City Planning is proposing zoning measures in southern Brooklyn’s coastal neighborhoods that could help property owners protect their homes in flood-prone areas.
City Planning is proposing zoning measures in southern Brooklyn’s coastal neighborhoods that could help property owners protect their homes in flood-prone areas.
Sunset Park activists are beginning their battle against a planned 14-story apartment building in Greenwood Heights that they claim will price out the area’s current inhabitants.
Brooklyn’s namesake roasting company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 21, but its founder said the company is only adjusting its operations and has no plans to go anywhere.
Residents of a particularly well-manicured block of East 25th Street in East Flatbush are hopeful the city’s landmarking honchos will designate their stretch of Neo-Renaissance style row houses as a historical district.
The Gerritsen Beach ballfields suddenly underwent landscaping at the end of August after residents expressed outrage over the unkempt fields.
Gerritsen Beach residents are calling on the city to maintain their ballfields as they do for neighboring Marine Park -- instead of allowing the fields to fall into the unusable condition they are currently.
Citing a need for jobs, city planning heads recommended the City Council approve the controversial rezoning application to expand Sunset Park’s Industry City.
As city eateries scramble to reopen for outdoor dining following months of state-mandated closures, some restaurant owners claim city transportation honchos are adjusting outdoor dining guidelines on the fly -- while threatening heavy fines for noncompliance.
The design includes curb extensions, new sidewalks, raised medians and left-turn bays, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Led by a 12-year-old girl and her mother, Bay Ridge protests Sunday and Monday were peaceful, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.