December 6, 2009 - December 12, 2009
Closing Bell: Double-Fisted Flea
The Brooklyn Flea continues to straddle the East River this weekend. The Gifted holiday market continues tomorrow and Sunday at 20 East 4th Street in Manhattan. And, in Dumbo, the winter pop-up Flea heads into its second weekend at 81 Front Street in one of the two indoor spaces we had last year at the corner of Front and Washington. There will be over 40 vendors selling a more "Flea-ish" mix of merch, including antiques, vintage clothing and jewelry, and other collectibles. Gifted hours are 12 to 7 and the Dumbo Flea hours are 11 to 6.
Development Watch: 3rd Ave Fairfield Inn Coming Along
Workers are still plugging away at Brooklyn's first Fairfield Inn, which is on 3rd Avenue an Butler. It's not visible in the photo above, but some of the windows have been glassed. A rendering of what the 135-room property is supposed to look like is here.
Development Watch: 3rd Avenue Fairfield Inn [Brownstoner] GMAP
StreetLevel: 5th Avenue Yoga Studio Hops to 3rd Avenue
Yogasana, the yoga studio that used to be on 5th Avenue and Warren Street, now lives on 3rd Avenue and Wycoff. Its former storefront in the Slope has become a hair salon. GMAP
Open House Picks
Williamsburg
293 Grand Street
Douglas Elliman
Sunday 12-1:30
$3,600,000
GMAP P*Shark
South Slope
178 13th Street
Warren Lewis
Sunday 2:30-4
$1,075,000
GMAP P*Shark
Clinton Hill
125 Clinton Avenue
Century 21
Saturday 11:30 - 1:30
$995,000
GMAP P*Shark
Kensington
411 Caton Avenue
Corcoran
Sunday 12:30-2
$824,900
GMAP P*Shark
Open House Picks: Six Months Later
Comment: Chop, chop, chop.
Open House Picks 6/12/09 [Brownstoner]
Previous Six Months Later Posts [Brownstoner]
Checking in on the Satori
Since closings began at the Satori condo in September, there have been 20 sales in the 34-unit building recorded in public records. Meanwhile, StreetEasy says another 10 units are in contract and there only two remaining condos with active listings. If all the in-contracts close, the Bond Street building will definitely be a sales success story. The prices for the two listed units are $459,000 for a 1-bedroom and $699,000 for a two-bedroom.
First Closings Recorded at the Satori [Brownstoner] GMAP
More Price Cuts at The Satori [Brownstoner]
Satori Developers Try for a Mulligan [Brownstoner]
Checking In On The Satori [Brownstoner]
Price Cuts at the Satori [Brownstoner]
Satori Condos Get the Chop [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 340 Bond Street [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Sales: Under a Million
Some of the sales recorded last week that went for $1 million or less:
$250K or under: BROOKLYN HEIGHTS
111 Hicks Street, #5C; Price=$240,000 GMAP
This 450-sf studio was listed for $250,000 in March according to StreetEasy. Maintenance=$673/month. Closed on 6/3/09; deed recorded on 12/3/09.
$250-$500K Range: CROWN HEIGHTS
1478 Carroll Street; Price=$498,500 GMAP
This 1,718-sf, single-family sold in an estate sale. Closed on 11/23/09; deed recorded on 12/1/09.
$500-$750K Range: PARK SLOPE
190 Garfield Place, #3F; Price=$585,000 GMAP
This 955-sf, two-bedroom condo was originally asking $775,000 in October '08, according to StreetEasy, and the price was cut several times until it was last asking $635,000. Entered into contract on 10/12/09; closed on 11/23/09; deed recorded on 12/4/09.
$750K-$1 Million Range: GREENPOINT
135 Milton Street; Price=$825,000 GMAP
This is a 2,364-sf house, says Property Shark. Entered into contract on 10/8/09; closed on 11/16/09; deed recorded on 12/3/09.
Photos from Property Shark
Pratt Coffee Shop Metamorphosis Underway
The old Pratt Coffee Shop at 274 Hall Street in Clinton Hill has been closed since this summer for renovations. As The Local reported last month, when it reopens it will be as the more-upscale-sounding Pratt Cafe. GMAP
Foreclosures Decline for Fourth Straight Month
7th Street Condo Launches Sales
Sales recently began for the condo at 232 7th Street, which has been dubbed "Seven on Seven." Prices are running from $499,000 for a 1,125-square-foot unit to $789,000 for a 1,351-square-foot pad with a private garden. The pitch: "Architecture that liberates the space, light and air. Completely refreshing!" The building is between 3rd and 4th avenues, across the street from the Argyle.
Development Watch: 232 7th Street Nears the Finish Line [Brownstoner] GMAP
Seven on Seven Listings [Brooklyn Properties]
One Brooklyn Bridge Park Picking Up Steam
For a while there, like a year, any inquiry about the number of sales at One Brooklyn Bridge Park, the high-end conversion project on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront, inevitably led to the same answer: 100. Since recent price cuts and a changing of the brokerage guard (to The Developers Group), though, there's been some noteworthy action: According to the Daily News this morning, 20 new contracts have been signed, 10 are "out" and another 10 are "under negotiation." It can't hurt either that it no longer takes a visionary to imagine how cool Brooklyn Bridge Park itself is going to be.
Fast & Furious [NY Daily News] GMAP
Some Traction at One Brooklyn Bridge Park? [Brownstoner]
Price Cuts at One Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner]
Oro Gets FHA Approval
Everybody wants in on this FHA thing! And who can blame 'em: It's a heck of a lot easier to sell condos when you only need to require buyers to put down 3.5% of the purchase price. Already this week, we've had news of The Edge getting approved by the FHA and The Toren getting in its application. Then yesterday the flacks for The Oro sent out a press release heralding the Downtown Brooklyn tower's admission to the club. “With buildings going into foreclosure recently, buyers are reluctant to commit,” said Robert Scaglion, Senior Managing Director of Residential Marketing for Rose Associates. “The FHA approval is very reassuring to the marketplace.” Well, to buyers at least. The rest of us haven't forgotten the downside to low down payments and easy money.
