Gracie Mansion

“Numbers to know” is a weekly web feature that catalogues the most notable, quirky and surprising real estate statistics. Prices in Williamsburg are on the rise, the Gracie Mansion will host an awards show and more inventory is coming on the market.  [more]

From left: mayoral candidates Bill Thompson, Tom Allon and Gracie Mansion

Not only will the 2013 New York City election bring a new mayor to work in City Hall, it will also likely bring a new mayor to turn the Gracie Mansion property into a home again, the Wall Street Journal reported. [more]

City Council member Gale Brewer announced that she will launch an investigation into building conditions within the city’s real estate portfolio after the Daily News reported hundreds of open code violations at city-owned properties. Among the high-profile buildings implicated in the report: One Police Plaza and the Manhattan Criminal Court, each of which have around 100 violations, Gracie Mansion, which had 16, and the Department of Buildings’ own headquarters at 280 Broadway, which had 20. Most of the infractions aren’t a threat to safety, but some are more serious, like the four Environmental Control Board violations at One Police Plaza, including one for failing to prove that emergency exits have their own power supply…. [more]

Talks over the future of Central Park’s famed Tavern on the Green restaurant are deadlocked after a secret meeting at Gracie Mansion last week took a bitter turn, the Post’s Steve Cuozzo reported. Present at the meeting were new license holder Dean Poll — who was, according to a source, “intransigent” — and Local 6 union chief Peter Ward, who the source called “belligerent.” … [more]

Rebekah Mercer and Sylvain Mirochnikoff own nearly three floors in the Heritage at Trump Place, after spending more than $28 million on six adjoining units on the 23rd through 25th floors. Combined, the couple’s apartments could create a 13,962-square-foot, 17-bedroom Upper West Side triplex with views of the Hudson River and Riverside Park. That’s more than twice the size of Gracie Mansion and one-quarter the size of the White House, the Wall Street Journal noted…. [more]