Announcements
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Applications are now being accepted for 37 affordable units at a new development located at 1 Flatbush Avenue (between Fulton & Livingston). Rendering via Hill West [https://hillwest.com/project/1-flatbush-avenue/] Available units include 21 studios at $867/month, 8 one-bedrooms at $931/month, and 8 two-bedrooms at
Boerum Hill
BOERUM HILL – Brooklyn Community Board 2 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml] voted against Alloy Development’s proposed 80 Flatbush project during its general board meeting Wednesday evening. The 80 Flatbush site (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)The full board vote follows last month’s CB2 Land-Use
Central Brooklyn
A map showing the hotspots for increase in Brooklyn home sale prices (Via PropertyShark)Buying a home is probably the biggest investments most people will ever make—so it better be a good one. Recently, PropertyShark did a study to analyze the 10-year change in home prices throughout New York
Downtown Brooklyn
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – A new 21-story, 122-unit condominium tower is coming to One Boerum Place in Downtown Brooklyn. One Boerum Place via Google MapsAfter purchasing the building from Brooklyn Law School in 2016 for $76.5 million [/two-new-condo-projects-planned-downtown-area/], then purchasing approximately 50,000 square feet of air rights from two neighboring
News
A design rendering of 89 Bartlett Street, which includes 16 affordable units (Via Leverich Design)WILLIAMSBURG – While the Pfizer site development [/lawsuit-temporarily-halts-broadway-triangle-construction/] has dominated headlines for Broadway Triangle developments as construction stops and starts amid myriad lawsuits, another, smaller housing development is quietly nearing completion nearby. The building at 89
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News
After Comptroller Scott M. Stringer’s office published a study blaming AirBnB for rising rents in New York, the private-rental company has refuted the study’s claims. One of the key factors, they say, is that the study misinterprets the data scraped from AirDNA, a third-party company. “AirDNA fully supports
Greenpoint
GREENPOINT – With two highrise developments already looming over Greenpoint’s waterfront, recently filed permits have revealed a bit more detail about another 40-story apartment tower coming to the north end of Brooklyn. Currently, a 100,000 square foot warehouse occupies the site—once the home of AMC Computers—but in
Business
PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The first three commercial tenants for the 17-story, 278 unit, LEED Silver-certified luxury condo building [http://550vanderbilt.com/] located at 550 Vanderbilt Avenue have been announced. 550 Vanderbilt, between Pacific & Dean (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)550 Vanderbilt will soon be home to three Brooklyn-based businesses including Van
Boerum Hill
BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL – Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams held the second ULURP [http://www1.nyc.gov/nyc-resources/service/1659/uniform-land-use-review-procedure-application] (Universal Land Use Review Procedure) public hearing for Alloy Development’s 80 Flatbush project Monday at Borough Hall. 80 Flatbush ULURP public hearing at Brooklyn Borough Hall (Photo: Kadia Goba)
Greenpoint
An aerial view of the development site in Greenpoint (Via Google Maps)GREENPOINT – Major developer and property management company All Year Management has purchased a few polluted parcels of Greenpoint land in a huge real-estate deal in North Brooklyn. The company is reportedly paying $55 million for 10 parcels along
Borough Park
BOROUGH PARK/KENSINGTON – The Community Board 12 meeting on Wednesday night was a heated affair, with many residents at the Kensington corner of the district upset over being kept in the dark about plans that will substantially affect their parts of the area, issues with schools and sanitation dominated. The
Carroll Gardens
CARROLL GARDENS – 236 President Street is back on the market following the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/lpc/downloads/pdf/calendar/04-10-18.pdf]‘s (LPC) decision to calendar the building in response to pleas from the community to save it from demolition. 236 President Street, Carroll