Real Estate

The Domino Sugar Factory Deal: $160 Million and a Waterfront View

By John Surico Sun., Jun. 10 2012 at 1:48 PM
Categories: $$$, John Surico, Real Estate, Williamsburg
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The Domino Sugar Factory: the closest thing we have to Willy Wonka in Williamsburg
If you've ever drove/ran/biked across the Williamsburg Bridge, you have probably seen the Domino Sugar factory. 

The pre-Civil-War industrial building used to be the largest sugar refinery in the world; now, its worn-down streaks are covered with bright graffiti and its drabness is reminiscent of some weird byproduct of the Industrial Revolution from a Charles Dickens's novel. And it might be the newest property to be chewed up by an ever-expanding Waterfront.

According to the New York Daily News, a DUMBO company called Two Trees Management Group - known for its emphasis on the start-up tech scene in the Brooklyn enclave - might be buying the property for $160 million in a deal that blows the hinges off the Williamsburg craze.

What's better than one towering condo on the East River? 

(Here's the answer: many, many more).
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Transportation

Long Live the G-Train? New Petition Tries to Preserve Park Slope Extension (UPDATE)

By Victoria Bekiempis Tue., Mar. 6 2012 at 2:30 PM
Categories: Brooklyn, Bushwick, MTA, MTA Fail, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Transportation, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Windsor Terrace

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Well, here are four words we never thought we would type: Save the G-train?

Brooklyn's straphangers, known to love the looping line as much as they hate it, are now rallying in support of the G: District Leader Lincoln Restler has organized a petition to keep the MTA from cutting off full Church Avenue-to-Queens service. Nearly 1,200 have signed the online petition, which began Sunday. The move comes as communities continue to feel the effect of MTA cuts -- which resulted in the loss of two subway lines, 36 bus routes, and 570 bus stops in the last several years.

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Crime

If You Give Directions, You Might Get Robbed at Gunpoint -- Even in Williamsburg and Bushwick

By Victoria Bekiempis Wed., Feb. 8 2012 at 7:25 PM
Categories: Brooklyn, Bushwick, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Gangs, Gunfire, Guns, Muggings, Robberies, Shootings, Subways, The Black Market, Victoria Bekiempis, Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Ridiculousness

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Hey, New Yorker! Yeah, YOU! Now you finally have good reason to be that asshole -- you know, that guy or gal who doesn't want to give directions. It could be dangerous!

Cops say the four scumbags pictured here are preying on the city's good Samaritans -- they'll stop and ask you for directions and rob you while you're distracted.

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Holidaze

The Brooklyn (Hipster) Christmas Tree Gets a (Hipster) Time-Lapse Video

By Jen Doll Wed., Dec. 14 2011 at 4:24 PM
Categories: Hipsters, Hipsters, Hipsters!, Holidaze, Jen Doll, Williamsburg

Brooklyn Christmas Tree from Chris Kirkinis on Vimeo.

Everything good and decent in this world gets a time-lapse video, right? Right. Such is the case for the Brooklyn (Hipster) Christmas Tree, created by 26-year-old Aussie expat Julian Cole. Watch the stylized time-lapse of the making, by Chris Kirkinis, and feel holiday-ish. There are snowflakes. There are hoodies!

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Holidaze

The McCarren Park 'Hipster' Christmas Tree Gets Some Upgrades

By Jen Doll Tue., Dec. 13 2011 at 2:39 PM
Categories: Brooklyn v. Manhattan, Hipsters, Hipsters, Hipsters!, Holidaze, Jen Doll, Williamsburg

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Yesterday we noted, thanks to New York Shitty and the L Magazine, that there was a Christmas tree "growing" in Brooklyn. Made of PBRs implanted in a tree-shape in the McCarren Park fence at Bedford and North 12th, plus red and green painted sneakers, a star made of Metrocards, plastic bags, tinsel, and other found items, the tree was immediately dubbed the "Hipster Christmas Tree," partly because of the PBR, partly because of its location, and partly because the word hipster is bandied about like a pair of sweat socks at a Dirty Christmas party.

