Tag: 65 commercial
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Ugliest, Scariest, Most Horrible
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130507/greenpoint/greenpoint-towers-ugliest-scariest-most-horrible-plan-locals-say
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City Seeks Developer to Finance Parks on Greenpoint Waterfront
http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-08-20/news/33290596_1_mta-vehicles-waterfront-assemblyman-joe-lentol
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Transmitter Park and the 2005 Rezoning
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120820/greenpoint/city-open-transmitter-park-this-weekend
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City Attempts to Develop Long-Stalled Greenpoint Park
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120814/williamsburg/city-attempts-develop-long-stalled-greenpoint-park
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City Won’t Promise to Finish Two Long-Stalled North Brooklyn Parks
As the Brooklyn Paper reports, the Bloomberg administration has refused to commit to any goals or deliverables on the acquisition or construction of Bushwick Inlet Park or 65 Commercial Street. (I guess everyone has given up on the expansion of Barge Park?) Financial mismanagement and planning gaffes have also stood in the way of both…
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77 Commercial Street Sells
According to the Real Deal, Manhattan-based Chetrit Group has purchased the 95,000 sf warehouse at 77 Commercial Street in Greenpoint. The property is one of the northernmost waterfront parcels that were rezoned to residential in the 2005 rezoning, and the potential development on the site could in a big, bigger or biggest development scenario. It…
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65 Commercial Street Update
Below is a copy of the letter from MTA Chair Jay Walder to Deputy Mayor Robert Steel, confirming the MTA’s acceptance of alternate sites for the Paratransit and EMS vehicles currently located at 65 Commercial Street. Of note is the MTA’s commitment to use the Maspeth Paratransit site for vehicle storage only, not as depot.…
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MTA Ready to Leave 65 Commercial
In a letter to the Mayor’s office, the MTA has finally agreed to move the operations currently housed at 65 Commercial Street. The sticking point on the move – which the MTA agreed to almost exactly 6 years ago – was the MTA’s refusal to accept the compensatory sites offered by the City. Today, the…
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What’s Going on at 65 Commercial?
A few weeks ago, all of the powers that be in North Brooklyn seemed to be aligned behind a single vision – getting the MTA to live up to its commitment to get out of 65 Commercial Street. Now, any deal to turn 65 Commercial seems about to founder on the rocks. Photo: Queens Ledger…