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Neighbors Gather To Learn “What’s Next For Atlantic Yards?”

FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Association [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N0s3Hv2jxp7-uOlI053A6t52qIlFD_YHKjUahALewyxMtRD17kMLRl0Ws3EZdvGnO5NzrdQFRWOZx1YAFkwHrgvB5yna4p0whLt7xbErLCMRqndD0loDH6YpXAn6L5uclLLa8ZkDU3GQRaPyrb6MxJAFfv64l5Rp0IWsUQF8myunfAcw8bsJjwGje_2ZpWY2OcPajGOXgHV7TDG5ZGNSOw==&c=K0leXcm_78vUTrETRt8Gga-xSFQRnK62GFAof-ZJJOLIvdfUKT0mfA==&ch=u4AHlR6prW1LO3H5AG5CanC6T8vaSGyQVPeJu4JPdUZhvtSmOCNYWg==] , Boerum Hill Association [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N0s3Hv2jxp7-uOlI053A6t52qIlFD_Y

Business

Industry City CEO Defends Expansion to Skeptical Sunset Park Residents

Council Member Carlos Menchaca addresses Community Board 7 in Sunset Park (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)SUNSET PARK—Industry City’s CEO on Monday defended the complex’s planned expansion at a Sunset Park’s community board meeting, responding to neighborhood residents’ questions as they mulled the plan, which was

Development

Heated Discussions As Community Board 1 Breaks Up For The Summer

Bklyner/Olivia OldhamWILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday evening Community Board 1 convened for the final session before the summer break and community members scrambled for seats in the fluorescent-lit meeting room of Swingin’ Sixties Senior Center in Williamsburg; some were left to sit on the floor. On each table, among vases of

affordable housing

With Stronger Rent Laws, Myrie and Salazar See Opportunity For Meaningful Rent Reform

On Tuesday, the State Assembly and Senate announced they had come to an agreement on an ambitious rent-regulation package, and on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sign [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/06/12/cuomo-will-sign-rent-reforms-once-they-reach-his-desk-1058649] the wide-reaching rent regulation bundle, effectively ensuring the measures

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Brooklyn BP Tells Albany to Put Prevailing Wage Law on Ice

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks at the press conference outside City Hall (Photo by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CITY HALL—Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday called on Albany to pump the brakes on a measure that would increase the number of developments subject to prevailing wage requirements, putting

Announcements

Hotel On Webster To Be Completed By 2021

928 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)KENSINGTON – The development at Coney Island and Webster Avenues is coming together. The hotel that replaces the old Jiffy Lube building at 928 Coney Island Avenue is expected to open by 2021, contractor Triborough Construction Services told Bklyner. The four-story commercial Best

Development

UPS Demolishes Red Hook Building Despite Community Protests

[UPDATE: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at 10am] Carolina Salguero informed Bklyner that “a small portion” of The Lidgerwood Building was demolished on Friday, May 24. She said activists were able to stop the work Friday afternoon “due to non-compliance with permits,” however demolition resumed on Tuesday, May 28. RED HOOK

Brooklyn Heights

Landmarks Approves Demolition Of 200 Montague Street

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) approved updated designs for 200 Montague Street on Tuesday after previously telling the project architects to revise their plans. Initial rendering of 200 Montague Street via Beyer Blinder Belle’s first presentation to NYC

Big Story

Flatbush Neighbors Rally To Save Scoops

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — Scoops, an ice cream parlor and vegetarian shop in PLG that opened in 1984, faces eviction in an area undergoing rapid gentrification and neighbors are upset. Scoops and Plates Photo: Kadia Goba/BklynerThe news first broke on a closed Facebook group. Stefan Sirucek posted that the business, located

affordable housing

Time To Start Packing? Bushwick Rezoning Not Aggressive Enough To Help Residents Remain In Neighborhood

Sarit Platkin of the DCP presented updates atCB4 meeting. Aditi Shrikant/Bklyner BUSHWICK – Wednesday night, the Department of City Planning presented an update to the Bushwick rezoning plan, only to be confronted with questions about affordable housing and general frustrations about how this plan would most likely displace longtime residents.

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The Ground Is Finally Broken On 800 Flatbush: Caton Flats Development

The construction of 800 Flatbush has officially begun. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)FLATBUSH – The construction of Caton Flats, the long-awaited, 100% affordable housing project on the corner of Caton and Flatbush Avenues has finally begun. Elected officials, stakeholders, and members from various agencies – the New York City Economic Development Corporation

Business

Menchaca Wants A Radical Rethinking Of Rezonings

Industry City via Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/p/BTrP9g6hv6f/?hl=en&taken-by=industrycity]SUNSET PARK – With the expansion of Sunset Park’s Industry City in flux, the local City Council member hopes pumping the brakes on the project’s approval process will serve as a model that shifts