No Dancing at New Atlantic Yards Watering Hole
Last night Community Board 6’s Public Safety Committee approved the liquor license request for the proposed falafel/pizza/gastropub at 604 Pacific Street, a business that residents expressed many concerns about at a board meeting last month. The business intends to lease part of the storefront occupied by the mattress warehouse across from Atlantic Yards. Its owners…
Last night Community Board 6’s Public Safety Committee approved the liquor license request for the proposed falafel/pizza/gastropub at 604 Pacific Street, a business that residents expressed many concerns about at a board meeting last month. The business intends to lease part of the storefront occupied by the mattress warehouse across from Atlantic Yards. Its owners have met with residents and the Flatbush Avenue BID and agreed to stipulations about their operations. They’re as follows: no dancing; no outside promoters; private trash pickup with all refuse remaining inside until pickup day; a 24-hour business number to contact; soundproofing; signage asking patrons not to congregate on the street; security guards and extra security during events; and no outdoor space. The one request that hasn’t been agreed upon are its Thursday night hours: Community members have asked that the bar close at 2 a.m., but the owners are insisting on a 4 a.m. closing time. Ultimately the Public Safety Committee passed the bar/wine license for the pizza and falafel joint and the full liquor license for the gastropub. They also asked that the establishment close at 2 a.m. on Thursdays. It will move on to the full board for a vote next month.
A community board attendee also complained about noise coming from next door, at 602 Pacific Street, where Machavelle Sports Bar & Lounge opened over the weekend, according to Patch. Their liquor license was approved by the SLA and they managed to sidestep community board proceedings before opening. CB6’s public safety chair said he would contact other board members about the matter and get in touch with the bar owner, who apparently lives in the building upstairs.
Community Airs Qualms About Bar Near Barclays [Brownstoner] GMAP
I’m a firm believer that if an area is zoned business/commercial then you move there AT YOUR OWN RISK.
it is…. and is being more and more enforced
get ready, this area will be party central, bridge and tunnel big time once arena opens
isn’t dancing technically illegal in all bars without a cabaret license?
Spnder – huh? Where did I say anything about racially motivated? I’ve always wanted to say this to someone and now I can – go STFU.
Across the street is the triangle point tip of the PC Richards lot. There is probably just as much nosie form Flatbush Ave as noise from this place. I live almost on top of Flatbush Ave, so I know that. The noise is not irritating either.
My point was to wonder if there is a lot of noise resentment for all the places on 5th Ave, if this is being done here, and it seems less populated.
I think the part about banning outside promoters cuts down on the diversity factor, but the other things don’t sound too bad and seem in line with the rules at a lot of other places.
In inevitable transformation of this corner of Park Slope into Landsdown Street or Wrigleyville is on its way.
“Those stipulations are quite severe it seems to me – this block is a total dead zone.”
First off I don’t see how a block being a “dead zone” means the community board should turn a blind eye to it.
Second, these restrictions looks pretty normal to me, especially in NY 2011. I’d guess that 95% of the bars on 5th avenue do not have dancing, nor outside promoters. In fact, you would need a cabaret license for that anyhow. And over the last few years noise has been huge issue for bars both here in Brooklyn and in Manhattan as well. What about all the noise problems with Union Hall? They have been asked to do exactly the same thing.
The inference that this is racially motivated is a red herring.
Those stipulations are quite severe it seems to me – this block is a total dead zone. Every bar on 5th Avenue could arrouse as much ire as this one, but those places are not subject to these policies. Perhaps people feel they should be, but whispers of noise complaints are not something I often hear.
some of those stipulations are ridiculous and would never be put in place on a moonface locavore place that served swiss chard grown in organic beard hair.