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Newtown Pentacle
Bloomberg Slashes North Brooklyn Parks Budget
About those parks we promised you…
The City seems to be saying that it will still fund the acquisition of sites (such as Bayside Oil and 65 Commercial), but won’t have the money to build anything there. Since acquisition itself is taking years, the construction money was just being carried on the books, and probably wouldn’t have spent for a few years yet anyhow. Which doesn’t change the fact that four years ago we were promised parks and affordable in exchange for thousands of new market-rate units. So far, all we have is thousands of market-rate units.
RoTD: Kellogg’s Diner
Kellogg’s is Brownstoner’s Restaurant of the Day. By all accounts, it still sucks.
Probably the worst restaurant I’ve ever been to. And I was drunk. And starving.
Charno Way
The intersection of Greenpoint Avenue & Manhattan Avenue is being renamed in honor of Edmund and Larry Charno, the longtime proprietors of Harrico Pharmacy.
Partial Collapse: 223 Kent Avenue
223 Kent Avenue
Collapse was at the far left in photo
Photo: Property Shark
As reported on Curbed, there was a partial wall collapse at 223 Kent Avenue (48 North 1st Street) this afternoon. I went by after work, and it was a pretty amazing sight.
As Curbed alluded to, the new building under construction next door was pouring concrete for a side wall. This side wall was supposed to abut against 48 North 1st, but when the concrete started pouring, the end wall of the old building did not hold. As a result, the end wall at the third floor collapsed, dumping all of the concrete into the building. Most important, no one was hurt (and there were people in the building when this happened). By the time I got there (around 7:00), DOB had things remarkably under control. I could see shoring being installed inside the building, and DOB’s forensic engineer was running the stabilization effort. It is possible that wall itself will be fixed by this time tomorrow, although how soon the residents will be able to move back in is not clear.
Finger Building Owner Agrees to Height Cap
From Phil DePaulo, confirmation of a rumor I had been hearing – the Finger Building (now the Albero) will not grow any taller than its current 110′. Still big, but a finished building is better that a rusting colossus.
Seating Arrangement of the Day
Grand & Driggs
June 1