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A rendering from a presentation to Brooklyn Community Board 9 on a proposed development at 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights. (Image: Brooklyn CB9/Facebook)It’s been a busy few days in Brooklyn. Here are some of the stories you should know: * Schools chancellor Richard Carranza resigned last week;
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Rendering of the new Target (Image: Ripco Real Estate)Days after Bklyner reported on news of a planned Target store on Church Avenue, some community members are already pushing back. The new Target [/target-coming-to-church-avenue-in-flatbush-replacing-modells/] is slated to come 2101 Church Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street, taking up
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Communities across Brooklyn have been organizing, from Bushwick to Industry City to Gowanus, to oppose development projects that will change their neighborhoods. The neighbors complaining are good people, with legitimate concerns, ranging from equity to impact of shadows. Others are worried about “neighborhood character,” which sometimes means just keeping newcomers
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A rendering from a presentation to Community Board 9 on a proposed new development in Crown Heights. | Rendering/Community Board 9 Brooklyn/Facebook This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/2/25/22302190/brooklyn-botanic-garden-shadow-condos-trump-tax-break] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A proposed apartment complex that could
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The boutique Williamsburg Hotel filed for bankruptcy this month. (Image: Google Maps)Hotels, parking garages, condos, walk-up apartment buildings – everywhere you look, Brooklyn property owners are behind on paying their property taxes, way above the city average, with no relief in sight. A new analysis from City Comptroller Scott Stringer’
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Homeless in Sheepshead Bay. October 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last seven years, for most New Yorkers, have felt like we are trapped in a series of unfortunate events, starring our mayor. From his mismanagement of NYCHA, to his $1 billion ThriveNYC scam. From his destruction of small businesses, to his
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Rendering of the site from Ripco Real EstateTarget is expanding its presence in Brooklyn with a new location in Flatbush. The new 28,201-square-foot location will be at 2101 Church Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and East 21st Street, according to the retailer’s corporate website [https://corporate.target.com/about/
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Rendering of 640 Columbia Street (Image: JLL Real Estate)Amazon signed two leases for over 487,000 square feet of Red Hook warehouse space this week, further expanding its fast-growing footprint in Brooklyn and around the city. The company announced on Wednesday that it will open a 336,350-square-foot delivery
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Salahi Deli in Ditmas Park changed their facade signage in 2018 after a rash of city violations over improperly-installed signs. (Image: Justin Mitchell/Bklyner)The City Council voted unanimously today to extend a moratorium on sign violation fines that briefly sent small retail business owners into a panic [/merchants-take-down-signs-as-panic-over-fines-sweeps-city/] in
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Rendering of BRP’s proposed development at 270 Nostrand Avenue. (Image: BRP)A developer wants to build a 14-story mixed-use building at the site of a former Bed-Stuy nursing home owned by a controversial healthcare provider. The local community board has questions. BRP Companies [https://www.brpcompanies.com/] has filed
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While we all know that what the city deems “affordable housing” is only rarely truly affordable, it’s worth keeping an eye out and application in (click here to apply [https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/search-lotteries]). Here are the current housing lotteries open for applications: 1620 Fulton St, via HPDThe
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Clarence Hamer Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Greg David, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/2/7/22271280/nyc-small-landlords-tenants-rent-moratorium-black-hispanic] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] In 2019, Clarence Hamer bought a house and moved to upstate Harriman, turning the two-family home he had owned