Central Brooklyn
New construction in Downtown Brooklyn, 2019. Liena Zagare/BklynerSections of Downtown Brooklyn and Williamsburg-Greenpoint, where high-rise apartment buildings spurted up after city rezonings, had the most housing growth in the borough in the last decade. They trailed only Long Island City in Queens and Manhattan’s west side, home to
brownsville
Calvary Unified Freewill Baptist Church at 1520 Herkimer Street in Brownsville. Liena Zagare/BklynerA Brownsville church congregation has sued its long-time former pastor in Brooklyn Supreme Court, demanding he repays over half a million dollars he allegedly embezzled from the sale of the church parking lot in order to buy
affordable housing
PS 90 in 2007. By Nicholas Strini/PropertySharkThe 2020 murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd thrust the Movement For Black Lives firmly into the public consciousness. When centuries of anger, frustration, and despair spilled out into the streets, I hoped that our political and civic leaders would finally take
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the proposed redevelopment at 991 St. John’s Place in Crown Heights. (Image: PKSB Architects)A developer’s relatively minor request for a zoning code modification at the site of a landmarked Crown Heights church turned into a referendum on the company’s track record at a
Central Brooklyn
The Associated Supermarket at 975 Nostrand Avenue (Image: Google Maps)After news of the imminent closure of a long-standing Crown Heights supermarket [/crown-heights-supermarket-given-90-days-to-vacate-in-advance-of-redevelopment/] prompted anger and protests, the site’s owner says it plans to open a new supermarket as part a larger, mixed-use development there. The site, 975 Nostrand
brownsville
Brownsville resident Debra King uses the oven to help heat her home because the boiler in her building has not been working, Jan. 25, 2021. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/housing/2021/2/1/22257006/freezing-brooklyn-tenants-still-waiting] by THE
Downtown Brooklyn
Protestors in front of of 227 Duffield Street last year.The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) voted unanimously on Tuesday morning to preserve the building at 227 Duffield Street. The building, known as the Harriett and Thomas Truesdell House for its longtime owners, has historical ties to the nation’
Greenpoint
An overhead view of the draft design for Box Street Park with labeled features (Via NYC Parks)North Brooklyn’s elected officials are calling out the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) for failing to deliver on a 16-year-old promise that would allow for a new Greenpoint park. At a virtual press
News
via @NYCSanitationThe 2,424 residents of Glenwood Houses were without heat all day today as the snowstorm that made Mayor de Blasio issue a State of Emergency blanketed the city. The outage follows a weekend where four Glenwood Houses buildings, which house 497 residents, were without heat or hot water
Central Brooklyn
A rendering of the proposed development at 960 Franklin Avenue.The City Planning Commission (CPC) voted on Monday to certify a controversial Crown Heights rezoning proposal [/960-franklin-avenue-project-proposal/] at 960 Franklin Avenue, the Old Spice Factory, allowing the proposal to proceed through the city’s uniform land use review process (ULURP)
Bensonhurst
A fire destroyed the Bensonhurst home of a half dozen delivery cyclists and other immigrant workers. | Ben Fractenberg/THE CITYBy Claudia Irizarry Aponte, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2021/1/27/22253511/deliveristas-bensonhurst-community-rallies] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] After a Monday
fort greene
Aerial Photo of Ingersoll Houses via NYCHAFORT GREENE — The 4,046 neighbors who live at the 21-building Ingersoll Houses [https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/nycha/downloads/pdf/ingersoll-report-en.pdf] complex have been without heat and hot water since 10 am today. NYCHA, the city’s worst landlord [/nycha-jason-korn-again-top-public-advocates-list-of-worst-landlords/], has failed