Development

May
28
UPS Demolishes Red Hook Building Despite Community Protests

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
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May
23
Landmarks Approves Demolition Of 200 Montague Street

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
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May
21
Flatbush Neighbors Rally To Save Scoops

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
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May
17
Time To Start Packing? Bushwick Rezoning Not Aggressive Enough To Help Residents Remain In Neighborhood

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
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May
15
The Ground Is Finally Broken On 800 Flatbush: Caton Flats Development

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,
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May
14
Menchaca Wants A Radical Rethinking Of Rezonings

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
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May
10
Heated Questions On Housing At Crown Heights Forum

Heated Questions On Housing At Crown Heights Forum

CROWN HEIGHTS—State Sen. Zelllnor Myrie hosted a dozen city representatives and advocates on Thursday who informed residents on housing
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May
10
Imagining  Life Inside The New Rentals In Brooklyn – Conversation With Interior Designer Lisa Galano

Imagining Life Inside The New Rentals In Brooklyn – Conversation With Interior Designer Lisa Galano

475 Clermont – 9th-floor roof terrace. Rendering courtesy of RXR Realty.FORT GREENE – When one thinks rental in Brooklyn, one rarely
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May
08
Brooklyn On Terra Firma

Brooklyn On Terra Firma

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Perhaps it was fitting that the 9th Annual Only Brooklyn Real Estate Conference [/see-you-tomorrow-only-brooklyn/] was held at the
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May
07
Sanitation Repairs Leaving Gowanus Station Building After 46 Years

Sanitation Repairs Leaving Gowanus Station Building After 46 Years

UPDATED: Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at 9:15am: The NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) confirmed that the city acquired
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