Development

Mar
09
OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of
5 min read
Mar
09
Associated Supermarket Given 30 Days to Vacate Crown Heights Site

Associated Supermarket Given 30 Days to Vacate Crown Heights Site

The Associated Supermarket at 975 Nostrand Avenue (Image: Google Maps) The Associated Supermarket at 975 Nostrand Avenue has been given
3 min read
Mar
08
Demolition Begins on Flatbush Savings Bank Building

Demolition Begins on Flatbush Savings Bank Building

The Flatbush Savings Bank building on Monday, March 8th, 2020. (Image: Dann Lawrence) Demolition has started on the historic Flatbush
3 min read
Mar
05
Ditmas Park Likely To Get A Large Residential Building On Cortelyou Road

Ditmas Park Likely To Get A Large Residential Building On Cortelyou Road

A rendering of what could be developed at 1620 Cortelyou Road, provided to the city last year by owner Tony
3 min read
Mar
02
Tuesday Brooklyn News Roundup

Tuesday Brooklyn News Roundup

A rendering from a presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 9 on a proposed development at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown
2 min read
Feb
26
Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Communities across Brooklyn have been organizing, from Bushwick to Industry City to Gowanus, to oppose development projects that will change
4 min read
Feb
26
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

A rendering from a presentation to Community Board 9 on a proposed new development in Crown Heights. | Rendering/Community Board
6 min read
Feb
22
Fulton Crossing Brings New Heights To Bed-Stuy

Fulton Crossing Brings New Heights To Bed-Stuy

Welcome to Fulton Crossing [https://www.fultoncrossingbk.com/], Brooklyn’s latest highrise luxury residential development seeking tenants and residents. 1430
3 min read
Feb
19
District 39 Council Candidates Talk BQE, Schools and Gowanus Rezoning

District 39 Council Candidates Talk BQE, Schools and Gowanus Rezoning

L-R Top row: West, Hanif, Schneider; bottom row: Haq, Krebs, ReinCandidates for Brooklyn’s Council District 39 (Park Slope, Carroll
6 min read
Feb
11
Bed-Stuy Community Board Seeks Compromise in Rezoning Former Nursing Home Site

Bed-Stuy Community Board Seeks Compromise in Rezoning Former Nursing Home Site

Rendering of BRP’s proposed development at 270 Nostrand Avenue. (Image: BRP)A developer wants to build a 14-story mixed-use
5 min read