Brooklyn Today August 31: Heights Penthouse Set To Break Borough Price Record
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THE LEDE: Happy Thursday, Brooklyn! There could soon be a new borough price record for a property in Brooklyn Heights, Red Hook prepares for flooding, and D’Angelo Russell enters Brooklyn with baggage, attitude and talent. Sean Spicer finally gets to meet the pope, we go to Spain’s famous ‘Tomatina’ festival, and we share the story of a blind man who became an accomplished explorer. Finally, President Trump visits Texas during Hurricane Harvey and somehow makes the entire trip about himself.
IMPRINT: Elizabeth Olsen poses on not one, but two covers for Modern Luxury Manhattan and Boston Common.
IMPRINT: Elizabeth Olsen poses on not one, but two covers for Modern Luxury Manhattan and Boston Common.
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The Rundown
The Rundown
~HEIGHTS PENTHOUSE SET TO BREAK BOROUGH PRICE RECORD: The penthouse at the old Standish Hotel in Brooklyn Heights at 171 Columbia Heights is set to break Brooklyn’s price record of $15.5 million by more than a million dollars, according to The Real Deal. The last asking price for the six-bedroom condominium with a 3,366-square-foot terrace was $16.645 million. The price works out to $2,677 per square foot for the space’s 6,218 square feet. DDG and Westbrook bought the former hotel for $60 million in 2014. The penthouse would break the $15.5-million record set by 117 Pacific St. inCobble Hill, bought by photographer Jay Maisel in 2015. Multiple deals came close to breaking the borough’s price record in 2017, including the penthouse at the Clock Tower in DUMBO that closed at $15 million and Kushner Companies’ 27 Monroe Place townhouse at $12.9 million. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~RED HOOK PREPARES FOR THE FLOOD: With unprecedented amounts of rainfall and flooding in Texas and parts of New York’s waterfront still recovering after Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn is already setting up temporary flood protection with expectations of a permanent solution. We recently wrote about an innovative plan to use the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway as part of a flood protection system for Red Hook, but now the city just finished installing a four-foot wall near the neighborhood’s shoreline that will protect the coast’s inhabitants from mild flooding. While the wall may keep mild-mannered flooding out, it would need to be up to 15 feet high to defend against a major storm. The barrier runs along Beard Street from Van Brunt to Richards streets near IKEA. It’s expected to stand for five years while the city invests $100 million in a more permanent flood prevention plan. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Brooklyn Paper)
~YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO STEAL MILLIONS: A 16-year employee of aRed Hook charter bus company allegedly stole more than a million dollars inamusement park tickets using her company’s credit card, officials announced Wednesday. Rosemarie Bader, 51, was arraigned before Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun for grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property at Brooklyn Supreme Court. Bader, the former sales director for Best Trails and Travel Corporation, allegedly used the company credit card to buy more than 36,000 tickets to nearby amusement parks. “This defendant allegedly engaged in a long-term and large-scale fraud scheme, stealing over $1 million in property from her employer, a local business in Brooklyn, which entrusted her with its credit card,” said acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~RUSSELL LOOKS TO CHANGE NARRATIVE IN BROOKLYN: Reggie Jackson was asked upon his much-ballyhooed arrival in the Bronx just over four decades ago if he came to New York to become a star. “I brought my star with me,” the always loquacious Yankee slugger responded. D’Angelo Russellcan’t say the same about his upcoming debut season here in Downtown Brooklyn. Russell, unlike Jackson, doesn’t come here as a former league MVP with three world championships on his resume. In fact, the 21-year-old Louisville, Kentucky native’s coast-to-coast relocation was prompted by his inability to find a true niche in the Lakers’ organization. Russell hopes tochange the narrative for a Brooklyn squad that has gone a combined 41-123 over the past two seasons. “Recently we’ve struggled. In the last few years … teams come in and say you can take nights off [in Brooklyn],” Russell said. “I want to rebuild that and make it a place where people come and say ‘alright, we’ve got the crowd against us. It’s New York.'” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~RED HOOK PREPARES FOR THE FLOOD: With unprecedented amounts of rainfall and flooding in Texas and parts of New York’s waterfront still recovering after Hurricane Sandy, Brooklyn is already setting up temporary flood protection with expectations of a permanent solution. We recently wrote about an innovative plan to use the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway as part of a flood protection system for Red Hook, but now the city just finished installing a four-foot wall near the neighborhood’s shoreline that will protect the coast’s inhabitants from mild flooding. While the wall may keep mild-mannered flooding out, it would need to be up to 15 feet high to defend against a major storm. The barrier runs along Beard Street from Van Brunt to Richards streets near IKEA. It’s expected to stand for five years while the city invests $100 million in a more permanent flood prevention plan. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Brooklyn Paper)
~YOU MUST BE THIS TALL TO STEAL MILLIONS: A 16-year employee of aRed Hook charter bus company allegedly stole more than a million dollars inamusement park tickets using her company’s credit card, officials announced Wednesday. Rosemarie Bader, 51, was arraigned before Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun for grand larceny and criminal possession of stolen property at Brooklyn Supreme Court. Bader, the former sales director for Best Trails and Travel Corporation, allegedly used the company credit card to buy more than 36,000 tickets to nearby amusement parks. “This defendant allegedly engaged in a long-term and large-scale fraud scheme, stealing over $1 million in property from her employer, a local business in Brooklyn, which entrusted her with its credit card,” said acting Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez. (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
