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Neighbors and operators clash over outdoor courtyard at historic Astra Place theater; applicants offer beer-and-wine, hours limits
Summary
Applicants for the Astra Place (Aster Place) theater withdrew a full-liquor application and proposed a beer-and-wine theater license plus limited use of a courtyard for ticketed patrons only, promising no alcohol outdoors and an 11 p.m. outdoor cutoff; neighbors said DOB approvals and enforceable protections were still missing.
Applicants and neighbors clashed at Community Board 2’s SLA committee over plans to reactivate an outdoor courtyard adjacent to the historic Astra Place theater.
Max Bookman, counsel for Sweet Hospitality Group, and EJ Marotta, the applicant president, told the committee they had withdrawn a prior full-liquor application and would file for a beer-and-wine theater license while seeking permission to use the courtyard only for ticketed theatergoers. “We are instead going to be filing a beer and wine license application,” Bookman said, adding the use would be limited to ticketed patrons and tied to show hours.
Bookman described operational limits intended to reduce neighborhood impacts:…
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