Oro Now Approved to Throw Money at Buyers [Curbed]
The Toren Holds First Closing, Wants in on FHA Program [Brownstoner]
The Edge Gets FHA Approval [Brownstoner]
Weekend Events
Last Lobstah Feast!
Lobstah Feast! brought to you by the PS 58 PTA and The Red Hook Lobster Pound is hosting its last feast of the season at Rocky's. $35 buys you a 1 1/2 pound Maine lobster and all the fixins! All of the profits go to PS 58. Come and enjoy! Tickets are available here. Saturday, December 12. $35. 34 Van Dyke Street, Rocky Sullivan's.
2nd Annual Maximum Perception Performance Art Festival
Join curators Peter Dobill and Phoenix Lights for a two night Performance Art Festival. This will be a showcase for twenty national and international performance artists. Ten performances per night. All are welcome. Friday & Saturday, December 11 & 12. 7 p.m. - 12 a.m. Free. 114 Forrest Street, English Kills Art Gallery.
The Brooklyn Flea
The Brooklyn Flea takes place indoors this week at 81 Front Street in Dumbo. There will be over 40 vintage and antique vendors set up in the 6,000-square-foot space at the corner of Front and Washington Streets from 11 to 6 on both Saturday and Sunday. Take the C train to High Street or the F train to York Street. The Gifted Holiday Market continues both days at 20 East 4th Street in Manhattan as well.
Please send your events listings to events@brownstoner.com
Friday Links
Clash Over the Effectiveness of a New Fire Dispatch System [NY Times]
Fly in the Owls! Loughlin Goes Hogwarts [NY Times]
Yards Opponents Looking for Boost from Columbia Ruling [NY Post]
MTA Looks to Slash Bus and Subway Routes [NY Daily News]
Manhattan Beach Security Patrol to Disband [NY Daily News]
Bike Lane Painters to Plead Not Guilty [Brooklyn Paper]
The ‘Tallest’ Brooklyner Opens to Fanfare [Brooklyn Eagle]
Thursday Blogwrap
“Toxic Preschool” Director to Be Sentenced Tomorrow [Cobble Hill Blog]
Man Killed By Subway In Brooklyn [Gothamist]
Meet the Employees of the Greenlight Bookstore [OTBKB]
October/November 2009: Sharifa’s Report [Sustainable Flatbush]
At Sabella [brooklynometry]
Photo by mugsniffer from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Closing Bell: Manhattan Bridge Shakes Its Booty
One of our daily reads is a blog called Kottke. Yesterday this Youtube of an undulating Manhattan Bridge was posted on the site. This is what bridges are supposed to do, but it's still a little freaky to see it happening.
Development Watch: 461 Carroll Street
A construction crew has been working on this Carroll Street property, which will be a 2-family, for a few months now. It will be interesting to see how this turns out, since new buildings are rare on this stretch of Carroll. The owners got a variance in order to build a residential structure in this location. GMAP P*Shark DOB
StreetLevel: Pizza and Maybe Banh Mi for 5th Ave
The two storefronts next to Willie's Dawgs on 5th Avenue between 5th and 6th streets are about to be home to a couple new businesses. According to a sign that's gone up, one will be a new pizza place called Prego's. Contractors working on the store say it's supposed to open very soon. More exciting: A poster on Brooklynian says there's word the storefront next to Prego's will be a banh mi joint, and a store owner on the block told us he'd heard the same rumor. GMAP
House of the Day: 1692 11th Avenue
1692 11th Avenue was an Open House Pick back in October when it hit the market with an asking price of $1,295,000. Last month, however, the price on the Windsor Terrace limestone was reduced to $1,195,000. The three-family house has a few rental-quality finishes, but overall there's a lot of original detail (love those floors and mirrors!) The avenue location is probably a little less desirable than being on one of the side streets like Sherman or Windsor Place, but it's a gorgeous house from the outside and just a hop, skip and a jump from the park. Think a deal will happen near this asking price?
1692 11th Avenue [Warren Lewis] GMAP P*Shark
Co-op of the Day: 150 Joralemon Street, #9B
The maintenance is always the catch at 150 Joralemon Street. The trade-off is that the co-ops in the beautiful prewar building in Brooklyn Heights are priced accordingly low. This ninth-floor two-bedroom, for example, just hit the market asking just $429,000. Granted the place is barely 800 square feet, but still, for the area, that's a low asking price. Still, if you put down $100,000 on this place, your after-tax mortgage expenses wouldn't be much more than $1,000 a month, so we think this'll sell quickly and near ask. You?
150 Joralemon Street, #9B [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Inside Third & Bond: Week 111
The Third & Bond bloggers get up close and personal this week...
Taking a break at Third + Bond to mug for the camera are Kiska’s Assistant Project Manager, Yigit Unlu and Site Superintendent, Alper Kaya. Though not yet 30 years old, they each carry a large load of responsibility for Third + Bond. Yigit works primarily in review of contracts and drawings while Alper spends his time walking the job site.
What is your role at T+B?
YU: As an assistant project manager, my job is to make sure the project in Rogers Marvel’s blueprints is built on time and on budget, which means a lot of procurement work at the early stages like reviewing contracts and hassling suppliers for deliveries. It is mostly organizing and quality control of subcontractors at this stage.
AK: The superintendent monitors the work of the subcontractors and solves problems in the field. I have to know the plans inside and out so that if a sub is doing the wrong thing, I can correct it before it becomes an expensive problem.
What was the last project that you worked on?
YU: The Heritage at Park Slope. It was similar in scale to this project.
AK: NV on North 5th between Bedford and Driggs. Williamsburg forever!!!
Kiska’s office is in Williamsburg, right? But you’ve been working at the corner of Third and Bond for awhile now. What are your favorite neighborhood haunts?
YU: So many of them around the area… to pick one I will say Caputo Bakery on Court Street. Their olive bread is delicious.
AK: There is a Cuban bar/restaurant on Smith Street. They make very good mojitos.
MyHome, Brooklyn Takes New Approach to Development
It's kinda like Brooklyn CoHousing without the communal kitchen! MyHome, Brooklyn is a new recession-friendly approach to developing residential real estate. The idea is to get potential apartment buyers involved at the beginning of the process. Through the collaborative process, the buyer gets input and the developer gets to pool funding upfront at a time when acquisition and conversion loans are nowhere to be found. Theoretically, the buyer ends up with a customized apartment at a discount to market prices and the developer makes an honest wage for managing the process. The focus on MyHome, Brooklyn is small- to medium-sized multifamily buildings in and around Brownstone Brooklyn that often fall under the radar of established developers. The one that caught our eye was this two-story commercial building at 259 Pacific Street.
