Bill Ringler, President of the Riverside Tenants’ Association, has advised us that the court hearing the appeal of the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal’s decision denying Pinnacle Group, landlord for the A.T. White Riverside Apartments, permission to destroy a courtyard and several mature trees that lie between the apartments and the BQE to […]
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Local Pols Ask Consideration of Watchtower Properties for Park Funding
In a letter to Robert Steel, Chair of the Committee on Alternatives to Housing of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Board and Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, State Senator Daniel Squadron, Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Assembly Member Joan Millman, and City Council Members Steve Levin and Brad Lander urged further consideration of payments […]
News Flash: Court Continues Standstill Agreement in Tobacco Warehouse Controversy; Will Decide on Injunction Soon
BHB reader Martinlbrooklyn sends this report: At 12:15 today, after an extensive hearing of the pros and cons for issuing a preliminary,14-day injunction against St Ann’s Warehouse building a new performance space inside the Tobacco Warehouse shell, Judge Vitaliano, with the agreement of the parties, continued the standstill agreement among the parties for another two […]
Squadron Stresses Citizen Involvement at Community Convention
State Senator Daniel Squadron held his third annual Community Convention Sunday at St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street. The previous two had been in the Manhattan portion of his district; this was the first in Brooklyn. At the close of the proceedings, he said attendance was estimated at about 250.
Mayor, Council Speaker to Reveal Waterfront Plan Tomorrow at Brooklyn Bridge Park
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council speaker Christine Quinn will release a comprehensive plan for the development of New York City’s waterfront, which includes plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park, at a press conference to be held in Brooklyn Bridge Park tomorrow (Monday, March 14). Update: It’s at 11:30 a.m. New York Times: Less than five […]
73 Pineapple Brick-a-Riffic
Well, here it is – the all bricked up 73 Pineapple Street. It’s come a long way since Karl Junkersfeld filed a video report about its early stage progress. Wonder what the apartments will eventually look like.
NY Daily News Plotzes Over Love Lane Mews
The NY Daily News writes a comprehensive piece about Love Lane Mews today. Condos in the converted garage top out at a little over $4 million: NY Daily News: “This project is about three components, and they all work,” says Robert Esnard, president of Manhattan Skyline, the New York-based developer of the project headed by […]
“Bo” Rodgers Responds to BHA on Tobacco Warehouse
Brooklyn Heights Association member Robert “Bo” Rodgers has once again written a letter to the BHA, with a copy to the Eagle, expressing his and his wife’s opposition to the lawsuit, in which BHA is a plaintiff, that seeks to enjoin the transfer of the Tobacco Warehouse site to St. Ann’s Warehouse. In his letter, […]
Brooklyn Eagle Building For Sale
The building that houses the offices of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle as well as two apartments has been listed for sale.
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