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CAMPLooking for something to do with the little ones on a blistery cold day? Check out CAMP at City Point [https://camp.com/locations/5-brooklyn] in downtown Brooklyn. CAMP started in Manhattan last year as a seasonally rotating magical toy store and has since expanded to a few new locations,
Announcements
Rendering of new manufacturing hub workspace, Made in New York.SUNSET PARK — Earlier this month, the New York Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) [https://edc.nyc] released the designs for the new Made in NY Garment Manufacturing Hub and Facility at Bush Terminal in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The facility, opening in
Coney Island
By Clifford Michael. This story was originally published on Dec. 3, 2019, by THE CITY. The office of Sea Gate’s homeowners association has been housed in temporary trailers for seven years. Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYResidents of Brooklyn’s Sea Gate say the state left their homeowners’ association marooned
affordable housing
Grow Brooklyn worked with the Holmes family to save their Staten Island house after Mrs. Holmes passed away. Photo by Minnow Park PhotographyThis is a time of year Brooklynites are looking for ways to give back to their communities. Neighbors throughout the borough need help in a number of ways,
affordable housing
Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBEDFORD STUYVESANT – Homeless activists and VOCAL-NY [http://www.vocal-ny.org/] stood outside a luxury apartment building– which the City has deemed offers mostly “affordable” housing — to protest how un-affordable it actually is. 348 Nostrand Avenue is a residential building that sits on Nostrand Avenue near the corner
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65 Oriental Blvd. (Photo via Google Maps)MANHATTAN BEACH – Tenants have filed a class-action lawsuit against their landlord alleging they deregulated rent-stabilized apartments and charged illegally inflated rents. The lawsuit was filed by Grimble & LoGuidice and generated by the Housing Rights Initiative (HRI) [https://housingrightsny.org/], which is a
Bushwick
NORTH BROOKLYN — North Brooklyn has the city’s fastest rising rents, according to a new report by Street Easy [https://streeteasy.com/blog/october-2019-market-reports/#_edn7] published on Monday. Brooklyn rents are rising the fastest across all boroughs, however North Brooklyn in particular — Greenpoint, Williamsburg, and East Williamsburg — is leading as
Central Brooklyn
MIDWOOD – An informational meeting about East Midwood Jewish Center’s (EMJC) plan to rent a former Jewish day school building to a charter-school devoted to educating at-risk kids devolved into a chaotic shouting match last night, pitting the Orthodox and Conservative Jewish communities in Flatbush against each other. The room
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Jehovah’s Witnesses Watchtower sign in Brooklyn. Courtesy of MasterButler via Flickr. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/alwbutler/15102955408/]BROOKLYN HEIGHTS– The Jehovah’s Witnesses “WATCHTOWER” sign illuminating the East River waterfront is being replaced with a new one, after almost 50 years.Panorama [http://panoramabrooklyn.com/] , a new office
Nonsponsored
Photo by Industry CitySunset Park residents grappled with the contentious Industry City’s rezoning application at the Community Board 7 meeting last night, voicing concern for gentrification and community impact, yet again, as they contemplate what they can get behind, and what more can be negotiated. The rezoning has been
Letter To The Editor
Dear Editor,Thank you for shedding more light on the question of where the Federal monies for future storm protection that were allocated to South Brooklyn communities have gone [/what-happened-to-the-10-million-the-mayor-promised-for-sewage-backup-valves-in-southern-brooklyn/] . The Manhattan Beach Community Group and other South Brooklyn civic organizations spent months with NYRising to determine how and where
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Rendering of Sea Breeze Tower. Courtesy of Rybak Development.Seven members of the land use committee of Coney Island and Brighton Beach [/free-resource-book-tell-you-everything-you-need-to-know-about-brighton-beach-sheepshead-bay/] -based Community Board 13 voted unanimously Tuesday night to recommend approval of a rezoning proposal that would allow developer Rybak Development to create 6,000 square feet