The Brooklyn Eagle printed the above rendering of one of the proposed connections from the nabe to Brooklyn Bridge Park. What is this crap? Was this designed by the same person who did the sets for Woody Allen's Sleeper? Actually it's Sam Schwartz PLLC. Brooklyn Eagle: Bridge Park Planners Stress Bikes, Buses, Ferries — […]
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BHS Presents Exhibit on the Landmarking of Brooklyn Heights
On Wednesday March 28, the Brooklyn Historical Society will launch a new exhibit in its first floor gallery. The opening Landmark and Legacy: Brooklyn Heights and the Preservation Movement in America will be celebrated at the museum that night with a reception from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm. The six month exhibit will cover the […]
Big Buildings Will Block View in the Future
NY Resident Magazine rounds up speculation on what Brooklyn Heights and NYC will be like in the year 2030 in conjunction with recent public hearings on the subject: The big real estate trend for the future is building on the waterfront, observers say. “Lots of builders like to construct by the water,” said Howard Spiegelman, […]
Development Action on Pineapple
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that the new owners of 71, 73 & 75 Pineapple Street plan to build on the vacant lot at 73 Pineapple and that the retail space at 75 Pineapple is being cleaned up: One of the last of very few remaining vacant lots in Brooklyn Heights will soon be filled with […]
NJ Investor Snaps Up Pineapple Property
The Brooklyn Eagle reports that New Jersey investment firm Rushbrook Partners of Princeton, have purchased the buildings and vacant lot located at 71, 73, and 75 Pineapple Street in an all cash transaction for $7.4 million.
BHS to Host Real Estate Roundtable
The Brooklyn Historical Society will host a series of roundtables featuring Brooklyn professionals from many areas. It will begin with a discussion of Real Estate on March 7. "At a moment when Brooklyn’s history and future is so much a focus of public debate and discussion we look forward to many inspiring discussions as we […]
Ex-BHA Prez Protests Park
MetroNY: A Dream Disowned: A crowd turned out at St. Francis College last night to rally against the state’s plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park, the 70-acre waterfront development that will include luxury high-rises and a hotel as well as retail, restaurants and offices — all meant to pay for the park’s upkeep. At the front […]
Coming Soon: “Love Lane Mews”
Via Brownstoner, Brooklyn Eagle reports that The Love Lane Garage will become the "Love Lane Mews", with 38 apartments, two townhouses, and, presumably, stables for the horses. Some "environmental cleanup" is anticipated. This all sounds very up-in-the-air, but perhaps someone should bring it up at the next Brooklyn Heights Association meeting? From the Eagle article:
BQE Repair Project Would Destroy BBP
The Brooklyn Paper reports that the proposed BQE Cantilever repair project, which won't even begin for another 10 years, would virtually wreck the soon-to-be constructed Brooklyn Bridge Park. Brooklyn Paper: One Hand Ignoring the Other…: Long-overdue renovations to a key stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway would destroy the park component of a soon-to-be-built development […]
Work Started on Love Lane Condos?
Brownstoner reports that it seems work has begun on the conversion of the Love Lane Garage into Sterling Equities Love Lane Condos:
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