Activists accused the city’s Department of Correction Friday of secretly moving detainees from the Brooklyn Detention Complex to the jail complex on Rikers Island “in order to fast track building new jails.” But in a letter sent by top DOC officials to the staff at the Boerum Hill facility, obtained by the Brooklyn Eagle, the department denied the allegations. The claim came just weeks after union officials told reporters at THE CITY that the …
Coming Attractions: Oddly-Placed Hotel Coming to Boerum Hill Manufacturing Area
A new hotel may be coming to a rather industrial block on the Gowanus/Boerum Hill border. Buzz Buzz Home reports that a four-story, 34-room hotel is in the works for 489 Baltic Street between Bond and Nevins streets. The hotel will bring a restaurant of sorts, office space, and a cellar-level conference room to the light manufacturing area. Demolition plans have been filed for the existing 5,000-square-foot warehouse on the site. Larry Kutnicki of Kutnicki Bernstein Architects is listed…
Four-Story Hotel Coming to Baltic Street in Boerum Hill
The developer of the Union Hotel in Gowanus, Alec Shtromandel, is planning a four-story hotel at 489 Baltic Street between… Read More… Read More
Condo of the Day: 560 State Street, #7k
This two-bedroom at 560 State Street, aka Jay-Z’s former building, just hit the market with an asking price of $799,000…. Read More… Read More