Brooklyn Dominates List of Stalled Construction Projects
A report from the New York Building Congress out this morning says that there are over 500 stalled construction projects in New York City right now--and that almost half of them are in Brooklyn. Here's how the 537 stalled sites break down by borough: Brooklyn (237), Queens (140), Manhattan (80), Staten Island (34), Bronx (24). Within the County of Kings, the worst-hit area is, not surprisingly, North Brooklyn, which accounts for 30 percent of the borough total. “Earlier this year, we reported on the dearth of applications for permits to begin new residential projects in New York City. Apparently, the economic contagion has now spread to residential projects that were already permitted and where construction already began,” said Building Congress President Richard T. Anderson.
More than 500 NYC Construction Projects Stalled [Building Congress]
Walkabout: Favorite Brooklyn Buildings - Reader's Choices
Boys High School. Marcy Ave, at Putnam, Bedford Stuyvesant. James Naughton, architect. 1891-92. View from Madison St.
Every Tuesday and Thursday, Montrose Morris writes a guest post about Brooklyn architectural history...Continuing December’s topic of Favorite Brooklyn buildings, today’s choices have been supplied by the Brownstoner readership. Our reader’s favorites this week are all counted among the best buildings of any kind in Brooklyn. They all date from a time when Brooklyn was coming into its own as a great city in its own right, and show the world that the architects who chose Brooklyn as their base were as talented and innovative as any in Manhattan, or the rest of America. Reader Roby F’s favorite is the Boys High School, and from Minard Lefever, his namesake’s Packer Collegiate and the Fire Headquarters Building of Frank Freeman.
Public education for students above elementary school was a new concept for Brooklynites in the late 1800’s. When the Bklyn Board of Education established a high school system in 1878, new schools needed to be built. The Superintendent of Buildings at that time was the highly talented Irish born architect, James Naughton, who designed both the Girls High School at Nostrand and Macon in 1886-6, and his masterpiece, Boys High School, several blocks away, at Marcy Avenue and Putnam Street. Boys High opened in 1892, and is one of the most highly regarded examples of Romanesque Revival architecture in the city, characterized by round arched openings, contrasting smooth and rough surfaced stone work, and most of all, powerful massing, often swelled with rounded bays, dormers, and towers. As impressive as it is, the details still delight, especially the sculptured heads of schoolboys on the Marcy Ave. façade. The school counts as alumni such greats as Norman Mailer, Isaac Asimov, William J. Levitt of Levittown, and iconic Miami Beach architect, Morris Lapidus. The school was landmarked in 1975, and was restored in the 1990’s, and just had some more major work done this year. It now houses two charter schools. For more on James Naughton and his schools, read my Walkabout post from September.
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Green-Wood Cemetery Blog Launches
Seems like everybody's got a blog these days. Among the legions you can now count the Green-wood Cemetery. Or, to be more exact, the official historian of Green-Wood Cemetery, Jeff Richman. From his introductory post on the Green-Wood Discovery blog, "Whether it's a story of a new discovery, a new planting, or a recent restoration of a monument, you will find news of it here." Although the blog officially launched this week, Jeff has been blogging behind the scenes for a few weeks, so there are a bunch of posts in the archives to comb through.
Goldberger Props for Saratoga Avenue Community Center
New Yorker architecture critic Paul Goldberger has just posted his list of the Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009. There's one Brooklyn mention:
Brooklyn, the borough that didn’t get Frank Gehry’s new arena for the Nets, got something a lot smaller and much more suited to its immediate needs, which is an exceptionally handsome and dignified community center in Brownsville by the architect George Ranalli. The Saratoga Avenue Community Center, built by the New York City Housing Authority, is a small, self-assured brick building that loosely echoes Frank Lloyd Wright, but is altogether original, and stands as a welcome—and welcoming—reminder that the city government actually is capable of being a good client when it wants to be.
For the rest of Golderberger's list click here and to see more images of the community center check out the architect's website.
Ten Most Positive Architectural Events of 2009 [New Yorker via Curbed]
Saratoga Avenue Community Center [George Ranalli]
At Last, Cleaning Up 23 Caton Avenue
Ever since work was aborted in the spring of 2008, 23 Caton Avenue has been a blight on the neighborhood, with the organized complaints of neighbors falling on deaf ears. Then, out of nowhere this week, there was some activity at the site. Those blue tarps went up, and there are now workers from the DOB's excavation unit cleaning up debris and taking other measures to improve safety. As for the development, last we heard, Corus Bank, which had taken over the property from developer Moshe Feller, had itself gone into receivership. A community group called Stable Brooklyn has been working for the past year trying to get the project turned into affordable housing, but as far as we know nothing concrete has come of that yet.
Trying to Make Lemonade of Lemons at 23 Caton [Brownstoner]
The Decline and Fall of 23 Caton Place [Brownstoner]
Little Progress on 23 Caton Place [Brownstoner] GMAP
Bank Sues Caton Place Developer [Brownstoner] DOB
Work Stops at Caton Place Condos [Brownstoner]
At 23 Caton Place, Laborers Labor on Labor Day [Brownstoner]
City Council Approves New Green Building Rules
Yesterday the City Council approved environmental building legislation that, despite being diluted by the lobbying efforts of commercial landlords, still put New York ahead of the curve in terms of its efforts to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse emissions. The bill would require office buildings larger than 10,000 square feet to install electricity meters, retrofit lights and perform an energy audit. Oddly, though, it doesn't require that the building owners act on the results of the audit. The New York Times reported that the package of four bills is expected to reduce the city's total carbon dioxide emissions by just under 5 percent over the next twenty years. Jeffrey Harris of the Alliance to Save Energy called the legislation “a very significant step forward.”
