Beer City in Bushwick

The New York Post reported over the weekend that developer Read Property Group is seeking to build ten new buildings at the former site of the Rheingold Brewery in Bushwick. The buildings would contain 947 units and likely top out at eight stories. The site, on lots between Flushing Avenue and Melrose Street along Bushwick and Evergreen avenues, is near the contentious Broadway Triangle site, another mega development, and opponents of the Rheingold project say the new buildings will stress local infrastructure. Activist Phil DePaolo told the Post, "We call it putting 20 pounds of shit in a 10-pound bag." The architect, Magnusson Architecture and Planning, has plans for the brewery development up on its site. The new buildings would be the second phase of a project that began in 2003, when nearly 300 apartments and townhouses were built. GMAP
'Beer City' Plan All the Buzz in B'kln [NY Post]
Community Groups Sue City over Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
Rheingold Brewery plans [Magnusson Architecture and Planning]

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So we can expect the local community to be outraged at the towers only being 8 stopries high a la other triangle nonsense - they should at least be 25 stories high in order to not be racist right?

Posted by: dittoburg at September 29, 2009 9:03 AM

how awesome would it be if the city were to change Melrose Street into Melrose Place. does anyone want to sign a petition with me for the name change? the street being called Melrose Place would it give a lot more cachet!

*rob*

Posted by: Butterfly at September 29, 2009 9:27 AM

Melrose Street does not look like Melrose Place.

Posted by: dirty_hipster at September 29, 2009 10:01 AM

Am I misinterpreting, or is the 20 pounds of shit comment unbelievably racist in the context of affordable housing?

Posted by: wellheythere at September 29, 2009 10:02 AM

I think refering to people with big dogs.

Posted by: Petebklyn at September 29, 2009 10:10 AM

I don't see the comment as racist at all. I think the commenter was making a statement that there was too much building going on, and not enough infrastructure to support it. A comment, I might add, that can be applied to a lot of large projects that give lots of thought to how much money is going to come in, and far less to how the new people are actually going to live day to day.

Posted by: Montrose Morris at September 29, 2009 10:12 AM

what 'local infrastructure' is there to stress? Go for it.

Posted by: MAT at September 29, 2009 10:26 AM

I too am confused about the lack of "local infrastucture". This is a busy area a block or two from the J train at Myrtle/Broadway and a decent variety of retail options on Broadway and Flushing. I'm wondering what sort of new infrastucture is really needed.

Posted by: JoeBushwick at September 29, 2009 11:43 AM

Blah, old news in an old project, it's just Vito Lopez packing his district with more RBSCC members and their voting cousins.

Posted by: Jeremy at September 29, 2009 12:41 PM

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Beer City in Bushwick

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