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Williamsburg–Greenpoint Waterfront

December, 2009

‘Rose’ developer has own thorn — he’s bankrupt!

By Andy Campbell
Williamsburg Waterfront: Here’s another reason why the would-be developer of an 800-unit apartment complex on the South Williamsburg waterfront is so desperate to get his site’s zoning changed from manufacturing to residential: He’s belly up. Comments (8).

This ‘Rose’ has thorns! CB1 blocks developer’s waterfront towers

By Andy Campbell
The Brooklyn Paper / Bess Adler
Williamsburg Waterfront: A developer’s bid for a glitzy, 800-unit mixed-use apartment complex along the Williamsburg waterfront tripped at the first hurdle on Tuesday night when the local community board rejected it 31–8. Comments (13).

November, 2009

Roofus: This tower is just too big

By Cristian Fleming
Williamsburg Waterfront: Our cartoonist, Roofus, doesn’t think too kindly of a Greenpoint developer who wants to build a 47-story luxury tower. Comment.

Take the ‘Edge Challenge’

By Sabrina Jaszi
The Brooklyn Paper / Tony Trezza
Williamsburg Waterfront: The developers of one luxury condo tower in Williamsburg are so confident that you’ll love their building that they’ll drive you to the competition. Comments (4).

Is this tower too big for Greenpoint?

By Will Yakowicz
Williamsburg Waterfront: A developer doesn’t think so, but city zoning rules say otherwise. Comments (9).

October, 2009

A ‘Juicy’ story: Sugary drink maker to fund playground

By Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: You’ve heard of Hershey Park, but have you heard of Nestle Park? Comments (4).

September, 2009

Now the feds want to make Newtown Creek a Superfund site!

By Ben Muessig
Office of the Attorney General
Williamsburg Waterfront: The Environmental Protection Agency revealed on Wednesday that it is considering classifying North Brooklyn’s fetid Newtown Creek as a Superfund site — a designation that would clear the way for a federal clean-up of the filthy waterway. Comments (6).

June, 2009

Going up! ‘Finger’ building will keep rising

By Ben Muessig
Richard Femia
Williamsburg Waterfront: The new owners of Williamsburg’s so-called “Finger Building” have agreed to amputate the controversial North Eighth Street tower, but the size of the cut remains in question. Comments (2).

April, 2009

Williamsburg and Greenpoint downzoning moves forward

By Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: Greenpoint and Williamsburg are about the get shorter. Comments (1).

Park advocates: City has a ‘lot’ of explaining to do

By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper / Tom Callan
Williamsburg Waterfront: It’s the parking lot with the best view in the city, but now open-space starved North Brooklynites are demanding that the city make good on its promise to turn the lot into a parkland paradise. Comment.

March, 2009

Here’s one way to fill all those empty Billyburg apartments

By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper / Bess Adler
Williamsburg Waterfront: A Williamsburg man has a Web site and a dream — to fill empty apartments throughout the neighborhood quickly, and reap the discounts. Comments (8).

W’burg park reopens!

By Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: The cash-strapped state parks department has reopened Williamsburg’s only waterfront park a month ahead of schedule — and just in time for winter. With video … Comments (1).

February, 2009

Clang! Magic Johnson’s Greenpoint condo goes belly up

By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper / Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: The economic collapse has claimed another victim — a Greenpoint condo project partly funded by former NBA great Magic Johnson has gone bankrupt. Comment.

Big price cuts at Toll’s W’burg tower

By Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: In the biggest Williamsburg slashing since last summer’s machete attack, the developers behind the skyscraping Northside Piers development cut the prices on some condos by a shocking 37 percent. Comment.

January, 2009

Builder: This ‘Domino’ won’t fall

By Ben Muessig
Beyer Blinder Belle
Williamsburg Waterfront: The developer behind Brooklyn’s second biggest construction project says that he’s doing fine — even though his foes are hoping that the softening economy will do to his oversized project what it did to Atlantic Yards. Comments (3).

Run down! CB1 Committee Chair booted over bikes?

By Ben Muessig
Mean Streets: Fasten your seatbelts, Williamsburg — next week’s community board meeting is going to be a “showdown” over the stunning Christmas Eve dismissal of the chairwoman of the transportation committee, who was deposed because of her vocal support for a pair of controversial Kent Avenue bike lanes. Comments (2).

Bike opponents seek ‘Detour’ on Kent Ave

By Ben Muessig
Mean Streets: Opponents of a pair of controversial bike lanes on Kent Avenue have been using school buses to block the street in an act of automotive disobedience — and now they’re publicizing their plans with a billboard blaming the resulting traffic jams on cyclists. Comments (11).

December, 2008

Saved! Austin Nichols Warehouse will be preserved

By Ben Muessig
Williamsburg Waterfront: A historic, Cass Gilbert-designed building on the Williamsburg waterfront will be preserved in perpetuity — no thanks to the city. Comments (1).

A bunch of clowns

By Ben Muessig
The Brooklyn Paper / Ben Muessig
Mean Streets: The fight over a pair of controversial Williamsburg bike lanes has gotten so wacky that cycling activists sent in the clowns — literally. Comments (10).
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