Are Things Looking Up for Brooklyn’s Office Market, or is it Just a Blip?
Brooklyn’s commercial office market seems to be showing renewed signs of life. But are hopeful second-quarter numbers the early signs of a post-pandemic comeback, or just an outlier?
960 Franklin Avenue Rezoning Heads Back To City Planning With No Political Support
Brooklyn Borough President and likely-next mayor Eric Adams has formally registered his disapproval of a controversial rezoning proposal near the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens (BBG).
Prospect Heights Brownstone Evacuated After Facade Partially Collapses
Tenants were forced to vacate a three-story brownstone in Prospect Heights on
Tuesday, July 20, after the building’s facade
Rogue Brooklyn Building Demolition Stirs Furor and Questions About City Oversight
For years, Hadley and a group of concerned neighbors have complained to city agencies and local politicians about what they asserted were unauthorized demolition, unsafe conditions and trash dumping at the site and a property next door at 1931 Bedford Ave, writes Gabriel Sandoval from THE CITY.
Caton Flats: Housing Lottery Opens for Below-Market Rate Apartments at Flatbush Development
The application portal has opened for below-market-rate apartments at the newly-built Caton Flats development in Flatbush.
New Developments Issue
Good evening.
We'll start the week off with a couple of developments that have largely been
under the
Another 17-Story Building Proposed for Atlantic Avenue, Near Franklin Ave. Shuttle, This Time in CB 3
The march of potential large development along broad Atlantic Avenue in Central Brooklyn continues, with Atlantic Brooklyn LLC, whose owners
City Board Approves Unusual Mid-Year Rent Increase For Stabilized Tenants
The Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze rents at current levels for the first six months of one-year leases, while permitting landlords to raise rent by 1.5% for the remaining six months.
Why do working class neighborhoods face relentless increases in property taxes, while landlords in upscale, politically connected neighborhoods pay far less?
A reader wonders why the property taxes on their Bensonhurst three family are more than Mayor de Blasio pays on his two Park Slope properties combined.
This Weekend’s Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Open House Picks
We’ve rounded up some of the more interesting open houses happening around Fort
Greene and Clinton Hill this weekend.