Business

Bancorp to Acquire FNBNY

    Bridge Bancorp, the parent company of Bridgehampton National Bank, will acquire FNBNY Bancorp and its subsidiary, the First National Bank of New York. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, subject to conditions including required regulatory approvals and approval of FNBNY’s shareholders.

AMAGANSETT

B. Krupinski to Kidd Construction and Farrell, 8 Old Station Place, .56 acre (vacant), July 24, $1,750,000.

J. Reiring to F. Petzel, 43 Beach Avenue, .3 acre, May 19, $1,445,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Sawgrass Properties to B. Centner and D. Barbee, 125 Meadows East, .92 acre, Apr. 30, $900,000.

Topping Investment Co. to 322 Ocean Road L.L.C., 322 Ocean Road, 19.4 acres (vacant), July 24, $25,000,000.

EAST HAMPTON

B. White to Flex Development L.L.C., 10 Livery Lane, .75 acre, July 30, $900,000.

On Friday a horde of bargain hunters descended upon an 11,000-square-foot mansion on Hedges Lane in Sagaponack. This wasn’t your average estate sale, but rather a “demolition sale,” an upscale free-for-all in which pretty much everything that wasn’t nailed down had to go.

AMAGANSETT

B. Avallone to Kidd Construction Company, 6 Old Station Place, .56 acre (vacant), July 24, $1,750,000.

J. Lazo to C. and C. Susanin, 25 Central Avenue, .23 acre, Aug. 2, $1,895,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Scuttle Pond and Hendrick to Scuttle Bridge L.L.C., 2166 Scuttle Hole Road, 16.6 acres (vacant), July 24, $5,000,000.

65 Narrow Lane Corp. to O. Pariente, 65 Narrow Lane, .46 acre, July 30, $1,750,000.

EAST HAMPTON

   Williamsburg, the Brooklyn neighborhood that exploded in popularity in the late 1990s, has come a long way — literally. As hopeful residents were priced out of its traditional borders, adjacent neighborhoods filled up and gentrified, pushing the neighborhood’s uber-cool phenomenon in every direction but west, where new high-rise buildings stop at the East River’s edge.

Bagel Texting

    Hampton Bagels, just past the railroad bridge on North Main Street in East Hampton Village, has started accepting orders by text. Although a number of  vendors have invited customers to fax in orders, this may be a first. The order number for texts is 631-805-1330. Orders can be sent to the shop’s app at zingenow.com.

Cellphones and Batteries

     Under a recently instituted New York State program, it is now possible to recycle cellphones and rechargeable batteries at several local retail shops.

AMAGANSETT

B. Avallone to Kidd Construction, 7 Old Station Place (vacant), July 19, $1,750,000.

EAST HAMPTON

J. Bermudez to C. Uchupaille, 9 Morris Park Lane, .4 acre, June 21, $295,000.

J. and A. Lundquist to B. Straumann, 81 North Woods Lane, .87 acre, June 30, $1,250,000.

L. Vaisman to R. and A. Tymann, 196 Treescape Drive, Unit 5C, June 19, $547,500.

M. Lindberg to D. and N. Fourgoux, 24 Mulford Avenue, .36 acre, July 22, $765,000.

MONTAUK

BRIDGEHAMPTON

B. Sidebotham to C. Arena and M. Mezzano, 2569 Montauk Highway, .56 acre, July 12, $1,060,000.

EAST HAMPTON

L. Walters (by executors) to E. and S. French, 1 Sammys Beach Road, .18 acre, July 10, $461,000.

A. Fried to J. Grossman, 5 Tillinghast Place and lot 7, .33 acre (vacant), July 11, $100,000.

A. Fried (by executor) to Jon Grossman Associates, 3 Tillinghast Place, .26 acre, July 11, $350,000.

MONTAUK

P. Griffith to J. and K. Campanella, 10 Holly Street, 1.7 acres, June 21, $1,100,500.

   Randy Meech, a resident of Shelter Island and Brooklyn and an avid fisherman, has recently developed an application, Tides Near Me. He usually uses his management and engineering skills to develop applications for large Internet-based companies. This, however, was seen as meeting a need, and so he took it on.

AMAGANSETT

J. and C. Fry to R. Lerner, 30 Private Road, .58 acre, July 5, $2,050,000.

M. Hayden and S. Grimaldi to HEJS7 L.L.C., 7 Devon Woods Close, 1.8 acres (vacant), June 27, $725,000.

M. Hayden to HEJS9 L.L.C., 9 Devon Woods Close, 1.6 acres (vacant), June 27, $725,000.

Amagansett Beach Box to Casa Di Bianco Sabia, 1932 Montauk Highway, .17 acre, July 1, $975,000.

