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Mar
26
Private Contractors And Common Sense Work-rules – The Way To Fix Red Hook Houses?

Private Contractors And Common Sense Work-rules – The Way To Fix Red Hook Houses?

Roxanne Crumbley at her apartment.RED HOOK – Ten years after Roxanne Crumbley’s daughter showed signs of lead poisoning, her
5 min read
Mar
25
EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn’s First Racially Integrated School to Become Affordable Apartments

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn’s First Racially Integrated School to Become Affordable Apartments

CROWN HEIGHTS — Developers are converting a shuttered Weeksville School, Brooklyn’s first racially integrated school, to a fully-affordable apartment building,
1 min read
Mar
25
When Should The City Be Allowed To Take Your Home?

When Should The City Be Allowed To Take Your Home?

The mostly black neighborhoods of Canarsie and East New York had the highest numbers of foreclosures in Brooklyn in 2017,
4 min read
Mar
19
Till Friday To Apply for Six Affordable Units in Flatbush

Till Friday To Apply for Six Affordable Units in Flatbush

146 Linden Blvd. (2019) Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerFLATBUSH — Developers are currently accepting applications for six affordable apartments at a new
2 min read
Mar
13
Spice Factory Rezoning Faces Strong Opposition From Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Spice Factory Rezoning Faces Strong Opposition From Brooklyn Botanic Garden

CROWN HEIGHTS — Droves of people came out to a scoping hearing Tuesday where opponents and supporters battled it out over
3 min read
Mar
12
Lynne Patton Tours NYCHA’s Fenimore Lefferts Houses

Lynne Patton Tours NYCHA’s Fenimore Lefferts Houses

Prospect Lefferts Gardens/East Flatbush – This morning Lynne Patton was on tour at her new temporary home in Brooklyn. Patton,
3 min read
Mar
11
Lottery Announced For 4 Affordable Housing Units In PLG

Lottery Announced For 4 Affordable Housing Units In PLG

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDEN — Developers are accepting applications for four affordable units at a new rental development at 346 Rutland Rd. between
2 min read
Mar
07
960 Franklin Rezoning: Community Board 9 Residents Prep For A City Scoping Meeting

960 Franklin Rezoning: Community Board 9 Residents Prep For A City Scoping Meeting

CROWN HEIGHTS —  Opposition grew against the 960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning [/960-franklin-avenue-project-proposal/] plan as residents of Community Board 9 [http://www.
3 min read
Mar
04
Lottery Launches for Seven New Affordable Units In Flatbush

Lottery Launches for Seven New Affordable Units In Flatbush

FLATBUSH — Applications are now being accepted for seven affordable one-bedroom units at a new rental building at 2527 Church Avenue
1 min read
Mar
04
March 6 – Public Hearing On 960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan

March 6 – Public Hearing On 960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan

CROWN HEIGHTS — Community Board 9 (CB9) will hold a public hearing [http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/event/notification-of-community-board-public-hearing-960-franklin-avenue-rezoning/] this week about
2 min read