Rendering of proposed sanitation garage, James Gandolfini, Jennifer Connelly and John Slattery

The state Appellate Division okayed the city’s proposed Sanitation Department garage on Spring Street yesterday, crushing the hearts of many a celebrity Hudson Square resident. According to the Post, the court ruled unanimously in favor of the controversial project, a 120-foot-tall salt-storage shed on the West Side Highway, near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel. Residents of the pricey condominiums nearby — including stars like James Gandolfini, Jennifer Connelly, John Slattery, Kirsten Dunst and REM’s Michael Stipe — had filed several legal challenges to try to prevent the $400 million garage from getting off the ground. [more]

Actor couple Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany recently swapped their Park Slope mansion at 17 Prospect Park West for a penthouse apartment in Manhattan. Connelly, best known for her turns in “A Beautiful Mind” and “He’s Just Not That into You,” and Bettany, who took on a villainous role in “The Da Vinci Code,” found their new home at 288 West Street, which cost a reported $6.99 million according to Curbed, and was less “creepy” than the Park Slope spot, according to Connelly. On last Friday’s “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” Connelly revealed that her children were so skeeved out by the family’s Brooklyn mansion that they slept on her bedroom floor to avoid being alone, causing her concern that child services might intervene.

Husband-and-wife actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are rumored to own a
townhouse on Prospect Park West in Brooklyn. Sources told the New York
Post that a company connected to Parker bought the townhouse, which was
previously owned by Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany. Limited
liability company Harken Pretty purchased the nine-bedroom home, which
is now undergoing renovation, for $8.45 million in December. It is much
larger than the townhouse Parker and Broderick currently own in the
West Village. [more]