Ironside, an NBC TV drama is being filmed in Dumbo Brooklyn today, April 18, 2013. According to IMDB, Ironside “centers on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases.” The cast includes actors Brent Sexton, Spencer Grammer, Blair Underwood, Pablo Schreiber, and Kenneth Choi.

Ironside was previously filmed in Dumbo on April 2 and 5.

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Ironside, an NBC TV drama is being filmed in Dumbo Brooklyn on April 2 and 5, 2013. According to IMDB, Ironside “centers on Robert T. Ironside, a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases.” The cast includes actors Brent Sexton, Spencer Grammer, Blair Underwood, Pablo Schreiber, and Kenneth Choi.

Filming will occur on the followign streets:

• Both sides of Adams Street between John and Front St.
• Both sides of Pearl Street between John and Water St.
• Both sides of Plymouth Street between Adams and Jay St.
• South side of Water Street between Washington and Adams St.
• Both sides of Front Street between Washington and Jay St.

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The following two condos are new to the Dumbo Brooklyn market for the week of March 17-25, 2013:

• 03/19/2013: 85 Adams Street #19C (Corcoran), $999,000 ($857/sf), $987/mo cc, $30/mo tax (421a abatement expires in 2023), 1,165sf, 2 bed, 2 bath
• 03/21/2013: [UPDATE 3/28/2013: Contract signed] 1 Main Street #11D (Sotheby’s), $3,200,000 ($1290/sf), $1495/mo cc, $965/mo tax (J-51 abatement expires in 2013), 2479sf, 3 bed, 2.5 bath

85 Adams Street #19C:
This condo was previously listed for $995k in February 2012, lowered bo $949 a month later, and removed from the market in July. Great views of Manhattan from this 19th story condo. Active listings for this building average $851/sqft.

1 Main Street #11D:
According to public records, this condo unit sold in January 2007 for $2,450,000. (In 2005, sold for $1,9150,000.) This condo is a rare 3 bedroom unit (for Dumbo) with full bathrooms for two bedrooms. Direct views of the East River and Manhattan.

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The following four condos are new to the Dumbo Brooklyn market for the week of January 20 – 28, 2013:

• 01/23/2013: 100 Jay Street #6J (Corcoran), $475,000 ($816/sf), $350/mo cc, $10/mo tax (J-51 Abatement expires in 2023), 582sf, 1 bed, 1 bath
• 01/23/2013: 85 Adams Street #6B (Corcoran), $719,000 ($848/sf), $718/mo cc, $23/mo tax (J-51 Abatement expires in 2023), 847sf, 2 bed, 1 bath
• 01/23/2013: 100 Jay Street #28A (Sotheby’s), $2,100,000 ($1,227/sf), $1,184/mo cc, (J-51 Abatement expires in 2023), 1,711sf, 3 beds, 2.5 baths
• 01/24/2013: 79 Bridge Street #4I (Rutenberg Realty), $775,000 ($824/sf), $439/mo cc, $1/mo tax (J-51 Abatement expires in 2014), 940sf, 1 bed, 1 bath

(100 Jay Street #6J)

100 Jay Street has 6 active listings averaging $1,050 per square feet, and has 300 recorded sales at $861 per square feet. This “junior one bedroom” is one of the most affordable units in Dumbo. This will probably sell within a month, according one broker we spoke to.

(85 Adams Street #6B)

This condo has two bedrooms with 10 foot ceilings and asking $719k. It was last sold in August 2010 for $635k according to city records. Per listing: “This spacious home displays a gracious living room plus a smartly designed 2nd BR/guest room, facing south both the main living and master bedroom get a vast amount of light.”

(100 Jay Street #28A)

The best feature of this spacious condo is the view overlooking lower Manhattan and the two bridges. This is a legal 3 bedroom currently used as a 2 bedroom apartment. But that view!

(79 Bridge Street #4I)

“This loft is graced with beautiful white oak hardwood floors throughout, oversized double pane windows and original brick walls.” Condo board approval required.

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Filming in Dumbo Brooklyn on Friday, December 7, 2012 along Front Street is Winter’s Tale. They filmed previously in Dumbo on November 9, the 15th and December 4.

Winter’s Tale is “a fantasy story set in 19th Century and present-day Manhattan and revolves around a thief, a dying girl, and a flying white horse” and stars Matt Bomer, Will Smith, Russell Crowe, Colin Farrell, and Jennifer Connelly.

Also, something was filming in Dumbo today (Thu, December 6, 2012) on Adams Street, but no project name was given.

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Filming in Dumbo Brooklyn today on Adams Street (between Water and Plymouth Street) by “Paranoia Prod LLC”.

If you have further questions, you can contact their Locations Manager at 917-608-1385.

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NY Post reports that the condo board at 85 Adams Street, the building known as The Beacon Tower, has filed a $150million Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) lawsuit citing nearly 100 construction problems. They are accusing the sponsors and the architect of committing mail fraud after obtaining a temporary certificate of occupancy.

The NY Post story mentions:

“To obtain the certificate, the engineer and architect signed Building Department documents verifying that fire stops were present when the board’s engineers later found none were installed, the complaint says.

