150 Charles Street rendering

Elliman’s Leonard Steinberg wonders if he set a world record at 150 Charles Street. Iconic Sandy-submerged Jersey Shore roller coaster to be demolished tomorrow. Cobble Hill apartment building at 11 Wyckoff Street puts four rental units on the market. The effort to move Madison Square Garden depends on how it is defined. Park Slope’s Pink House gets a shout-out in Solange video. Read these stories and more after the jump.

Michael Bloomberg and Madison Square Garden

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leaning toward moving Madison Square Garden from its Midtown perch but by using the permitting process — not eminent domain, Crain’s reported.

Bloomberg laid out his position yesterday, just before the Department of City Planning proposed a 15-year permit for the venue to stay in its space on top of Penn Station, at roughly 33rd Street and Eighth Avenue. [more]

Madison Square Garden

The Department of City Planning has proposed limiting Madison Square Garden to 15 more years in its Midtown space, Crain’s reported.

Since the venue’s permit expired in January, it has sought a special permit to operate indefinitely atop Penn Station. However, civic groups in favor of the transportation hub’s renovation and expansion have pushed to limit the stadium’s occupation of the space to a 10-year term. Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has also backed a restricted permit. [more]

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden went before the City Planning Commission Wednesday to try and secure a permit to operate indefinitely atop Penn Station, WNYC reported.

MSG’s permit expired in January. Opponents of the arena’s push to stay permanently at the Penn Station location want to give MSG a 10-year option that would give developers and planners time to brainstorm a plan to boost economic growth on the West Side. “It’s so important to be thinking about building a new Penn Station and not just making some minor and cosmetic changes,” Regional Plan Association’s Richard Yaro said at the hearing, according to WNYC.  [more]

Vin Cipolla and Madison Square Garden

Non-profit organization the Municipal Arts Society has recruited four noted architectural firms to find a new nest for Madison Square Garden and lend their design expertise to reconfiguring Penn Station when (and if) the stadium moves, Crain’s reported. The list includes Santiago Calatrava, SHoP Architects, SOM and Diller, Scofidio + Renfro. [more]

From left: Madison Square Garden and Scott Stringer

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer today recommended that the City Planning Commission endorse a proposal to expand Penn Station by shifting the location of Madison Square Garden, Crain’s reported. In other words, Stringer would reject MSG’s request for a special land-use permit that would let the arena stay in its current location “in perpetuity.” [more]

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden’s special permit to operate as an arena with more than 2,500 seats expired in January. But last night, Community Board 5 recommended that any permit renewal be denied unless the facility can meet certain requirements, Wally Rubin, district manager, told the New York Observer. [more]

Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden’s special permit to operate as an arena expired in January, and a move by the arena to secure a long-term renewal has evoked mixed reactions in the community, DNAinfo reported. 50 years ago, the City Planning Commission issued MSG a special permit which allows it to seat 2,500 people, according to a planning document viewed by DNAinfo. But since Jan. 24, the arena has been relying on a Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, which is set to run out in April…. [more]

Madison Square Garden

A new deal with the city could turn Madison Square Garden into a Times Square-like neon playground. According to DNAinfo, MSG representatives are seeking permission to waive existing rules and allow them to install four 77-foot LED display panels on the stadium’s exterior — almost double the size of the current 40-foot signage. [more]

MSG CEO Hank Ratner and the construction underway

The Rangers didn’t exactly cooperate with Madison Square Garden’s renovation plans by playing all the way into late May this year, but construction workers appear to have made up for lost time. Crain’s reported that Garden CEO Hank Ratner showed off some of the changes implemented this summer, the second of three being used to complete the $980 million renovation. [more]