Central Brooklyn
Rendering of 111 Montgomery (Image by Creative Soldier)CROWN HEIGHTS—One of the first luxury, full-service condo buildings in Crown Heights— 111 Montgomery [https://111montgomery.nyc/] Street between Franklin and Washington avenues —is almost finished after starting sales in May. Located on a site formerly owned by the Brooklyn Botanic
Development
FORT GREENE – The Fort Greene Association [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N0s3Hv2jxp7-uOlI053A6t52qIlFD_YHKjUahALewyxMtRD17kMLRl0Ws3EZdvGnO5NzrdQFRWOZx1YAFkwHrgvB5yna4p0whLt7xbErLCMRqndD0loDH6YpXAn6L5uclLLa8ZkDU3GQRaPyrb6MxJAFfv64l5Rp0IWsUQF8myunfAcw8bsJjwGje_2ZpWY2OcPajGOXgHV7TDG5ZGNSOw==&c=K0leXcm_78vUTrETRt8Gga-xSFQRnK62GFAof-ZJJOLIvdfUKT0mfA==&ch=u4AHlR6prW1LO3H5AG5CanC6T8vaSGyQVPeJu4JPdUZhvtSmOCNYWg==] , Boerum Hill Association [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001N0s3Hv2jxp7-uOlI053A6t52qIlFD_Y
fire
A five alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood, resulting in 13 injuries.A Pennsylvania man who allegedly torched a Brooklyn rabbi’s home and taking two others with it [/suspicious-early-morning-4-alarm-fire-destroys-three-century-old-midwood-homes/] , went before a judge Sunday night smiling after getting arrested for attempted murder and arson charges
Announcements
From left to right, Central Sunset Park Historic District, Sunset Park South Historic District, Sunset Park North Historic District, and Sunset Park 50th Street Historic District. Via LPCSUNSET PARK – Today, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) designated Sunset Park North,, Central Sunset Park, Sunset Park 50th Street, and
Business
Council Member Carlos Menchaca addresses Community Board 7 in Sunset Park (Image by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)SUNSET PARK—Industry City’s CEO on Monday defended the complex’s planned expansion at a Sunset Park’s community board meeting, responding to neighborhood residents’ questions as they mulled the plan, which was
Cobble Hill
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Community Board 2 (CB2) convened on Wednesday, June 12th, to discuss and vote on their new recommendation for the 275 Atlantic Avenue jail. The jail is part of a four-jail system proposed by the city, created in part to shrink and eventually close the Rikers Island Correctional Center.
Development
Bklyner/Olivia OldhamWILLIAMSBURG – On Tuesday evening Community Board 1 convened for the final session before the summer break and community members scrambled for seats in the fluorescent-lit meeting room of Swingin’ Sixties Senior Center in Williamsburg; some were left to sit on the floor. On each table, among vases of
affordable housing
On Tuesday, the State Assembly and Senate announced they had come to an agreement on an ambitious rent-regulation package, and on Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sign [https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2019/06/12/cuomo-will-sign-rent-reforms-once-they-reach-his-desk-1058649] the wide-reaching rent regulation bundle, effectively ensuring the measures
Business
Gowanus Canal seen from the 9th Street Bridge (Photo: Nathan Haselby)GOWANUS – Business owners in the “industrial business zone” of Gowanus made it known to officials on Wednesday that they feel left behind by the neighborhood’s larger rezoning, urging the de Blasio administration to take steps to protect manufacturing
fire
A five-alarm fire raced through three 100+ year-old houses in Midwood Brooklyn early this morning, resulting in 13 injuries, though non-life threatening. The original fire started in 1494 East 17th Street at about 4:10 a.m. and spread quickly to two other houses of the same Queen Anne style.
affordable housing
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams speaks at the press conference outside City Hall (Photo by Sam Raskin/ Bklyner)CITY HALL—Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Tuesday called on Albany to pump the brakes on a measure that would increase the number of developments subject to prevailing wage requirements, putting
community
GOWANUS – Carroll Gardens Coalition For Respectful Development [http://carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com] (CG CORD) has requested that Brooklyn Community Board 6 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] (CB6) coordinate at least two town hall meetings with NYC agencies about the Gowanus rezoning. The group has also started an online