Last Original Building Left on Roebling Street Gets a Prize

1.

You shouldn't be walking around those areas in Brooklyn to begin with.

2.

Why not, #1? Scared of the hipsters and young professionals? There's nobody else in that section of Wburg.

3.

what a great looking old building.
these are no doubt going to be some awesome loft spaces.

4.

anyone know what is going up at the corner of N. 8th and Roebling? Havent heard who is attached to the project or seen renderings

5.

#3, agreed.

6.

They were jackhammering away and doing all sorts of demo without permits, but today there's a fence up with some paperwork taped to it.

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The building was originaly Aunt Heddy's bakery on 1st and 2nd floor - empty above. Work started about a week ago - and they did have permits posted. I live down the street. A beautiful building - glad to hear it is not being torn down.

8.

they should make it a walmart or olive garden

9.

They should market it with the graffiti intact.

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#7 i wouldnt exactly call it beautiful, run down and grimey would be more like it. Granted, they can make it nice with a good architect. P.S. just because a building has woodwork on the roof doesnt make it beautiful pre-war construction, sometimes it just means its a pile of shit with woodwork on top.

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i love roebling --- hopefully these buildings / conversions will have to plant some trees / landscape - with the park at the end it's becoming really cool - and quieter than bedford...

12.

and #10. beautiful is subjective. i happen to think it is quite beautiful.

and your comment about the woodwork and pre war architecture is quite ignorant given that the building is well...pre war and has many pre-war architectural details.

you clearly don't like it, fine. to each his own. but the fact that you consider it grimey means to me that you have not an eye for potential of what it might become.

yeah, it's run down and grimey now. duh. that's why it's being rehabilitated.

13.

How is Roebling quieter then Bedford? It's a trucking route and runs straight into the Williamsburg Bridge on the south end. No drunk kids, but surely lots of taxis and trucks.

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#13 - I dont know but it is relatively a lot quieter... I think the trucks use metropolitan mainly and the South end of Roebling, but I was referring to the part of the street between metropolitan and the Park, where this building is. There are hardly any factories around who would use it because of proximity... Grand, Metropolitan, Lorimer maybe...

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#12 i have an eye for its potential, or i wouldnt have said "Granted, they can make it nice with a good architect." Besides the woodwork, please point out the pre-war architectual detail, im looking very closely at the picture and do not see it.

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i rarely see cars on roebling when i pass through. i do agree it's a nice-looking building, but i'm not afraid of industrial buildings. walked by over the weekend and they had constructed this dubious little plywood and "two-by" bridge from the loading dock to the dumpster and were carting debris over the heads of pedestrians. i tried to hold my breath in case of asbestos. no permits were posted at the time.

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woodwork? you've got to be kidding. there isn't any woodwork on this building. those bracket-like things are definitely some kind of stone.

18.

I don't know about you guys, i'm just happy that svetlana doesn't seem to post on this website any more. Dirty Whore.

Hugs and kisses!

19.

maybe they forclosed on her condo in DUMBO

20.

There is not all that much traffic on that part of the street, I think the BQE traffic is closer to the Metropolitan Ave (5 blocks south).

Don't foret, Capone's is right next door
www.11211.info/capones.htm

Also Bamonte's restaruant is on the other side of Union where 9th becomes Withers.

Great building! Loft Space will be amazing there, but at what price?!

21.

Roebling is definitely quieter. Most of the southbound traffic comes down Driggs or Wythe, and northbound traffic uses Bedford or Berry. All of those streets are more "through" than Roebling, even though it does lead to the bridge.

And I think the brackets and cornice are wood - but don't remember for sure.

22.

Bamonte's could be the worst restaurant in all of 11211. Sure it's been there for a hundred years and sure it serves the Italian community, but waiting 2.5 hours for lunch when there are three tables occupied in the place is just unacceptable.

23.

Agreed, Bamonte's is the worst.

But WHAT is going up at North 8 and Roebling Streets?

Lots of logs being pounded into the ground all day long. But like #4, I haven't seen any info. on it. Sign says the owner is an entity called "Roebling Park." Sounding dreadful already...

24.

Curbed comments are like a virtual clown car. 23 idiots out so far. Makes me laugh every time.

25.

I never have a problem at Bamonte's.
Maybe they just don't like how you guys look or act.

I can only imagine.

26.

Um....don't you goons have anything better to do?

27.

agreed - North Roebling is lovely and quiet and convenient to everything.