Mazzone's On Court Street Switching Over To Ace Hardware

Mazzone's current sign

and future sign

Here is some news about Mazzone, the family- run hardware store at 470 Court Street in Carroll Gardens. In an email Matt Mazzone writes:

 After 40 years with True Value, we are in the process of switching over to ACE hardware. I've attached an image of our new sign, which should hopefully be going up in the next few weeks. Our infamous tools that are going up the side of the building will also be refurbished at the same time. Sometime in the spring, we'll be painting the building and probably doing some work on our storefront as well. 

Little by little we have been letting our customers know, but I'm sure there are going to be a lot of people wondering what is going on when they see the new sign go up. So for the record - we did not change ownership, and as much as I tried, I couldn't convince any of the hardware stores in Hawaii or the Caribbean to switch places with me =).

Glad to know that you aren't going anywhere despite the rein and the snow, Matt. Couldn't imagine Mazzone Hardware anywhere else but right here in Carroll Gardens.

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Ted Danson And Zach Galifianakis Play Bocce In Carroll Park For "Bored To Death" Scene

Zach Galifianakis in Carroll Park, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn

Zach Galifianakis with Ted Danson playing bocce in Carroll Park

Show creator and writer Jonathan Ames

Ames with Galifianakis and Danson

The appearance of actors Ted Danson and Zach Galifianakis in Carroll Park certainly caused a bit of excitement in the neighborhood this afternoon. The two actors, along with numerous extras, were shooting a scene for HBO's "Bored To Death." Jonathan Ames, writer and creator of the successful show, was also on set.

"Bored To Death" follows the misadventures of Ames' fictional self, played in the show by Jason Schwartzman, a writer who moonlight as a private detective because he wants to spice up his life.

Danson plays a magazine editor and Ames's boss. Galifianakis plays the role of Ray Hueston, an illustrator.

"Bored To Death" is entirely shot around Brooklyn and the studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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