Council Passes Curbs on Greenhouse Gases [NY Times]
Green Light for Green Buildings [NY Post]
Photo by frankhg
Thursday Links
Fall Foliage Gums Up Subways in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Renovating a Rental as if It Were Their Own [NY Times]
Shortage of Beds for Homeless in City [NY Times]
3 on Trial, Accused of Faking Concrete Tests [NY Times]
Why Janitor Tattled on 'Sex' Teachers [NY Post]
Accidents increase on Verrazano-Narrows [NY Post]
Sunset Park Students Record Holiday Tunes [NY Daily News]
Arena Bonds Expected to Sell Well [Brooklyn Paper]
Bloomberg Doesn't Deny Backroom Bike Lane Deal [WNYC]
Photo by riotonempty
Wednesday Blogwrap
Donuts from Peter Pan [Eat It]
Clairvoyant Pop-Up Shop in Williamsburg [mcbrooklyn]
Pete Solomita, chef/owner of the Little Buddy Biscuit Company [All About 5th]
USAF Thunderbirds Air Show Returns to Coney Island [ATZ]
The Giant Brooklyn Borough Hall Christmas Tree [BHB]
chasing pigeons, ps 139, ditmas park. Photo by flatbushnelson from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Closing Bell: Washington Avenue Wonderland
For the next two Thursday evenings, the Washington Avenue – Prospect Heights Association will be putting on a shopping event up-and-down Washington Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Eastern Parkway. "Wash Ave Wonderland," as it's being called, will run from 6 to 9 p.m. and feature complimentary beauty consultations from Divine Connections Hair Spa and ibeauty bar and hor d’oeuvres from Abigail’s Café and Wine Bar and Udom Thai Restaurant.
Development Watch: 106 Broadway
The Broadway building boom continues with this 39-unit project at 106 Broadway. The seven-story building was designed by Kushner Studios in Manhattan. GMAP P*Shark DOB
Streetlevel: New Darn-and-Dine on Smith
La Casita, a new yarn-shop-cum-cafe, just held its soft opening on Sunday in its new storefront space at 253 Smith Street. If you're into this sort of thing, you can take a class, follow along on the shop's Facebook Fan Page or just check out their website. Anyone been in yet?
GMAP
House of the Day: 289 Garfield Place
289 Garfield Place was an Open House Pick last month shortly after it hit the market with a price tag of $1,950,000. It's a nice house in a nice Park Slope location, but it feels to us like it lost a bit of its soul when it was recently renovated. It's also a four-family house, which takes it out of the running for a lot of family buyers. Of course, having three rentals does help take the sting out of that monthly mortgage payment.
289 Garfield Place [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
Condo of the Day: 280 Carlton Avenue, #3
The brick townhouse at 280 Carlton Avenue in Fort Greene was converted into condos back in 2005 and Unit #3 sold in early 2006 for somewhere under $600,000. The 750-square-foot floor-through has just gone back on the market asking $679,000. The interiors look perfectly nice but the kicker is definitely the 400-square-foot terrace at the rear. The combined monthly charges are also low at $381. Like it?
280 Carlton Avenue, #3 [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up
Yunnanese Bargain Bites in Sunset Park
75A 49th Street (Eighth Avenue), Sunset Park; (718) 633-3090
This photo of the "No. 13, or Noodles with Crispy Meat Sauce" from Yun Nan Flavour Snack is from an old Serious Eats post, but NY Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton has paid a more recent visit to this Sunset Park spot and gives it a rave review: "A bowl of wontons in hot and sour sauce, for instance, is fantastically sour, ridiculously spicy, addictive and deep. (And only $4.25!) Another of silky rice noodles with crispy pork sauce, chilies, cilantro and perfection can act as a kind of Chinese version of Armagnac. It, too, costs $4.25 and is a highly recommended antidote to holiday-season overindulgence."
Now Open: M Noodle Shop
549 Metropolitan Avenue (between Lorimer Street and Union Avenue), Williamsburg; (718) 384-8008
"This wood-paneled noodle shop—inspired by the street vendors of Canton, China—peddles in snacks like sesame pancakes and pork buns. At the heart of the space is an open kitchen, where chef Shou Zheng crafts dumplings from scratch," says Time Out New York. And Eater adds, "M Noodle Bar seems tailor made for Brooklyn bar hoppers -- they're open everyday from noon till 6AM."
The Vanderbilt Burns the Midnight Oil
570 Vanderbilt Avenue, Prospect Heights
According to their PR peeps, the Vanderbilt is now serving a late night menu "Thursday through Saturday from 12am - 2 am. It's the first to be doing so in the neighborhood." The menu includes pickled eggs ($4), house-made jerky ($8), grilled Merguez sausage with a chickpea salad ($10), a cheese plate ($12), fried apple turnovers with vanilla ice cream ($9), and more.
After the jump: Chowhound love for Kevin's in Red Hook, Brooklyn's own Egyptian hot sauce, and Tanoreen's big move...
348 Sackett All Spoken For
Remember 348 Sackett Street? The six-unit development hit the market in early September and, we just found out, was sold out by last month. Along with the 14 Townhouses, another datapoint suggesting that the market likes these clean modern interpretations of the townhouse form.
Development Watch: Windows for Sackett [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: 346-348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 348 Sackett Street [Brownstoner]
Decent Progress at 90 North 5th Street
The Scarano-designed development at 90 North 5th Street in Williamsburg hit the market in July and so far eight of the 23 units are in contract; the first closings are supposed to happen in January. The kitchens look pretty nice (except for those odd handles on the cabinets) and the living rooms look open and benefit from large windows; the bathrooms, however, aren't doing it for us.
9inety North 5th Listings [Aptandlofts.com]GMAP P*Shark DOB
Checking In On 90 North 5th Street [Brownstoner]
Sterling Green Sold Out
Sterling Green, the environmentally-conscious new development at 580 Sterling Place in Prospect Heights, is sold out as of last month. According to StreetEasy, the last of the eight units went into contract just before Thanksgiving. A couple of the units had their prices reduced modestly throughout the sales process, but overall the project was able to buck the price-cutting trend that has dominated this year. Impressive.
Developer: Sterling Green Is "Seriously Green" [Brownstoner]
Sterling Green Gets a Facade [Brownstoner] GMAP
Avalon More Than 20% Rented and 10% Occupied
If you've noticed some lights on at Avalon Fort Greene, the mammoth new rental development at the corner of Myrtle and Flatbush Avenues, that's cuz somebody's home. There are now 78 apartments being occupied at the 650-unit project, which started marketing around Labor Day and only become ready for move-ins a couple of weeks ago. An additional 72 apartments have been rented, meaning the building's now 23% rented.
