How should we define affordability when discussing housing in New York City?
Explore the Issue of Housing Affordability at the Brooklyn Historical Society
Brooklyn Life
Daily Links: Locals Rally to Bring Back Bus Route Connecting Red Hook to Crown Heights
In the News
- Residents Demand Return of Crown Heights-Red Hook Bus Route [Eagle]
- Little-Known Rent Reform Law Is Big News for Crown Heights Tenants [Eagle]
- Coney Island Public Housing Complexes to Get New Elevators [BP]
- Citi Bike Expands Deeper Into Brooklyn, No News on E-Bikes [Gothamist]
- CBD Chain Opening Store in Park Slope [Patch]
- Woodland Owners Plan a New Downtown Brooklyn Restaurant [CO]
- Charter School Opening Campus in Prospect Lefferts Development [CO]
- Mixed-Use Project Comes to Troubled Williamsburg Site [TRD]
- New Four-Story Residential Building Coming to East Flatbush [NYY]
Daily Links: Cuomo Tells National Grid to Supply Gas to Brooklyn and Elsewhere or Lose License
In the News
- Cuomo Threatens National Grid: Provide Gas or Lose Your License [NYT]
- Creating an All-Women Development Team in Brooklyn and Beyond [NYT]
- Air Rights at Fort Greene NYCHA Building Go to de Blasio Donors [NYDN]
- Illegal Repairs Push Tenants Out of Problem-Plagued Bushwick Building [Eagle]
- Mobile Home Dwellers Moving to Beneath Gowanus Expressway [BP]
- Goons Pelt Kensington Synagogue With Eggs [BP]
- Dismantling and Mantling of Flatbush Continues Unabated [Q Parkside]
- Congresswoman Looks to Rewrite Federal Affordable-Housing Rules [Crain’s]
- Anti-Semitic Crime Spike Brings More No-Hate Classes to Brooklyn [Patch]
Get Documented in Paper at the Brooklyn Women’s Exchange Silhouette Portraits Event
Create a memory for the holiday season the old fashioned way, with a portrait in paper.
Daily Links: Sheepshead Bay Residents Have Given Up After 10 Year Wait for New Park
In the News
- How Virtual Reality Is Augmenting Realty in Brooklyn and Beyond [NYT]
- Trading a Walk-up for a Brand-New Studio in Greenpoint [NYT]
- A Sculpture for Brooklyn’s New Golden Age? [NYT]
- Marijuana Incident Closing Popular Outpost Cafe in Clinton Hill [NYDN]
- 10 Years Later, Still No Park for Sheepshead Neighbors [Eagle]
- Crown Heights Land Use Gurus Approve Rezoning Proposal [BP]
- Locals Demand City Renovate Bed Stuy Rec Center Kitchen [BP]
- Norah Jones Lists Her Cobble Hill Townhouse for $8 Million [WSJ]
- ‘Burg Guatemalan Restaurant Serves Appealing Fried Chicken Sandwich [Eater]
- Six-Story Mixed-Use Building Coming to Frost Street in Bushwick [NYY]
Daily Links: Churro Seller Arrest at Broadway Junction Station Goes Viral, Sparks Outrage
In the News
- The Fate of a Crown Heights ‘Palace’ [NYT]
- Police Criticzed in Churro Seller Arrest at Broadway Junction [NYDN]
- DoBro Developer Must Pay Fine After Violating 421-a Tax Break [NYDN]
- DoBro Macy’s Site of Third Campus for Global Private School [Eagle]
- Developer Inks Lease for Two Boerum Hill Warehouses [CO]
- Massive Fire Engulfs Warehouse Friday Morning [Greenpoint Post]
- Bushwick Group Mounts Campaign Against Rezoning Plan [BK Reader]
- Court Street Grocers Team Opens First Full-Fledged Restaurant [NYM]
- Beatboxers Battle in Brooklyn to Be the Best [WNYC]
- New Affordable Housing Breaks Ground in Brownsville [NYY]
Gage & Tollner Team Prep to Revive One of Brooklyn’s Oldest Restaurants
History has become an important part of the reopening of Gage & Tollner.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Multifamily Sales Volume Plunges in Brooklyn
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Daily Links: Locals Urge City to Back Community Benefits Ahead of Industry City Rezoning
In the News
- A Couple Look to Upgrade Their Brooklyn Rental [NYT]
- Why Seven Police Officers Were Blacklisted in Brooklyn [NYT]
- Brooklyn Leads City in ICE Arrests and Sightings So Far This Year [Eagle]
- Flatlands Library Reopens Following Monthslong Closure [BP]
- Sunset Park Pushes City for Industry City Rezoning Commitments [Curbed]
- Fort Greene Shelter Residents Suing After Illnesses From Expired Food [ABC]
- Homeowners By Q Train Flabbergasted to Receive Violation Notices [The City]
- Park Slope Pizza Chef Fired After Having a Stroke at Work [Patch]
Brooklyn Artist Explores Social Justice, Intersection of Humans, Nature in Bed Stuy Show
Artist Paul Sue-Pat's solo exhibition 'Earth and Sky' fuses painting, design and sculpture.
