Crown Heights
Permits have been filed for the 15-story building seen at the rear of the Drill Shed (Rendering via BFC Partners)CROWN HEIGHTS — If you missed the Crown Heights Town Hall on Tuesday on development, it’s OK, not much was accomplished. Assemblyman Walter Mosely was the lone legislator fending off
Nonsponsored
PARK SLOPE – Parlour [http://parlourbrooklyn.com/?keyword=%2B243%20%2B4th%20%2Bave&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjYq22OHR3gIVko7ICh3NcQBQEAAYASAAEgKLM_D_BwE] , a twelve-story, 19-unit condo building currently being constructed at 243 4th Avenue, will launch sales next spring, Curbed [https://ny.curbed.com/2018/11/6/18065738/park-slope-new-condo-243-fourth-avenue-brooklyn] reports. Via parlourbrooklyn.com [http://parlourbrooklyn.
Greenpoint
The corner building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, soon to be replaced with a six-story mixed-use project (Paul Stremple/Bklyner)GREENPOINT – The former location of a popular Manhattan Avenue eatery will become a six-story residential building in the heart of Greenpoint. The new building at 996 Manhattan Avenue, where the popular
Brooklyn Heights
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A new sign may soon welcome commuters as they travel across the East River into Brooklyn as the NYC Board of Standards & Appeals has approved a replacement for the former Watchtower sign, the New York Post [https://nypost.com/2018/11/08/nyc-approves-replacement-for-watchtower-sign-in-brooklyn-heights/] reports. Via Google MapsThe
Business
MIDWOOD – This coming Sunday, Nov. 11 at 8:00 am, Brooklyn’s latest Target will open doors to the neighborhood. Located just off Kings Highway at 1712 East 14th St, you can’t miss its bright signs when passing by. This is Target’s second small concept store in Brooklyn,
Central Brooklyn
907 St. Marks Avenue: Renderings: NMI Architecture, PLLC.CROWN HEIGHTS – Renovations for a Crown Heights building — slated to become the borough’s next co-living space — were voted down November 1, after a Community Board 8 committee curbed the project. CB 8’s landmark committee voted nine to one to table
Bed Stuy
A zoning and design study submitted by Morris Adjmi Architects for the 1215 Fulton Street parcel in Bed-StuyBED-STUY – A t-shaped lot between Fulton and Halsey Streets could potentially be filled by a combination of office space, retail and residential units, based on a recently submitted zoning and design study. The
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – The foundation work has begun on 9 Dekalb Avenue [http://jdsdevelopment.com/9-dekalb/], a project that once completed will be Brooklyn’s tallest tower at 1,066 feet. Via shoparc.com [http://www.shoparc.com/projects/9-dekalb-avenue/]Construction crews have been spotted on the northern edge of the
Bed Stuy
A luxury development near the East River waterfront in Williamsburg has a handful of affordable units up for grabs (Via 56North9 [http://56north9.com/gallery/])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
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Crews have begun work on the foundation and lower levels of One Willoughby Square, a new 34-story office tower rising at 420 Albee Square across from City Point, New York YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/11/one-willoughby-square-begins-ascent-towards-495-foot-pinnacle-in-downtown-brooklyn.html] reports. One Willoughby Square, rendering by DBOXThe site is visible
environment
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page] (HPD) and the NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) hosted a Community Workshop Thursday night to collect feedback on the preliminary site planning for Public
Business
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation [https://brooklynnavyyard.org/] (BNYDC) announced on Tuesday that it has secured $42 million in financing for the restoration of the historic Building 127. Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 127 rendering courtesy of S9 ArchitectureOriginally built in 1904 for U.S. Navy boat