Animals Can’t Talk
Signs that read “Deer Crossing” and the like are going to continue to pop up throughout our country including Avon Lake, but who are these signs for? Deer cannot read, do not obey the law and probably...
View ArticleNew York Parks in Less Affluent Areas Lack Big Gifts
I’m not saying he owes anyone anything, but how about you give Central Park $98 million and Flushing Meadows-Corona $2 million? That two million would have gone so much further in an underappreciated...
View ArticleChange name of Long Island City to LIC, Say Officials, Business Leaders
According to the New York Post, in order to separate from the confusion of being mistaken with Long Island, officials and business leaders are looking to change the name of Long Island City to the...
View ArticleChurches United Benefit
Churches United for Fair Housing is having its 10th Anniversary benefit tomorrow evening at Giando. You should go and support them.
View ArticleBrooklyn Flea Moving to East River State Park
This has been in the offing for a while. Presumably the nitrous will be locally sourced now.
View ArticleSkinny Dennis
Coming soon to the former Barberry/Zipe Zape spot: The location has operated as a bar since 1939… “These walls have been watching people drink for 70 years,” Mack rhapsodized at the bar’s opening last...
View ArticleUpper East Siders Boo Quinn Over Trash Plan
“Don’t expect us to vote for you!” “That’s fine,” Quinn snapped. Meanwhile, City Council Comptroller John Liu, who has previously supported the plan, flipped his position at the forum because of...
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The Party is Over at La Villita
Photo: arimoore via Flickr Yes, the party is over at La Villita – closed as of yesterday. (The building has had a for-rent sign for a few months now; we’ll see what Corcoran can bring in.)
View ArticleMTA To Launch Full-Line Review of G Train
After two state senators and various other elected officials lobbied on its behalf, the G train will receive some special attention now through June 2013 as it undergoes a thorough inspection of...
View ArticleBrooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg Move to East River State Park
Here is the press release from NY State Parks on the relocation of the Brooklyn Flea and Smorgasburg to the slabs at East River State Park. Seems like a good fit, but what are people going to think...
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New new Domino Plans Revealed
Taller… and cheaper? In case you missed it, the new new Domino plans went public late this evening. There is a lot to digest here, including taller buildings, a lot more architecture, more open space,...
View ArticleAfter 17 Years In Business, Beloved Williamsburg Bakery Gets Priced Out
Gothamist on La Villita’s closing. 17 years doesn’t sound right – maybe 17 under this owner? But I’m pretty sure I was getting my egg sandwiches and cafes con leche there before 1996.
View ArticleHow Will Developers Treat Historic Buildings in Bushwick and Ridgewood?
Nice to see that someone is thinking about historic buildings in Ridgewood and Bushwick. There is a lot there, and although some of it is designated (mainly in Ridgewood) there is a lot that isn’t. As...
View ArticleUrban Outfitters and Anthropologie to Williamsburg?
According to Crain’s, Anthropologie is going to join Whole Foods (and possibly Joe Fresh, Citibank and New York Sports Club) next door to Duane Reade, HSBC and Retro Fitness, which I guess has the...
View ArticleHow Much More Williamsburg Development Can the L Train Handle?
According to the Observer (and the MTA), a lot. CBTC upgrades will let the line operate at a theoretical capacity of 26 trains per hour, or one train every 2 minutes and 20 seconds or so (current...
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Schizo Skyline
Stephen Jacob Smith is back, this time arguing that Two Trees’ Domino plan is somehow flawed because the upland zoning in Williamsburg is not dense enough. Where to begin – again? But despite the best...
View ArticleAffordable Lender CPC Gets $250M Boost
Good for them (and good on Citigroup for putting up the money). CPC let itself get distracted by being thinking they should be a developer, which they never were. Their core role of providing funding...
View ArticleNYC’s Pneumatic Tube Mail Network
From 1897 to 1953, 27 miles of underground pneumatic tubes looped through the post offices of Manhattan (and out to Brooklyn). Letters too 15 to 20 minutes to travel from Herald Square to the...
View ArticleJailed for 2 Decades in Rabbi’s Death, Unjustly, Prosecutors Say
[David] Ranta was convicted in May 1991 and sentenced to 37.5 years in maximum-security prison, where he remains to this day. He is almost certainly not guilty. Sad tale of justice gone completely...
View ArticleA Brooklyn Corner
On the Thursday morning before Christmas, about fifteen women, mostly Latina but some Eastern European, stand scattered on a curved asphalt shoulder overlooking the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway....
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