33 lafayette avenue
33 Lafayette Avenue, which has been empty since the closure of Dare Books [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/32/6/32_6_mm_dare_books.html], may not be vacant for much longer. Work permits were filed with the Department of Buildings on November 21 to install a kitchen and
Politics
New York City will invest $140 million to bring a Brooklyn Navy Yard [http://brooklynnavyyard.org] building up to snuff for manufacturing purposes, increasing the workforce on the property by nearly 50%, according to Crain’s [http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20141117/REAL_ESTATE/141119861/city-to-invest-140m-in-brooklyn-navy-yard] . With Comptroller Scott Stringer
brownstones
Work continues on the rapidly changing block of Greene Avenue between Grand and Classon. As previously reported [/blog/2014/07/10/new-buildings-going-in-at-247-266-greene-avenue/], a new four story, two family building is in the works at 247 (behind the fence on the right), which is currently a big hole with some concrete
Transportation
Ditmas Parkers sure love [/blog/neighbors/passive-aggressive-notes-about-a-three-hour-car-alarm] to leave [/blog/sanitation/another-passive-aggressive-note-on-cortelyou-this-time-about-trash] colorful notes [/blog/neighbors/more-perspectives-on-anti-gentrification-graffiti-at-church-avenue] ! Neighbor Milton Land sent over these photos of one disgruntled Q rider’s publicly posted feelings about recent platform renovations at the Cortelyou Road subway stop. In messages printed to emulate the s
1016 Cortelyou Road
A few weeks back, when neighbor Jeff informed us [/blog/real-estate/interior-demolition-on-ground-floor-of-1016-cortelyou-road] that some construction was going on at 1016 Cortelyou Road (between Stratford Road and Coney Island Avenue), workers on the site said there was no tenant secured yet for the space. Today, it looks like the former Simple
1017 cortelyou road
Herbivores of Kensington, your prayers have been answered! We were walking by 1017 Cortelyou Road, site of a soon-to-be West Indian restaurant [/food/1017-cortelyou-road-getting-a-west-indian-restaurant], when we noticed a new Hartwell Vegetarian Cuisine banner out front. It looks like domain HartwellVegetarian.com [http://domain-kb.com/www/hartwellvegetarian.com] was registered on
under construction
Just as the weather begins to take a chilly turn, it looks like construction and closures on the northbound Cortelyou, Beverley, and Parkside subway station platforms [/blog/transportation/q-line-overhaul-service-changes-start-july-8] is reaching completion. We first learned at September’s Community Board 14 monthly meeting [/blog/politics/notes-from-the-cb14-monthly-meeting-7] that the northbound platform
history
In case you were hurting for a Kings Theatre [/blog/tag/loews-kings-theatre] fix, here are looks inside this week from the New York City Economic Development Corporation [http://www.nycedc.com/blog-entry/rebirth-loews-kings-theatre] and NY1 [http://www.ny1.com/content/pages/187269/ny1-exclusive--inside-the-loews-kings-theater-restoration-project] . In addition to showing the latest restorations
traffic lights
In case you’re wondering what the work is along Church Avenue — today, at the corner of McDonald — the Welsbach Electric Corporation is working on repairing traffic lights. We tried to ask how long the work is going to take, but with the jackhammers going, it wasn’t going to
Avi Shuker
Our tip [editor@ditmasparkcorner.com] lines [https://twitter.com/DPCornerblog] lit up [https://www.facebook.com/DitmasParkCorner] yesterday as several neighbors noticed the gates up, and construction beginning, at the old Vox Pop space at 1022 Cortelyou Road, on the corner of Stratford. We’ve learned that work has just
7-Eleven
Looks like Ditmas Park is going to get a 7-Eleven at 547 Coney Island Avenue [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?requestid=4&bin=3117455] , on the corner of Beverley Road in the former auto parts shop that has been for rent for a long time. Tipster Dan notes
Damion Scott
C-Town Supermarkets has pledged a matching grant of up to $3,800 in funds for getting the new mural up [/blog/art-music/a-new-mural-is-coming-to-e-16th-st] on East 16th Street and Newkirk Avenue (pictured above), says Robin Redmond, Executive Director at the Flatbush Development Corporation [fdconline.org]. If you’d like to donate,
under construction
Watch out on Cortelyou Road today, where contractors are making sewer repairs. See some video of the work from last night below, filmed by Andy Novick [http://andytechie.blogspot.com/]. UPDATE: Cortelyou is currently closed to traffic between Argyle and Rugby.