Archive | Park Slope RSS feed for this section

Luxury 85-Unit Rental Coming To Boerum Hill @ 316 Bergen Street

By on May 4, 2012 in Boerum Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Real Estate

A new 85-unit luxury rental development is coming to Brooklyn’s Boerum Hill, one block from the border of Park Slope. Partners the Naftali Group and AEW Capital Management recently closed on a 90,000-square-foot site at 316 Bergen Street, at the corner of Third Avenue for $6.7 million. The eight-story building—with 45 residential parking spaces on the ground level—will include an attended lobby, health club, resident lounge, courtyard, storage and a roof deck with cabanas, sunbeds, a grill and dining area, with 360-degree views of Brooklyn and Manhattan, according to building reps.

The development is also in the vicinity of a Whole Foods market recently approved at Third Street and Third Avenue, next to the Gowanus Canal; and within walking distance to the 585-acre Prospect Park Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

Halstead Property Expands Presence In Cobble Hill: New Court Street Locale

By on March 22, 2012 in Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Real Estate

Halstead Property has purchased two smaller firms in Cobble Hill and Park Slope, where it is expanding its Brooklyn business, according to The Real Deal. With the purchase of Cobble Heights Realty and Heights Berkeley Realty, Halstead now has five storefront offices in Brooklyn.

The new outposts “secure us two wonderful locations,” Trish Martin, Brooklyn director of sales for Halstead told the real estate pub, saying that Halstead has quickly outgrown its other Cobble Hill location, at 162 Court Street. The new office in Cobble Hill will be located at 206 Court Street, between Wyckoff and Warren streets. Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

Old Stone House Presents “Gin in June” Friday Evening

By on June 7, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Food, Park Slope

This Friday evening, June 10, from 6:30 to 8:30, the historic Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street (between 4th and 5th avenues), will present “Gin in June,” a festive party featuring “traditional gin cocktails and 1880s bar food.” Food historian Sarah Lohman will be there to discuss the fare. Tickets are $45 if purchased in advance here, or $50 at the door.

Comments { 0 }

Brooklyn Accent at Brooklyn’s Union Hall

By on February 4, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Park Slope

Last Tuesday evening I took part in Adult Education’s monthly show at Union Hall. February’s topic was Brooklyn, and my presentation was on the Brooklyn Accent. Why? Because I’m doing a movie on New York accent. Presentation video after the jump!

Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

Brooklyn Accent at Union Hall Feb 1

By on January 31, 2011 in Arts and Entertainment, Events, Park Slope

If you have some free time Tuesday evening and a spare $5, consider a trip to Union Hall in Park Slope to see Adult Education Presents: Brooklyn. There will be presentations on Coney Island; corrupt Brooklyn politicians of yore; and Brooklyn’s annexation by New York. And I will be presenting on the Brooklyn accent. Questions I’ll be answering include: Does dese dem and dose qualify as a Brooklyn accent? Where does youse come from? And how do I curse in Brooklynese?

Well, you should be so lucky to find out. Hope to see you there, I could use some friendly faces!

Comments { 0 }

Rabid Raccoon Found in Prospect Park

By on December 7, 2010 in Health, Park Slope, Pets

A dead raccoon found on 10th St. & Prospect Park West on December 2nd has tested positive for rabies, according to the NYC Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene. Park visitors and pet owners are advised to be aware and remain cautious when visiting the park. Pets are at a greater risk since they are more likely to come in contact with wildlife. Owners are encouraged to make sure that their pets are up-to-date with rabies shots, to keep dogs leashed at all times when visiting the park and to avoid approaching or feeding wild animals. Bites or sightings of sick, diseased or injured animals should be reported to 311.

More information on rabies and how to avoid it can be found on the Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene’s web site.

Comments { 0 }

Local Banh Mi on This American Life

By on July 21, 2010 in Food, Park Slope

My friends all know that I love a good banh mi (aka Vietnamese sandwich). When I lived on Atlantic Avenue I was particularly partial to Nicky’s at 311 Atlantic, though Hanco’s at 85 Bergen was always a close second.

Hanco’s Park Slope location was featured this week on hipster haven This American Life, which tells the story of the identical menus at Hanco’s and Henry’s, a banh mi shop just blocks away. The Brooklyn Paper reported last year on the similarities between the two sandwich shops, calling it a “war” in which “the collateral damage is delicious.”

This American Life’s newest episode is available for streaming here.

Flickr Photo by consumedithis

Comments { 1 }

Owner of Dingy Brownstone to Neighbors – Feh!