All Is Revealed at Avalon Fort Greene [Brownstoner]
Avalon Myrtle Showing Some Brick [Brownstoner]
Avalon Myrtle Passes the 3/4 Mark [Brownstoner] GMAP
Development Watch: Avalon Myrtle in High Gear [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: Avalon Rising on Myrtle [Brownstoner]
Avalon is an advertiser on Brownstoner.com
Landmarking Tensions Build in Carroll Gardens
A fight is brewing in Carroll Gardens over a growing movement to expand the two-block stretch of landmarked area to include more of the neighborhood's old houses. Predictably, the battle appears to forming along class and generation lines, with the more working-class old-timers bristling at the loss of control over their own homes. "I bought my house under the pretense that I can do what I want to it - inside and outside," long-time resident Butch Mule told The Daily News. Unfortunately, though, some of these long-time residents have not exactly distinguished themselves as guardians of the neighborhood's architectural legacy. "We don't want buildings to get funky additions on top and inappropriate modifications to the facade," said architect John Hathaway, who is among those who have lived in the neighborhood for decades that does feel the area's buildings are worth protecting. "The neighborhood has become so popular because of what it [looks like]."
Issue of Landmarking Splits Carroll Gardens [NY Daily News]
Wednesday Links
Modest Gains in City Math Scores on Federal Test [NY Times]
Insurgents Oust Transit Union’s Leaders [NY Times]
City Explores Deal With Google to Digitize Tax Photos [NY Times]
Where Have the Ingersoll-Whitman Tenants Gone? [NYT/Local]
Bloomberg Vetoes Parking Grace Period [NY Post]
Bedford Bike Lane Painters Turn Themselves In [NY Post]
Gowanus Superfund Movement Gets Facebook Page [NY Post]
Two Teachers in Midwood Caught Nude Together [NY Daily News]
Engert Avenue Condos Ready for Occupancy [Brooklyn Eagle]
Photo by markamav
Tuesday Blogwrap
6,000 Children [brooklynometry]
A Gym on Myrtle? [ClintonHillBlog]
Public Housing Is Slowly Disappearing In Fort Greene… [TRFG]
Brooklyn Mercantile and Stitch Therapy Join Forces [All About 5th]
Police Search For Suspects In Clinton Hill Killing [Gothamist]
Brooklyn Flushing Avenue 2009. Photo by Legion:) from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Closing Bell: Lighting on Livingston
At the end of last week, this projected light show went up at 285 Livingston Street. It's part of a broader program of public art presented by DBP's YOUR ART HERE and the Court-Livingston-Schermerhorn BID.
Development Watch: 135 North 11th Street
This new six-story building rising at 135 North 11th Street in Williamsburg was designed by the prolific Gene Kaufman. When the dust settles, there will be 43 new apartments in the mix. GMAP P*Shark DOB
StreetLevel: 3rd Avenue Super 8 Actually Opening?
Last week big Super 8 signage went up on the hotel-to-be at President and 3rd Avenue. The building has looked complete for the better part of a year, and back in May a Super 8 rep said its opening was imminent. Perhaps the new signs mean it will actually be in business at some point soon, though the property is still not listed on Super 8's website. When it does open it'll be the fourth Gowanus-area hotel in operation. Two others are under construction and there are four additional sites nearby where hotels are planned but construction is either stalled or hasn't begun.
Gowanus Super 8 Opening Soon [Brownstoner] GMAP
House of the Day: 775 East 19th Street
Back in 2005 (when it was an Open House Pick) 775 East 19th Street sold for $965,000. The new owners proceeded to do a detailed renovation of the old Victorian charmer, and just put it back up for resale with a price tag of $1,425,000. The 11-room house certainly is a nice one that'll have no shortage of interested suitors. The question is whether the price is right.
775 East 19th Street [Mary Kay Gallagher] GMAP P*Shark
775 East 19th Street [Corcoran]
Co-op of the Day: 45 Plaza Street West, #6F
This two-bedroom co-op at 45 Plaza Street West strikes us as quite a sensible apartment. There's nothing flashy about it, but it's well laid out, has three exposures, a foyer, windowed kitchen, etc. The maintenance is also only $780 a month. And the asking price also seems reasonable at $650,000. It'll probably go for a little less because that's what listings do these days, but it probably won't miss the market by much.
45 Plaza Street West, #6F [Brown Harris Stevens] GMAP P*Shark
Last Week's Biggest Sales
1. COBBLE HILL $1,615,000
137 Kane Street GMAP (left)
This 3,264-sf, 4-family was listed for $1,749,000 in July, according to StreetEasy. Its listing said it had been gut renovated. Entered into contract on 10/19/09; closed on 11/20/09; deed recorded on 11/30/09.
2. PARK SLOPE $1,345,500
376 8th Street GMAP (right)
This 2,520-sf, 2-family brownstone was listed for $1,499,000 in July. Entered into contract on 8/29/09; closed on 11/24/09; deed recorded on 12/3/09.
3. MANHATTAN BEACH $1,308,000
271 Amherst Street GMAP
This is a 1,008-sf, ocean-block house, according to its listing. The property was asking $1,975,000 and last sold for $1,140,000 in late 2006. Entered into contract on 7/15/09; closed on 11/23/09; deed recorded on 12/4/09.
4. DUMBO $1,275,000
1 Main Street, #6K GMAP
This 2-bedroom condo in the Clocktower spent a long time on the market, according to StreetEasy: It was first listed for $1,750,000 in March '07 and the price was cut several times, until it was ultimately asking $1,399,000. Entered into contract on 8/27/09; closed on 11/20/09; deed recorded on 12/3/09.
5. WILLIAMSBURG $1,181,170
1 Northside Piers, #PH-3 GMAP
This 1,688-sf unit in Northside Piers was first listed for $2,111,990 a year ago, according to StreetEasy, and the price was cut to $1,350,990 in February. Entered into contract on 10/1/09; closed on 11/17/09; deed recorded on 12/2/09.
