Comments on: Real Deal on Watchtower Properties

By: Kim G.

Kim G. — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:57:55 +0000

@Barry, this may be a stupid question but what do you mean about the DUMBO? We’re still new to BH and haven’t spent much time over there other than passing through. Does this have anything to do with the over-development and number of unsold properties? I just finished reading an article about the redevelopment of Metro-Tech…”old” Brooklyn/Downtown being replaced with steel and glass and it’s impact on the community. I believe the article was written in 2007. Just wondering

By: Barry

Barry — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 07:16:46 +0000

Good luck with the Watchtower. The way the trend is going Dumbo will turn into a ghetto day trip destination. Wanna spend $2 million to live in a ghetto? Try the Torrent for half the price!

By: ABC

ABC — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:06:20 +0000

I think many of these buildings are more suited to dorms than condos. Sorry to say.

By: Sick Of The WTS

Sick Of The WTS — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:56 +0000

I wonder if the greedy and lucrative Watchtower will ever find it in their hearts to fund even ONE soup kitchen to feed the hungry today? Do you know they have NO charities at ALL to their name? A “Christian” religion following in Jesus’ footsteps? Hardly.

By: Obama

Obama — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:43:26 +0000

It was most unfortunate the Watchtower chose Brooklyn Heights as their holy land in the first place.

Good riddance!

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:58:19 +0000

EHinBH and Lou,

I would like to see affordable housing for low to moderate income people but these Watchtower sales will be private enterprise and to the highest bidder. It would take a govenment, and the well-healed Brooklyn Heights Association and Heights and Hill Community Council members to create affordable housing in Brooklyn Heights but I do not think affordable housing is a priority? BHA and Heights & Hill are about Brownstones and House Tours not affordable housing.

Lou, the effect of these sales to residents who shop, use schools, eat out in restaurants, etc. would be tremendous I can see the line at Lassen & Hennings. Watchtower residents dont buy anything – a few Watchtower rebels eat at Teresa’s once in a while and they stiff the waiter they do not belive in tips, they do not know what tipping the waiter is all about.

By: brooklynheightzer

brooklynheightzer — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:57:04 +0000

The end result of this will be SLIGHTLY depressed prices on the real estate in the Heights.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:04:40 +0000

They will most certainly be converted to condos I would imagine. I look forward to the Watchtower being gone. But I wonder what the effect of having people who actually shop and use the neighborhood facilities living there will mean. I mean how many potential units could be added to the hood? And does the Watch Tower pay taxes on the properties now? I’m sure conversion of some of those apts would get them that tax abatement…

By: EHinBH

EHinBH — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:55:57 +0000

Should there be any concern that one of the residential buildings could be turned in to low-income housing? Or would that be blocked?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:25:10 +0000

Donald Brennan,
For some more information about Fine Times find me at CowNeckBay@aol.com I can give you some names and adresses all public records
B

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:22:48 +0000

Mike,
Yes I have a few Heights addresses find me at CowNeckBay@aol.com
I look foward to sharing them with you.
Ben

By: Donald Brennan

Donald Brennan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 22:12:04 +0000

Ben – interesting. I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing.

I think the last sentence in paragraph 3 is not accurate. Quite a few vacant properties are currently being held off the market because of poor market conditions. Nothing to do with the upstate project being approved.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:33:04 +0000

Brennen, and Porter,
A company named Fine Times that owns a number of properties in Brooklyn Heights has a few Watchtower people who are partners or employees. Fine Times bought a number of derilict properties and made an attempt to clean them up and turn them around I hope that they were successful but who knows they bought high at the boom then the crash who knows how thing went? I THINK Fine Times is a part of the Jehovah Witnesses.

By: 1ifbyrain2if bytrain

1ifbyrain2if bytrain — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:54:08 +0000

Dear landlord
Please heed these words that I speak
I know you’ve suffered much
But in this you are not so unique
All of us, at times, we might work too hard
To have it too fast and too much
And anyone can fill his life up
With things he can see but he just cannot touch

By: Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:22:03 +0000

In a sense, they’re neither. Because they both own and occupy their properties, they’re no one’s landlord, nor merely the owners of the property, with someone else in occupancy.

By: Donald Brennan

Donald Brennan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:11:55 +0000

I’m in.
Btw – are they really a landlord or just a property owner?

By: Homer Fink

Homer Fink — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:07:33 +0000

In any event, I smell “Homer Fink’s All Along the Watchtower” Walking Tour…

who’s with me?!

By: Donald Brennan

Donald Brennan — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:57:18 +0000

$1B, what’s that on a per square foot basis? Anyone?

By: David G.

David G. — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:25:32 +0000

What will happen to the secret tunnels connecting the properties?