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Prospect Heights

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Developers Propose Two 17-Story Towers in Prospect Heights/Crown Heights. CB 8 Says Whoa, Gets Backing From Cumbo

Auguring a striking remake of dowdy, underutilized Atlantic Avenue east of Vanderbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights and Crown Heights, developers have proposed two 17-story residential towers, one nearly adjacent to the previously proposed 18-story tower [/proposed-tower-at-mcdonalds-site-faces-pushback-questions-over-ownership/] planned for a site occupied mainly by a drive-through McDonald’s. A view of

New Layout, Better Signage and More Programming Planned for Prospect Heights Open Streets

The Vanderbilt Avenue Open Street last year. (Image: Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council)New York City’s Open Streets program [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedestrians/openstreets.shtml] emerged last year as a rare bright spot in a 2020 filled mostly with despair and frustration. The city’s

Wonderforest Nature Preschool and Cain Sloan Store To Open At Pacific Park

38 Sixth Avenue in Pacific Park. (Image: Developer)A new pre-school and home decor shop are coming to Brooklyn. Greenland Forest City Partners, the developer responsible for creating the 22-acre mixed-use neighborhood known as Pacific Park [https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox?compose=DmwnWrRmVGWqjKwnWJvDslNnDWmbXMXHrGMJXrXdPprhRNlrntHKqBpGBpwshWzklcFkVvjjwGPL] , announced today that Wonderforest

Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership

840 Atlantic, rendering and massing plan via EAS.With the clock finally starting on the city’s land-use review process for 840 Atlantic Ave, Community Board 8 again reacted critically to a developer’s application to build an 18-story, 195-foot mostly residential building at the southeast corner of Vanderbilt and

Strongly Recommended: Prospect Heights Facebook Community Creates Their Own Virtual Restaurant Week

> [https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSESqeBGic/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSESqeBGic/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] Worried about the survival of their local restaurants, the Prospect Heights & Brooklyn Neighbors Facebook Group decided to take matters into

Community Board 8 Wary Toward Proposed 18-Story Tower at McDonald’s Site in Prospect Heights

The proposed 840 Atlantic, opposite the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Vanderbilt Yard, would concentrate most of its bulk at the corner of Vanderbilt and Atlantic avenues. (Image: Vanderbilt Atlantic Holdings)A stepped-up 18-story building, with 316 rental apartments and two floors of commercial space, might replace a large plot mainly

OPINION: The Bedford Union Armory Project Is A Disgrace. We Can’t Let It Happen Again.

Bedford Armory. Ben Foldy / BklynerCrystal Hudson is a candidate for the City Council’s 35th District. Last week marked the three year anniversary of the City Council’s severely flawed decision to approve the Bedford Union Armory (BUA) development project. It was a mistake at the time, and the evidence

Thursday Crime Blotter: Burglaries, Robberies & Assaults

WILLIAMSBURG – Cops are looking for three men who they believe were involved in an attempted robbery earlier this week. On Monday, November 2, at around 2:30 a.m., a 35-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman were walking in front of 30 Maujer Street, when two unknown individuals approached them

Stalled Stormwater Reduction Project Leaves Gaping Hole in PS9 Schoolyard

Abandoned construction site in the schoolyard by PS 9. Carol J. Clouse/Bklyner When parents in Prospect Heights learned in August that work on a capital improvement project to reduce stormwater runoff would begin in the main schoolyard at PS9 Sarah Smith Garnet School, just weeks ahead of the scheduled

Support Local Businesses With The First Ever Taste of Prospect Heights

If you’re looking to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, support minority-owned businesses, and help local restaurants get back on their feet, look no further than Taste of Prospect Heights. Despite the name, the event will be held in both Prospect and Crown Heights. This is the first time that the