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Why is it called South Brooklyn?
The communities of Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Red Hook, and Park Slope comprised the southern portion
of the village of Breukelen - one of the six original Dutch villages that are now the borough of Brooklyn.
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What we hear......
GOWANUS CONDO PLAN
NY Post-February 15, 2008 -- The country's largest builder of luxury homes has unveiled plans for a massive luxury condo and townhouse project on the shores of one of the Big Apple's most polluted waterways.
Toll Brothers filed paperwork with the city Planning Department for a 605,380-square-foot development off the Gowanus Canal - a project of that would change the face of the isolated long-time industrial area.
"We're not only talking about bringing much needed housing, but building an esplanade that will finally open up public access to the canal for the first time in many years, the same way waterfront access is now be opened up in Williamsburg," said David Von Spreckelsen, a vice president for Toll Brothers, whose long list of projects include some in Williamsburg.
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STORIED DODGER INN FOR SALE IN BROOKLYN
NY Post-January 24, 2008 -- A once-glorious Brooklyn hotel - where the Dodgers celebrated their only World Series win before heading west - is on the market in the borough's priciest ZIP code, the building's owner announced yesterday.
The 14-story Hotel Bossert, which in its heyday was called the "Waldorf Astoria of Brooklyn," is being sold by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the publishing arm of the Jehovah's Witnesses, as part of an ongoing effort to move its operations upstate to Wallkill.
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BROOKLYN BRIDGE WATERFALL PLAN
NY Post-January 16, 2008 -- Four manmade waterfalls, 90 to 120 feet high, will be installed under and around the Brooklyn Bridge this summer in one of the city's most audacious art undertakings, Mayor Bloomberg announced yesterday.
"They really must be seen to be believed," the mayor declared, standing next to renderings of the awesome displays during a press conference at the South Street Seaport.
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PARK TO BE BUILT (AT LAST)
NY Post-December 31, 2007 -- They're building Brooklyn Bridge Park - again!
City and state officials recently announced that construction on the long-delayed 85-acre waterfront park stretching from Brooklyn Heights to DUMBO would kick off with a ceremonial groundbreaking in early 2008.
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'HISTORIC' TAG TO CURB DUMBO BUILDING
NY Post-December 18, 2007 -- Development in the city's fastest-growing neighborhood could soon hit the brakes.
The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission today will vote to designate as historic more than 20 blocks of prime real estate in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn, sources told The Post.
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BROOKLYN HOLLYWOOD
NY Post-November 19, 2007 -- The Big Apple is in line to become a major Hollywood scene-stealer through a massive $100 million-plus expansion project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Steiner Studios and its landlord, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., are teaming up to transform 20 acres of gated Navy Yard land in Williamsburg that hasn't been used for decades into the stage for the first-ever Hollywood-style back lot to go up on the East Coast.
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RED HOOK BLUES OVER SUBWAY STATION CLOSING
NY Daily News-October 27, 2007 -- For Red Hook residents, the commute is going to get even worse before it gets better.
Commuters from the transit-starved neighborhood already have to trek to Carroll Gardens to find the nearest subway station, Smith-9th Sts.
But this week, officials said they will have to close the stop on the F and G line for as long as 9 months in the coming years for a much-needed overhaul of the dilapidated station and the surrounding infrastructure.
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CONEY ISLAND'S ASTROLAND GETS NEW LEASE ON LIFE
NY Post-October 25, 2007 -- The world-renowned Astroland amusement park has a new lease on life.
The venerable Coney Island institution, which appeared doomed after its Labor Day closing, will instead reopen for one more season next year.
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A CLEAN BREAK FOR PARKING
NY Post-October 6, 2007 -- Cleanliness, at least in one Big Apple neighborhood, might mean better parking.
Under a new Sanitation Department plan, neighborhoods with really, really clean streets can receive a break from one of the greatest afflictions suffered by city car owners: the dreaded alternate-side-of-the-street parking regulations.
Last month, Brooklyn Community Board 6 - the tree-lined residential brownstone areas of Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Park Slope - earned the parking perk by consistently scoring 90 percent or higher on the city's twice-monthly scorecard for street cleanliness.
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GOODBYE TO THE POOL LADY
NY Post-September 14, 2007 -- A floating swimming pool that this summer drew big crowds to a former industrial pier off Brooklyn Heights set sail across New York Harbor yesterday to a winter home in Bayonne, N.J.
When it comes back to New York next summer, the popular Floating Pool Lady, carved out of the deck of an old barge, will dock in The Bronx, most likely at Barretto Point, in Hunts Point.
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HENRY STREET BIKE PATH DOESN'T QUITE MAKE IT
NY DAILY NEWS-September 11, 2007 -- Brooklyn cyclists are seeing red over a new bright-green bike path in Brooklyn Heights and Cobble Hill.
Bikers and advocates said they have no problem with the brightly painted Henry St. path itself, which they said makes the lane stand out better and helps keep cars from parking there.
But they charge the popular new lane abruptly ends at Amity St., just south of Atlantic Ave., where Henry St. becomes too narrow for a car to safely pass a bike.
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EVEN MORE CONSTRUCTION ON COLUMBIA STREET!
NY Post-September 3, 2007 -- The city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development is partnering with developer L&M Equity Participants to bring 152 apartments to Columbia Street, from Congress Street two blocks south to Baltic Street, officials said.
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PUTTING BRAKES ON PROSPECT PARK DRIVERS
NY DAILY NEWS-August 24, 2007 -- City officials yesterday announced plans to slash the hours that cars can drive in Prospect Park.
