Brighton Beach
Hold Fast to Your Dreams
State and city comptrollers say no to the MTA's plan to put a platform over its West Side rail yards, but suggest they might
put the development project out to bid. That of course was what the MTA more-or-less
did this winter, but presumably, without the Jets stadium looming, new and deep-pocketed developers would feel freer to show up.
put the development project out to bid. That of course was what the MTA more-or-less
did this winter, but presumably, without the Jets stadium looming, new and deep-pocketed developers would feel freer to show up.
And the Jets haven't disappeared. Today Jay Cross meets with Queens officials to discuss the team's plan to put a stadium in Flushing Meadows. They should have just listened to Anthony Weiner and saved themselves months of disappointment and millions of dollars in lobbying and promotion. read more »
The outer boroughs are perfectly nice, anyway. Which is why Steve Cuozzo asks, why take the Jitney to the Hamptons when you can take the Q train to Brighton Beach?
- Matthew SchuermanWhen the Big East Side Institutions Want to Grow, They Summon Shelly Friedman Shelly the Fixer
On a balmy summer afternoon in 1991, Shelly Friedman was strolling the boardwalk in Brighton Beach w read more »
New Russia Meets Village: Disco, Vodka and Sushi
"Svoboda is not your typical East Village haunt," reads the press release. read more »
