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Jul
19
8-Story Apartment Building to Rise in Flatbush

8-Story Apartment Building to Rise in Flatbush

The home that will soon be demolished ahead of construction (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)FLATBUSH—An eight-story apartment building
1 min read
Jul
18
Exclusive: Sheepshead Bay Road Is Getting A Starbucks

Exclusive: Sheepshead Bay Road Is Getting A Starbucks

1600 Sheepshead Bay RoadSHEEPSHEAD BAY – Starbucks will take over space previously occupied by AT&T dealer, and plan to
2 min read
Jul
17
Undesign The Redline: Exhibit Explores The History Of Redlining And Its Link To Inequalities Today

Undesign The Redline: Exhibit Explores The History Of Redlining And Its Link To Inequalities Today

GOWANUS – A traveling interactive exhibition examining the history and legacy of redlining will debut at the Old American Can Factory
2 min read
Jul
16
Lander Leads Fundraising In 2021 Comptroller Run With $360,532

Lander Leads Fundraising In 2021 Comptroller Run With $360,532

Brad Lander. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE—Council Member Brad Lander, who is running for comptroller, brought in $360,
2 min read
Jul
15
Boerum Hill Residents Sue To Stop 80 Flatbush Upzoning

Boerum Hill Residents Sue To Stop 80 Flatbush Upzoning

BOERUM HILL – After a mixed-use development including two towers received approval to rise on the border of Boerum Hill and
3 min read
Jul
15
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens For 93 Units at Bedford Arms

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens For 93 Units at Bedford Arms

Rending of Bedford Arms (Image via Housing Partnership Development Corporation) CROWN HEIGHTS— New Yorkers looking for new below-market-rate apartments now
2 min read
Jul
12
Petition Launched To Preserve Downtown Home With Abolitionist History

Petition Launched To Preserve Downtown Home With Abolitionist History

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A petition [https://www.change.org/p/lisa-kersavage-preserve-227-duffield-street-abolitionist-place-as-a-nyc-landmark?recruiter=980907572&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=
2 min read
Jul
11
BP Adams, Brooklyn Residents Weigh in on Proposed Jail Plan

BP Adams, Brooklyn Residents Weigh in on Proposed Jail Plan

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BKLYNERBOERUM HILL—As the process for the city’s plan to build borough-based jails to replace Rikers
4 min read
Jul
08
New Building on its Way in Crown Heights Near Brooklyn Botanic Garden

New Building on its Way in Crown Heights Near Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Picture of the empty lot where 54 Crown Street is planned (Image via Google Maps)CROWN HEIGHTS — Another new building
1 min read
Jun
26
11-Story Condo Planned For Former Times Plaza Post Office & Other Developments

11-Story Condo Planned For Former Times Plaza Post Office & Other Developments

BOERUM HILL/PARK SLOPE – The long vacant Times Plaza Station Post Office on Atlantic Avenue will soon become an eleven-story
3 min read