Development

Dec
28
31-Story Tower Added to Greenpoint Landing Development Project

31-Story Tower Added to Greenpoint Landing Development Project

The site, currently a parking lot for trucks, where a new 31-story tower will rise (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT
2 min read
Dec
21
City Council Approves Franklin Avenue Rezoning

City Council Approves Franklin Avenue Rezoning

Renderings used in a presentation for Franklin Avenue Rezoning on 09/26/2018. The Lincoln/Continuum site of the old
2 min read
Dec
20
Gowanus Draft Rezoning Proposal Likely To Be Released In Early 2019

Gowanus Draft Rezoning Proposal Likely To Be Released In Early 2019

GOWANUS – Gowanus residents who were expecting to see NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.
3 min read
Dec
20
Disappointed By Waterfront Development, Greenpoint Residents Look For Answers

Disappointed By Waterfront Development, Greenpoint Residents Look For Answers

Construction at Greenpoint Landing continues apace, with a second tower rising next to One Blue Slip (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT
4 min read
Dec
17
Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue Rezoning On It’s Way to A ‘Yes’ Vote From City Council With Three Buildings

Franklin Avenue RezoningCROWN HEIGHTS — The City Council Land Use Committee voted to approve the controversial Franklin Avenue Rezoning Plan [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/
2 min read
Dec
17
Community Board 6 Approves 6-Foot Fence Plan For LICH Site

Community Board 6 Approves 6-Foot Fence Plan For LICH Site

COBBLE HILL – After plans to erect a nine-foot-high brick wall [/cb6-tables-developers-planned-9-foot-high-wall-at-lich-condo-site/] along Amity Street were tabled at a Brooklyn Community
2 min read
Dec
17
Waterfront Esplanade at Williamsburg’s 420 Kent Nears Completion

Waterfront Esplanade at Williamsburg’s 420 Kent Nears Completion

420 Kent’s section of waterfront park, as seen from the East River Ferry (Paul Stremple/BKLYNER)As the high-rise
3 min read
Dec
13
Sheepshead Bay Church Hopes To Wrap Up Repairs By Early 2019

Sheepshead Bay Church Hopes To Wrap Up Repairs By Early 2019

The iconic steeples of the Sheepshead Bay United Methodist Church are undergoing repairs. The entrance to the adjacent Russian Orthodox
2 min read
Dec
10
Two Large New Crown Heights Developments In The Works

Two Large New Crown Heights Developments In The Works

1010 Pacific St. (Renderings: Studio V Architecture)CROWN HEIGHTS — Applicants released plans for two new developments in northwestern Crown Heights
3 min read
Dec
07
1640 Flatbush Avenue Proposal Heading To CB 14 on Monday

1640 Flatbush Avenue Proposal Heading To CB 14 on Monday

1640 Flatbush Avenue looking north along Flatbush towards the Junction. Two lower floors would be retail and offices, upper floors
7 min read