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Williamsburg

'Occupy Williamsburg' Meeting Tonight at Union Pool, Obviously

By Rosie Gray Tue., Dec. 13 2011 at 12:59 PM
Categories: Hipsters, Occupy Wall Street, Rosie Gray, Williamsburg

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Now that Occupy Wall Street no longer has a home, will it end up in Williamsburg? Well -- probably not. But tonight some people are meeting up at Union Pool (of course) to talk about a possible "Occupy Williamsburg" movement.

The Facebook event description begins: "Many of us in Williamsburg have been involved in and inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement. OWS is not about abstract politics. It's about unemployment, health care, dwindling social services, huge student debts, brutally expensive housing and bleak futures. In the most fundamental and personal ways, and in the places where we live them, OWS is a worldwide movement to reclaim our lives."

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The Subway

In 2012, You Will Love the L Train a Little More (or Hate It Slightly Less?)

By Jen Doll Mon., Oct. 3 2011 at 3:39 PM
Categories: Jen Doll, MTA, Minor Insufferable Annoyances, The Subway, Williamsburg

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According to a statement today released by State Senator Daniel Squadron, the MTA will be improving weekend service on the L train, with more frequent trains expected starting in mid 2012. Squadron had requested a review back in July of the service; the results show that the much-maligned line has, as many an L-train rider could tell you, not kept up with the "meteoric" rise in ridership, which has "increased by 141% since 1998 -- while service has only increased by 58% on Saturdays and 52% on Sundays." That growth in ridership is three times the rate of the rest of the subway system.

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Brooklyn Shit

McCarren Park Has a Poop Problem

By Jen Doll Tue., Aug. 30 2011 at 9:27 AM
Categories: Brooklyn Problems, Brooklyn Shit, Ew, Greenpoint, Jen Doll, Williamsburg

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What with the recent art gallery "poop mystery" and now the latest problem in McCarren Park, things seem to have taken something of a scatalogical turn in these late-summer days in New York City. The Brooklyn Paper reports that nannies and parents taking their kids to McCarren Park to play are tired of drunks using the playground "as their own personal toilet." Seems a fair thing to be tired of, especially given the existence of restrooms -- however imperfect they may be -- in the park.

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Historical Shit

Williamsburg Is in Its 'Manhattanization' Era, But the Unreliable L Train Could Save It

By Jen Doll Mon., Jul. 18 2011 at 5:39 PM
Categories: Hipsters, Historical Shit, Jen Doll, The Old New York, Williamsburg

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Today on New Urban Network, Peter Feigenbaum writes of the various stages of the "colonization" of Williamsburg -- "just another chapter in the reconfiguration and rebirth of New York since the city's nadir in the mid-1970s." For history and urban planning nerds, this is some fascinating stuff. For people who hate Williamsburg or people who love Williamsburg, as well as people who love to hate Williamsburg, it is equally fascinating. Did you know, for instance, that Williamsburg is currently in the era of "Manhattanization," which started in 2007? This is when pre-recession real estate went nuts, and people who were older and/or richer than the typical prior resident started to build and/or buy those awful block-sized residential buildings on the waterfront.

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Art Stunts

Seanna Sharpe, Aerialist, Arrested For Stunt on Williamsburg Bridge

By Joe Coscarelli Tue., Jul. 12 2011 at 9:01 AM
Categories: Art Stunts, Joe Coscarelli, Williamsburg, Williamsburg Ridiculousness

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At around 7 p.m. on Monday night, the Brooklyn aerialist Seanna Sharpe, along with her magician friend Savage Skinner, scaled about 300 feet on a tower of the Williamsburg Bridge and began performing on a 90-foot silk rope without a harness. A crowd of about 100 gathered, the Wall Street Journal reports, but after about 30 minutes, the NYPD showed up and arrested both artists. But not before something of a police chase!


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