Bay Ridge
By Bob Cassara, President of the Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance [http://www.brooklynhpa.com] @brooklynhpa [https://twitter.com/brooklynhpa] As President of the Brooklyn Housing Preservation Alliance (BHPA) I am gratified to see elected officials put their efforts and resources behind a very difficult if not impossible task in trying
News
PARK SLOPE – The John Jay auditorium was packed Wednesday evening with locals eager to learn about the two homeless shelters coming to 535 and 555 4th Avenue. 535 4th Avenue & 555 4th Avenue (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)The two facilities, opening this fall, will be operated by WIN [https:
Business
Photo credit: Avi GlicksteinOver the past six years, Industry City has become a dynamic environment for new and established businesses to thrive in South Brooklyn. Together, the more than 500 companies that now call the property home have formed an “innovation ecosystem” that fosters community and B2B collaboration, leading to
Business
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] campus continues to grow. On Tuesday the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) announced that it will lease 130,000 square feet of manufacturing and creative office space at Building 212. Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 212Still under construction, the five-story
Gowanus
GOWANUS –NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) hosted a Scoping Meeting Thursday afternoon at M.S. 51 to hear community feedback on the Draft Scope of Work [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/applicants/scoping-documents.page] for the Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning [https:
Announcements
People leaving Easter Service. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)PARK SLOPE – Hundreds of people attended Easter service at the Old First Reformed Church on Sunday. It was their first time being back after the sanctuary closed in 2011 for massive repairs. “This morning, we remember the people of Sri Lanka; the
Development
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The team developing Brooklyn’s tallest building (for now) announced on Tuesday that the tower has topped out at 720 feet. Brooklyn Point renderingThe 68-story Brooklyn Point (1 City Point, née 138 Willoughby Street) is Extell Development’s first project in the borough. Part of the City Point
Carroll Gardens
Real estate blog PropertyShark recently released its first quarter (January 1 – March 31, 2019) report of NYC’s 50 priciest neighborhoods with top-ten regular DUMBO being joined by the Columbia Street Waterfront District and Carroll Gardens. Via Property Shark [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/priciest-NYC-neighborhoods]As usual, Tribeca came in
Bushwick
Attendees at the Bushwick Community Plan rollout event [/residents-propose-bushwick-community-plan-for-rezoning-to-tame-development/] (Chase Brush/Bklyner)BUSHWICK – From 2008 to 2018, the median price of a Bushwick home jumped 84 percent [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-25/brooklyn-s-bushwick-zooms-up-list-of-priciest-nyc-neighborhoods] , making rent more and more unaffordable for those who have been there longest. High-rise, luxury
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) rejected Starling Architecture [https://www.starlingarchitecture.com/]‘s design for a new restaurant pavilion that will be built adjacent to the 1926 Marine Fire Boat Station at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Via Starling Architecture’
Bay Ridge
BAY RIDGE — Three state agencies squandered more than $20,000 on unused district office space after extending the lease of a Fed-embattled lawmaker who had already resigned. Pam Harris’ office at 8525 3rd Avenue (Screenshot: Google Docs)The New York State Assembly extended a two-year lease for Pamela Harris’ district
Arts & Culture
CARROLL GARDENS – After 35 years at the historic ASPCA building at 233 Butler Street in Gowanus, the vintage guitar repair shop and showroom RetroFret [http://retrofret.com/] has moved west to Carroll Gardens. Vintage guitar with inlay design on neck, RetroFret, 87 Luquer Street (Photo: Nathan Haselby)The business’s