Development
RED HOOK – Thor Equities may be revising its plans for Red Hoek Point [http://redhoekpoint.com], the “revolutionary office campus” proposed for the former Revere Sugar Refinery site. Rendering via SCAPE Red Hoek Point presentation to CB6, Feb. 22, 2018The 7.7-acre mixed-use campus planned for 280 Richards Street may
environment
RED HOOK – Until Thor Equities resolves a number of concerns raised by neighbors [/neighbors-want-red-hoek-point-developer-address-environmental-concerns/], Brooklyn Community Board 6’s Landmarks/Land Use Committee [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/committees/landmarks-land-use.page] voted to hold off on approving modified plans for the developer’s Red Hoek Point [http://redhoekpoint.com]
Announcements
RED HOOK – Red Hook neighbors say construction on the site of Thor Equities’ Red Hoek Point project has been the cause of some environmental issues in the area and they want the developer to address the problems before moving forward with the project. Construction site, October 2017 (Photo: Pamela Wong/
Announcements
Artist: Ganzeer (Photo: Thor Equities)Do you remember walking past beautifully decorated walls on Stillwell Ave [/funky-shipping-containers-house-and-street-art-at-smorgasburg-coney-island-photos-bensonhurst/] ? Well, the 2017 Coney Art Walls season has officially begun with brand new artwork to capture your attention. Like every year, the development company Thor Equities organized the public art wall project. And
News
Rendering of Red Hoek Point. (Courtesy: Thor Equities)Brooklyn’s historic industrial waterfront continues its transformation — this time in Red Hook. Red Hoek Point [http://www.redhoekpoint.com/], an 800,000 square foot-plus “tech-complex” is slated to rise on the former site of the Revere Sugar Refinery. As first reported
Coney Island beach
Photo via Trapeze School New York [https://www.facebook.com/TSNYNewYork/photos/pb.248859234341.-2207520000.1435757523./10153181345729342/?type=3&theater] Luna Park’s skydiving ride, Boardwalk Flight, may have been dismantled [http://www.bensonhurstbean.com/2014/11/say-good-bye-coney-islands-boardwalk-flight/] , but we will soon be able to fly across Coney Island
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Smorgasburg
Courtesy of SG Blocks.Foodies flocked to Smorgasburg’s first ever Coney Island outpost this weekend, only to find that the grub was being served out of industrial-sized truck containers. SG Blocks [http://www.sgblocks.com/], a designer of container-based structures, sent us some cool photos of their recently completed
1752 shore parkway
Site of the future BJs located at 1752 Shore Parkway. (Source: Howard Weiss via Facebook)The ground for the new BJ’s Wholesale Club was broken this past December [/local-pols-gather-for-bjs-wholesale-club-ground-breaking/] and it now appears that the actual construction is about to commence. Howard Weiss posted this image on Facebook showing
developer
Source: w00kie via FlickrWhile we didn’t plan on doing another Coney Island story today, with summer on its way and Coney Island still in a transitional period, there’s simply an above average amount of chatter out there. With so many changes on the horizon, we want to give
grashorn building
Photo by Diana Taft Shumate via Amusing the ZillionBy Howard Simon PEOPLE OF EARTH! Aliens are here, at Coney Island, and there are people shooting them! Photo by Howard SimonNo, we’re not talking about early arrivals for The Mermaid Parade, but the ones coming from Hollywood. Not to worry,
future of coney island
(Under the Boardwalk Photo courtesy of Blue Jake [http://www.bluejake.com/archives/2008/12/15/under_the_boardwalk.php] website.) What’s worse for Coney Island [http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/] — Thor Equities [http://www.thorequities.com/] and overpriced condos or the porn industry? It seems that the People’s