Tag: construction

Brooklyn Mirage cancels much-anticipated reopening after failing to meet city standards

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May. 1, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The Brooklyn Mirage canceled its much-hyped reopening and a sold-out concert on Thursday night after it failed to meet city safety standards In an Instagram post published shortly before DJ Sara Landry was set to take the stage, the Mirage said it had run into trouble with its…

Construction on M line creates turmoil for Bushwick businesses

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Apr. 29, 2025 By Regina Martinez On a triangular lot between Myrtle Avenue and Hart Street, under the M line, Emily Burns serves a latte at Til Death — a coffee shop with no walls and no roof. Burns and her business partner, Megan Brosi, opened the outdoor café during the pandemic to give…

New York Liberty to open ‘player-led’ $80M practice facility in Greenpoint

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Mar. 27, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen The party isn’t over for the WNBA championship-winning New York Liberty, which will open a state-of-the-art new practice facility in Greenpoint in 2027. The $80 million, 75,000-square-foot facility, to be constructed in an old lightbulb factory at the edge of the Newtown Creek, will be entirely funded by…

Premium grocery store, pottery studio to open in Gowanus this summer

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Mar. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Two new businesses, a high-end grocery store and a pottery studio, are set to open in Gowanus this summer. Gowanus Marketplace and Hey Clay will both debut on the ground floor of a new mixed-use development, 420 Carroll, developers announced Thursday. The businesses will join hundreds of residential…

Affordable housing lotto opens for 251 units at The Riverie in Greenpoint

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Feb. 21, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for 251 apartments in a two-building complex in Greenpoint dubbed The Riverie. Located on the banks of the East River, right behind the Greenpoint Ferry Terminal, the development is the latest Greenpoint tower to replace low-slung industrial brick warehouses. Australian-based Lendlease, the…

Brooklyn contractor allegedly used couple’s renovation money for luxury purchases

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Feb. 4, 2025 By Adam Daly A Williamsburg contractor was arraigned Monday on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing $318,000 from a Park Slope couple and spending the money on lavish purchases. Hayk Safaryan, 43, is accused of accepting payment for a major home renovation project on the couple’s brownstone and performing no work,…

Coney Island casino’s future a crapshoot after community board committee votes ‘no’

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Jan. 16, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Community Board 13’s Land Use Committee dealt a blow to the proposed Coney Island casino on Wednesday night, as it voted to deny developers’ application to alter land use restrictions to make way for the facility.  After a heated two-hour meeting, the committee voted 7-2 against the application,…