passed. As for a beer, the only beer I’m sharing with Nobama is the one I dump over his head.
November 5th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
After witnessing all the eratic behavior from McCain during the last leg of his campaign, it still amazes me that people could still support “that one” for president. After witnessing Palin screw up on interviews because of her ignorance on domestic policy, foreign policy, and current events, you still supported that ticket? Then have the nerve to call Obama manipulative and a fraud? Puh-leeeese.
The only reason I could have seen myself supporting that ticket is if my main priority was my wallet. McCain’s tax plan benefitted me more than Obama’s, but was that enough to make me risk another 4 years of more of the same. And I’m not just talking about McCain’s policies that strikingly resemble Bush’s. I’m talking about the same old idea’s, the same old washington (maverick my ass), and the same old white face I’ve seen in the white house my entire life.
I don’t know if Obama will come through on all his promises, but I do know that my passion for him is not ignorant. It’s well informed and conclusive. He is different. He ran an unseen campaign… executed brilliantly. The WORLD loves him and naturally the world will love us again. That’s charisma… qualification #1 for any great leader. Oh and did I mention the guy is smart as hell?
In any case, it’s obvious you disgruntled McCain/Palin supporters are stuck in a sad selfish world. The majority has spoken, the world has spoken, the United States of America has spoken… can anyone say LANDSLIDE?
You Betcha! (wink, wink)
November 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am
so basically you voted for obama b/c lots of people like him and mccain is more like bush than obama is. nice job. don’t blame bush 4 yrs from now if you’re disappointed, blame yourself for treating this election like 8th grade student govt.
obama winning the election is great for this country in many ways but those aspects have nothing to do with what he may do or not do during his presidency.
anyway he’s the president elect now of the country i love so i’m 100% behind him.
November 6th, 2008 at 9:58 am
The rest of the world liking him is another good reason (of many) not to vote for him. If you think they have the best interests of this country in mind when voicing that preference, you are delusional.
And I hardly call a 52-46 majority a landslide. Nearly half the people in the country voted against him.
November 6th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Given that Republican math concluded that the plurality of Americans who voted for Gore was a clear mandate for Bush to ransack the economy, I’ll take Obama’s 52-46 landslide any day.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
BrooklynLove, I’m frankly surprised by your bitterness on this thread. I was very informed about Obama before I went to the polls. And I’m not judging the man on solely on his campaign, rather his temperament, intelligence and his experience. I would rather have a Harvard Law egghead in office who worked as a community organizer than a perhaps once great, angry man with no interest in diplomacy, who chose a dangerously unqualified running mate, and who blipped and addressed a crowd as “my fellow prisoners”.
The weakness of the McCain / Palin campaign, in addition to the real problems attached to both candidates (McCain’s age and questionable health, his close alignment with Bush’s policies, his poor judgment regarding the economy and Iraq war… + a serious lack of qualification of Palin’s part, her constant gaffes, and her total lack of centrism) were simply insurmountable. They had nothing, and it’s a real shame. McCain destroyed himself in this election, and he picked apart one of his best pieces of legislation in the process (McCain-Feingold) in order to find every single loophole to squirm out of the campaign finance reform legislation he wrote as a senator. (If you’re going to counter by writing that he had to because Obama renounced public financing, he did so because he had to, or he likely would have been swift boated off the electoral map. No one does dirty 527 campaigns like wealthy Republican special interest groups.)
McCain’s “health care” plan would have been a catastrophe, assuming he had even a glimmer of an intention to put an actual health care plan in place. A $2,500 yearly tax credit wouldn’t buy even a young, healthy person six months of health insurance. Even his own colleague, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, admitted as much on the record. The $5,000 tax credit was for families. It was a cynical joke, and McCain’s fury when asked by a reporter if he had ever been without comprehensive, government sponsored health care was telling. Then there was the race baiting and fear mongering at McCain / Palin’s increasingly hillbilly-centric rallies. The ticket became symbolized by a woman with bedhead who called Obama a Muslim, and others who shouted out far worse. McCain / Palin captured a voter base eerily close to the early Confederacy. By the end of the campaign, I’ll go as far as to say that a vote for McCain / Palin was the equivalent of a vote against this country.
We’ll see what Obama can do over the next four years. I predict that he’ll be a very moderate, centrist president. The mere fact that he was elected has already gone a long way to restore the world’s faith in America. You can say what you like about Obama, but your theory that he was voted in by a glowingly ignorant, eighth-grade electorate is as wrong as it is tone deaf.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
neighbor… thanks, you are spot on.
M… landslide is defined as 349 to 163 electoral votes. It is also defined by a 52% popular vote that includes an unprecedented voter turnout. NO other president in the history of our country has ever received as many popular votes as Obama did. And apparently you are the delusional one if you think having good foreign relations with the rest of the world is a bad thing.
November 6th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
neighbor – you’re mistaking bitterness for disappointment – and that would be disappointment in the process, not the result.
as i’ve said multiple times in this thread i wouldn’t have been happy with either candidate. you don’t seem to be getting what i’m saying here – it sickens me that presidential candidates would exploit the current fragile psyche of our nation in order to further their political aspirations, and it disappoints me that the masses would blindly follow.
the blessing in all of this however is that people may have gained faith in their ability to affect change through voting and maybe the next time around will take that responsibility a bit more seriously now that they’re interested.
September 24th, 2009 at 12:00 am
just an FYI…
VH residents are likely voting at PS 307 on York Street… at least that's where the Board of Elections has me going…