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refurbish the Nott Avenue Pier with benches and trees and open up the dock to the public. The pier's name reflected the former name of the street—44th Drive had been previously called Nott Avenue before the Queens
Topographical Bureau renamed the borough's streets according to a grid plan in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Fleischman only operated the restaurant for an eight-month period, after which it was taken over in
September 1985 by Stuart and Marika Somerstein, who also owned a catering firm on Long Island. The couple spent $ 4 million renovating Water's Edge, which included the addition of a 350-seat ballroom
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The city evicted the restaurant from the site in 2020. It initially put up the barges for auction in 2022, but pulled the listing after determining that they could not be safely moved given their condition. The city instead announced plans to demolish the barges. A fire broke out at the abandoned
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provided favorable treatment to Singh in a lease dispute between the restaurant and the city. Singh had made campaign donations to de Blasio and also hosted fundraisers at the Water's Edge for de Blasio for free in 2011 and 2013, only subsequently generating bills for the events in 2015 following
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In conjunction with the development of the restaurant, the adjacent Nott Avenue Pier was refurbished and opened to the public. The restaurant was required to maintain the pier as a public access area as part of its lease agreement with the city. In 1979, the city had previously announced plans to
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depicting a bride and groom on the pier in 1990. The signs did not technically ban weddings, but were intended to stop private ceremonies that blocked public access to the pier, which was illegal and subject to a fine of up to $ 5,000. The signs disappeared by 1993, but the city did not plan to
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Drive. The floating venue consisted of a 200-seat dining room on the lower level and a smaller dining room on the upper level for private parties. Water's Edge had an outdoor deck facing the river and included dock space for guests arriving by private yachts.
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333:"The Water's Edge finally ap-piers"
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