Word on the street is that the Treeline Cos-owned building at 189 Montague St may be torn down and rebuilt as a hotel. As the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: For one thing, tenants’ leases aren’t being renewed at 189 Montague, one source said. For another, at 146 Pierrepont St., a small apartment house located next [...]
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What’s About To Happen At 153 Remsen Street In Brooklyn Heights?
Looks like the Quinlan Development Group is starting to move on its purchase of 153 Remsen Street. The Brooklyn Eagle reports that sidewalk shedding will be erected there soon, a sign that is usually a “prelude for demolition” the paper says. The paper adds that Wi-Pie Pizza at 155 Remsen recently closed as well paving [...]
Brooklyn Hospital Tries to Stay in LICH Fray with Expanded Proposal
The Eagle reports that Brooklyn Hospital (photo) has amended its earlier proposal for the Long Island College Hospital site. The Eagle story quotes Brooklyn Hospital’s press release: The revised proposal supports community health care needs by providing emergency services, primary and specialized ambulatory services, and urgent care services. The Brooklyn Hospital Center will draw upon [...]
LICH Update: NYU Langone Joins Fortis to Rival Brooklyn Hospital Bid
See updates after the jump. TWC/NY1 News reports that NYU Langone Medical Center has joined in the bid by real estate developer Fortis Property Group, a bid that was earlier tabled by the SUNY board, to close Long Island College Hospital, convert most of its campus to residential use, and provide on the site a [...]
Brooklyn Hospital Bids to Keep LICH Partially Open, But Won’t Treat Critical Cases
According to Crain’s, Brooklyn Hospital has joined with a private equity investor and a real estate developer to propose taking over Long Island College Hospital and converting much of its campus to “1.000 mixed income apartments.” According to the Crain’s story, the main hospital building …would be repurposed as a comprehensive care center with ambulance [...]
BPL Solicits Comments on Proposals to Replace Brooklyn Heights Branch
We previously reported that the Brooklyn Public Library has selected seven proposals for consideration to replace the existing Brooklyn Heights Branch. BPL is now soliciting comments from the public regarding each of the seven proposals. To comment, go here and follow the links to comment on each proposal. If your comment is, “Keep the existing [...]
Marina, Roller Rink, and More to Come at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Construction work at Brooklyn Bridge Park will pick up further in 2014, thanks to some recent awards in response to Requests for Proposals and decisions regarding other projects. Edgewater Resources, “a multi- disciplinary marina design, development, and management company with extensive national and international experience,” will develop and operate a marina between Piers 4 and [...]
Here Are The Proposals for the Planned Redevelopment of the Brooklyn Heights Library
The Brooklyn Public Library has received seven responses to its Request For Proposals to construct a new Brooklyn Heights Branch Library, to be incorporated in a larger commercial or residential structure. Most of the proposals would provide 20,000 square feet of library space; Proposal A’s library would have 31,192 square feet, and Proposal E’s 30,000. [...]
High Rise for Remsen?
The Eagle reports that “[a]n LLC formed by Upper West Side-based Quinlan Development Group” has acquired three adjoining buildings on Remsen Street between Clinton and Court: numbers 153, 155, and 157 Remsen (see photo), in a series of transactions for a total of $13.89 million. One of the buildings, 153 Remsen, former home of Saigon [...]
Corcoran Out; Kiehl’s In On Montague Street In Brooklyn Heights
Skin-care giant Kiehl‘s will be opening its first Brooklyn store at 124 Montague St., the current site of The Corcoran Group. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reports: Kiehl’s shop will be 1,200 square feet in size, with its front door located where Corcoran’s is now, on a diagonal right on the Montague and Henry corner of [...]
Eagle: Developers Licking Their Chops Over Brooklyn Heights Library
After the Brooklyn Public Library issued an RFP in June for development of the Brooklyn Heights branch location, they were flooded with responses, the Brooklyn Eagle reports. This comes on the heels of yesterday’s NYC Council Select Committee on Libraries Oversight hearing. Councilmembers Steve Levin and Letitia James were on hand. Brooklyn Eagle: “We were [...]
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Open Thread Wednesday 3/5/14
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Citibike Rate Hike May Become Reality
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Judge Throws Out 150 Joralemon’s Citibike Lawsuit
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Gettysburg: One Woman’s War at St. Francis College This Wednesday
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Brooklyn Heights Resident Lena Dunham Is Hosting Saturday Night Live This Weekend
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Scouting NY Reports On The “Lost” Pool At The Hotel St. George In Brooklyn Heights
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Montague Street Tunnel Will Reopen In October, MTA Says
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50 Cent Produced Show ‘Power’ Shoots On Hicks, Cranberry Streets On Thursday
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Free Recital Wednesday, March 19 by Classical Pianist Rowena Mariano
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Shot In Brooklyn Heights, The Bombtastic ‘Winter’s Tale’ Gets The ‘How Did This Get Made Treatment’
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German Ship Resupplies at Pier 7
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Free Recital Wednesday, March 19 by Classical Pianist Rowena Mariano
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Scouting NY Reports On The “Lost” Pool At The Hotel St. George In Brooklyn Heights
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Plymouth’s Underground Thrift Store “Spring Fever” This Weekend
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Karl Junkerfeld’s Tribute to Brian McGorry, Brooklyn Heights’ “Mayor of Cranberry Street”
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Gettysburg: One Woman’s War at St. Francis College This Wednesday
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Cosmos Partner in Soccer Training at Pier 5 This Spring
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Citibike Rate Hike May Become Reality
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Shot In Brooklyn Heights, The Bombtastic ‘Winter’s Tale’ Gets The ‘How Did This Get Made Treatment’
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Archie Comics Taps Nabe Resident Lena Dunham For Limited Run
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