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Dyker Heights

Revealed: New Design Plans For Massive Sunset Park Development

Revised Design. Rendering via Raymond Chan Architect, New York YIMBYDesign changes have been announced for a massive development project on the boundary of Sunset Park and Dyker Heights, YIMBY [http://newyorkyimby.com/2017/07/updated-design-for-6208-8th-avenue-major-development-coming-to-sunset-park-brooklyn.html] reports. The plan was first unveiled in 2014 [http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/12/community-board-rejects-eighth-avenue-permit-renewal-but-what-community-does-it-represent.

Central Brooklyn

Three New Buildings Could Rise In Kensington, Sheepshead Bay & PLG

379 Ocean Parkway. (Photo by Carly Miller/BKLYNER)The race to the top of Brooklyn’s skyline continues! This week, developers have pushed to build three new apartment complexes in our coverage areas — Kensington, Sheepshead Bay, and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, adding more fodder for the ever-growing density [/development-boom-brings-hundreds-families-crowding-flatbushditmaskensington-map/] in central and

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St. Edmund’s Rectory Could Be Replaced By More Apartments

2442 Ocean Avenue between Avenues T & S. (Rendering via Eran Birnbaum Architect) Two St. Edmund’s rectories, built in 1925, are slated to be demolished, and in their place could rise a 7-story medical and apartment complex — mirroring the look of surrounding Ocean Avenue blocks [/long-blighted-ocean-avenue-lot-become-28-unit-residential-development-sheepshead-bay/] . Brooklyn-based developer Yaacov

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New Apartments Could Rise In Gravesend & Bensonhurst

250 Avenue Z and West 15th Street. (Screenshot via Google Maps)Density is rising in southern Brooklyn, with new apartments jockeying for space on vacant or low-rise home sites. Gravesend Potential apartments or condos could replace a gated cluster of small homes in Gravesend, according to YIMBY. A Brooklyn-based LLC

Central Brooklyn

Crumbling Flatbush House Denied Renovations That “Disregard History And Style”

A deteriorating house at 7 Irvington Place, in the Fisk Terrace-Midwood Park Historic District, was denied a major revamp this week, reports YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2017/02/landmarks-not-satisfied-with-proposed-renovation-of-eyesore-house-at-7-irvington-place-flatbush.html] . The Landmark Preservation Commission deemed the proposal too drastic, saying it would destroy the house’s historical context. The

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Development Roundup: Flatbush Luxury Apartments, Ditmas Park Biz & Kensington Demolition

1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,

Central Brooklyn

Development Roundup: Flatbush Luxury Apartments, Ditmas Park Biz & Kensington Demolition

1357 Flatbush Avenue. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)With a tentative deal struck on the controversial 421-a tax credit for developers [/blog/news/deal-reached-controversial-tax-credit-affordable-housing-construction/] , construction is projected to continue at a rapid pace with many new buildings in our area. Here’s a quick roundup of what we’ve spotted,

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Permits Filed For New Commercial Medical Building On Empty Lot In Gravesend

Photo via Google Maps.Permits have been filed for a new retail and medical building at 2311 West 7 St, according to Yimby. The location is currently an empty lot. Shun Wu is the property owner and Sugnam Chang’s Brooklyn-based Basic Groups Corp is the architect. The proposed project

Bensonhurst

Quaint 83rd Street Home May Become Condos

2159 83rd Street (Photo via Google Maps)A cute yellow home on 83rd Street may soon become condos, according to new Department of Buildings filings first reported by YIMBY [http://www.yimbynews.com/2016/08/three-story-six-unit-residential-building-planned-at-2159-83rd-street-bensonhurst.html] . The home’s owner Michael Calabrese — who lives in Staten Island — has filed

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Plans Stalled For Proposed Apartments On East 7th Street

190 East 7th Street, August 2016. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)One of the remaining single family houses on Kensington’s East 7th Street will be torn down to make way for a small apartment building, but the City has slowed the process down. EM Development NYC, a Bay Ridge-based

Central Brooklyn

Plans Stalled For Proposed Apartments On East 7th Street

190 East 7th Street, August 2016. (Photo by Ditmas Park Corner)One of the remaining single family houses on Kensington’s East 7th Street will be torn down to make way for a small apartment building, but the City has slowed the process down. EM Development NYC, a Bay Ridge-based

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Century-Old Home To Be Razed For Apartments On Lenox Road

100 Lenox Road at Bedford Avenue. (Photo courtesy Joe Strini for PropertyShark) Another centennial Victorian home near Prospect Park is set to be swapped with a multi-story apartment building, based on Department of Buildings [http://a810-bisweb.nyc.gov/bisweb/PropertyProfileOverviewServlet?boro=3&houseno=100&street=Lenox%20Road&