Business
BROOKLYN NAVY YARD – The Brooklyn Navy Yard [https://brooklynnavyyard.org] broke ground Wednesday at 399 Sands Street, a new building that will feature a four-story parking garage and five floors of manufacturing and creative space. Brooklyn Navy Yard, 399 Sands rendering (Courtesy: Steiner NYC)As part of Steiner NYC’s
North Western Brooklyn
via Brooklyn PointOn the prowl for new digs? Look no further than Brooklyn Point [https://brooklynpointnyc.com/?utm_source=BKLYNER&utm_medium=Banner&utm_campaign=Sponsored%20Post] , Extell Development’s first ultra-luxury property in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Point [https://brooklynpointnyc.com/?utm_source=BKLYNER&utm_medium=Banner&
fort greene
The new render for the three-story townhouse at 147 Felix Street in Fort Greene (Via JRA Design Group)FORT GREENE – A building set to fill a long-standing empty lot on St. Felix Street between the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Atlantic-Barclays has a new rendering. The new renderings from JRA
community
GOWANUS – The NYC Department of City Planning [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page] (DCP) presented its long-awaited “Gowanus: A Framework for a Sustainable, Inclusive, Mixed-Use Neighborhood” to Community Board 6 [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page] Monday evening after releasing the document last week [/gowanus-rezoning-framework-released/]. The
Nonsponsored
The latest look at the development coming to 510 Driggs Avenue (By Woods Bagot) UPDATE (7/12/18): Updated renderings for the building at 510 Driggs have been revealed, as seen above. First picked up by YIMBY [https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/06/exclusive-rendering-revealed-for-510-driggs-avenue-williamsburg-brooklyn.html] , the new design shows developers switching
Bed Stuy
P.S. 25 Eubie Blake SchoolBedford Stuyvesant – When the Hon. Judge Levine issued a stay on May 24th to keep P.S. 25 Eubie Blake open [/p-s-25-will-stay-open-for-another-year/] while the lawsuit parents have brought to keep it open [/parents-file-lawsuit-to-keep-the-best-elementary-school-in-district-16-open/] gets resolved, what was not discussed was the impact this decision would
Business
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – After demolishing the Brooklyn Heights Library [https://ny.curbed.com/2017/6/19/15829320/brooklyn-heights-library-demolition-condo] almost a year ago, construction is moving along at the site of its former home at 280 Cadman Plaza West [http://280cadman.com]. 280 Cadman Plaza West rendering [http://280cadman.com] via Marvel
Announcements
BED-STUY/CLINTON HILL – The lottery launched earlier this week for 13 affordable units at a new development at 1068 Fulton Street located on the border of Bed-Stuy and Clinton Hill. 1068 Fulton Street rendering via ND Architecture & Design [https://www.ndarchdesign.com/copy-of-44-kent-st-1]Situated between Classon Avenue and Claver
Business
PARK SLOPE – There have been a slew of business closings on or near 5th Avenue in Park Slope. Here’s a run-down of some of the storefronts with papered-up windows that we’ve come across in the past few weeks. Let us know what we’ve missed. The former Sun
Business
UPDATE 6/6/18: While the new NetCost Market in Sheepshead Bay was due to have its soft opening today, the store remains closed. A spokesperson for the company confirmed that they would not be open for business, but did not provide a reason for the delay. Currently, there is
Gowanus
GOWANUS – After a year and a half of community members and stakeholders participating in more than 100 hours of meetings and workshops, including four public events and 26 working group meetings [/gowanus-neighborhood-planning-study-collaboration-community/], Council Members Brad Lander (District 39), Stephen Levin (District 33), and the NYC Department of City Planning [http:
Big Story
KENSINGTON/BORO PARK – Last Thursday night about 40 residents finally gathered at a meeting with the Clara Street School that they had been asking for for 9 months [/cb12-april-meeting-schools-garbage-process/], hoping to address issues of idling school buses, garbage, noisy generators, and constant evening events at the school. The clash is