http://en.redtram.com/ brownstoner.com Copyright (c) 2009 RedTram. All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:48:53 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 69044 | Development Watch: 186 Grand Street http://en.redtram.com/go/236308724/top100/ 236308724 When we first laid eyes on the new building going up at 186 Grand Street in Williamsburg we thought it looked like the handiwork of Radusky et al at Bricolage. Then we remembered that we'd back in early 2008 when Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:58 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308724/top100/ 69044 | StreetLevel: Diner Opens on 6th Avenue in the Slope http://en.redtram.com/go/236308717/top100/ 236308717 the new eatery on the corner of 6th Avenue and 7th Street, opened last week. On offer: Standard diner fare as well as a bunch of grab-and-go pastry options. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308717/top100/ 69044 | House of the Day: 443 11th Street http://en.redtram.com/go/236308709/top100/ 236308709 This house at 443 11th Street in Park Slope may or may not be worth $1,375,000, but the lack of interior photos sure doesn't work in its favor. The three-story, three-family place clearly doesn't have interiors to brag about (it Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:51:03 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308709/top100/ 69044 | Co-op of the Day: 7 South Portland Avenue, #3A http://en.redtram.com/go/236308702/top100/ 236308702 Last year, Apartment 5A at 7 South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene asking $425,000 and ultimately sold for $415,000. That unit however wasn't nearly as nice as this new listing for Apartment 3A. The half-floor, one-bedroom co-op has a light, Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:50:53 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308702/top100/ 69044 | Brooklyn Food & Drink Round-Up http://en.redtram.com/go/236308692/top100/ 236308692 Photo by for This Week's Openings dishes the details on the Manhattan Inn (632 Manhattan Avenue): "Those nutjob geniuses at Glasslands, the superhip rag tag performance space on Kent in Williamsburg, have managed to do something original and pretty damn Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:50:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308692/top100/ 69044 | 111 Monroe Passes 50% Mark http://en.redtram.com/go/236308686/top100/ 236308686 111 Monroe Street, the 29-unit condo formerly known as 1142 Bedford Avenue, has passed the oh-so-symbolic 50%-sold mark. It took some big price cuts and some FHA-style easy money to get there, but frankly we're glad to see that this Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:50:21 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308686/top100/ 69044 | 324-328 Dean Has Gone at Least Partially Rental http://en.redtram.com/go/236308676/top100/ 236308676 The 20-unit development at 324-328 Dean Street has mostly flown under our radar, and it seems to have eluded the attention of buyers as well. Ads for the condo, which is between 3rd and 4th avenues, in summer '08. Back Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:50:06 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308676/top100/ 69044 | Holy Crap! Atlantic Station Scheduled to Open Next Week! http://en.redtram.com/go/236308669/top100/ 236308669 This can only be described as the most momentous news in the history of time: The new LIRR terminal entrance at Atlantic Station is supposed to open to the public next week, according to a worker on the site. The Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:49:31 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308669/top100/ 69044 | Report: Brooklyn Has $1 Billion in 'Troubled' Properties http://en.redtram.com/go/236308659/top100/ 236308659 The firm , which provides market research on commercial real estate, recently started putting together on "troubled" properties by region. The findings for Brooklyn? According to the firm, the borough currently has about $1 billion in troubled real estate, which Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:49:02 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308659/top100/ 69044 | Open Thread http://en.redtram.com/go/236308650/top100/ 236308650 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:48:45 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308650/top100/ 69044 | Investors Eat Up Atlantic Yards Arena Bonds http://en.redtram.com/go/236308643/top100/ 236308643 Despite long-time public opposition and more recent financial challenges, Forest City Ratner had no problem raising $511 million, roughly half of what he needs, to finance the development of the arena at Atlantic Yards yesterday; the bond sale narrowly beat Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:48:29 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308643/top100/ 69044 | Wednesday Links http://en.redtram.com/go/236308636/top100/ 236308636 NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Post] [NY Post] [NY Daily News] [NY Daily News] [Brooklyn Paper] [Brooklyn Eagle]Photo by Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:48:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308636/top100/ 69044 | Tuesday Blogwrap http://en.redtram.com/go/236308627/top100/ 236308627 GB.net] [Gothamist] [Cobble Hill Blog] [Nostrand Park] [The Local]hot bagels, newkirk plaza. Photo by from the . Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:47:50 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308627/top100/ 69044 | Closing Bell: Community Gardens at Risk http://en.redtram.com/go/236308620/top100/ 236308620 Remember back in 2002 when then-Attorney General Eliot Spitzer sued the city and won a reprieve for hundreds of community gardens threatened with extinction? Well, that agreement expires next year and City Limits is reporting that a bunch of the Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:47:30 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308620/top100/ 69044 | Development Watch: Windows for Quadriad http://en.redtram.com/go/236308613/top100/ 236308613 When we last checked in on the scaled-down version of Quadriad's Bedford Avenue development, it was September and the five-story structure had been framed out. When we drove by this past weekend, it had a facade and windows. Progress! [Brownstoner] Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:47:16 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236308613/top100/ 69044 | Junk Yard Bonds Get Trashed http://en.redtram.com/go/236266337/top100/ 236266337 Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn put on some good theater when it organized the ritualistic throwing of mock Atlantic Yards Arena Bonds into the back of a garbage truck outside S&P's headquarters in downtown Manhattan yesterday, but the action was aimed Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:14:00 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236266337/top100/ 69044 | Tuesday Links http://en.redtram.com/go/236266331/top100/ 236266331 NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Times] [NY Daily News] [NY Daily News] [Brooklyn Paper] [Brooklyn Eagle] [NY1] Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:13:42 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236266331/top100/ 69044 | Monday Blogwrap http://en.redtram.com/go/236266324/top100/ 236266324 Lost City] [Sheepshead Bites] [Marine Parker] [BushwickBK.com] [Eat It]Photo by from the . Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:13:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236266324/top100/ 69044 | Closing Bell: SantaCon 2009 http://en.redtram.com/go/236266318/top100/ 236266318 It was Saturday and time for the annual rite of winter known as SantaCon. There were two starting points in Brooklyn this year—Franklin Park in Crown Heights and McCarren Park in Green point—after which the packs of Santa-themed revelers converged Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:13:07 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236266318/top100/ 69044 | Development Watch: 125 Lexington Avenue Underway http://en.redtram.com/go/236266313/top100/ 236266313 There's finally some tangible progress going on at 125 Lexington Avenue. The Scarano-designed project is slated to be four stories and 11 units when all is said and done. [Brownstoner] [Brownstoner] Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:12:49 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/236266313/top100/