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Sep
18
Report: With or without Industry City rezoning, Sunset Park has a housing crisis

Report: With or without Industry City rezoning, Sunset Park has a housing crisis

As City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca faces off with developers and his own colleagues [/is-the-industry-city-rezoning-doa/] over the plan to rezone Industry
3 min read
Sep
15
Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council

Competing Visions Cloud the Future of Brooklyn’s Industry City as Expansion Plan Reaches City Council

Industry City. August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/9/14/21436907/brooklyn-industry-city-expansion-plan-city-council-sahadis]
7 min read
Sep
14
Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

Five-Alarm Fire Injures 12 Firefighters And Displaces 4 Families In Dyker Heights

It took over 4 hours to battle the five-alarm fire. (Photo: FDNY)DYKER HEIGHTS  – A five-alarm fire ripped through three
2 min read
Sep
14
33-Year-old Man Killed In Dyker Heights Shooting

33-Year-old Man Killed In Dyker Heights Shooting

Photo by David von Diemar [https://unsplash.com/@davidvondiemar?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText]
2 min read
Sep
10
Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

Century 21 To Close All Stores, Files For Bankruptcy

City Point, 445 Albee Square West in February of 2019 (Photo: Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Century 21 will be closing all
3 min read
Sep
04
Labor Day Weekend NYC-cation: NYC Open, Bike Tours, Hikes, And More To Do Across The City

Labor Day Weekend NYC-cation: NYC Open, Bike Tours, Hikes, And More To Do Across The City

Few of us have ever fully explored NYC, and with all the travel restrictions in place this may just be
4 min read
Sep
02
Question Of The Day: Why Can’t Remote School Start On Sept. 10?

Question Of The Day: Why Can’t Remote School Start On Sept. 10?

Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza. City Hall. Monday, August 24, 2020. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.Yesterday’s big announcement
3 min read
Sep
02
Data Check: Recent COVID-19 Infection Rates Vary Widely By Neighborhood

Data Check: Recent COVID-19 Infection Rates Vary Widely By Neighborhood

UPDATED WITH CURRENT DATA Mayor Bill de Blasio and Chancellor of Education Richard Carranza recently remarked how the city is
5 min read
Aug
21
P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team’s Open Letter On School Reopening

P.S. 169 Sunset Park School Equity Team sent the following letter [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HCUYtP54SWLxb4zzOezaIfKMQ8f3AbffmFW0yvUkIqY/edit]
4 min read
Aug
19
Planners’ Green Light for Industry City Expansion Puts Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the Hot Seat

Planners’ Green Light for Industry City Expansion Puts Council Speaker Corey Johnson in the Hot Seat

Industry City, August 2020. Liena Zagare/BklynerBy Greg David, originally [https://www.thecity.nyc/2020/8/19/21376132/industry-city-expansion-brooklyn-council-corey-johnson-menchaca-amazon] published
5 min read