Two Trees’ managing director Lombino honored for oversight of transformative Brooklyn projects
Historic Seneca Club of North Brooklyn hosts ceremonies in Williamsburg
Council Member Lincoln Restler presents a City Council Citation to David Lombino (Steven Cohn also pictured). Brooklyn Eagle photos by John McCarten
By Special to the Brooklyn Eagle
May 14, 2024
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GIANDO ON THE WATER — This picturesque event space with exquisite views of the Brooklyn waterfront was a setting for a special evening to honor David Lombino, the managing director of external affairs at Two Trees Management. Lombino received citations from the Office of Mayor Adams, City Councilman Lincoln Restler and Borough President Antonio Reynoso. Lombino also received a piece of original artwork from Marc Liebman depicting the Domino Sugar Factory, the site of one of Lombino’s most recent successes with Two Trees.
Hosting the event was former District Leader Steven Cohn, representing the historic Seneca Club, a democratic powerhouse formed in the 1890s to oppose a merger that would bring the City of Brooklyn into greater New York. (The 1897 vote approved the merger of all five boroughs, resulting in the incorporation of 1898.)
Also present to honor David Lombino were Jerry Esposito, current President of the Seneca Club, former Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, one of the most influential and long-serving state assemblymen ever to serve in Brooklyn, and ‘Rae’ Vegara, First Lady of the Seneca Club.
Lombino, a longtime resident of Brooklyn Heights, remains very active in all aspects of the North Brooklyn community. A former executive vice president of external affairs for the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC), Lombino served the city under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Also a former city editor of the New York Sun newspaper and a native New Yorker, Lombino holds a Master’s Degree in Public Policy from Columbia University and a BA from Williams College. He has two daughters, eight and ten.
Today, he oversees the development pipeline for Two Trees Management and as well oversees its government and community liaison. He has worked closely with the communities in which Two Trees’ projects are based, delivering hundreds of much-needed affordable housing units and countless innovative office spaces.
SUNSET PARK — “As a resident of Marine Park, one of the great surprises I found biking around Industry City and visiting Japan Village was to discover Bush Terminal Park. I continue to be amazed at the serene hideaways that the city offers in some of the busiest places — and, still, with an iconic view.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — ‘A miracle that no one was killed …’ That’s what neighbors are saying about the collapse of the Hotel St. George marquee. Shown in this photograph are workmen beginning the removal and repair of the historic, old neon sign at the corner, referencing a relic of Brooklyn Heights’ past: the St. George Hotel.
ATLANTIC AVENUE — Exhausted shopper with cluster of bags and goods from mall at Boerum Place stops to look at huge construction site across the street. “Is that REALLY going to be a jail??” Her male companion is reassuring, “Nothing like Rikers … this is 21st Century.”
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — Overheard in line at one of most popular pastry outlets on Montague Street: “Hope I can get them into a camp …” A mother with two pre-schoolers in tow was showing a friend the Dodge Y flyer for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday, April 18.
