Central Brooklyn
The Associated Supermarket at 975 Crown Heights near Sullivan Place. (Image: Google Maps)[Editor’s note: this story has been updated to include comment from the property owner, Midwood Investment and Development, and to correct details regarding the notice given to Associated Supermarket’s management.] A 30-year-old Crown Heights supermarket
Central Brooklyn
1020 Cortelyou Road (Source: TerraCRG)A 12,500-square-foot property in the heart of Ditmas Park’s Cortelyou Road commercial district sold today, paving the way for more new development on a mostly low-rise street already at the center of a rezoning fight. The commercial real estate firm TerraCRG [https://www.
bath beach
The city plans to open a homeless shelter at 2147 Bath Avenue to provide temporary shelter for 150 single men in the area by the end of this year. NYC Tax Photo.“I have learned that there was no proposal presented to Community Board 11 and there has been no
bergen beach
Attendees at a virtual Community Board 13 meeting on Wednesday voiced opposition to a planned shelter at 100 Neptune Avenue.Over 300 people joined a virtual community meeting Wednesday night to discuss a planned Brighton Beach shelter; seemingly all of them left unsatisfied. At the two-hour virtual meeting, which was
Central Brooklyn
The Flatbush Savings Bank Building in November 2020. (Image: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)An activist group is asking the city to landmark a Flatbush Avenue Bank before its owners demolish it to construct a new, mixed-use building in its place. In a letter sent [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MvnMHWbb-qwF6ygvZLIUe7X-fTSh--s1/
green
By Gabriel Sandoval, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/17/22236287/brooklyn-wind-turbine-assembly-hub] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A dream long nurtured by grassroots neighborhood activists approached reality last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-outlines-2021-agenda-reimagine-rebuild-renew-1]
Gowanus
Rendering of the post-rezoning Gowanus canal bridge crossing with waterfront development and pedestrian activity. (Department of City Planning)Update: January 15th, 2020 – 5:58pm The Voice of Gowanus group announced it has filed a lawsuit against the city’s Department of City Planning (DCP) in Kings County State Supreme Court.
Central Brooklyn
1 Kenilworth Place. Joe Strini /PropertySharkA group of Flatbush-area elected officials is pushing back on the city’s plans to open a homeless shelter at the site of a recently-closed student housing facility near Brooklyn College. The city’s Department of Social Services (DSS) is looking to retrofit the former
Central Brooklyn
Red Hook Houses resident Sherron Paige and her son, Kyan. Courtesy of Sherron PaigeBy Greg B. Smith, THE CITY. This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/1/11/22221322/nycha-falsely-certified-brooklyn-child-apartment-lead-free] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] “When people make mistakes and then cover those mistakes up
affordable housing
Flatbush District #1 School Building in 1931. (Photo: Brooklyn Public Library) The city is looking to develop the former site of P.S. 90 at the corner of Church and Bedford avenues in Flatbush into affordable housing and community space. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
News
Manhattan Bridge. Photo by Miltiadis Fragkidis via Unsplash.DUMBO was the priciest neighborhood in Brooklyn in 2020. That’s according to a new report [https://www.propertyshark.com/Real-Estate-Reports/nyc-neighborhood-sales/] released late last month by the real estate data website PropertyShark. The site’s analysis found that, despite a 31%
Bed Stuy
Rendering of a new seven-story condominium building planned for 429 Tompkins Avenue. (Rendering from Isaac & Stern Architects)A new seven-story condominium building is coming to the corner of Tompkins Avenue and Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. The new building, which is being developed by Dragonfly Developments LLC [https://www.dragonflydevelopmentsllc.