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Apr
07
Small East Williamsburg Residential Proposal Gets Caught in a Larger Fight Over Land Use

Small East Williamsburg Residential Proposal Gets Caught in a Larger Fight Over Land Use

114 Kingsland Avenue (Image: Google Maps)IMAGE A proposal for a four-story apartment development in East Williamsburg is facing resistance
3 min read
Mar
29
Unintended Consequences: Advocates Concerned State Housing Bill Could Hurt Industrial Business Zones

Unintended Consequences: Advocates Concerned State Housing Bill Could Hurt Industrial Business Zones

State lawmakers are considering legislation to increase the city’s affordable housing stock, but groups who represent Brooklyn’s working
4 min read
Mar
22
Will All 258 “Affordable” Units at Largest Pacific Park Tower Go to the Better-Off?

Will All 258 “Affordable” Units at Largest Pacific Park Tower Go to the Better-Off?

Empire State Development handoutThe largest building so far in Pacific Park Brooklyn, slated to open later this year, is set
5 min read
Mar
17
Opinion: The Development We Deserve

Opinion: The Development We Deserve

After the storm on the waterfront in Red Hook. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Right now, the communities of
5 min read
Mar
16
14-Story Apartment Complex on Sunset Park’s Fourth Avenue Will Be Developed

14-Story Apartment Complex on Sunset Park’s Fourth Avenue Will Be Developed

Rendering of the proposed development a 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park—center of the image. (Image: DencityWorks Architecture)Council
4 min read
Mar
15
OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

Courtesy of Marvel Architects/SCAPE Landscape ArchitectsBy Michelle de la Uz A recent opinion piece by several Gowanus residents [/opinion-welcome-to-gowanus-green-brooklyns-own-love-canal/
4 min read
Mar
10
Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership 

840 Atlantic, rendering and massing plan via EAS.With the clock finally starting on the city’s land-use review process
9 min read
Mar
09
OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of
5 min read
Feb
26
Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Communities across Brooklyn have been organizing, from Bushwick to Industry City to Gowanus, to oppose development projects that will change
4 min read
Feb
26
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

A rendering from a presentation to Community Board 9 on a proposed new development in Crown Heights. | Rendering/Community Board
6 min read