This just in from the tips line: Vintage Cellars on Smith Street is closing up shop. Says tipster L:
Just stopped by Vintage Cellars on Smith between Union and President and they’re closing today after 13 years! The landlord wanted to triple the rent. It’ll probably become another f****ing tanning salon. Customers are coming in and hugging the owner, Margaret, as she and family pack up the last of the wine. It’s really sad. One more Smith Street local business bites the dust.
DEVELOPING…
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Brownstoner reports that the “Rat Squirrel House” at 149 Kane Street is now sporting a huge dumpster out front.
The Daily News plotzes today about the Brooklyner:
NY Daily News: Modeled after a 1940s Aspen-style ski chalet, the Lodge has wood paneling, a kitchen, a billiards table and two Skee-Ball machines. In downtown Brooklyn a short walk from Brooklyn Heights and Boerum Hill, the building has only 140 units left to sell before it’s full. “Its pretty simple; we’re in a great location near just about every subway imaginable,” says David E. Perry, director of sales and leasing for the Clarett Group, a New York-based development firm started 11 years ago by Veronica Hackett. “We also think our amenities are better than our competitors.”
What are the apartments like? Eric Gillin posted this video:
And so did amubarah:
The NY Post profiles Cobble Hillbillies Talk Stoop host Cat Greenleaf and her news producer husband Michael Rey. Mostly, they talk about the schweet deal they got on their townhouse, which we’re not mad at:
NY Post: At a time when even badly run-down brownstones in the area were going for $1.3 million, he asked the couple for only $850,000. For that amazing price, they got three floors and a full basement — a total of 2,300 square feet — and a garden.
Greenleaf and Rey opted to convert the ground floor into a two-bedroom rental, and they and their 15-month-old adopted son, Nick (whom they call Primo), have taken over the top two floors. On one floor is the open living space, which includes the living room, dining area and kitchen, as well as one bathroom. The top floor has three bedrooms, one bathroom and a laundry room. (An added patio and the updated 100-foot-deep garden are shared with their tenant.)
Ideal Properties Group has opened an office at 232 Court Street. The realtor has offices in Gowanus and Park Slope as well. And now a tidbit from the official press release:
Ideal’s human resources director Henry Tsaur announced that the Cobble Hill office will start serving the area with 20 brokers and salespeople. Built on solid technological grounds, and with an enduring commitment to research and design, Ideal’s highly developed infrastructure could support — according to the company’s business development team — in excess of 1,000 agents in the area.
“With our passion for the area, and with our clients’ interest and needs in mind, the opening of the Cobble Hill office seems like an intuitive fit,” Ideal’s CEO concluded.
The Brooklyn Paper reports on the threat to the look of Cobble Hill landmarks as more residents try to pull a “Norah Jones” by adding windows to their brownstones – the latest request is for 227 Clinton Street -
Brooklyn Paper: The proposed renovations to the Clinton Street crib echo the controversial seven windows that singer Norah Jones’s had punched into a blank wall on the side of her Amity Street house, which is only one block away.
Jones managed to get city approval for her renovations without presenting them to the local community board late last year — and, as a result, many Cobble Hill preservationists feared that the neighborhood’s aesthetic would soon be under assault. “Jones’s windows established a precedent,” said Roy Sloane, the president of the Cobble Hill association and a passionate preservationist. “Our fears have been realized.”
The Landmark Preservation Commission will review the application on July 13.
Brownstoner told us about the about the still-papered up space at 270 Court Street, with the passing of the scheduled opening of a new restaurant from the owners of Bocca Lupo. What’s up with 270 Court Street? We hit the streets, pulled out our magnifying glasses, and got the scoop. The buzz at surrounding businesses was that the inside was rumored to be finished, but with no sign of opening. An employee from Brownstone Realty noted that he heard the restaurant was still waiting on approvals from the city.
Owner of the property Abelardo Argibay said he did not know when the restaurant will open, but said it will likely be “soon.” The delay remains a mystery, but stay tuned for more updates!
The Landmarks and Land Use Committee of CB6 has approved the design for the new Barneys Co-op joining the fray on Atlantic Avenue. The new design for the building adds wrought iron window dressings and makes some other small changes. Check out the rendering courtesy of Brownstoner. Nabe residents – any thoughts?
THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2010.
6:00 PM @ PS 32, 317 HOYT STREET
Photo by EJ Cory
It appears that construction on our local Barneys is underway. Earlier estimates have the store opening this Fall.
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