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Portland Thai Favorite Coming to Columbia Street
On Friday news hit that Portland’s much-loved Thai restaurant Pok Pok will be opening an outpost on Columbia Street. The restaurant will be located at 127 Columbia Street, in the space that housed Pit Stop and, more recently, 5 Burro Cafe. Here’s what the owners of Pok Pok have to say about the opening: “This is another great neighborhood, quiet and full of families, parks, low key businesses with a view of the Manhattan skyline across the water. Pok Pok Ny has a tiny dining room and a big outdoor seating area, kind of like Pok Pok PDX.” It’s slated to open within the next few months.
Pok Pok NY Will Open at 127 Columbia St., Brooklyn [Eater] GMAP
Pok Pok Ny Will Open in the Columbia Waterfront District [Grub St]
10/31/2011 10:00 AM
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New Bike Lane Painted by Pier 6
This is how the new bike lane running next to the existing greenway on Columbia Street was looking as of Saturday. The lane, which is one of several street improvements the DOT is implementing near the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6, runs from Atlantic Avenue to Congress Street. The purpose of it is to move bikes off the sidewalk path next to the water.
Some Strides on Street Upgrades Near Pier 6 [Brownstoner] GMAP
Street Upgrades Near Pier 6 Starting This Month [Brownstoner]
10/03/2011 12:00 PM
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Jalopy Theatre Taking Over Old Moonshine Space
The space that housed the Columbia Street bar Moonshine, which recently closed, won’t sit unused for long. The owners of the neighboring Jalopy Theatre have announced plans to take it over. The new business is going to be called The Big Time Jalopy Tavern Bar and Grill. The owners tell Lost City that Moonshine’s antique bar will remain.
Jalopy Theatre Takes Over Old Moonshine Bar Space [Lost City]
Jalopy to Expand to Become Jalopy Tavern! [The Word on Columbia St]
Last Call at Moonshine This Weekend [Brownstoner] GMAP
09/29/2011 2:00 PM
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New Wine Bar Open on Union and Hicks
Just Another Brooklyn Blog has an interior photo and some details about the Flying Lobster, the wine bar that the owner of Petite Crevette has opened next to his restaurant on Union and Hicks. According to the post, the “bar will offer customers waiting for tables a place to sit and have a drink, though Petite Crevette will still remain BYOB.” Wines start at $7, and a tapas menu is in the works.
The Flying Lobster Wine Bar Has Soft Opening [JABB] GMAP
09/28/2011 2:00 PM
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Rental of the Day: 29 Tiffany Place, #3H
The exposed beams and wood floors are great touches in this two bedroom at 29 Tiffany Place, near the Columbia Street Waterfront. It doesn’t look like a huge apartment, but it certainly appears livable. The rent is $2,850/month. How does that seem for the far side of the BQE?
29 Tiffany Place, #3H [Corcoran] GMAP P*Shark
09/27/2011 12:32 PM
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New Bagel Shop Open in Red Hook
The South Brooklyn Bagel Cafe opened late last week on Hamilton Avenue between Van Brunt and Columbia Street. The menu features standard bagel shop fare and pricing (bagels with butter are $1, and most cold-cut sandwiches run around $5). It’s unique for the area, though, in being open 24 hours a day.
South Brooklyn Bagel Cafe [Official Site] GMAP
09/26/2011 2:00 PM
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Some Strides on Street Upgrades Near Pier 6
Last month the city started putting in street improvements near Pier 6—at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, Furman Street and Columbia Street/the Brooklyn Greenway—and so far the beginning of a plaza space near the start of the greenway is in evidence (click through to see the DOT’s full plan for the area). It doesn’t seem as though the upgrades are going to make the pedestrian or bike approach under the BQE significantly less harrowing, though perhaps the still-to-come new pedestrian island on Atlantic will do some good. GMAP (more…)
09/23/2011 11:30 AM
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Last Call at Moonshine This Weekend
Moonshine, the Columbia Street bar, is calling it quits in a few days. Patch reports that the fate of the space is “murky,” but it’s possible that it will continue on as a new bar under different ownership. According to the bar’s website, it will “open at 2pm until ???” for a last run on Saturday. GMAP
09/14/2011 2:00 PM
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New Diner Opening on Columbia Street
The Word on Columbia Street notices that a biz called Water’s Edge Diner is opening in the old Waterfront Family Restaurant storefront between Sackett and Union streets. The interior of the long-unused space, which Lost City had photos of last year, was in the process of being gutted yesterday.
