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Image via papakila [https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcowvDpgkP/?tagged=sunsetpark]. Cushman & Wakefield [http://www.cushmanwakefield.com/], a commercial real estate company, recently published a report called “Cool Streets,” [http://cushwakemarketing.com/cs/comms/CWRetail-CoolStreetsReport/#12/z] identifying the “edgiest” and most potentially profitable neighborhoods in the country. Our
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816 58th Street. Courtesy of Google Maps.Eastern Sunset Park might be going through a growth spurt pretty soon if developers get approved on their plans, reports Yimby [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/permits-filed-78-amity-street-cobble-hill.html] . A permit was filed to the Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/
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Rendering of 643-645 5th Avenue. (Image via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/06/revealed-645-5th-avenue-greenwood-heights.html] )A seven-story building will be rising up on a street less known for luxury residences than for quiet neighbors and small, independent businesses. The new residence will replace two low wooden-framed buildings at 643
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Photo via Putnam’s Pub and Cooker [https://www.facebook.com/PutnamsPub/photos/a.575152522573301.1073741829.132875773467647/978401142248435/?type=1&theater] .Below you’ll find information on events through the week in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. Check back Thursday to see what’s scheduled this weekend! Submit your
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Kelso Beer Co. is likely on the move. (Courtesy Instagram/KelsoBeer [https://www.instagram.com/p/bojnZAn-SS/])Kelso Beer Co. [/?s=kelso] is likely to leave Clinton Hill, citing rent. The brewery, founded in 2006, is currently housed at 259 Waverly Avenue, between Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue, but it
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The DOT makes its presentation in favor of the bike lane last month. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)There are meetings scheduled this week to address community input regarding a pair of local transit projects. Community Board 2 [/?s=community+board+2]‘s Transportation Committee will be holding a
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461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The ever-changing skyline [/?s=pacific+park]could get even taller if a new bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/s5469/amendment/original]in Albany passes. Senate bill S5469 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/a7807/amendment/original] and Assembly bill A7807 [https:
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461 Dean Street (Courtesy BerlinRosen.)The ever-changing skyline [/?s=pacific+park]could get even taller if a new bill [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/s5469/amendment/original]in Albany passes. Senate bill S5469 [https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2015/a7807/amendment/original] and Assembly bill A7807 [https:
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Council Member Laurie Cumbo spoke briefly about the new New York City budget. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)Community Board 2 [/?s=community+board+2]‘s most recent meeting was focused heavily on the future of Downtown Brooklyn given the massive development of its recent past. The meeting took
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A rendering of 550 Vanderbilt.As Pacific Park [/?s=pacific+park] rises amidst questions about the changing character [/blog/2016/04/26/gentrification-dominates-cumbos-state-district-speech/]of the neighborhood, it’s the role of minority and women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) in the construction process that may surprise some. 550 Vanderbilt [http://550vanderbilt.com]
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33 Bond Street (Courtesy TF Cornerstone. [https://tfc.com/journal/development/33-bond-ihop-moving-out-new-residential-development-moving-brooklyn-daily-eagle] )Look up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s… glass and steel. A planned 25-story mixed use building being developed by TF Cornerstone at 300 Livingston Street, to be known as 33
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The meeting in session. (Courtesy Fort Greene Focus/Justin Fox)“What do you call affordable?” asked Ingersoll Residents Association President Darold Burgess [/?s=darold+burgess] in reference to the developments rising around the Ingersoll Houses and the proposed affordable housing set-asides. The Ingersoll Residents Association Meeting was last night at