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Community activist Mamnun Haq speaking at the safety improvements groundbreaking on Church and McDonald Avenues, July 11 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER) Yesterday, city officials and civic leaders announced the start of a two-month safety improvement project on Church Avenue at one of Kensington’s busiest and most dangerous
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Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz at East 16th Street and Gravesend Neck Road. (Photo via Cymbrowitz’s office)After almost a decade, a ‘forgotten’ street corner in Sheepshead Bay is expected to open to pedestrians again next month, said Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz. The city fenced off the corner of Gravesend Neck
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86 Fleet Place (Image via Red Apple Group [http://www.catsimatidis.com/red-apple-real-estate/#1455640280595-56277235-8879] )The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership has put together a handy list detailing all the new development [http://myrtleavenue.org/your-full-round-up-of-new-construction/] happening along and around Myrtle Avenue, spanning Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. According to the list,
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1501 Voorhies Avenue, 2017. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)A stop-work order has been slapped on the looming — and controversial — 28-story luxury condo tower slated for Sheepshead Bay, after officials found safety violations at the site. Construction for the AvalonBay at 1501 Voorhies Avenue has been halted after inspectors found
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Department of Building plans for 470 Dean Street (Via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/12/foundation-work-underway-on-eight-story-63-unit-mixed-use-project-at-470-dean-street-prospect-heights.html] )There’s no slowing down for the skyline [/development-watch-proposed-new-law-let-skyline-get-even-taller-parkslopestoop/] near Barclays as the recently completed 461 Dean Street [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/11/touring-the-worlds-tallest-modular-building-at-461-dean-street-in-pacific-park.html]
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909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
Central Brooklyn
909a Cortelyou Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Demolition has started this week on the single-story stucco shed at the corner of Cortelyou Road and East 9th Street, a relic of “Eddy’s shoemaker” & watch repair shop. The stone hut was built as a 5-car garage in 1923, and
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The current comfort station at Bill Brown Park as seen from Bedford Avenue. Photo via Google Maps.It’s been over a year and a half, and Bill Brown park still doesn’t have its multi-million dollar bathroom. We last reported on the park’s project [/the-bill-brown-park-getting-pumped-with-2-6-million-for-new-bathroom/] when it was
Central Brooklyn
Unmarked construction. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)Many neighbors write to DPC to find out what’s happening in the neighborhood, like the purpose of ambiguously marked construction projects spotted around town, from road resurfacing [http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/education/2016/10/17/controversial-school-rezoning-plan-in-brooklyn-has-racial-undertones.html] to major highway
Central Brooklyn
Cortelyou Road and Westminster Road. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)This week, two streets are facing water service interruption because the Department of Environmental Protection is replacing cast-iron water mains running underneath the sidewalk. Water service will be interrupted on Cortelyou Road (between Coney Island Avenue and Argyle Road) and
Bensonhurst
2159 83rd Street (Photo via Google Maps)A cute yellow home on 83rd Street may soon become condos, according to new Department of Buildings filings first reported by YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/three-story-six-unit-residential-building-planned-at-2159-83rd-street-bensonhurst.html] . The home’s owner Michael Calabrese — who lives in Staten Island — has filed
Bensonhurst
Construction equipment surrounds the West 22nd Street entrance to the Coney Island Amphitheater. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The Coney Island Amphitheater sure doesn’t appear ready to host thousands of concert-goers in nine days for its first show with Ziggy Marley [http://coneyislandlive.com/events/ziggy-marley/]. In addition to
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Construction equipment surrounds the West 22nd Street entrance to the Coney Island Amphitheater. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)The Coney Island Amphitheater sure doesn’t appear ready to host thousands of concert-goers in nine days for its first show with Ziggy Marley [http://coneyislandlive.com/events/ziggy-marley/]. In addition to
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Workers are nearing completion of the Second Avenue Subway’s 72nd Street station. (Photo: MTA [https://www.flickr.com/photos/mtaphotos/8744771284/] / Flickr)Anyone who gets out of of the Q train at Dekalb Avenue/Flatbush Avenue is instantly immersed in the tremendous change sweeping the neighborhood, but soon that
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The northern perimeter of Fort Greene Park (Courtesy Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership)Fort Greene Park has won $5 million earmarked for capital improvements thanks to overwhelming public support received during the New York City Parks Department Parks Without Borders [https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/planning/parks-without-borders] initiative. The announcement was
Bensonhurst
Photo by Rachel Silberstein/Bensonhurst BeanBy now, you may have noticed that a large portion of Seth Low Playground [https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/seth-low-playground-bealin-square] has been gated off by and bulldozers parked are there round the clock. What we are seeing is the second phase of a multi million