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Development

A collection of 221 issues

14-Story Buildings For Coney Island Avenue?

With the building on Park Circle rapidly approaching completion, several new mixed-use developments are being quietly revealed on the blocks of Coney Island Avenue north of Beverley Road. The wide commercial avenue here is home to gas stations, autobody shops, two schools, and a few residential buildings. It's

Drama on Gowanus: How A Proposed Apartment Building Almost Destroyed Community

A long-time neighbor's proposal to develop his family-owned lot on 9th Street split the tight-knit community, resulting in a tense debate about the future of the area, colliding competing business and personal interests and neighborly loyalty. They worked it out.

Rogue Brooklyn Building Demolition Stirs Furor and Questions About City Oversight

For years, Hadley and a group of concerned neighbors have complained to city agencies and local politicians about what they asserted were unauthorized demolition, unsafe conditions and trash dumping at the site and a property next door at 1931 Bedford Ave, writes Gabriel Sandoval from THE CITY.

Deal Reached to Keep Associated Supermarket On Nostrand Ave in Crown Heights After Redevelopment

A contentious fight over the future of a Crown Heights supermarket seems to have come to a resolution.

Opening of Halfway House at Contested Flatlands Hotel Angers Some Neighbors and Elected Officials

The Holiday Inn Express at 5244 Kings Highway in Flatlands. (Image: Billy Richling/Bklyner) The opening of a transitional housing facility at the site of a controversial Flatlands hotel development has angered some local residents and elected officials, who say they long predicted the site would be used for something

Housing Court’s Return To Pre-Pandemic Procedures Irks Advocates As Judges Prepare For Eviction Hearings

A state-imposed moratorium halted nearly all residential eviction proceedings, but urgent cases concerning building conditions and harassment have continued, mostly virtually. That is now changing.

Caton Flats: Housing Lottery Opens for Below-Market Rate Apartments at Flatbush Development

The application portal has opened for below-market-rate apartments at the newly-built Caton Flats development in Flatbush.

Rent Relief Applications Open in New York June 1: What Tenants and Landlords Need to Know

By Allison Dikanovic, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/5/28/22458541/rent-relief-applications-open-in-new-york-june-1-tenants-landlords] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] “Cancel Rent” poster inside the advertising frame of a phone booth in Two Bridges on Friday, May 29, 2020. | Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITYThis

What To Preserve And What To Develop – Some District 39 Council Candidates Can’t Seem To Make Up Their Minds About Park Slope

Does landmarking make neighborhoods more affordable or more expensive? Some Park Slope council candidates can’t seem to decide. At a debate on Sunday, seven candidates seeking to replace term-limited Brad Lander in the Council District 39 seat were asked if they would support expanding the Park Slope Historic District