The move comes three weeks after Mayor Bloomberg sparked criticism for cutting the hours cars are allowed in Central Park - but not in Prospect Park.
But now Prospect Park motorists will get limited access similar to those who use Central Park. Cars will now only be allowed on the East Drive during the morning rush, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and on the West Drive during the evening rush, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
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BROOKLYN'S VERSION OF BRYANT PARK?
NY POST-August 15, 2007 -- The Economic Development Corp. yesterday began soliciting development proposals on a plan to convert 1.15 acres of city-owned property on Willoughby Street into a grand public plaza.
The project also calls for a multilevel parking garage underneath the site that would offer the bustling business district 694 spaces.
Called Willoughby Square Park, it is modeled after similar successful projects in Boston and Chicago where new green space and an underground parking garage were built on the same properties.
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RUMBLE OVER JUMBO DUMBO APARTMENT COMPLEX
NY POST-August 13, 2007 -- Political and community opposition is mounting against a prominent DUMBO developer's latest attempt to build an apartment tower
next to the Brooklyn Bridge - although it's part of a plan to bring the fast-growing neighborhood a much-needed middle school.
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Engine Co. 204 Firehouse
NY Post reports that Brooklyn activists are trying to persuade the Bloomberg administration to limit any future leases for the shuttered 4,250-square-foot Engine Co. 204 site
on Degraw Street to such uses as support groups helping cops, firefighters and other public-safety employees, Community Board 6 District Manager Craig Hammerman said yesterday, in the
hope that it will one day reopen as a firehouse.
Red Hook Shipping Should Stay...
Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn) is co-sponsoring a bill - which appears to have key council support - asking the Port Authority to provide
a long-term lease for Piers 7-10 in Red Hook to American Stevedoring.
A Public Place on the Gowanus...
After years of lobbying by advocates, city officials yesterday began soliciting bids to turn a long-polluted industrial lot on 5th and Smith Sts. into
a mix of market-rate and affordable apartments, senior housing and a waterfront park. Keyspan will clean the long contaminated site next year, which housed a gas plant
until 1959. Developers have about three months to come up with proposals for the site that include at least 400 apartments above retail stores and a community facility,
such as a boathouse, a youth center or art galleries.
Read full NY Daily News Story
The Food stays in Red Hook...
With the help of Chuck Schumer, food vendors at the Red Hook Soccer fields received a reprieve and will feed the hungry athletes
and their families through October. Then we will see what happens. Better give it a try now if you haven't done so yet.
Condo Invasion continues...
Carroll Gardens residents and elected officials banded together last week in an effort to block controversial developer Robert Scarano, from destroying the
subway stop at Smith St. and Second Place. Scarano wants to build an eight-story building out of character with the neighborhood with the subway entrance incorporated into the building.
Scarano has run afoul of city officials in the past for ignoring zoning rules at more than two dozen Brooklyn apartment buildings.
Tickets Galore
According to the New York Post, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Boerum Hill, and Cobble Hill led the city with the most parking tickets for the
first half of 2007. With 20,210 tickets, the traffic cops of the 84th Precinct handed out more summonses than the entire Borough of Staten Island.
The city needs to bring that budget windfall even higher, reporting one of the largest surplusses ever. Why give us a break?
Governors Island Express
Beginning this weekend, New York Water Taxi begins trips from the Red Hook Ferry stop (behind Fairway) to Governors Island. Tours
and concerts are planned for the summer months. Check HAPPENINGS for listings!
Waterfront Workouts In Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park Begin June 12
The free series of classes -- designed for different fitness levels and tastes -- will be held on the park's boardwalk. Sessions will begin shortly before dusk and will coincide with the inspiring sunset over the New York City harbor.
Class leaders Michael Feigin and Lawson Harris, founders of the DUMBO fitness lab, Fitness Guru, are the hosts of a daily live radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Classes will be held Tuesdays through the summer. Classes begin at 7:00 pm. Registration begins at 6:30 pm.
Fulton Mall Makeover
Green Space in place of Albee Square Mall?? The powers that be have released a huge sum of money, $15 million, to give a facelift to the heart of
Brooklyn. Fulton Mall will receive 10,000 square feet of Green Space, modernized bus shelters, benches and other contemporary street furniture, and more lighting and trees.
The project is part of a $40 million public investment in downtown Brooklyn streetscape improvements headed by the city Economic Development Corp.
Atlantic Yards' Lawsuit
A lawsuit challenging the state's use of eminent domain to make way for Bruce Ratner's $4 billion Atlantic Yards project was dismissed by a state Supreme Court Judge yesterday.
Gotta Love New York Real Estate
The average price for New York City apartments rose 23 percent, to $745,000, in the first quarter of 2007, compared to a year earlier, while the median price for
city units rose 20 percent, to $450,000. At $1,107,000, Manhattan had the highest average, with Brooklyn second, at $441,000.
Jehovah's on the Market
Brooklyn Heights' based Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, the Jehovah Witnesses' publishing arm, quietly put six of its 18 Brooklyn Heights buildings
on the market, four of them on Columbia Heights. The largest of the properties, the 12-story Standish Arms Hotel building at 169 Columbia Heights, may bring in as much as
$35 million. Three 19th-century properties which include a two-story carriage house on Columbia Heights, a four-story brownstone and a four-story brick
house on Willow Street will bring their sales to a record level. With a wealth of holdings, the Jehovah's purchased the properties when no one wanted them.
In 2004, the group began moving some operations upstate, selling their former book plant at 360 Furman St. for $205 million. The property was purchased in 1983 for $3.9 million. |
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