Police & Fire
SHEEPSHEAD BAY – Last week, The Independent published a story about what it’s like inside the floating sex party in New York [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/new-york-sex-party-chemistry-orgy-sheepshead-bay-a8285271.html] , and now Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Brooklyn) is calling for an investigation into the “floating orgy” held on a party
Gowanus
GOWANUS – Dozens of Gowanus neighbors held a candlelight vigil on the corner of Butler and Nevins Streets Tuesday evening to show their opposition to the city’s proposed demolition of the historic Gowanus Station building. Gowanus Station, 234 Butler Street (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Located at 234 Butler Street, the
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Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – [UPDATED: 10am, Wednesday, April 11 2018] The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission sent out an announcement Tuesday afternoon stating that they have officially voted to “calendar” 236 and 238 President Street, bringing the two buildings closer to a landmark designation decision and protecting 236 President, the former Hans S.
News
Shola Olatoye, Chair and CEO of NYCHA (Photo by Pamela Wong/BKLYNER)Shola Olatoye, the embattled New York City Housing Authority chair is slated to step down from her post today according to several reports [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/09/opinion/new-york-public-housing-chief-shola-olatoye.html] . Olatoye first came under fire
East New York
EAST NEW YORK – A massive housing development is headed to East New York, but unlike many of its contemporaries, this new development is special: it’ll be 100% affordable. Comprised of three 14-story buildings, the project dubbed “Atlantic Chestnut” will cover 4.5 acres and create 1,165 units at
Announcements
CARROLL GARDENS – On Friday, Council Member Brad Lander’s office sent a release announcing that the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www1.nyc.gov/site/lpc/index.page] (LPC) has agreed to consider both 236 and 238 President Street for landmark designation. (L-R) 238 and 236 President Street (Photo: Pamela
Bushwick
A modern apartment building is planned for an empty lot on Bushwick’s Troutman Street (Via BEAM Group)BUSHWICK – Another day, another development in North Brooklyn neighborhoods. As Bed-Stuy has the gaps in its streets filled in by new rental spaces, Bushwick isn’t far behind. At 61 Troutman Street,
Arts & Culture
PARK SLOPE – Architecture, home design, and history lovers rejoice! The 59th Annual Park Slope House Tour [http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/housetour2018/] is scheduled for Sunday, May 20 and includes self-guided tours of select historic brownstones as well as the members-only Montauk Club. Montauk Club, 25 8th Avenue at Lincoln Place (Photo:
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the residential building planned for Erasmus Street (Via BEAM) EAST FLATBUSH – Renderings have been revealed for a new six-story apartment building headed to 142 Erasmus Street in East Flatbush—and it’s quite a change for the block. Mostly populated by single- or two-family homes with fenced-in
Bed Stuy
BED-STUY – With the demand for housing expanding across Brooklyn, neighborhoods like Bed-Stuy are seeing buildings rise in formerly empty lots as developers fill in every last spot they can find in the race to build and cash out. Single-family homes are on the chopping block as well, as permits for
Announcements
PARK SLOPE – The lottery launched two weeks ago for seven newly renovated affordable units located in Park Slope. Interested applicants will have to act quickly because the deadline for submissions is next Wednesday, April 11. 643 President Street (Photo: Christopher Bride/Property Shark)The units are a part of the
Bushwick
A rendering shows the blank walls of the building that will envelop the buildings on the corner (Rendering via Diego B Aguilera Architects)BUSHWICK – A seven-story building slated for the corner of Broadway and Halsey will tower above a closed chicken joint in Bushwick, enveloping the small corner property with