Afternoon Links: Arrest of Mailman Under Review, Express F Train Too Expensive
Experts say reviving the F express would be too costly, see new renderings of a Williamsburg mega-development and more Brooklyn news.
Bushwick. Photo by Hombre Tangencial via Flickr
In the News
A Mailman Handcuffed in Brooklyn, Caught on Video [NYT]
American Bistro Gives New Life to Old ‘Burg Factory [NYP]
A Brooklyn Tie-Dye Queen’s Guide to Fort Greene [Racked]
Minimalist Artist’s Meditative Home in New York’s Hudson Valley [Curbed]
Reviving F Express Too Costly, Transit Expert Says [BK Paper]
“Anticipated Development” Drives Record Sale of Gowanus Empty Lot [DNA]
Comment of the Day
if you put back a stoop and it extends onto the city-owned right-of-way (i.e. sidewalk), you need to get permission from the department of transportation, pay several thousand dollars up-front, pay a minor fee to the city each year, AND get the permission renewed every 10 years. Same result even if you can prove a stoop was there in the same position before the time when existing over-hanging stoops were grandfathered last century. Also same result even if you’re in landmark district and the Landmarks commission is encouraging or even requiring you to put back the stoop in order to receive approval for your facade renovation plan.
Incidentally, this city permission and fee is the exact same process for structures UNDER the public right of way, like the Jehovah Witness tunnels in Brooklyn Heights.
— JeremyL in The Remarkable Tale of Brownstone Brooklyn’s Stoops: Here, Gone and Back Again
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