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NYC groups sue to block deal for Nets arena

As developer Bruce Ratner awaits a key court decision that could decide the fate of Atlantic Yards, yet another lawsuit was filed today to try blocking the controversial Brooklyn project. A consortium of civic groups and elected officials filed a suit ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bruce Ratner,  National Basketball Association

Old Coney park honored; another trying to return

This week Coney Island met Vegas – and it wasn’t because Joe Sitt’s much-maligned "Vegas-glitz entertainment complex" proposal is back on the table. No, Sitt last week agreed to sell key beachfront land to the city, so Mayor Bloomberg could move ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Astroland,  Michael Bloomberg,  Fred Thompson

Water ride eyed for Coney

Now that it has the land it needs, the city is turning to the sea for its Coney Island rebirth. Aiming to make the new Coney a year-round destination, the city yesterday announced it is seeking a firm to study bringing commuter ferry service back to ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

Community board joins fight over Norah Jones’ window-in-brick trick; City not budging

WireImage The district manager of Brooklyn Community Board 6 today joined Norah Jones’ neighbors in calling on city landmarks officials to host a public review before the Grammy winner breaks ground on controversial plans to add windows to a side wall ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Landmarks Preservation Commission

Neighbors bash Norah's window-in-brick trick

Norah Jones' neighbors don't want a window into her soul -- or her home, for that matter. The sultry, introspective Grammy winner quietly scored city approval to let a little sunshine into the windowless brick wall of her Cobble Hill brownstone -- but ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Norah Jones,  Landmarks Preservation Commission

Coney deal done; Lieber as 'Luca Brasi;' and Sitt 'riding' Mike’s 'coattails'

Mayor Bloomberg described yesterday as the “day people thought would never arrive” when announcing the city’s $95.6 million deal to buy 6.9 acres of coveted Coney Island beachfront property from developer Joe Sitt. The deal ends a four-year game of ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

Sitt sharing his 'sandbox' with City -- for $95M

Earlier this year, developer Joe Sitt called Coney Island his private “sandbox,” but said he’d be willing to “share” it with Mayor Bloomberg -- for the right price. Well Coney’s so-called “public enemy No. 1” just made a killing at taxpayers’ expense. ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg

City buys 7 acres in Coney Island for $95M, ending 4-year standoff

A Brooklyn developer and the Bloomberg administration have ended their longtime game of chicken over the future of Coney Island by agreeing to a $95.6 million deal that will get the city nearly seven acres of prime boardwalk property to build a ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Astroland

Brooklyn Bridge Park getting green

Although only a tiny fraction of Big Apple parks recycle, a new one now under construction along the Brooklyn waterfront is set to take being green to another level. The planned 85-acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is set to partially open this winter ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  9 Nov 2009

Retractable roof could cover Coney Island amphitheater

The costs for a controversial plan to build a $64 million amphitheater in Coney Island could balloon further as city officials are now considering topping it off with a retractable roof. Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz confirmed he’s ...

From RICH CALDER, New York Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Marty Markowitz

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