Greenpoint
A rendering of the transformed Greenpoint Hospital site, which will focus on affordable housing and senior living (By Magnusson Architecture and Planning / Architecture Outfit)GREENPOINT – Last week, there was movement in the decades-long effort to do something with the shuttered Greenpoint Hospital site: the city selected a developer to turn
Central Brooklyn
Ingersoll Houses at Navy and Myrtle by snapitschelsea via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BRd6wyxlUah/?taken-at=258605691]President Trump’s initial budget outline would cut millions of dollars from affordable housing projects across New York City. The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), which develops affordable housing
library
(Rendering via Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC)Today, the Brooklyn Public Library announced the approval of a redevelopment plan for the Sunset Park branch, which includes adding 49 affordable apartments on-site. The new building will replace the current library at 5108 4th Avenue. The New York City Council voted unanimously
fort greene
Photo Credit: Nick NormalToday, northern Brooklyn Council Member Stephen Levin and Flatbush Council Member Jumaane Williams introduced two bills that would put checks and balances on buildings receiving the 421-a tax abatement. Williams’ Int.1366 bill [http://on.nyc.gov/2g2ubVf] would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
News
Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &
Central Brooklyn
Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [http://fortgreenefocus.com/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership &
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Twenty-eight (one-fifth) of the apartments in the building under construction at 504 Myrtle Avenue [/blog/2016/09/15/new-eight-story-development-include-market-rate-apartments/] (between Ryerson Street and Grand Avenue) will reportedly be offered at “below market rate” and available through an affordable housing lottery. (Image via Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership & Madison Realty Capital.
Announcements
Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement today reminding residential building owners of their
Announcements
Park Slope Rowhouses. (Photo: Park Slope Stoop)Another sign of Fall — the City’s 2016-2017 “heat season” began on Saturday and continues through May 31, 2017. Mayor de Blasio and Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been issued a statement today reminding residential building owners of their
Nonsponsored
Rendering of 346 Bergen Street. (Via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/revealed-six-story-24-unit-affordable-residential-building-at-346-bergen-street-boerum-hill.html] )After almost a decade of attempts, plans have begun to formalize for a residential property on a currently empty lot on Bergen Street. According to YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/revealed-six-story-24-unit-affordable-residential-building-at-346-bergen-street-boerum-hill.html] , 346
Nonsponsored
Cars parked on Voorhies Avenue. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)City Council members pushed back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s zoning proposals Wednesday — questioning city officials about some of the more contentious aspects of the plan. Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been made the case for
Central Brooklyn
60 Clarkson Avenue. (Photo via Google Maps)A number of residents at 60 Clarkson Avenue, all of them former shelter residents, received eviction notices the day before Thanksgiving, according to Gothamist [http://gothamist.com/2015/12/03/barry_hers_landlord_eviction.php]. The building was contracted as a homeless shelter
Census
via Community Service Society [http://www.cssny.org/news/entry/as-albany-debates-rent-regulation-css-analysis-shows-rapidly-rising-rents-i] According to the Community Service Society [http://www.cssny.org/news/entry/as-albany-debates-rent-regulation-css-analysis-shows-rapidly-rising-rents-i] , rents in our neighborhood have gone up 41-52 percent since 2002, when adjusted for inflation. That’s even more than the average of 32 percent for
Assemblymember Joseph Lentol
Image courtesy of Manhattan DA’s office [http://manhattanda.org/press-release/manhattan-da%E2%80%99s-office-doi-nypd-announce-arrests-and-criminal-charges-widespread-briber] .Dozens of residential buildings and residents in Bed-Stuy, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Borough Park and other neighborhoods across Brooklyn — Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Flatlands, Midwood, and Coney Island — are caught up in a bribery scandal [http://manhattanda.
45 north elliott place
Sheryl Morse, president of the 45 North Elliott Place housing co-operative, spoke to reporters about the city’s affordable housing preservation efforts. Several residents of Fort Greene’s Navy Yard Houses at 45-55 North Elliott Place spoke to the media yesterday (Thursday, January 15), praising the city’s efforts to
"Heat Season"
The Sheepshead-Nostrand Houses. Photo by Robert FernandezTenants of the Sheepshead Bay’s Nostrand Houses (2955 Avenue W) say their landlord, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), has failed to deliver heat as the temperatures plummeted in recent weeks. The “heat season [/heat-season-kicks-off-citywide-landlords-must-provide-heat-hot-water-of-face-fines/] ” began October 1. That’s the time