By Matt Chaban 8/13/12 3:24pm

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Bossert Goes Boutique

Inside the New-Old Bossert Hotel, Former Home to Dodgers and Jehovahs Witnesses

For the past few months, work has been progressing on the Hotel Bossert, once known as Brooklyn’s Waldorf-Astoria. It was where many Dodgers greats used to live, and they famously took the trolley from Brooklyn Heights to Ebbets Field, when that sort of thing was still possible.

For decades, the Bossert has served as a hostel for Jehovah’s Witnesses stopping off at the global headquarters here, but as they are moving upstate and getting rid of all their property, developer David Bistricer stepped forward in May to turn the Bossert back into a boutique that still bears the same name it has for nearly a century. Read More

By Staff 2/19/07 12:00am

Deeds and Deals

New York Utopia: Less Traffic, a Park on Every Corner

City Hall reports that, so far, 45 percent of the responses to its online PlaNYC survey call for “reducing traffic congestion and ensuring that every New Yorker lives within 10 minutes of a park.” One person suggested an “invention to eliminate double-parked cars.”

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By Staff 2/16/07 4:32pm

Cuomo Lunges for Starrett Headlines

So, a big-deal news conference takes place involving the nation’s housing secretary, a U.S. senator, several state and local pols, and numerous housing activists regarding one of the hottest populist issues in the city. Just who is going to steal tomorrow’s headlines?

Andrew Cuomo is taking the early lead, according to Web sites and blogs, Read More

By Staff 2/08/07 11:58am

Starrett City Goes for $1.3B

At 3 a.m. on Thursday, the Times reports, Sam Levinson and David Bistricer of Berkshire Equities agreed to buy Starrett City for $1.3 billion.

“A spokesman for Starrett City Associates said this morning that the sellers were just waiting for the cash deposit.”

Just how many brown paper bags was that?

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