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CB2: No Dancing at One Front Street

November 5th, 2009


(Photo by bitchcakes)

A few days ago, we posted about the application for a cabaret license for One Front Street. The Brooklyn Paper reports that the Community Board 2 committee decided on Wednesday night that a dance club at the corner of Front and Old Fulton streets in Dumbo would be bad for the neighborhood, voting to reject a cabaret license request by the owners of One Front restaurant. BP reports:

“The owner, Marcelo Pevida, sought the permit for his establishment so that he could offer dancing on the second floor. He claimed that the ground floor and mezzanine of the eatery, formerly the Asian-fusion restaurant Toro, would remain limited to dining.”

“But a majority of the members of CB2’s health, environment, and social services committee was persuaded by the opposite argument. “I have lived in the neighborhood for 25 years and I have never objected to any new restaurant or establishment,” said resident Gary Van der Putten. “But what happens is that these kinds of places get cabaret licenses then, all of a sudden, they deteriorate into clubs.”"

I can understand residents who oppose large groups of people spilling outside causing noise late night, but according to the Brooklyn Paper, one resident “retorted”, “We don’t want to dance!” That’s no fun.

Filed in Dumbo Residents, Dumbo Retail and Businesses, Front Street at 3:07 pm
Comments
  • fulton ferry res
    First of all, the paper misquoted the “retort.” The comment was “We don’t need a dance club here.” DB, if you lived across the street from a nightclub open until 4AM, as the residents of the Eagle Warehouse do, you would understand. There are plenty of young families in our building, and yelling and other drunken behavior out front of a restaurant, which happens even now, since this location has been rented out for parties, is not acceptable.
  • Mike D
    what we really need is a beer garden like astoria
  • DrewBurch
    The problem with these community board meetings is that the only people who show up tend to be folks with nothing better to do than micromanage neighborhood affairs. It is a crowd the fears change. If a more active, engaged, younger crowd showed up and provided their feedback, things might be less stodgy around here. But alas, as I learned, the damn things are boring and inconvenient. And the people who show up regularly tend to run the show. Every time I've I attended one I've left frustrated and defeated.
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