Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: New Zoning Initiatives and Redlining in Brooklyn

City Council Voted Yes on Mayor’s Major Rezoning: Here’s What It Means for Brooklyn
In the largest city zoning change since 1961, Mayor Bill de Blasio successfully pushed for the City Council to pass two major initiatives last week — Mandatory Inclusionary Housing and Zoning for Quality and Affordability.

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ODA Keeps It Boxy in New Renderings for Ex-Governor Spitzer’s Williamsburg Mega-Project
Elliot Spitzer’s three-tower, $750 million mega-project will soon rise along the waterfront just south of the Williamsburg Bridge. New renderings of the development and photos of the construction site were posted this week by 6sqft.

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From Redlining to Predatory Lending: A Secret Economic History of Brooklyn
You may have heard the term “redlining” in discussions of neighborhoods like Bed Stuy or East New York. But do you really know what it means? And how the effects of discriminatory lending practices are still felt in Brooklyn today?

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4 Brooklyn Homes With Gardening Potential, All for Under $1 Million
In case the springtime weather has you itching to exercise your green thumb, we’ve rounded up a handful of homes with ample garden space. All of the listings are priced under $1 million — hopefully leaving you with enough cash to splurge on some stellar greenery from your local nursery.

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Old, Rare and Special Brooklyn Heights House Asks $5.795 Million
This two-family house at 65 Pineapple Street in Brooklyn Heights has got some alluring prewar features — and by that we mean pre-Civil War. This one dates to 1835, a rarity in Brooklyn, and was built in a transitional Federal-Greek Revival style, according to Old Brooklyn Heights: New York’s First Suburb.

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