Still getting used to the idea of a hotel on the Southside. I guess the lenders are good with it.
Lightstone Lands $77M Construction Loan for W’burg Moxy Hotel
Sunday Routine: How the Owner of a 24/7 Diner Spends Her Sundays
One of the best Sunday Routine Times’ stories I’ve seen. I didn’t know that Chris Siderakis – owner of Kellog’s Diner – had died. His wife Irene took over the restaurant about three years ago. She seems to be doing pretty well at it, pandemic and all.
Mugs Ale House to Reopen as Meg’s Ale House
The rebirth of a mother Northside classic. Here’s hoping that this is a good thing.
Greenpoint Ferry Riders May Be Stranded Until May 2022
This is nuts. LendLease, the new owner of the India Street pier, likely won’t be able make the Greenpoint ferry stop operational for a full year.
And this tidbit is just too rich – “A shuttle bus was offered from India Street to Hunters Point South, however citing low ridership, NYC Ferry discontinued it on June 9th.”
Is Rockefeller Center Trying to Become the New Williamsburg?
05/28/2021 |
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First Rough Trade moves to Rockefeller Center, now Samesa?
Is Rockefeller Center trying to become the new Williamsburg?
Acme Smoked Fish Expansion Approved by City Council
Speaking of the Bushwick Inlet IBZ and its rifeness with office space, City Council approved the rezoning of the Acme Fish site on Banker Street. Rubenstein Partners and Gensler architects – the same team that developed/designed 25 Kent Avenue – is behind this proposal. (25 Kent, by the way, is really a quite wonderful experience. Needs more people obviously, but the architecture and (in particular) urban design are quite nice.)
Cayuga Capital selling Williamsburg assemblage for $65M
I will always think of this as the Fast Ashley’s building (on North 10th), or the movie truck building (on Wythe), or Tony’s aquarium loft (on North 11th), which I guess became Beacon’s Closet). Big assemblage – almost 1/3 of the block – in the Bushwick IBZ, which is already rife with hotels and commercial office space.
Greenpoint Ferry Landing Closed “Until Further Notice”
So the East River ferry’s only service to Brooklyn is at North 6th Street. This is working out great.
City Moves Ahead on Two Williamsburg Park Projects
The City has started construction on 50 Kent, part of the Bushwick Inlet Park puzzle, as well as on the second phase of work at La Guardia Playground, located on South 4th Street next to the BQE on ramp.
When completed a year from now, 50 Kent will be the first new parkland created at Bushwick Inlet Park in almost a decade. The $7 million in funding for this 2-acre piece of the park was allocated in 2017, along with funding for the Motiva site at BIP.
Together, these two parcels will add about 3 acres to the existing 6 acres. The big question, though, is when the remaining 2/3 of the park will be finished. To date, no money has been allocated for demolition of the CitiStorage building, nor for remediation and construction on the remaining 16 acres.
District 33 and 34 Candidates’ Forum
05/01/2021 |
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The North Brooklyn Open Space Coalition* held as excellent forum with the candidates for the District 33 and 34 City Council seats on Thursday. Some very good questions on parks, open space, development and the waterfront. Diana Reyna and Ron Shiffman did a great job moderating too.
Watch the forum via video link here (via Facebook – if there is a more open-source version out there, I will link to it).
* A coalition of North Brooklyn Neighbors, El Puente, Newtown Creek Alliance and North Brooklyn Parks Alliance. It is great to see these amazing groups working together.