Photos from Property Shark.
Delays and Problems at Ingersoll and Whitman Houses
Back in 2004, tenants began getting booted from their apartments at the Ingersoll and Whitman public housing complexes in Fort Greene to make way for a much-needed renovation that was forecast to be complete by this year. In classic New York City Housing Authority style, though, the renovation is far from complete (the finish date has been pushed back to 2012) and the displaced tenants are still, well, displaced. According to an article in today's New York Times, 923 out of 3,500 units now sit empty, as long as you don't count the drug dealers and squatters who avail themselves of the free real estate. “This is a classic case of administrative mismanagement,” said Assemblyman Joseph R. Lentol of Brooklyn. “It’s really pathetic when you think about how long this has taken and how administratively they could have done it better.” Here's a slice-of-life from the one of the complexes:
At Ingersoll, the windows of a few empty units have been shattered. Teenagers who broke into a vacant unit in the building recently left the door unlocked. One evening, there was a bicycle next to the refrigerator, gang graffiti on the walls and a condom wrapper on the floor. The light in the kitchen still worked.
Pleasant.
2 Brooklyn Complexes With a Ghost-Town Feel [NY Times]
Photo from iluvmesomefreaks
218 Myrtle Has a Name: The Andrea
Thanks to a tipster, we've got this breaking shot of the new signage that just went up on the side of 218 Myrtle Avenue, the first of (hopefully) four buildings that John Catsimatidis' Red Apple group plans to build on this block. From the sign, we learn the name of the rental project: The Andrea. The website is just a landing page with a form to express early interest, so no pricing information yet.
Development Watch: 218 Myrtle Almost There [Brownstoner] GMAP
Catsimatidis' 218 Myrtle To Open in September [Brownstoner]
Updated Renderings of Catsimatidis' Myrtle Project [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Halfway There [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Rising [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Marches On [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 202 Myrtle Avenue [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 162 Myrtle Avenue [Brownstoner]
Catsimatidis Tweaks Blueprints for Myrtle [Brownstoner]
Catsimatidis Ready to Go on Myrtle? [Brownstoner]
Walkabout: My Favorites - Commercial and Civic Buildings
Our regular architecture columnist who on this site goes by the username Montrose Morris files another piece this morning...This month I’m highlighting some of my favorite Brooklyn buildings, as well as the favorites as indicated by reader responses. Mine are mostly in Brownstone Brooklyn because that’s what I know. Today’s faves are all commercial and civic buildings, although some have been repurposed for other uses, including residential. The original owners and their architects wanted buildings that were functional, but also added to the streetscape of a prosperous and growing city. If a building was impressive, and had their name or company emblazoned on it, that didn’t hurt, either. Many of these civic and commercial buildings were designed by the same architects who designed the homes and neighborhoods of these same movers and shakers of the 19th and early 20th century. Some of these buildings I pass quite frequently, some I see less often, but always enjoy. Perhaps you’ve never noticed some of them, and the photos will surprise you, and hopefully, some are your favorites, too. Some are considered Brooklyn’s best and most important buildings, some I just like. Thursday’s column will highlight more favorite commercial and civic buildings suggested by readers, including the Brooklyn Historic Society, Boy’s High School, Fire Headquarters and the Montauk Club, all of which are among my favorites, as well. Here, in no particular order, are twenty more. Some of these will be expanded upon in the future. If you would like to add your favorites, please comment below. All the buildings are featured on my Flickr page.
1. Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Building, 75 Livingston St, corner of Court. AF Simberg, architect, 1927. Style: Early Art Deco.
2. Abraham and Straus secondary building, Livingston St. at Gallatin Place. Downtown Brooklyn. Architect, George L. Morse. 1885. Style: Romanesque Revival.
3. Temple Bar Building, 44 Court Street at Joralemon. George L. Morse, architect 1901. Style: Neo-Classic.
4. Eagle Warehouse and Storage Co, 28 Old Fulton St. DUMBO. Frank Freeman, architect, 1893. Style: Romanesque Revival.
5. Boat House, Prospect Park, Helmle and Huberty, architects, 1904. Style: Neo-Classic.
Continue reading "Walkabout: My Favorites - Commercial and Civic Buildings"
Revenge of the Bedford Bike Lane Activists
Angered over the city's backroom deal with Hasidic community leaders to remove a 14-block stretch of bicycle lane on Bedford Avenue in South Williamsburg, a group of bike lane proponents took matters into their own hands early Monday morning. Interestingly, a post on StreetsBlog claims that the renegade painters included some members of the Hasidic community. "Scores of people in the Hasidic community are actually pissed about this bike lane being eradicated at the behest of traditionalists," said Baruch Herzfeld, a local bike-shop operator and cycling advocate with ties to both the Jewish and secular groups in the area. "These members of the community may not want to 'come out' as bike warriors just yet, but they're promising continuous action until the bike lane returns."
Hipsters Caught Repainting Bedford Bike Lane [NY Post]
Video: Repainting the Bedford Avenue Bike Lane [NY Daily News]
Guerrilla Stripers Paint Back Bedford Bike Lane [StreetsBlog]
Men Arrested Trying To Repaint Bedford Bike Lane [Gothamist]
Bloomie Breaks Ground on McCarren Reno
A ground-breaking ceremony was held yesterday at McCarren Park and Curbed was there for the play-by-play, which included the requisite tossing of dirt. Despite a few references to McLaren Park, Mayor Bloomberg mustered lots of energy and enthusiasm for the $50 million project—which includes a new pool (which will morph into a skating rink in the winter) and a year-round indoor gym. You can check out the new schematic in addition to a bunch of other photo-op shots on the link.
Bloomberg Says He'll Beat Hipsters Into Reno'd McCarren Park [Curbed]
Bloomy Shovels Dirt at McCarren Park Pool [Brooklyn Papers]
Kickoff Held for McCarren Pool Restoration [Brooklyn Eagle]
Council's Land Use Committee Approves Broadway Triangle
The controversial rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle moved another step closer to final approval with a 12-6 vote in its favor by the City Council Land Use Committee. The plan, which has been attacked for its lack of transparency and competition as well as for being unfairly tilted in favor of the Jewish community, would change the building rules for the 31-acre tract, and in so doing theoretically make way for the creation of 1,851 apartments, 844 of which would theoretically be moderately priced; critics of the plan question whether all of the affordable units will actually get built. Next up in the ULURP approval process: The Department of City Planning, after which the plan gets kicked back for a Council-wide vote, where it could get signed into law before year's end. A statement from Council Member Al Vann probably paints a pretty good picture of the political process that enables such a dirty bill to carry the day: "While I agree that the process was flawed in that surrounding communities and their representatives were not adequately consulted, I feel a greater loyalty to respect the preference of the Community Board and Council Member whose district is being rezoned." Yuck.
