4 NOVEMBER 17 - NOVEMBER 23, 2017 BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP
DONOVAN TO FACE RIDGE
CONSTITUENTS THIS
WEEKEND
Congressmember Dan Donovan – who will face off
against former seat-holder Michael Grimm next year
in what is sure to be a heated primary election – will
meet with Brooklyn constituents this coming Saturday,
November 18, from 2 to 4 p.m. at Fort Hamilton
High School, 8301 Shore Road, during an event called
“Coffee with Your Congressman.”
The events come on the heels of heavy backlash
from some of the pol’s southern Brooklyn constituents
with respect to Donovan’s resistance to holding an
in-person town hall on this side of the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge. He has opted for social media-streamed
and tele-town halls instead, citing a more peaceful and
structured nature.
The first Brooklyn edition of “Coffee with Your
Congressman” took place on Sunday, November 12 at
Boody Intermediate School.
The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and
portions of southern Brooklyn.
WINTER ARRIVES FOR
SANITATION
The New York City Department of Sanitation
(DSNY) began its annual “Night Plow” operations
Monday evening, November 13, the seasonal schedule
change that enables DSNY to respond promptly and effectively
to snow and ice conditions around the clock.
During this time, normal trash and recycling collection
times may change temporarily.
The switch-up assures that the agency will have
a sufficient number of employees assigned to work
both the night and early morning shifts, and to operate
essential snow fighting equipment in each of the city’s
59 sanitation districts.
The two shifts are 4 p.m. to midnight, and midnight
to 8 a.m. The day shift starts at 6 a.m.
DSNY’s snow season lasts through mid-April.
LIBRARY NOW HOME
TO WORLD'S SMALLEST
MOLLUSK MUSEUM
The Brooklyn Public Library on Friday, November 10
introduced a new, compact science museum on the first
floor of its Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza), making
it the first in the country to do so. The vending-machine
sized museum focuses on the mollusk, a slimy invertebrate
which survives in every habitat on earth.
In spite of its size, the exhibit features 15 different
displays, including a holographic aquarium, three
miniature movie theatres and the first-ever 3D print
of an octopus heart.
The world’s smallest mollusk museum was designed
by a team of storytellers, designers and scientists at
MICRO.
—Meaghan McGoldrick
Photo: Google Maps
Record-breaking sale of
two commercial buildings
finalized in Bensonhurst
BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
MMCGOLDRICK@BROOKLYNREPORTER.
COM
Real estate services firm
Cushman & Wakefield
announced on Wednesday,
November 15 that the sale
of two adjacent commercial
buildings in Bensonhurst has
closed for over $9 million.
The two, two-story adjacent
commercial buildings — 6519
and 6523 18th Avenue — total
8,070 square feet and sold for a
record price for a property of
this kind in this place, coming
in at $1,118 per square foot.
“This is a great pair of assets
situated in the heart of
Brooklyn’s growing Bensonhurst
neighborhood,” said
Jeffrey Shalom of Cushman &
Wakefield. “6519 and 6523 18th
Avenue presented the buyer
with an exceptional opportunity
to invest in one of South
Brooklyn’s most sought-after
retail destinations.”
This is the second record-setting
sale on the stretch in the
past few months. In July, Marcus
& Millichap announced the
sale of a 8,615-square-foot, fivetenant,
single-story retail property
at 6701 18th Avenue, less
than two blocks away, which
sold for $6,700,000, breaking
down at $778 per square foot, a
record price for this asset class
on 18th Avenue.
At the time, real estate
salesperson Michael Cimino
of Marcus & Millichap told
this paper, “This sale represents
the main trend on this
section of 18th Avenue which
is that Chinese buyers are
buying anything they can in
the area and are paying very
aggressive numbers, much
higher than the rest of the
local investment community.”
The corner retail space at
6519 and 6523 18th Avenue is
anchored by Capital One Bank
through a 15-year lease, according
to the firm, while the rest
of the building will be vacant
shortly after closing.
The two properties are located
on the northeast corner
of 18th Avenue and 66th Street,
in the heart of one of the busiest
thoroughfares in southern
Brooklyn, near other national
retailers like Chase, Bank of
America, Starbucks and a brand
new 20,400 square foot Target
that opened just last month just
two blocks away.
It is unclear yet what the buyer
plans to do with the space.
The final closing price was
$9,020,000.
6519 and 6523 18th Avenue.