Changes on Columbia Street [TWOCS] GMAP
09/08/2011 2:00 PM
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Columbia Street: Seems About A Hundred Years Ago…
What tender days, we had no secrets hid away…Lost City ran this very cool photo of the Bolton Drug Co., which at the turn of the century was located on the corner of Columbia and Union Streets. (This is actually the oldest photo of Columbia Street that the blog has been able to find anywhere.) The post also includes a tax lot photo of the same location around World War II, at which point it was a luncheonette by the name of Brody’s. Now it’s a store called Union Max. To see a bigger version of the Bolton’s photo, click here. GMAP
07/28/2011 11:03 AM
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Development Watch: 49-53 Summit Street
The nine-unit development on Summit Street off Columbia Street has really shot up in the last couple of months. When finished, this will be three adjoining buildings that each have three units.
Development Watch: 49-53 Summit Street [Brownstoner]
Development Watch: 51 Summit Street [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
07/25/2011 2:40 PM
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Bagel Shop Coming to Summit Street
A sign has gone up announcing that a biz called South Brooklyn Bagel Cafe will open in a storefront on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Summit Street in Red Hook. According to the sign, it’s going to be a 24-hour operation with outdoor seating. GMAP
06/23/2011 2:00 PM
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Columbia Commons Sells Out
Last time we heard about Columbia Commons, the new development on Warren and Hicks streets, there were only five units still on the market. Now, all are spoken for. Prices at the 42-unit building went from $399,000 to $2,065,000, and it hit the market last May. Not too shabby.
Brisk Sales for BQE Condo [Brownstoner] GMAP
06/22/2011 11:00 AM
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Italian Restaurant Open on Columbia Street
Late last week Casa di Campagna, an Italian restaurant on the corner of Columbia and Kane, opened for business. (Patch ran shots of its interior and lovely looking backyard.) The menu has pastas running from $9.95 for baked ziti to $15.95 for linguine with clams; entrees like shrimp scampi ($17.95); and a bunch of different pizza options (large grandma pie=$19.95). Click through to see the menu in full.
Italian Restaurant in the Works for Columbia St [Brownstoner] GMAP
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06/15/2011 2:00 PM
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Closing Bell: New Exhibit at Columbia Street’s Art Lot
There’s a new exhibition up at Columbia Street’s Art Lot, on the corner of Sackett. The display, which features work by artists Aimee Burg, Erin Burke, Jessica Cannon, and Phillip Stearns, is called “All Jokes Aside.” According to a sign outside the lot, the pieces look into ideas of “past, present, and future through the visual language of humor.” The sculpture in the foreground, the signs says, is a spin on a Victorian porch, with the “glittery, almost gaudy dress” meant to look like a “twisted porch swing.” GMAP
06/07/2011 4:00 PM
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Development Watch: 49-53 Summit Street
There’s been progress on the development on Summit Street off Columbia Street, with outlines for three adjoining buildings now visible. When we checked in on it after construction had begun a few months ago, we mistakenly thought this was a single three-unit building, but DOB permits show that three are in the works at 49, 51 and 53 Summit. So, all told, the project will result in nine units.
Development Watch: 51 Summit Street [Brownstoner] GMAP DOB
06/01/2011 2:40 PM
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Closing Bell: Mary Whalen OK’d for Nat’l Register
The state has determined that the Mary A. Whalen, the oil tanker built in 1938 that’s docked in the Red Hook container port, is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. PortSide New York applied for the vessel’s inclusion on the National Register and the NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation deemed it eligible, in part, because of its significance “in the area of historic marine technology as an intact and representative example of a motorized coastal and harbor tanker/lighter from the 1930s.” PortSide notes that it applied for the tanker to be listed because a “major national funder” has approached the group about supporting its restoration with a new grant, but it needed to be either a city landmark or on the National Register to be eligible for the money. Exciting stuff!
Mary A. Whalen Gets New and National Recognition! [PortSide Mary Whalen] GMAP
05/25/2011 4:00 PM
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49 Woodhull Comes to Market
There are now six two-bedroom listings up for the Columbia Street Waterfront condo 49 Woodhull Street, with prices running between $649,000 and $679,000. All come in around 1,000 square feet. This building isn’t going to win any beauty pageants, but considering the success of nearby developments 25 Carroll and 100 Congress, the neighborhood definitely has appeal to buyers. How do you think it’ll do?
49 Woodhull Street Listings [StreetEasy] GMAP
05/19/2011 11:30 AM
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Columbia Street’s Iro Sushi Calls it Quits
Iro Sushi, the restaurant on the corner of Columbia and Kane that opened a couple years ago, has ceased to exist. The property is owned by the Fifth Avenue Committee, which is looking to lease the 776-square-foot space for $30 a foot. GMAP
05/03/2011 12:00 PM
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The Gowanus Nursery’s New Digs
The Gowanus Nursery, originally located on 3rd Street (in Gowanus) and more recently on Summit Street, in Red Hook, has reopened on the corner of Carroll and Van Brunt. The new location is just around corner from the spot on Summit Street it called home for three seasons. According to the business’s Facebook page, it’s operating on Saturday and Sunday at present until its renovation is complete.
The Gowanus Nursery [Official Site]
05/02/2011 2:00 PM
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