Rezoning of Brooklyn’s Broadway Triangle Advances [NYT/Cityroom]
City Council's Land Use Committee Approves Broadway Triangle [NYDN]
Council Committee Approves Broadway Triangle Plan [NY1]
A Step Forward for Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
The Fate of the Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
Community Groups Sue City over Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
Barney's Looking for Co-op Space in Cobble Hill
The first thing we thought about when we read the opening paragraph of yesterday's Crain's article dropping the big news that Barney's was eyeing Cobble Hill for its first Brooklyn location of the Barney's Co-Op was the new Two Trees rental building at 200 Atlantic Avenue. And then, sure enough, further down in the piece: "The company would not provide details, but real estate insiders speculate that Barneys will take space on Atlantic Avenue, the thoroughfare that is already home to upscale clothier Steven Alan and home decorator Jonathan Adler." The retail space at 200 Atlantic would make perfect sense, in our humble opinion. Or maybe they'll take over the lease from Urban Outfitters, which clearly ain't working out too well.
Making Book on Barneys [Crain's]
Tuesday Links
M.T.A. Tax Revenue Is $200 Million Short [NY Times]
Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show [NY Times]
A Second Murder on Stuy/Hill Border [NYT/Local]
An Effort to Spread Green Power to Coasts [NY Post]
Bed Stuy Community Organization Robbed [NY Daily News]
Brooklyn Savings: Cobble Hill Deals [NY Daily News]
16 New Habitat for Humanity Homes for Bed Stuy [Brooklyn Eagle]
De Blasio Backtracks on School Exemption [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by Erik Madsen
Monday Blogwrap
Brunch at River Barrel [Eat It]
Christmas Creche Returns to Brooklyn Borough Hall [mcbrooklyn]
The Dos and Don’ts of DIY Holiday Gifts [Brokelyn]
More Tickets For Car Seat Violations [Gothamist]
The Word of Fifth [All About 5th]
Photo by ekonon from the Brownstoner Flickr Pool.
Closing Bell: The Evolution of the Hipster
Worth a chuckle...Paste magazine documents the evolution of the hipster over the last decade, from The Emo of 200 to the Meta-Nerd of 2009.
Development Watch: 73 Pineapple Street
It's been a year since we checked in on 73 Pineapple Street, the five-story new building that required some back-and-forth with the Landmarks Preservation Commission before getting greenlighted in early 2008. A year ago, it was not much more than a hole in the ground. Now it's risen three stories.
Development Watch: 73 Pineapple Street [Brownstoner]
73 Pineapple Gets Unanimous Thumbs-Up at LPC [Brownstoner] GMAP
LPC Urges 'Do Over' for 73 Pineapple Street Plan [Brownstoner] DOB
Streetlevel: New Cafe for Dumbo
It looks like Dumbo is getting a new cafe called Dumbo Muffin. The signage at 63 Pearl Street says it will have an "Espresso Bar & Gourmet Food," though it's unclear whether this is really what the neighborhood needs. After all, there's Rebar around the corner, Almondine on Water Street and Choice is about to open on Jay Street. We would have preferred a Banh Mi joint, but hope this place does well! GMAP
House of the Day: 371 8th Street
This brownstone at 371 8th Street surely has great potential for an intrepid renovator. The 12.5-foot-wide house may be in need of a gut renovation as the listing points out (hence no interior photos), but the exterior is charming and the location is nothing to sniff at. How about that price? $900,000 for 2,250 square feet of space? That's $400 a foot before you even talk to an architect. We shall see.
371 8th Street [Orrichio Anderson] GMAP P*Shark
Co-op of the Day: 360 Clinton Avenue, #5B
Here's a very generously-sized one-bedroom at one of the nicer prewar apartment buildings in Clinton Hill. The fifth-floor co-op at 360 Clinton Avenue has a good layout and some original architectural details to recommend it; and the monthly maintenance of $809 is pretty fair for a building with a part-time doorman. Still, the asking price of $520,000 seems like a bit of a stretch for a one-bedroom in this part of town, even if it is large and attractive.
360 Clinton Avenue, #5B [Douglas Elliman] GMAP P*Shark
The Toren Holds First Closing, Wants in on FHA Program
The Toren had its first closing last week two days before Thanksgiving, according to public records that just became available. The unit in question was a 1,033-square-foot two-bedroom on the 19th floor. It hit the market in March 2008 for $725,000 and went into contract within a month for the asking price. In related news, since deals like that are a thing of the past, The Toren has decided to try to get in on the FHA action. "I think the FHA approval will help with the buyers who were initially only looking to put 10 percent down," Roberta Benzilio, executive director of sales in Brooklyn for Halstead Property, told The Real Deal. "Some people don't have the cash available." Another stat from the Real Deal article: about half the units are in contract.
Toren Seeks FHA Financing, Closings Expected [TRD]
The Edge Gets FHA Approval
At the end of last week, The Edge, the 922-unit development on the Williamsburg waterfront (above), announced via email that it had been approved to participate in the FHA program. (The news first appeared in The Real Deal before Thanksgiving.) Translation: Buyers of units inexpensive enough to qualify for conforming loans (up to $729,750) can get low mortgage rates with low down payments (only 3.5%). Earlier this year, when things were really bad, this was the only way any condos were selling; it'll be interesting to see what kind of boost The Edge gets from it now.
20 Bayard Goes Belly Up
The sponsors of the condo 20 Bayard Street have filed for Chapter 11, according to a story in the Real Deal. The development, which was the priciest of the three Karl Fischer Row buildings overlooking McCarren Park, first showed signs of being on shaky financial ground when about half of its units were offered as rentals last winter. Sponsors North Development Group, which is led by Isaac Hager, owe upwards of $10 million to 50 different creditors, according to the bankruptcy filings. What will this mean for the people who bought there?
