Neighbors
Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Marisa Lago announced earlier this week that the Department has submitted addresses for more than 122,000 housing units that the Census Bureau did not have on its address list for the 2020 Census – part of the City’s effort to make sure all
Central Brooklyn
1027-1035 Cortelyou Road. A new 5 story building is proposed for the corner of Stratford and Cortelyou Roads. Full demolition permits have been issued to the owners, so we can say bye bye to the one-story storefronts. 1027-1035 Cortelyou RoadWhile we have no renderings of the new building, from the
celebrity
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – A new 20-story tower located at 126 Pierrepont Street will start leasing this Fall. The Pierrepont, 146 Pierrepont Street (rendering via Marvel Architects [http://marvelarchitects.com/project/montague-pierrepont-apartments/])The Pierrepont features 128,000 square feet of residential space, with 86 “family-sized homes” designed with “meaningful amenities and community
Downtown Brooklyn
[UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 10 at 10:35am] A representative for Slate Property Group provided the following statement regarding the project at 570 Fulton Street. “570 Fulton is a transformative project for Downtown Brooklyn, imagined with Brooklyn’s communities in mind,” Slate Property Group Principal, David Schwartz, said. “From office spaces
East New York
A former East New York landfill along Jamaica Bay will be transformed into a 407-acre State Park opening next year (Screenshot via Google Maps)EAST NEW YORK – Governor Cuomo announced Wednesday that the largest State Park in New York City will open in Brooklyn next year—and it will be
Bushwick
Renderings for the new residential project surrounding the church at 964 Bushwick Avenue (Via Think! Architecture)BUSHWICK – An unusual residential development is coming to Bushwick Avenue, with the latest renderings showing a pair of structures rising on either side of a church—which will stay an active house of worship.
Business
PARK SLOPE – After receiving the okay to increase the height of its project at the KeyFood site at 120 Fifth Avenue last year [/community-board-okays-avery-halls-plan-build-key-food-site-higher/], Avery Fisher Hall Investments (AHI) said it hoped to begin construction in Spring 2018, pending approval from the Department of City Planning. Photo by BKLYNERSpring has
kensington
Unveiling the PX Forward study, which looked at ways to improve neighborhoods affected by the Prospect Expressway (Erica Sherman/Brooklyn BP’s Office)The Prospect Expressway cuts through South Slope, Windsor Terrace, and Greenwood Heights, into Kensington, carving up the communities and impeding connectivity, a reminder of the ambitious and
News
A rendering of the office project going in at 96 North 10th in Williamsburg (Via wHY Architects)WILLIAMSBURG – Another day, another office space headed to North Brooklyn. This time, it’s a commercial/office combo coming to 96 North 10th Street, between Berry and Wythe. The lot is currently occupied
Bed Stuy
The apartment building at 791 Lexington, where an alleged con man wrongfully evicted two tenants early this year (Screenshot via Google Maps)BED-STUY – A forged eviction notice. A fraudulent 911 call. And now, an indictment. A Bed-Stuy man is being charged after wrongfully evicting tenants from their apartments on Lexington
News
Industrial-inspired office space planned for 71 North 7th Street in Williamsburg (By Jeffrey Cole Architects)WILLIAMSBURG – Renderings have been revealed for another office space planned for North Brooklyn, this one in Williamsburg near the East River State Park. 71 North 7th Street, between Kent and Wythe, will turn a single-story
Central Brooklyn
Archbishop Brown and Lady Scarlett-Brown / family photoDITMAS PARK – Pilgrim Baptist Church [https://www.pilgrimchurchnyc.org/index.php] posted a 10-day eviction notice on the door of the widow of the late Archbishop Roy E. Brown in Ditmas Park last week. Archbishop Brown, the founder of the church [https://www.pilgrimchurchnyc.