4th avenue development
About a month ago, we saw the closure of Brooklyn Finest Market [/blog/business/gates-down-at-4th-avenues-brooklyn-finest-market], located at 550 4th Avenue, on the corner of 15th Street, and as many of you guessed, we’re getting another tall residential building in its place. Developer Brookland Capital has purchased adjacent properties from
6208 8th ave
Rendering of the proposed Eighth Avenue Center by Raymond Chan. Source: World Journal via Voices of NYA group of Chinese developers are looking to erect a mall, office building, hotel and residential complex on the border of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, where they recently plunked down $51.5 million
anatolian gyro
The Enterprize Gift & Jewelry store has moved from its 1601 Sheepshead Bay Road location across the street to 1616 Sheepshead Bay Road, co-locating with a new salon named Deniz Hair Salon. That storefront was previously occupied by J’Adore Paris, which closed in December [/jadore-paris-of-sheepshead-bay-road-closes-its-doors/]. It’s the latest
2300 cropsey ave
Brownstoner recently received a tip [ The 45,688-square-foot property, which is sandwiched between Cropsey and Bay Parkway at 23rd Avenue, ] that a group of Chinese investors bought the hulking 45,688-square-foot property at 2300 Cropsey Avenue at 23rd Avenue for $18,500,000. The site has long been derelict, overgrown
2529 gerritsen ave
Sheepshead Bay, post-Sandy. Source: U.S. Coast Guard, via the Office of Response and RestorationNew York Rising Community Reconstruction Program invites the community to provide input to the Sheepshead Bay/Gerritsen Beach NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan. There will be two consecutive meeting dates at different locations, either of which
BKLYNR
Source: bklynr.com via ny.curbedThomas Rhiel of BKLYNR put together this nifty little map [http://bklynr.com/block-by-block-brooklyns-past-and-present/] that shows the approximate age of all structures standing in Brooklyn. We were clued into this map, which pins the age of 320,000 structures across Brooklyn, via NY Curbed [http:
1 bouck ct
Photo by Susan ArmitageMaple Lanes, at 1570 60th Street, will close for good after the final pins hit the floor Sunday night, as the 49-year-old business is slated to give way to a religious and residential complex. The closing, first reported [http://brooklynspectator.com/2013/05/tenth-frame-approaching-for-maple-lanes/] by Brooklyn Spectator,
282 beaumont st
Built for expansion: This owner of this Beaumont Street home violated the terms of their special application, so they tore down their home and rebuilt this structure so they could apply again. (Source: CB15)“Bullet Points [/tag/bullet-points/]” is our format for Community Board 15 meeting coverage, providing takeaways we
1938 hurricane
Source: CDM via the New York Daily NewsIt would cost upwards of $10 billion and take nearly a decade to build, but politicians, engineers, and average citizens are starting to dream big when it comes to protecting New York City’s coastline from another storm surge disaster. A New York
activism
Source: Brocken Inaglory via Wikimedia CommonsOn July 9, more than 700 Canada Geese [/751-geese-gassed-in-jamaica-bay/] were rounded up and killed at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Instead of dumping the dead geese into landfills, the meat from the birds was donated to food pantries and soup kitchens in New York. Normally,
2929 brighton 5th st
A photo from the November 8 Brighton Beach building collapse.The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration slapped SP&K Construction with more than $77,000 in fines for skirting regulations in building a Brighton Beach structure, which collapsed in November [/brighton-beach-building-collapse-raw-video-photos/] killing one and injuring four others. The
Real Estate
The former site of Chinar at 3110 Avenue U, which once also housed Jahn’s Ice Cream and The Flame, was torn down this week. Chinar vacated the site in mid-2010, when they moved to a new location at 2775 Coney Island Avenue [/chinar-moves-to-coney-island-avenue/]. It has been empty since then.