Cute and all that on a Prius, but I’m withholding judgement until I see a chartreuse Town Car.
New Taxicabs Are Green, Literally
Lingerie on Bedford
Northside Gourmet Deli – which replaced an old-line bodega only a couple of years ago – is gone, and in its place is a second outlet for Brooklyn Fox Lingerie.
Ferry Operator Wants to Accept Metrocards
04/27/2012 |
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The East River Ferry wants to accept Metrocards. Other non-MTA services already accept Metrocards, so the idea is not that far fetched. But the real innovation would be for the ferry to accept Metrocard transfers – i.e., eliminating the two-fare structure that most commuters using the ferry face (by the way, it’s nice to see Second Avenue Sagas having a change of heart about the ferry). As it stands now, if you want to go from the ferry to an MTA bus or subway, a one-way trip will cost you as much as $6.50. Institute free Metrocard transfers, and the price drops to $4 (the cost of the ferry ride).
Music Workshop on North 6th
Matt Chaban tells us what’s going on at the old sawdust factory at the corner of North 6th and Wythe (hint: it’s not another luxury condo).
War on Brunch: First Blood
As ridiculous as the law (and it’s enforcement) is, one has to ask – who is eating brunch at 9:35 on a wet and windy Sunday morning?
Kent Avenue, Greenpoint
The new mixed-case street signs going up are not only ugly, they’re wrong.
The War on Brunch
It seems that many local restaurants are flouting laws prohibiting brunch operation of sidewalk cafes before noon on Sunday, and that has some people in the community calling for a crackdown.
This is bulls—, it’s not good,” said Lokal owner Gino Kutluca
What he said.
Pfizer Sells, But Not to Local Groups
Pfizer has sent a letter notifying Community Board 1 that they have reached an agreement to sell the last remaining large parcels of land from the drug giant’s ancestral home. The agreement is with a group called 306 Rutledge Street II LLC, a “company acting on behalf of investors who have deep roots in the local community”. The LLC, which has a mailing address of 173 Wallabout Street, appears to have formed within the past week or so.
I have been told that these investors are not the coalition of community groups who had offered Pfizer $10 million for the properties, with plans to develop the sites as affordable housing. Although Pfizer’s letter offered few details, they specifically did not mention housing, affordable or otherwise.
Salvation Army to Remain at Salvation Army Building
Brownstoner gets confirmation from the Salvation Army.
338 Berry Tenants to be Evicted?
The residents of 338 Berry Street (the old Tung Fa Noodle building) bought themselves some time in 2004, but as a result, may be missing out the loft-law protections that were enacted in 2010:
Seeing the writing on the wall, the residents of the building’s work-live lofts signed agreements with the previous landlord allowing them to stay until 2011.
But in 2010 the state revised the Loft Law — to put such artist-occupied spaces under rent stabilization.
The Berry Street tenants claim the legislation supersedes their agreement. But Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan two weeks ago sided with the current landlord, Mona Gora-Friedman, who wants to show them the door…
The 2010 Loft Law revision qualified the Berry Street lofts for rent-stabilization protection – but it was too late. Bunyan determined the new law didn’t contain language allowing for it to override the tenants’ 2004 agreement.
[Via Brownstoner]