J. Accardi Jr. to K. Law, 10 Hampton Lane, June 26, $1,550,000.

H. Abady to J. and C. Fry, 108 Central Avenue, .32 acre, June 28, $2,505,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

New Custom Cabinetry

    Smith River Kitchens, on Newtown Lane in East Hampton, has launched a custom line of cabinetry designed in-house and handcrafted in Lancaster, Pa. The line, called Smith River Collections, is inspired by American Shaker style and historic details and offers features specific to small kitchens and those looking to maximize storage space within a kitchen.

AMAGANSETT

S. Centeno to A. Panaretto, 111 Montauk Highway, .66 acre, June 14, $1,600,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

102Co. N.Y. L.L.C. to R. Rubin and Rubin Trusts, 31 The Bridge, 2.84 acres (vacant), June 10, $625,000.

W., P., and A. Diefenbach, to 414 Mitchell’s Lane L.L.C., 414 Mitchell’s Lane, 4.62 acres, June 21, $3,900,000.

EAST HAMPTON

S. Cantey (by executor) to D. Coffman, 35 Wooded Oak Lane, .55 acre, June 13, $640,000.

M. and P. Podell to Carnesecchi and Mendiola, 5 Longboat Lane, 1 acre, Apr. 5, $770,000.

   Bruce Weed didn’t start off as a computer repairman. His first calling was as a chef. Some may recall his restaurant, aptly named Bruce’s, in the Saga­ponack spot now occupied by Townline BBQ. He ran the eatery from 1978 to 1994 with his mother, and eventually his wife, Linda, who started as a sous chef there.

    “I worked 25 hours a day, and loved it. . . . There’s no bigger high than growing your own produce and cooking it.”

MindBody the Best

    For the second time, MindBody, an international tech company serving the health, beauty, and fitness industries with offices at Red Horse Plaza in East Hampton, is among “The 100 Best Places to Work” as ranked by Outside magazine. The magazine’s 2013 list puts MindBody, based in San Luis Obispo, Calif., at No. 56.

   At Kara Westerman’s memoir-writing workshop at the East Hampton Library in June there was a woman working on the life story of her sister, a famous film star; a published novelist recapturing memories of her childhood as an Army brat, and a visual artist creating a “transmedia” book. A whopping 30 memoirist wannabes signed up, 22 more than the maximum allowed.

AMAGANSETT

SWC SPV I L.L.C. to Rodrigo Carpentry Company,  411 Town Lane, 3 acres (vacant), Dec. 8, $1,040,000.

Kensington Realty Development to Hamptons Real Estate, 25 Handy Lane, .65 acre, June 11, $340,000.

J. and A. Magliocco to Amahand L.L.C., 108 Hand Lane, .61 acre, June 29, $3,150,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Firstlot L.L.C. to FJI The Bridge L.L.C., 2 Checkered Path, 2.98 acres (vacant), June 24, $4,000,000.

L. and R. Freeman Trust to P. and P. Devine, 1 Aelfies Way, .56 acre, May 23, $1,400,000.

We may be suffering from Montauk fatigue, what with the hamlet featuring prominently in the news from club goings-on to parking mayhem, but it behooves us to note that real estate there is undergoing as much a resurgence as the hamlet’s motels and eating establishments

AMAGANSETT

G. and A. Lupo to Gone Further L.L.C., 256 Town Lane, .97 acre, June 14, $830,000.

L. and R. Cohen to 2 Mitchell Dunes Lane, 2 Mitchell Dunes Lane, 1.45 acres (vacant), June 12, $1,162,500.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

A. Pellikaan (by adminstrator) to G. Whiting, 45 Halsey Lane, .29 acre, May 21, $1,300,000.

Morvetta L.L.C. to Kidd Construction Company, 101 Hildreth Ave­nue, 1.89 acres, May 31, $3,900,000.

EAST HAMPTON

Hudson City Savings to J. Pinos and C. Quito, 11 Tub Oarsman’s Road, June 12, $250,000.

AMAGANSETT

P. and M. Oliver to J. Kline, 249 Bluff Road, .41 acre, May 31, $2,075,000.

I. and S. Lundberg to M. Leydier, 83 Cliff Road, .44 acre, June 5, $1,870,000.

J. and S. Schatz to JMCAI L.L.C., 97 Central Avenue, .29 acre, June 6, $2,012,500.

J. and L. Scalia to Lyjenelle L.L.C., 72 Surf Drive, .23 acre, June 5, $4,050,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

101 Co. L.L.C. to R. Rubin and Trusts, 2 Checkered Path, 2.98 acres (vacant), June 10, $1,000,000.

   Kelly Wearstler, an interior and fashion designer, will have a trunk show on Saturday at 4 p.m. at MONC XIII on Madison Street in Sag Harbor, with cocktails and a book signing from 6 to 9 p.m.

