Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'joshuaguttman'
June 9, 2006
Developer Joshua Guttman and his son Jack were are being arraigned on 434 counts of negligence regarding the upkeep of the now-destroyed Greenpoint Terminal Market, as investigators continue to search for the second man involved in the massive fire. The Guttmans purchased the abandoned warehouse last year for an eventual commercial-resiedential development, but they "failed to maintain" the waterfront property. During a court hearing yesterday for Leszek Kuczera, the homeless man who confessed to......
Continue Reading "Guttman Arraigned as Search Continues for Second Firestarter"June 8, 2006
A pair of homeless man have been arrested for starting the fire that caused the NYC's biggest blaze (this side of the World Trade Center). Leszek Kuczera, a 59 year old Polish immigrant, and another as-yet unapprehended homeless man were attempting to burn the insulation off copper wire by setting eight tires on fire, but the fire got out of control. Kuczera was arrested and charged with arson, buglary, reckless endangerment and petty larceny;......
Continue Reading "Desperate Quest for Copper Led Greenpoint Fire"May 18, 2006
Developer Joshua Guttman was in Brooklyn court yesterday, but not for anything related to the Greenpoint Terminal Market fire or any of the other arson cases at buildings he's owns (he's never been charged with arson). Actually, this case is about a tenant, a basement, and some missing equipment. According to the NY Times, tenant Onias Pacheco had been moving out of a Guttman building, and Guttman agreed to store Pacheco's screening equipment in the......
Continue Reading "Guttman Settles with Tenant in Court"May 13, 2006
Ooh - the NY Times reports that the fire marshals brought in a golden retriever to investigate the Greenpoint Terminal Market's charred remains to see if there were any accelerants used. Apparently Bucca, named after a firefighter lost on September 11, sits when he smells accelerants, but the FDNY did not reveal whether Bucca was doing any sitting. And yesterday, the Daily News reported that site owner Joshua Guttman is already selling various pieces......
Continue Reading "Fire Dog on the Greenpoint Fire Scene"May 7, 2006
- There was a stabbing on the Lower East Side last night - That fat guy walking across the country is headed to NYC - Gotham Gal doesn't like Ditch Plains - Greenpoint Terminal Market owner Joshua Guttman has had 16 arrest warrants for his various housing code violations - Man kills a 4 year old and shoots four others - over a beer - A school public safety officer has been arrest over......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"May 6, 2006
- Hot 97 sues its landlord for suing them to get out of their office/studio space in Tribeca - It's Make Way for the Ducklings at the Plaza! Now Gothamist wants to go find these ducklings at Central Park - Naked pillow fight in Brooklyn tonight? Good thing the weather is nice. - Hmm, arson was the cause of fire at four of Joshua Guttman's buildings - The NYPD's senior counterterrorism official Michael Sheehan......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra"May 5, 2006
The investigationcontinues at the Greenpoint Terminal Market. We thought this quote from a Department of Environmental Protection workerin the Daily News summed it up well: "It looks like an atomic bomb hit it. This looks like a war zone. Everything's totally burned down. Fuhgeddaboudit." One concern is that the buildings will collapse, since the structures have been so devastated by the fire, so the Fire Department is going to start tearing down some buildings.......
Continue Reading "FDNY to Tear Down What's Left at Brooklyn Warehouse"May 4, 2006
The Fire Department's arson investigators will be looking for traces of accelerants left at the Greenpoint Terminal Market site, though it's possible much evidence has been destroyed from the 10 alarm fire that lasted almost two days. The real estate dealings behind the warehouse are of natural interest in the investigation, though sources say that the land's owner, Joshua Guttman, is not a suspect. Guttman, who bought the buildings for $25 million in 2001,......
Continue Reading "Brooklyn Warehouse Fire - and Real Estate Deal - Investigated"May 3, 2006
Firefighters are still working to put out the huge ten-alarm Brooklyn warehouse fire that started yesterday at 5:30AM. Fifteen buildings the Greenpoint Terminal Market were hit by the fire. The Fire Department used eight to nine million gallons of water during their work, and since there was no "immediate threat to life," the fire became a sort of clinic for the department to "plan strategy," according to the NY Times; the FDNY also used......
Continue Reading "Massive Greenpoint Fire "Suspicious" and Still Being Fought"