~RUSSELL LOOKS TO CHANGE NARRATIVE IN BROOKLYN: Reggie Jackson was asked upon his much-ballyhooed arrival in the Bronx just over four decades ago if he came to New York to become a star. “I brought my star with me,” the always loquacious Yankee slugger responded. D’Angelo Russellcan’t say the same about his upcoming debut season here in Downtown Brooklyn. Russell, unlike Jackson, doesn’t come here as a former league MVP with three world championships on his resume. In fact, the 21-year-old Louisville, Kentucky native’s coast-to-coast relocation was prompted by his inability to find a true niche in the Lakers’ organization. Russell hopes tochange the narrative for a Brooklyn squad that has gone a combined 41-123 over the past two seasons. “Recently we’ve struggled. In the last few years … teams come in and say you can take nights off [in Brooklyn],” Russell said. “I want to rebuild that and make it a place where people come and say ‘alright, we’ve got the crowd against us. It’s New York.'” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
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Staff Picks:
Staff Picks:
LONG READ: “The Blind Traveler:” How James Holman became one of the world’s most accomplished explorers without the use of his eyes. (Mental Floss)
ANOTHER LONG READ: “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like” (via Politico Magazine)
LISTEN: A talk with former New York Times bureau chief for South Asia Ellen Barry. (via Longform)
SPORTS: After Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers realized winning isn’t everything. But what is? (via ESPN)
ANOTHER LONG READ: “Harvey Is What Climate Change Looks Like” (via Politico Magazine)
LISTEN: A talk with former New York Times bureau chief for South Asia Ellen Barry. (via Longform)
SPORTS: After Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers realized winning isn’t everything. But what is? (via ESPN)
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: Inside Uber’s wild ride of choosing a new CEO…Here’s some stunning photos from Burning Man in Nevada…And despite thousands of people suffering in Houston, President Trump keeps thespotlight on himself. (via NYT, USA Today and WaPo)
FOREIGN FLASH: Houston isn’t the only place experiencing fatal flooding:1000 people have died from inundation in South Asia this summer…Spain’s famous ‘Tomatina‘ or tomato throwing festival got extra messy this year…AndSean Spicer finally got to meet the pope in Italy. (via NYT, Daily Mail and CNN)
FOREIGN FLASH: Houston isn’t the only place experiencing fatal flooding:1000 people have died from inundation in South Asia this summer…Spain’s famous ‘Tomatina‘ or tomato throwing festival got extra messy this year…AndSean Spicer finally got to meet the pope in Italy. (via NYT, Daily Mail and CNN)
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ROYAL WATCH: Can you guess who’s the hardest-working member of the Royal Family? (via Times & Star)
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BROOKLYN TONIGHT
BROOKLYN TONIGHT
4:00PM — Basketball Clinics at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.
4:00PM – 8:00PM — NY Harbor Scenes at Red Hook’s Showboat Barge.Details.
5:00PM – 7:00PM — Happy Hours at MetroTech. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — ImageDrink August at Berg’n. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Live at the Archway: Underground System. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Fish, Brew and BBQ at Prospect Park Audubon Center.Details.
6:30PM — The African Burial Ground: Black Archaeology in Early NYC at Prospect Heights Brainery. Details.
8:00PM – 10:00PM — Fini Italian Dance Festival 2017 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Details.
4:00PM – 8:00PM — NY Harbor Scenes at Red Hook’s Showboat Barge.Details.
5:00PM – 7:00PM — Happy Hours at MetroTech. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — ImageDrink August at Berg’n. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Live at the Archway: Underground System. Details.
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Fish, Brew and BBQ at Prospect Park Audubon Center.Details.
6:30PM — The African Burial Ground: Black Archaeology in Early NYC at Prospect Heights Brainery. Details.
8:00PM – 10:00PM — Fini Italian Dance Festival 2017 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Details.
8:00PM – 12:00AM — Night at the Museum: “Lumen” Closing Party at MoMA PS1. Details.
8:30PM — Journey to the Stars at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Details.
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EAGLE SPORTS: A kindhearted college basketball coach is teaching his players a lot more than just how to make a three-pointer. Darrell Walker, the men’s basketball coach at Clark Atlanta University, holds an event each summer that always includes an art auction featuring works from the coach’s expansive art collection. The art auction has a special purpose: It raises money for basketball players who need help paying their tuition. “Coach Walker raises money for us to graduate on time, so I repay him by working hard in my classes,” said point guard A.J. Williams, 22, who hails from Brooklyn “I took two hard economic classes this summer, and it was paid for with a scholarship from the art auction. It would have been really tough if I had to pay for it myself.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
EAGLE SPORTS: A kindhearted college basketball coach is teaching his players a lot more than just how to make a three-pointer. Darrell Walker, the men’s basketball coach at Clark Atlanta University, holds an event each summer that always includes an art auction featuring works from the coach’s expansive art collection. The art auction has a special purpose: It raises money for basketball players who need help paying their tuition. “Coach Walker raises money for us to graduate on time, so I repay him by working hard in my classes,” said point guard A.J. Williams, 22, who hails from Brooklyn “I took two hard economic classes this summer, and it was paid for with a scholarship from the art auction. It would have been really tough if I had to pay for it myself.” (via the Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
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MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Jennifer Azzi, Larry Fitzgerald, Debbie Gibson, Ted Ligety, Van Morrison, Edwin Corley Moses, Hideo Nomo, Itzhak Perlman, Sara Ramirez, Pepe Reina, Frank Robinson, Jack Thompson and Glenn Tilbrook!
MILESTONES
Happy birthday to Jennifer Azzi, Larry Fitzgerald, Debbie Gibson, Ted Ligety, Van Morrison, Edwin Corley Moses, Hideo Nomo, Itzhak Perlman, Sara Ramirez, Pepe Reina, Frank Robinson, Jack Thompson and Glenn Tilbrook!
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