clinton hill
CLINTON HILL – Applications are now being accepted for eight affordable units at a new development located at 840 Fulton Street [https://840fulton.com/] (at Vanderbilt Avenue). Rendering by Kutnicki Bernstein Architects [https://www.kbanyc.com/home/]The available units include one studio at $867/month, 3 one-bedrooms at $931/month,
Gowanus
GOWANUS – The Brooklyn Supreme Court gave the NYC Department of Environmental Protection [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/home/home.shtml] (DEP) the green light last week to proceed with the acquisition of three properties in Gowanus to build an eight million gallon Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) tank and
Greenpoint
The NuHarte Plastics building ceased operation in 2004, but a toxic plume left behind must be addressed before redevelopment can proceed (Screenshot via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – A community meeting tonight in Greenpoint will give residents a forum to speak about the proposed remediation and development of the infamous NuHart Site,
Borough Park
A rendering of the 18-story mixed-use building coming to Borough Park (Via Cycle Architecture and Planning)An 18-story mixed-use building is set to replace a religious center on the corner of Fort Hamilton Parkway and 43rd Street, and now new renderings are out, revealing the white, multi-tiered marvel. The building
Central Brooklyn
On Community Board 14 Agenda: Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2018, 6:15 PM Location: CB14 District Office (810 East 16th Street, Brooklyn 11230) SPECIAL ORDER CALENDAR (SOC): A Special Order Calendar application has been filed with the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) to extend the term of the previously
Bed Stuy
A Stuyvesant Heights Historic District was designated in 2013 within the neighborhood of Bed-Stuy (Screenshot via Google Maps)In the small “sub-neighborhood” of Stuyvesant Heights, new renderings have been revealed for two real estate projects a few blocks apart. The two projects are for five- and six-story residential buildings which
Gowanus
GOWANUS – RFR Realty [https://rfr.com/home/] has enlisted the architectural firm Bjarke Ingels Group [https://big.dk/#projects] (BIG) to draw up preliminary designs for a residential project along the Gowanus Canal, Crain’s New York [https://www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/architect-tapped-gowanus-development-signals-high-end-future-once-gritty-neighborhood] reports. 175-225 3rd Street, Gowanus via Google
News
WILLIAMSBURG – Seven workers at The Williams, a luxury-rental development in South Williamsburg, are looking for what they’re owed—about $200,000 in back pay, they said. Yesterday evening, outside the building at 282 South 5th Street, members of the 32BJ service workers union gathered in solidarity to rally for
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – The New York City Council voted 48-2 on Wednesday to approve Alloy Development’s controversial 80 Flatbush project. 80 Flatbush school rendering, courtesy of Alloy Development and LuxigonLast Thursday, theNYC Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises [https://council.nyc.gov/committees/land-use/subcommittee-on-zoning-and-franchises/] unanimously approved Alloy’s reduced
Nonsponsored
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – Greenland Forest City Partners announced today the next phase of its 22 acre, 15 building, mixed-use Pacific Park [https://pacificparkbrooklyn.com/] development project. Rendering of B4, Pacific Park’s tallest building at Atlantic & 6th AvenueForest City [https://www.forestcity.net/], the real estate investment firm that initiated
Bushwick
The Bushwick Community Plan was revealed over the weekend at a community event (Chase Brush/BKLYNER)BUSHWICK – After nearly four years, countless hours of meetings and deliberations, and some pushback from community activist groups, Bushwick officials and residents unveiled a long-awaited plan on Saturday to shore up the neighborhood against
Greenpoint
A rendering of the transformed Greenpoint Hospital site, which will focus on affordable housing and senior living (By Magnusson Architecture and Planning / Architecture Outfit)GREENPOINT – Last week, there was movement in the decades-long effort to do something with the shuttered Greenpoint Hospital site: the city selected a developer to turn