News
Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
Central Brooklyn
Collapsed ceiling at apartment 2D, 2010 Newkirk Avenue. (Photo: Altagrace Aime)A Ditmas Park building, whose owner has been on Public Advocate Letitia James’ “Worst Landlord” list [http://gothamist.com/2015/11/25/worst_landlords_nyc_2015.php], was the scene of another emergency last night as FDNY emergency crews
Business
Rendering of new development at 120 7th Avenue via YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/02/park-slope-key-food-developers-unveil-details-for-120-fifth-avenue-at-contentious-public-meeting.html] After a meeting in early February marked by both impassioned pleas and extreme exasperation by hundreds of community members [/blog/business/its-a-bodega-and-more-outcries-as-developer-presents-plans-for-5th-avenue-key-food-site/] in response to developer Avery Hall’s future plans for
2010 Newkirk Avenue
Neighbors at 2010 Newkirk Avenue met with Councilman Mathieu Eugene last week about a litany of problems in their building. Photo courtesy Flatbush Tenant CoalitionFollowing a tour of an apartment building at 2010 Newkirk Avenue [/?s=%222010+Newkirk+Avenue%22], where a fire just left a family homeless [/blog/news/
beep
Parking lot identified in BP Adams’ affordable housing report.Several “underdeveloped areas” of Brooklyn can be used to build affordable housing – including municipal parking lots in Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, and Midwood – according to a new report by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams. The parking lots, like one facing the Riegelmann
HPD
While this event is not in our area, it impacts many of our neighbors – and gives residents a chance to publicly tell city officials what they think about the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/home/home.shtml] so-called “rightsizing” policy [http:
47th district
Source: johnforcouncil.com via the Advance GroupJohn Lisyanskiy, a candidate for the 47th District Council seat, is doing everything he can to lend a hand to the disable and elderly residents of 7714 Bay Parkway, who have been trapped without elevator service for three weeks. The candidate expressed his frustration
2960 west 29th st
New Yorkers displaced from their homes because of Superstorm Sandy have a chance to gain some affordable housing via the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD). Preference will be given to storm victims in a lottery to gain affordable housing in the new Coney Island Commons development, according to