Business
1640 Flatbush Avenue looking north along Flatbush towards the Junction. Two lower floors would be retail and offices, upper floors residential. Rendering via S9 Architects.Community Board 14 spent over an hour at their December 5 hearing discussing the proposed 13 story building at 1640 Flatbush Avenue, before recommending approval
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – An affordable housing lottery will launch on Monday, December 10 for seven units at 924 Myrtle Avenue (between Tompkins & Throop Avenues). Rendering of 924 Myrtle Avenue by Beam Group [https://www.jgoldmandesign.com/exteriors]Designed by Beam Group [http://www.beamgroup.net] and J Goldman Design [https://www.
community
GOWANUS – Tuesday evening, at the start of a meeting to discuss Fair Housing in Gowanus, local NYCHA residents demanded answers from officials explaining why Wyckoff Gardens was without water for several hours on Sunday and again on Monday morning. Gowanus Fair Housing Meeting, Dec. 4, 2018 (Photo: Nathan Haselby)“The
Central Brooklyn
570 Coney Island Avenue. (Photo by Liena Zagare/BKLYNER)KENSINGTON/DITMAS PARK – The city needs homeless shelters and the latest one is slated for the border of Ditmas Park and Kensington. The former Park Manor Adult Home is being renovated into a shelter that will provide 139 beds for single
Bed Stuy
CENTRAL BROOKLYN – Governor Cuomo has announced the organizations chosen to develop 2,700 units of affordable housing in Central Brooklyn as part of his Vital Brooklyn initiative. The four companies will develop the 100% affordable units in Central Brooklyn for residents making less than 80% of the Area Median Income.
celebrity
PARK SLOPE – Writer, comedian, and one half of 2 Dope Queens [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/2-dope-queens/], Phoebe Robinson [https://www.phoeberobinson.com/] moved to Park Slope over the summer. The Pratt graduate purchased a 1,139-square-foot apartment in June with her boyfriend who works in the music industry. “I’
Central Brooklyn
DITMAS PARK – The Flatbush Presbyterian Church is for sale and will likely follow the trend of church operators who lease a portion of their space to large residential developers. Colliers International [https://www2.colliers.com/en], a Canadian acquisition and brokerage firm, listed the church at 494 E. 23rd St.
Greenpoint
A rendering of the six-story building planned for 996 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (Via INC Architecture & Design)GREENPOINT – After the restaurant switched locations, neighbors knew the bright green storefront of Greenpoint’s old Jungle Café wouldn’t last forever—development certainly isn’t sentimental. But now that renderings have
clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page] approved the 29-story development [/29-story-residential-tower-planned-for-550-clinton-avenue/] planned for 809 Atlantic Avenue (between Vanderbilt & Clinton Avenues) during a full board meeting last Wednesday, November 14. CB2 voted 31 in favor and 7 opposed to the project with
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Developers looking to build a new 16-story tower [/franklin-avenue-rezoning-shadows-and-brooklyn-botanic-gardens-position/] off Franklin Avenue said their condo rates for a 1-bedroom apartment could start at nearly a million dollars if the project isn’t upzoned. Carmel Partners confirmed, at a City Council Land Use hearing on Thursday, November 15, they
Bushwick
Eventually, Box Street Park will be built over the paratransit parking site the city uses at the north end of Greenpoint (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – A park slated for the northern tip of Greenpoint has gone back to the drawing board for a bit after being presented to the community
Bushwick
All across Brooklyn, major luxury rental developments are rising—and so are rents. Many Community Boards are fighting for higher and higher percentages of affordable housing units in new developments, and though the brass ring of 100% affordable development remains elusive, here’s a roundup of relatively affordable units that