Posted by in Real Estate on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
On the Market: Cabana-Happy Griffin Court Launches Sales in Hell’s Kitchen
On the Market: Cabana-Happy Griffin Court Launches Sales in Hell’s Kitchen
We said last month that recent Hell’s Kitchen Development Du Jour Griffin Court would be launching sales on March 9, and a StreetEasy check reveals the building has indeed begun sales. Way to be on the ball! In fact, it looks like every apartment in the 95-unit two-building complex has been listed....
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Posted by in New York, Real Estate on 03 10th, 2010 | No Comments
DOB Smackdowns: Illegal Conversion Boots Tenants From 1182 Broadway
DOB Smackdowns: Illegal Conversion Boots Tenants From 1182 Broadway
Our tipline has been abuzz this morning with rumors that all tenants were evacuated yesterday from rental building 1182 Broadway . We checked with the Department of Buildings—which has one “work without permit” violation posted for the property—to get the full story. And that...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 03 9th, 2010 | No Comments
CurbedWire: Rumblings in East Harlem; FiDi’s 99 John Perks Up
CurbedWire: Rumblings in East Harlem; FiDi’s 99 John Perks Up
EAST HARLEM— Work was supposed to begin on the city-spearheaded redevelopment of East 125th Street last year. Is 2010 the charm? The site of the East Harlem Media, Entertainment and Cultural Center is newly active, a tipster writes: “I’ve noticed a lot of new restaurants, grocers,...
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Posted by in New York on 03 5th, 2010 | No Comments
Apple Laptops Stolen In "Sophisticated" NJ Best Buy Heist
Apple Laptops Stolen In "Sophisticated" NJ Best Buy Heist
Yesterday, twenty Apple laptops were stolen from a Best Buy in South Brunswick, NJ by a crew of very craft thieves: A detective said there was a “High level of sophistication… They never set off any motion sensors. They never touched the floor. They rappelled in and rappelled out.”...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
PriceChopper: Marble Triplex Forced off its High Horse at Former Tribeca Stables
PriceChopper: Marble Triplex Forced off its High Horse at Former Tribeca Stables
A condo at the landmark American Express Carriage set off some alarm bells last month with a little bit of fire sale language. Still, we thought Marble House , the 9,200-square-foot triplex within the building (with a separate entrance at 60 Collister Street) would make it through okay. After all, it’s...
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Posted by in Real Estate on 03 4th, 2010 | No Comments
Should Burg Go Burb?: Amid all the hubbub about affordable…
Should Burg Go Burb?: Amid all the hubbub about affordable…
Amid all the hubbub about affordable housing at Williamsburg’s New Domino megaproject, a few other concerns are perhaps getting lost. Like the complaint that all the development’s parking spaces will make residents too lazy to use public transportation. And, according to Streetsblog, those...
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Posted by in New York on 03 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Shitty Fight in Bay Ridge
Shitty Fight in Bay Ridge
The Brooklyn Paper police blotter reports that a Bay Ridge drunkard used his own excrement as a weapon Sunday morning. Around 5 a.m. an unidentified man returned home with his girlfriend only to be “welcomed by the aroma of excrement. The couple investigated the smell, only to find… a drunken...
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Posted by in New York on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
Hundreds Evacuated After Manhattan Courthouse Fire
Hundreds Evacuated After Manhattan Courthouse Fire
silverbutterfly Nearly 1,000 people were evacuated from a Lower Manhattan courthouse this morning because of a fire that’s thought to have started in a wooden contractor’s shed or in the building’s basement. Around 10:30 a.m. defendants were taken back to their cells in another building...
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Posted by in New York on 03 2nd, 2010 | No Comments
18-Year-Old City Council Candidate Attacked by Rival
18-Year-Old City Council Candidate Attacked by Rival
In Borough Park, Brooklyn an 18-year-old is running for City Council on the platform of saving student metrocards and funding for the FDNY , but already an older opponent is trying to sully his name. David Greenfield, who’s already backed by Mayor Bloomberg, is suing Abraham Tischler, claiming...
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