Sales material for the 23-story tower at 85 Adams St. boasted of “a curvilinear louvered top … lit internally creating a beacon of light that will announce Beacon Tower’s position at the apex of the DUMBO community.”
But the light went out and there is no way to get to it to fix it, according to Steve Sladkus of Wolf Haldenstein, the lawyer for the board.

In addition, the complaint lists a litany of woes, including counter tops that are too high, parapet walls that are too low, improperly placed sprinklers, water leaks and unsafe windows.”

The suit claim the sponsors knew about these issues but were not communicated to the buyers in the offering plan. The sponsors named were: Jeshayahu, aka Shaya Boymelgreen, the Boymelgreen Family, AI Properties and Developments (USA), the sales brokers at Corcoran Brooklyn, the architects Cetra/Ruddy, two engineering firms and others.

There are 79 units in the building and of the 91 recorded sales data compiled by Streeteasy.com, the average price per square feet was $751. There are two active listings (#4D for $875k and #10C for 685k) and two listings in contract (#3C 650k and #4C $629k).

Let’s hope the lawsuit doesn’t take 5 years as it did for the 50 Bridge Street lawsuit.

Permit # FF-144: Thursday, 11/10/2011 between 2pm – 5am

Filming for Broken City is taking place today, Thursday, November 10, 2011 around Dumbo.

- Jay from York to Water
- Pearl from York to Plymouth
- Adams from York to Plymouth
- Front from Jay to Main
- Water from Jay to Main

According to a summary on IMDB, the storyline for Broken City:

“An ex-cop trailing the wife of New York City’s mayor finds himself immersed in a larger scandal.”

Stars include Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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As Streetsblog pointed out in late June, the NYC Department of Transportation presented plans for expanded pedestrian areas and upgraded bike markings on Old Fulton Street, which serves as the primary gateway to the recently opened Pier 1 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. As part of the reconfiguration, the B25 will be re-routed to avoid performing a U-turn on Old Fulton on weekends, most likely by following the same circuit it takes on weekdays. That means all buses will be rerouted down Main Street in Dumbo, an already cramped street. A resident of Main Street sent us the below letter to CB2, which he says has not been responded to. With the bus schedule on Main Street as many as 9 times an hour on this now busy residential street, it would make sense to route the bus down Front Street and left on Adams Street, a less busy street, then turn left on Water Street as it does now. Makes sense to us, but are there other considerations? Read the letter to CB2 below (as originally sent but with names removed).

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Common Good, a new green household cleaning products company based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has been selling their product in Dumbo since their launch at the end of 2010. We were curious about the product and the people behind it. The locally produced, bulk household cleaning products comes ready to use in plastic bottles but also at in-store bulk refill stations, such as the one at Foragers Market. People can bring in any clean bottle to refill or you can purchase a screen-printed empty glass bottle. We caught up with co-founder Sacha Dunn (who with Edmund Levine) started Common Good.

Great seeing your products in Dumbo (Foragers Market). Since your launch in November 2010, how have buyers reacted to your cleaning products?

We’re really happy with the way people have taken to Common Good – especially bulk refill. We knew when we started that we had a couple of barriers to break. we were a new brand no-one had heard of and we were asking people to make a major change in the way they bought cleaning products. It’s just great to have our suspicions confirmed – people are ready to make an extra effort to reduce waste and help the environment. And we hear they like our packaging too, so that’s nice.

How did the company get started? What were the major challenges in launching Common Good?

Common Good was started because we felt we were using too much plastic. We were already using green products and recycling but we were still blowing through so much plastic. It seemed like the right time and place to try to make a change.

We were both essentially prop stylists so we had ideas about how we wanted the brand to look. We were used to sourcing weird things for shoots and we used that styling background to pull together the packaging we wanted. One of the major challenges in launching Common Good was learning the chemistry. We knew we had to create products that worked or people wouldn’t come back to refill. We found a chemist who understands green cleaning products and worked together to create the best product we could.

We really felt that there was room for a new aesthetic in household cleaners. Nothing fancy but just good, simple and clean. That was the easy part. The chemists have the hard job!

What are the most common consumer misconceptions about household cleaning products?

The good news is I think people are becoming more aware of the chemicals they bring into their homes. I’d say the main problems in our market are:

• artificial fragrances, some of which can be quite harmful and are rarely disclosed but mostly because we don’t know enough about them.
• we use too much product to do the job – overdosing laundry detergent is a major problem and i think vinegar is a great substitute for window cleaner.
• the need for anti-bacterial products when soap and water does so nicely.

Overall, we’re moving in the right direction – last year, Senator Al Franken introduced the Household Product Labeling Act. People are reading websites and blogs about this stuff. We need to spread the word farther but even large supermarkets are buying into green now. We believe the next level of awareness is about packaging. Most high density plastics take over 1000 years to break down. We need to move beyond recycling to a greater emphasis on re-using.

Thank you Sacha and to Common Good for the awareness to reduce waste and keeping the environment safe. To buy Common Good products, go to Foragers Market at 56 Adams Street, Dumbo Brooklyn NY. Other locations are listed in the Common Good website.