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Brooklyn Today March 7: Opening of Historic Bossert Hotel Delayed Again

March 7, 2018 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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THE LEDE: Happy Wednesday, Brooklyn! A Sunset Park mansion is saved, a new pastry shop comes to Downtown Brooklyn, and the opening of the Bossert Hotel in Brooklyn Heights is delayed again. Plus, we have details about NYC’s new schools chancellor, the NYPD is hiding some dark secrets, and President Trump wants to open more mental hospitals. Finally, Uber tests self-driving trucks in Arizona, France sets the legal age of consent for sex to 15, and a message in a bottle from 1886 is found in Australia.         
 
IMPRINT: Viola Davis declares on the March cover of Porter Edit that “Women of color are not as valued.”  

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The Rundown
 

~DR. MAURICE T. LEWIS HOUSE IS LANDMARKED TO PREVENT ITS DEMOLITION: Saved! In a dramatic move, the city Landmarks Preservation Commission voted unanimously to designate Sunset Park’s only freestanding mansion as an individual landmark. The measure saves Dr. Maurice T. Lewis House from demolition. The new owner of the house at 404 55th St. made plans to tear it down and construct a seven-story, 74-foot-tall building with 24 apartments and commercial space. This is “an unprecedented situation,” LPC Chairwoman Meenakshi Srinivasan said on Tuesday. “An important building is at stake.” After commissioners cast their votes, dozens of Sunset Park residents in the packed hearing room erupted in cheers. Thirty-three people — including Councilmember Carlos Menchaca — had either testified in person at the hearing or had their remarks read into the public record by one of their neighbors. Every single person expressed support for landmarking the Renaissance Revival-style house. (via Brooklyn Eagle)
 
~OPENING OF HISTORIC BOSSERT HOTEL DELAYED AGAIN: Five years after an expected opening date, developers restoring Brooklyn Heights’Bossert Hotel have delayed the reopening once again. The opening date waspushed back to sometime this summer to find a new operator to take the place of the last firm that backed out. As it turns out, the restoration process has been more work than anticipated because the 1909 hotel is located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. “The restoration of the hotel’s architectural grandeur has proved to be a tremendous amount of work,” said Stephen Allen, the manager of the renovations under developer David Bistricer. “All the new technology is designed to be hidden, and if it’s not hidden it has to complement the elegant details. It’s just taking longer to do things than management expected.” (via Brooklyn Paper)
 
~PASTRY CHEF BRINGS HIS SKILLS TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN: After his three New York bakeries suddenly closed, the acclaimed pastry chefFrancois Payard is now serving up baked goods at Karver in Downtown Brooklyn. While it’s not exactly a pastry shop, Payard is still dishing out items like croissants, fruit tarts and eclairs while overseeing the shop as the culinary director. The bakery at 129 Livingston St. between Boerum Place and Smith Street is the second location of Karver, which also has a 4,800-square-foot spot in Sheepshead Bay that opened last year. “It’s more compact, but it’s more simplified,” Payard said of his new shop. One key difference between the two locations is that the Downtown Brooklyn outpost will offer more lunch options to appeal to the neighborhood’s office crowd. (via Eater New York) 
 
~GET TO KNOW NYC’S NEW SCHOOLS CHANCELLOR: Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday that he has appointed Houston Superintendent of Schools Richard Carranza as the new chancellor of New York City schools, replacing Carmen Fariña. Carranza is de Blasio’s second choice as chancellor, coming days after Miami’s schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho backed out after initially accepting the post. De Blasio said in a release that Carranza — a grandson of Mexican immigrants — has a proven record of narrowing the achievement gap, turning around struggling schools and championing education for English Language learners in diverse cities. As Superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, Carranza led the effort to reopen schools after Hurricane Harvey. “Richard Carranza understands the power of public education to change lives, and he has a proven record of strengthening public schools and lifting up students and families,” de Blasio said. In 2016, Carranza signed a three-year contract in Houston paying him an annual base salary of $345,000 plus performance incentives, according to Chron.com. De Blasio said he will make the same base salary as he did in Houston. (via Brooklyn Eagle)

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Staff Picks:   
 

LONG READ: “Busted, The NYPD’s Secret Files:” Police officers in NYC can fabricate evidence, lie in court and beat innocent people, and still keep their jobs. (via BuzzFeed)  
 
ANOTHER LONG READ: One writer gives tips on “How to Raise a Boy” in the era of Trump, #MeToo and mass shootings. (via The Cut)
 
CARTOON: This just in, “Trump traded for smarter, female President.”
 
DRINK: Here are New York City’s 32 best happy hour spots, including 10 in Brooklyn. (via Eater)

 
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NATIONAL BULLETIN: Since November, Uber has been dispatching self-driving trucks across Arizona…President Trump wants to open more mental hospitals…And a group of black “political hopefuls” are attempting to modernize the Democratic Party. (via USA Today, NYT and WaPo)         
 
FOREIGN FLASH: Trump’s name comes off a hotel in Panama…France sets the legal age of consent for sex to 15…And a message in a bottle from 1886 is found in Australia. (via NYT, BBC and USA Today)                
 
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 ROYAL WATCH: “8 bizarre superstitions the Royal Family reportedly believe” (Reader’s Digest via Business Insider)

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BROOKLYN TONIGHT   
 

ALL DAY — Art in the Parks: Fitzhugh Karol at Prospect Park-Bartel Pritchard Square. Details.
 
8:30AM — The Iran Protests: Aftermath and Impact at Asia Society and Museum. Details.
 
10:00AM — Storytime & Sensory Lounge at Brooklyn Children’s Museum.Details.
 
11:00AM – 6:00PM — David Bowie Is at Brooklyn Museum. Details.
 
12:00PM – 6:00PM — Work on Paper at The Cluster Gallery. Details.
 
1:00PM – 3:00PM — Historic Trolley Tours at Green-Wood Cemetery. Details.
 
3:00PM — One Thousand Years of Polish Jewry at Museum of Jewish Heritage.Details.  
 
5:00PM – 7:00PM — P(art)y at Threes Brewing. Details.   
 
7:00PM — RadioLoveFest at BAM Various Locations. Details.   
 
7:00PM – 9:00PM — CNN’s American Dynasties: The Kennedys at New-York Historical Society. Details.  
 
 
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 EAGLE SPORTS: Mired in their longest losing streak in almost five years, the New York Islanders are running out of excuses for why they appear destined to miss out on the playoffs for a second straight season. “We just seem to find ways to lose,” team captain John Tavares admitted followingMonday night’s 4-3 overtime loss at Vancouver in front of 17,307 fans at Rogers Arena. “We just have to find a way for a full 60 minutes to finish one out,” added Tavares after New York’s season-high seventh consecutive defeat. “We haven’t seemed to finish games off. Whatever that is, whether it’s mental or just execution of a few plays. We just have to find a way to do it.” (via Brooklyn Eagle)

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MILESTONES
 
Happy birthday to Bryan Cranston, Taylor Dayne, Michael Eisner, Jenna Fischer, Denyce Graves, Janet Guthrie, Franco Harris, Robert Harris, John Heard, Jeff Kent, Ivan Lendl, Tobias Menzies, Laura Prepon, Willard Herman Scott Jr., Nick Searcy, Daniel J. Travanti, Rachel Weisz and Peter Wolf!
 
Brooklyn Today’s editor is Scott Enman. Contact him at[email protected]. 


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