20 Bayard Condo Files for Chapter 11 [The Real Deal] GMAP
Photo by zachvs.
City Ups Ante in Bid to Take Over Brooklyn Bridge Park
At a community meeting tonight, the city plans to unveil its plan to inject $55 million (and possible more at a later date) into the development of Brooklyn Bridge Park, reports The Daily News. The move would postpone, and possibly eliminate, the need to build condos in the park, a possibility that has divided the community for years and only added to the park's troubles. In return for the large capital injection, Bloomberg wants sole control of the waterfront land. To date, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation has been a joint venture between the city and the state, an arrangement whose bureaucratic inefficiencies are not hard to imagine. Offering a way to take the condos off the table may be the clincher, given that it's the main sticking point for newish State Senator Daniel Squadron. "A city takeover has great potential if there's money on the table [and] a meaningful discussion of alternatives to housing," the senator told The Daily News.
Bloomberg Intensifying Bid to Wrest control of BBP from State [NYDN]
Gatehouses Land in Brooklyn Bridge Park [Brownstoner]
Brooklyn Bridge Park: Progress and Funding [Brownstoner]
A Look at the Court-Livingston
This week the Streetscapes lens is trained on the high-rise co-op at 66 Court Street, which is usually referred to nowadays as 75 Livingston. The building, which was finished in the late '20s, used to be called the Court-Livingston, and it was the first—and, as it turned out, only—big project architect Abraham J. Simberg undertook: "The Court Street building was a big project for a beginning architect, but Mr. Simberg developed a blocky, faceted neo-Gothic tower that is perfectly credible against the rest of the skyline. The owners began missing tax and mortgage payments in early 1929, however, and by 1932 the building had gone into receivership, according to a 1939 article in The New York Times. And Mr. Simberg? It is unfortunate that just after his big break the stock market crashed. Through the 1930s, he did a series of modest alterations, like many major architects."
Portrait of a Building as a Young High-Rise [NY Times] GMAP
Brouhaha in Carroll Gardens Over School Expansion Plan
The Hannah Senesh School's desire to build a two-story addition to its facility on what is now a city-owned courtyard has provoked a firestorm of criticism from some Carroll Gardens residents, a population that hasn't been known to shy away from not-in-my-front-yard battles. At issue in the neighborhood's latest development skirmish is a Local Law amendment outgoing Councilman Bill de Blasio plans to introduce that would permit the school to sidestep the mandated setback at its 1st Place and Smith Street property for a build-out. Although a rep for the Councilman says this would be a one-time exception to the rules and regs, outraged community members think it could set a precedent for building over the area's front yards. And the language from the opposition has gotten fiery! Some quotes, c/o the Eagle: “We have worked so hard to save our courtyards, only to be sold out by our councilman”; "Can you believe that here is the city’s new public advocate [de Blasio] selling off the neighborhood that he still represents — courtyards that have been protected by law since 1845!"; and "Imagine if more owners of corner properties should claim the right to build on their corner garden?" De Blasio is expected to ask the Council to approve the amendment on Wednesday.
Historic Gardens Threatened by Precedent-Setting Proposal [Brooklyn Eagle]
'Carroll' Crusade [NY Post]
Councilman Angering Many in Carroll Gardens [PMFA]
Duped in Carroll Gardens [CG CORD]
Weekday Events
Brooklyn Sings for Health Care Reform
The money raised at this upcoming show will go to Campaign For A National Health Plan (CNHPUSA) for radio, tv, and print adds to promote single-payer health plan, rental for spaces that hold town hall style meetings to raise awareness, and recruit more people to work towards making single-payer health care a reality. Performances will be held by April Smith, Tracy Bonham, Dayna Kurtz, Kaiser Cartel, Mascott, Lucinda Black Bear, Cat Martino, Milton, Kevin McGinnis, Greta Gertler and other special surprise guests. Thursday, December 10. 7:30 p.m. $12 in advance. $15 at the door. 149 7th Street, The Bell House.
Community Board 3 Meeting
The Community Board 3 will be holding its next community meeting this Monday. The Economic Development Committee will give a presentation on “Know the Facts, Don’t Loose Your Home.” All are welcome to attend. Monday, December 7. 7 p.m. Free. 1958 Fulton Street, Multi-Service Center.
Newtown Creek Public Meeting
The City of New York invites you to attend a public informational meeting on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to add Newtown Creek to its National Priorities List (Superfund). The public informational meeting will include a presentation followed by a question and answer session. Should you have any questions about the public informational meeting, please contact Phil Young, Office of the Mayor, 212 788-9541. Tuesday, December 8. 6 p.m. Free. 50 Bedford Avenue, Automotive High School.
Please send your events listings to events@brownstoner.com
Monday Links
Bloomberg Drops an Effort to Cut Building Energy Use [NY Times]
Brooklyn Fire Disturbs Lives and Cherished Memories [NY Times]
Foreclosures Can Offer Deals, but Buyer Beware [NY Times]
Midwood: Where Prosperity Breeds Proximity [NY Times]
Quinn to Announce Holistic Food Program for City [NY Times]
Two Shot on Clifton Place Last Night [NY Post]
Coney Plan Draws Many Bidders [NY Daily News]
Asbestos Fears Close Lafayette High School [NY Daily News]
Barron to Challenge Quinn for Speaker [NY Daily News]
Student Shot Dead in Red Hook [NY Daily News]
NY Housing Czar Steps Down [Crain's]
Photo by awertz
Latest Restaurant Additions
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Teeda
added July 30, 2010 12:00 PM in Columbia Street Waterfront -
Bean Post Pub
added July 29, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Cobble Grill
added July 28, 2010 12:00 PM in Cobble Hill -
Agnanti Meze
added July 27, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Margaret Palca Bakes
added July 26, 2010 12:00 PM in Columbia Street Waterfront -
Skinflints
added July 23, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Joe's Restaurant
added July 22, 2010 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Elia
added July 21, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge -
Abilene
added July 20, 2010 12:00 PM in Carroll Gardens -
Pegasus
added July 19, 2010 12:00 PM in Bay Ridge