By on April 28, 2010 in Blog Posts, Park Slope

Peter Saltina the owner of a cinderblocked, crumbling brownstone at 174 Garfield Place in Park Slope doesn’t really care what his neighbors think according to a report in the Brooklyn Paper. The condition of the property, which Saltina moved out of 10 years ago, is so bad that a tree from the absentee owner’s “jungle” of a backyard once fell over and crushed a neighbor’s balcony. Local officials are now trying to get the bank holding the mortgage on the property to force fixes or repossess it.

Brooklyn Paper: Neighbors have been complaining about the unoccupied three-story house — and its owner, Saltina — for years, and city inspectors have written up the building for dozens of violations.

But Saltina, who lives in upstate Westchester, doesn’t care.

“Let them complain,” he told us. “I’ve been a big contribution to the quality of life on that block and all I get from the neighbors is grief. Whatever liens and citations I have at this point, I will work them out when I [sell it]. I’ve been here since 1969 and dealing with these people has made my skin thick.”

He even threatened his neighbors, saying he would “sue all their asses” if they continue to fight his stewardship of the property.

Comments { 1 }

Bergen Street Resident Cranky About Bored to Death Shoot

By on April 19, 2010 in Blog Posts, Park Slope

A resident of Bergen Street between 5th and 6th Avenue gives producers of the HBO smash Bored to Death an eyeful with this sign (above) posted below their “No Parking” sign:

People who park here don’t necessarily live on this block & won’t see these signs. They will believe they are legally parked until 7:30am on Tues. If you care as you say you do about inconveniencing the neighborhood you wouldn’t wait until 3 days prior to put up signs. A minimum of one week so people would see it when they parked would be considerate.

The show will shoot there Tuesday (4/20).

[via 6h057.net]

Comments { 6 }

Freddy’s Bar & Backroom Moving to Fourth and Union

By on April 19, 2010 in Blog Posts, Park Slope

Flickr photo by threecee

Barflies, freaks, misfits and malcontents rejoice! The evil forces of “Eminent Domain” will not kill the legendary Freddy’s Bar & Backroom which sits in the footprint of the Atlantic Yards development project. The bar announced today that they’ll moving to a new location at Fourth Avenue and Union Street in Park Slope.

Manager Donald O’Finn released this statement today:

Freddy’s Bar is not closing, it’s moving.
We are presently in negotiations with a landlord who is not a billionaire at 4th Ave and Union Street.

We will be having a Victory party on April 30th to celebrate what the little guy has been able to do in fighting a billionaire and the corrupt government agency that he controls. We feel we have dealt fatal blows to Ratner’s organization. The nets will not be sold to an international criminal, because the NBA can’t afford to be associated with organized crime.

Freddy’s Bar is not giving up the fight, we stand in solidarity with Prokhorov’s sanctions-busting victims in Zimbabwe, and with the people of Yonkers who are paying the price for a Ratner bribery scandal. We will continuing to stand against the corruption that has dominated our lives for the last 7 years, and are looking forward to moving out from under this sword of Damocles.

Forest City Ratner will leave Brooklyn a thousand years before Freddy’s Bar does. . . they have missed mortgage payments on their Metrotech Center, and the Yonkers and Zimbabwe sanctions busting scandals are criminal acts. The question is will they run out of money first, or face prosecution first. I am sure that both will happen.

The move is about the employees, and the business. We’re little guys. We can’t run our business into the ground as Ratner has and still survive. We have a lot of mouths to feed and we are not billionaires. The move is strategic. Very soon “Freddy’s Next Bar” will be standing tall, and Ratner will be in rubble, with no stadium, and hopefully with justice and karma finding him. This is a guy who closed a family homeless shelter in the dead of winter.
In order to assure our capacity to keep Freddy’s alive in a another location, and keep people employed… we have to move the contents of the bar in a particular timely fashion to “Lock down’ the next space, and thus we will not be facing an eviction situation in which a protest by chaining ourselves could happen. The Chains (“The Chains of Justice”) have served their purpose…to raise awareness of corruption, and they will move with us, forever installed on that bar as a symbol of a united community and that community’s power for affecting change.
The owner of Freddy’s has had to consider those employed at Freddy’s as well as his own situation, needing employment and food on the table. He made a difficult decision to pull out in such a way as to keep the contents of the bar and move it into another location. If we wait for condemnation we might sacrifice too much. I can’t yet confirm the location since everything is moving very fast, and it is not locked down yet, but the area we are hoping to secure is on 4th Ave near Union Street.
We hope to open this new space as soon as possible, 2 or 3 months hopefully. The email address will not change… nor the web address.

Freddy’s has been the culmination of everything I am and everything I ever wanted in a bar.
I could not be prouder of Freddy’s, it’s community, and it’s accomplishments.

Freddy’s is not an address, it is an idea.

I’ll See you at “FREDDY’S NEXT BAR”…the first one is on me!

[via NY Observer]

Comments { 0 }
← Older posts