   MONC XIII is a high-end furniture and home goods shop owned and operated by Natasha Esch, an interior designer and former president of Wilhelmina Models.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

S. Silverstein to N. Patel and H. Talib, 17 Fair Hills Lane, .92 acre, May 24, $3,150,000.

R. Reid Jr. to I. and D. Friedrich, 619 Lumber Lane, .92 acre, May 24, $3,300,000.

R. Mahler to Hampton Court Partners, 11 Hampton Court, .53 acre, May 24, $335,000.

EAST HAMPTON

51 Cedar Street L.L.C. to Chateau Sardine #4 L, 51 Cedar Street, .5 acre, June 3, $525,000.

W. Fowkes Jr. (by referee) to Waterfall Victoria, 300 Pantigo Place, Unit 117, May 30, $625,294.

A loan shark used to be the go-to guy when you needed quick, easy money and were willing to pay through the nose in interest. These days “hard money loans” don’t carry such a stigma: The term “private equity consultant” sounds better than “loan shark.”

While most South Fork retailers spent the weekend before Independence Day gearing up for the busiest few days of the year, Craig Wright was doing that and more, as he moved his Innersleeve Records and its inventory to a new space on Long Wharf in Sag Harbor

Bridge Bash

    The Southampton Chamber of Commerce has planned a networking night next Thursday at the Peconic Land Trust’s Bridge Gardens at 36 Mitchell Lane in Bridgehampton. A $15 entry fee to the 5 to 7 p.m. event comes with appetizers, beer from the Southampton Publick House, wine courtesy of the Wolffer Estate Vineyard, and music by Jim Turner.

AMAGANSETT

P. Bistrian Jr. to 477 Gansett L.L.C., 499 Montauk Highway, .45 acre, May 22, $350,000.

E. Velasquez, and Y to Zebra Bumida L.L.C., 28 Hedges Lane, 1.23 acres, May 20, $2,525,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

Stuebe and O’Mara-Stuebe to A. Johnson, 833 Millstone Road, 2.36 acres, May 22, $2,025,000.

D. Farcas to G. Orloff, 216 Millstone Road, .63 acre, May 26, $1,500,000.

S. Schreiber to L. Mueller and E. Marchand, 29 Meadows East, .93 acre, May 7, $850,000.

AMAGANSETT

J. Broderick to J. and J. Hummel, 53 Abram’s Landing Road, .62 acre, May 10, $970,125.

25 Sarah’s Path (by referee) to M. Silverton, 25 Sarah’s Path, .92 acre, Mar. 27, $1,500,000.

M. Goldberg to M. Eshaghian Trust, 26 Ocean Lane, .3 acre, May 13, $2,000,000.

BRIDGEHAMPTON

R. Goldner Weiss to Town of Southampton, 141 Old Sag Harbor Road, 7.9 acres (vacant), May 13, $2,000,000.

J. Troiano to 8 Meadow Court L.L.C., 8 Meadow Court, .94 acre (vacant), Mar. 28, $725,000.

   The Golden Eagle, a local institution that has long provided fine-art supplies, children’s art supplies and toys, fun and unusual gifts, and year-round art instruction for adults and children, will close its doors on Sept. 30.

    Elizabeth Dow, an artist and designer who is director of the Applied Arts School for the Arts in Amagansett, will take occupancy on Oct. 1. The Golden Eagle’s owners, Nancy and Tom Rowan, are seeking a new location for the store, which they have run at 14 Gingerbread Lane in East Hampton since 2001.

    Although hard to notice with the unsuspecting eye, behind the dense bushes and hedges along the Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike lies one of Sag Harbor’s last industrial manufacturers. Founded in 1946 by Charles Edison, son of the famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison, Sag Harbor Industries remains a landmark of a time not so long ago, when the village of Sag Harbor was known for its manufacturing capabilities. Today, the company is one of the last, if not the only, industrial-level manufacturer remaining in Sag Harbor.

Stitch Celebrates

    Stitch will bring models and a D.J. to Southampton’s Fourth of July parade today from 9 a.m. to noon. The party will continue at the shop afterward, from 3 to 7 p.m., with a barbecue, refreshments, and surprise guests.

    On Saturday, the shop will have a sale on Biba clothing, fabric, and accessories.

Beachwear a-Go-Go

    Jogo by Pooneh is unveiling its latest Jogo Beach collection with refreshments and bossa nova performed by Ludmilla on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the store on Main Street in Bridgehampton.

    After two successful months in New York City, Uber, an app-based car service start-up, expanded to the East End this week, hoping to take advantage of the many travelers on the Fourth of July weekend.

    As of yesterday, people from Westhampton to Montauk can use Uber to call for their own private drivers. The company will run an S.U.V. service on the East End through Labor Day weekend.

    Additionally, Uber is now offers rides between New York and the East End, with one-way flat rates ranging from $300 for a car to $500 for an S.U.V.