Flatbush Avenue Will Never Be The Same Again
Tomorrow morning, Marty Markowitz will don his dungarees and grab a shovel to help developer Ron Hershko celebrate the groundbreaking of the two Ismael Leyva-desgned towers at 306 Gold Street and 167 Johnson Street. (Alright, he’ll probably have a suit on but whatever.) Gold Street will be a 40-story tower with 303 condo units while…
Tomorrow morning, Marty Markowitz will don his dungarees and grab a shovel to help developer Ron Hershko celebrate the groundbreaking of the two Ismael Leyva-desgned towers at 306 Gold Street and 167 Johnson Street. (Alright, he’ll probably have a suit on but whatever.) Gold Street will be a 40-story tower with 303 condo units while Johnson Street will top out at 35 stories and have 214 apartments. In addition to being the tallest tower in Brooklyn, the development will also be distinguished by its amenities, which include a squash court, a swimming pool and an indoor basketball court.
Downtown Glitz Jumps Flatbush [Brooklyn Papers] GMAP
Huge Towers for Flatbush [Brownstoner]
Is it going to look like that monstosity going up on the North side of the Manhattan Bridge. These buildings are totally out of character with the surrounding neighborhoods.
There is definitely a crash coming when this kind of excessive building is taking place. I am also curious as to who will want to live in these buildings given the barrenness of the surrounding areas – except for traffic which they will have more than enough of .
Better look out or I’ll stare at you!
Babs is hot.
Who knows, maybe they are. Let’s just all take it easy and try to do our own part to keep things civil and respectful in our own lives. 🙂
Anon@331
You’re right, it was an idiotic comment and I wanted to retract it after I posted it. The point that I was trying to make was that people in the historically poorer neighborhoods tend to stare a lot (older people especially), just because you’re a new face. It’s an informal neighborhood watch system.
It took many visit to Bed Stuy before I realized that this is what was going on. Eventually they got use to me, stopped staring and began saying hi.
There was no getting over the stares in Bay Ridge. I simply wasn’t wanted there. The ice never melted no matter how often I visited the area. I’m not saying this to indict the entire neighborhood. I just think that there is a higher percentage of people who are prejudiced there than anywhere else in Brooklyn.
Babs, sorry for the confusion on your email.
Anon 3.59, of course people would jump on an inappropriate comment about poor folks in the project or about black kids hanging out on Clinton Ave, or abotu black kids sullying the image of Fulton mall. We’ve all seen those threads and they usually go on for over 100 posts because you get the same thing, people defending bad behavior or inappropriate comments with some sort of justification for the bad behavior/comment.
Again, babs, good on you for clarifying what was a post that did not read so well.
Ooh, that’s a funny thought, though Anon 3:48 — if you saw me I hardly look like I could steal anything!
And I interpret most stares I get anywhere as surprise or curiosity. I’ve been stared at in all types of neighborhoods, and I usually respond to it by saying hello, which works in all situations.
But seriously, don’t you think the NYPD is going to be a whole lot more interested in a white person getting mugged in a mostly-black neighborhood than a black person mugged in that same neighborhood?
Retractions, anyone?
See, just as I suspected.
Now my question for those of you who were harassing her is…would you have been as offended if someone else had made an inappropriate comment about the poor folks in the project, or about black kids hanging out on Clinton Ave, or about black kids sullying the image of the fulton mall.
I meant de-fuse above there not diffuse! I was just trying to get something up to apologize for any offense and not thinking.