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Brooklyn Today July 20: The Coney Island Boardwalk Is Officially a Landmark

July 20, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Friday! NYC toughens its laws on Airbnb rentals, Peter Luger’s will open its first international location in Tokyo, and the Coney IslandBoardwalk becomes a landmark. Plus, New York State launches a tax probe of the Trump foundation, Brooklyn commercial real estate sees an upswing in dollar volume, and the Fourth Avenue redesign is delayed. Finally, a highly-acclaimed Seattle chef comes to Prospect Heights, we recommend 10 amazing steaks, and a midnight showing of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” takes place tonight at Nitehawk Cinema. Have a great weekend.
 
IMPRINT: Actress Margot Robbie smiles on the latest cover of Evening Standard Magazine.

 
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The Rundown
 

~CITY COUNCIL VOTE MAKES IT FINAL: BOARDWALK IS LANDMARKED:It was only a formality, but a vote taken by the City Council on July 18 sealed the deal for the Coney Island Boardwalk to become an official landmark. On Wednesday, the Council voted to affirm the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation of the Coney Island Boardwalk, officially called the Riegelmann Boardwalk, as a scenic landmark. The Council vote marked the final step in the designation process. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~CITY COUNCIL TOUGHENS LAWS ON AIRBNB RENTALS: The New York City Council cracked down on Airbnb on Wednesday, passing legislationunanimously that would require short term rental companies to provide the address of their rental units and other host information to the city. A coalition of housing and community advocacy organizations had pressed for the bill, saying companies like Airbnb have sucked affordable housing off the market. Councilmember Jumaane D. Williams said the legislation would “provide vital transparency in an industry that includes bad actors like Airbnb.” (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~PETER LUGER TO OPEN FIRST INTERNATIONAL LOCATION IN TOKYO: Peter Luger Steak House, one of the most famous and long-lived restaurants not only in Brooklyn but in the entire city, plans to open its first international location in Tokyo by 2020. The steakhouse near the foot of the WilliamsburgBridge attracts visitors from around the world, but as of now, it has only one other location in Great Neck, Long Island. Amy Rubenstein, CEO of Peter Luger, cited Tokyo’s demand for American beef as a factor in the company’s new expansion. (Food & Wine via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~NEW YORK STATE LAUNCHES TAX PROBE OF TRUMP FOUNDATION: New York state tax officials have opened an investigation into the Trump Foundation to determine whether President Donald Trump or his charity violated state law. The probe began about a month ago and was confirmed on Thursday by a state official with knowledge of the investigation. If evidence of alleged crimes is found, the matter could be referred to prosecutors, who could seek the release of Trump’s tax returns. The White House says the lawsuit is politically motivated. (AP via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~PROSPECT HEIGHTS RESTAURANT TO HOST CELEBRITY CHEF EDUARDO JORDAN: Eduardo Jordan, the James Beard Award-winning chef of the Salare and JuneBaby restaurants in Seattle, has become a national celebrity in the culinary world. So it’s only natural that Olmsted, a restaurant inProspect Heights that New York calls “American Nouveau,” will host Jordan for a one-night collaborative dinner on July 30. Dishes from both of Jordan’s restaurants will be on the menu, which will be walk-in only. In May, the James Beard Foundation named Jordan “Best Chef: Northwest” and also named JuneBaby “Best New Restaurant.” (Grub Street via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~BROOKLYN COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE SEES UPSWING IN DOLLAR VOLUME: The Brooklyn commercial real estate market is on the upswing despite inventory being tight. For the first six months of 2018, the borough had 597 commercial transactions worth a total of $4 billion. This represents roughly a 44 percent increase in dollar volume compared to last year’s amount, according to a report by the Brooklyn commercial real estate firm TerraCRG. Still, the actual number of deals dropped by 14 percent, “largely because of the available inventory in Brooklyn,” The Real Deal reported. (The Real Deal via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~R TRAIN REPAIRS PUSH BACK 4TH AVENUE REDESIGN: Bike lane repairs to Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park have been delayed to accommodate repairs to MTA’s R train tunnel below, pushing back the construction of surface bike lanes until next year or later. Only 10 blocks of the avenue – between 54th and 64th streets – will be built according to the redesign this year. The city Department of Transportation’s original plans called for protected bike lanes along Fourth Avenue between 65th and 38th streets to be built this year, with another segment between 38th Street and Atlantic Avenue coming in 2019. (Streetsblog via Brooklyn Eagle)


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Staff Picks:   
 

LONG READ: A journalist recalls interviewing Anthony Bourdain, noting that he was “famously generous to writers.” (via Popula)
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: “The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster Is Still Unfolding” (via The Atlantic)
 
PODCAST: Editor-in-chief of Deadspin, Megan Greenwell, discuss joining the company as an outsider. (via Longform)
 
EAT: Step aside Peter Luger’s, here are 10 amazing steaks in “unexpected” NYC restaurants, including four in Brooklyn. (via Eater)

 
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: Washington, D.C., launches a $1.5 million project to count all stray and feral cats…The number of people using Confederate flaglicense plates in Tennessee is growing…And a girl wearing a hijab is kicked out of a public pool in Delaware. (via NYT, USA Today and WaPo)     
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Olympic figure skater Denis Ten is stabbed to death in Kazakhstan…Spain creates a “yes means yes” sexual consent law…And Japan bans smoking in public facilities. (via The Guardian and The Japan Times)

 


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ROYAL WATCH: President Trump messed up royally when he met with the Queen. (via USA Today)


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BROOKLYN TONIGHT     
 

9:00AM — Retro Dance at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2. Details.
 
12:00PM – 2:00PM — American Islamophobia at Brooklyn Museum. Details.
                                                                
6:30PM — Taíno Today: Art and Culture in the Caribbean at Whitney Museum of American Art. Details.
 
7:00PM — Writers on Music: From Miles Davis to Public Enemy at The Strand. Details.   

7:00PM — odysseus tied to the masT at The Tank. Details.

7:00PM — Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers at BAM Rose Cinemas. Details.   

7:10PM — Jazzy Jazz Festival Summer 2018 at Medgar Evers College.Details.
 
8:00PM — First Look 2018 at The Actors Fund Arts Center. Details.
 
9:00PM — Gayme Show! at Caveat. Details.  
 
11:45PM — The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Nitehawk Cinema. Details.  
 
   

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EAGLE SPORTS: Jose Miguel Medina hasn’t taken long to surpass his performance from a summer ago on Coney Island. The Cyclones’ hot-hitting right fielder showed off his improved power and production at the plateWednesday night, blasting the resurgent Baby Bums to an 11-5 rout of the Tri-City ValleyCats in front of 4,964 fans. Medina, who batted .262 with a homer and 20 RBIs with a .659 OPS in 63 games a year ago, is on pace to shatter those marks, if he remains with the Mets’ Class A short-season club for the duration of this 76-game campaign. (via Brooklyn Eagle)


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MILESTONES
 
Happy birthday to Ray Allen, Gisele Bündchen, Kim Carnes, Judy Chicago, John Daley, Pavel Datsyuk, Donna Dixon, Peter Forsberg, Josh Holloway, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Ilitch, Cormac McCarthy, Barbara Ann Mikulski, Peña Nieto, Claudio Reyna, Diana Rigg, Carlos Santana and Dean Winters!
 
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected].


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