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Fast Company
4 days ago
- Health
- Fast Company
This guy has a quick fix for the crisis on Brooklyn's busiest highway—and few are paying attention
New York City's Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is falling apart. Built between 1946 and 1964, the urban highway runs 12.1 miles through the heart of the two boroughs to connect on either end with the interstate highway system—a relic of midcentury car-oriented infrastructure, and a prime example of the dwindling lifespan of roads built during that time. The degradation is most visible—and most pressing—in a section running alongside Brooklyn Heights known as the triple cantilever. This 0.4-mile section, completed in 1954, is unique among U.S. highways in that it juts out from the side of a hill and stacks the two directions of traffic on balcony-like decks, one slightly overhanging the other. A third level holds a well-loved park, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. This unusual layer cake of a freeway was a marvel of engineering in its day, though not without controversy. Masterminded by Robert Moses, the city's all-powerful, often ruthless city planner for more than four decades, the roadway bisects working-class and immigrant neighborhoods that grapple with the health and environmental fallout to this day. Like the reputation of the man who built it, the triple cantilever has aged poorly. Its narrow width, (33.5 feet for the roadway in either direction) has made all but the most basic maintenance incredibly difficult, and its 71-year-old structure is constantly battered by the ever heavier automobiles and trucks. Designed to accommodate around 47,000 vehicles per day, it now carries more than three times that amount. Deteriorating deck joints and failing steel-reinforced concrete have led many to worry the triple cantilever is on the verge of collapse. An expert panel warned in 2020 that the triple cantilever could be unusable by 2026. advertisement The final deadline for Fast Company's Brands That Matter Awards is this Friday, May 30, at 11:59 p.m. PT. Apply today.
Daily Telegraph
7 days ago
- Business
- Daily Telegraph
Inside Ed Sheeran's $18.5 million waterfront pad
Ed Sheeran has snapped up a waterfront condo in Brooklyn Heights after renting there for two years. According to The Real Deal, the Grammy-winner and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, bought an unit at the Pierhouse condominium for less than $US12 million ($A18.5 million) after previously renting a different apartment in the same development. The off-market deal was made through Patrick Walker LLP, a UK-based entity registered to the couple, the New York Post reports. The deed for the transaction appeared in the city register last week. MORE: Kelce secret hide-out to bulk without Taylor Dad blocks son's $177m amid public spat Entire town of 6000 live on SAME street The apartment includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a terrace. It was last sold in 2017 for $US6.1 million by real estate broker Jillian Woods and her husband, Jordan Woods. While Woods confirmed to the outlet she was the seller, she declined to comment further. Sheeran is no stranger to the building. In 2023, he made headlines by signing the most expensive rental contract in Brooklyn that year, paying $US36,000 ($A55,000) a month for a different unit in the same building. That apartment, Unit S405, was later leased to a professional athlete and recently relisted for $US38,000 ($A58,000) a month. Pierhouse, developed by Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group, launched sales in 2014 and has become a magnet for celebrity residents. Rapper Kendrick Lamar purchased a duplex there for $US8.6 million ($A13.2 million) in 2023. The 100-unit complex offers luxury amenities including two fitness centres, a garage with EV charging stations and 24-hour attended lobbies. The Sheeran deal comes amid continued strength in Brooklyn Heights' luxury market. While the area is typically dominated by high-priced townhouse sales, select condominiums have broken through the leaderboard. Just this month, a unit in the same building asked $US7.5 million ($A11.5 million), while another at 118 Remsen St. recently went into contract with a $US7.3 million ($A11.2 million) asking price. The neighbourhood's highest residential sale remains a townhouse at 8 Montague Terrace, which fetched $US25 million in 2020. Parts of this story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission. Sign up to the Herald Sun Weekly Real Estate Update. Click here to get the latest Victorian property market news delivered direct to your inbox. MORE: Emma Stone ditches dream in huge $41m call Sad Meghan: I was a 'hustler' living 'little' 'Disrespectful' Charles slammed as Diana's home left to rot
News.com.au
7 days ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Inside Ed Sheeran's $18.5 million waterfront pad
Ed Sheeran has snapped up a waterfront condo in Brooklyn Heights after renting there for two years. According to The Real Deal, the Grammy-winner and his wife, Cherry Seaborn, bought an unit at the Pierhouse condominium for less than $US12 million ($A18.5 million) after previously renting a different apartment in the same development. The off-market deal was made through Patrick Walker LLP, a UK-based entity registered to the couple, the New York Post reports. The deed for the transaction appeared in the city register last week. The apartment includes four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a terrace. It was last sold in 2017 for $US6.1 million by real estate broker Jillian Woods and her husband, Jordan Woods. While Woods confirmed to the outlet she was the seller, she declined to comment further. Sheeran is no stranger to the building. In 2023, he made headlines by signing the most expensive rental contract in Brooklyn that year, paying $US36,000 ($A55,000) a month for a different unit in the same building. That apartment, Unit S405, was later leased to a professional athlete and recently relisted for $US38,000 ($A58,000) a month. Pierhouse, developed by Toll Brothers City Living and Starwood Capital Group, launched sales in 2014 and has become a magnet for celebrity residents. Rapper Kendrick Lamar purchased a duplex there for $US8.6 million ($A13.2 million) in 2023. The 100-unit complex offers luxury amenities including two fitness centres, a garage with EV charging stations and 24-hour attended lobbies. The Sheeran deal comes amid continued strength in Brooklyn Heights' luxury market. While the area is typically dominated by high-priced townhouse sales, select condominiums have broken through the leaderboard. Just this month, a unit in the same building asked $US7.5 million ($A11.5 million), while another at 118 Remsen St. recently went into contract with a $US7.3 million ($A11.2 million) asking price. The neighbourhood's highest residential sale remains a townhouse at 8 Montague Terrace, which fetched $US25 million in 2020. Parts of this story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission.
RTÉ News
25-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Cian O'Connor claims runner-up spot in Rome Grand Prix
Irish horses and riders have enjoyed success in the five-star Rolex Grand Prix of Rome in Italy, with Meath's Cian O'Connor and Iron Man taking runner-up spot. World number 10 O'Connor and the 12-year-old gelding Iron Man narrowly missed out on becoming the sixth Irish winners in the 92-year history of the Rome Grand Prix, after they finished just over a tenth of a second behind Brazilian winner Yuri Mansur with Miss Blue-Saint Blue Farm. O'Connor stopped the clock clear in 35.76 seconds to take the lead in the 12-horse jump-off, before being overtaken by Brazil's Mansur who crossed the line clear in 35.65 to take the top prize of €125,000, with O'Connor collecting €100,000 for his runner-up finish. Irish riders have in the past won the famous Rome Grand Prix on five occasions - Denis Lynch with Brooklyn Heights in 2022 and Lantinus in 2008. Eddie Macken and Boomerang lifted the trophy in 1978, after Billy Ringrose and Loch an Easpaig won it in 1961, while John Lewis and Limerick Lace were the first Irish winners of the Rome Grand Prix back in 1938.
