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On Friday The Real Deal reported that the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp had canned PA Associates, which was supposed to develop Admiral’s Row, after the firm’s founder was accused of “funneling $472,500 in bribes to State Senator Carl Kruger.” A Navy Yard spokesperson and Councilwoman Letitia James both said the project would still move forward, albeit with a different, unspecified developer. In other Kruger fallout news, The Post reported that a shopping complex in Mill Basin that Forest City Ratner is developing was held up for three years by the state senator because Kruger didn’t want the city to begin a public review on a non-FCR section of the site “and [FCR] was concerned that segmenting the project could hurt its plans, sources said.” Kruger and Bruce Bender, a vice president for government relations at FCR, “are longtime allies,” according to the article, though neither Bender or FCR were charged in the Kruger corruption suit.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Fires Development Firm Linked to Bribery Scheme [TRD]


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  1. What was planned for this site was ShopRite (or Stop ‘n’ Shop – I always get them confused). That’s a local supermarket, not a destination place like Fairway, WF, TJs, etc. Sure it will draw people from beyond the immediate area FG, DUMBO, CH, maybe some Williasmburg – certainly the Hasidic section is “local”), but not too far beyond.

    FWIW, I once did a comparison between Fairway, Key Food in Greenpoint and FreshDirect. Bottom line, they all wind up about the same, for staples and fancy stuff. Fairway actually wound up being a bit cheaper for most things. They also have a good range of good quality stuff – organic and all that, but also produce in general, fresh food, etc. So in terms of affordability, selection, etc., a Fairway would be slightly better than, and certainly no worse than the typical urban supermarket. No idea if the suburban chains like ShopRite et al are cheaper.

    And the neighborhood is not having its community taken away – Admirals Row is a fenced off part of a Government installation, and has been that way for almost 200 years.

  2. “And nothing you have said supports the idea that the supermarket is for the locals”

    Nothing you have said supports the idea that the supermarket is not for the locals, as well as those with cars.

    People have given several examples of how large supermarkets with parking are good for their neighborhoods, but you choose to ignore them.

    The whole line “this neighborhood is having their community taken away” makes no sense.

    They are having a fenced off area they have never been able to visit taken away, and some more cars put on the street in exchange for more shopping options. Hardly a destruction of the community or its quality of life.