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Long-Delayed Gowanus Canal Overflow Tank Progresses With Excavation
The Red Hook tank is critical to the success of the Gowanus Canal Superfund cleanup and will prevent contamination of the canal during storms.
Sweeping Atlantic Avenue Rezoning Plan Moves Forward
City Planning Commissioners voted in favor of the rezoning, but concerns were raised about affordability, air quality, and manufacturing.
Work Starts on Striking Green Build With Parking, Rooftop Eatery in ‘Burg
Powered by geothermal, the retail and restaurant complex will have factory-style windows framed in green tile and vegetation.
Geothermal Hotel Work Continues in Bushwick for Summer Opening
After years of fits and starts, a modern concrete building is emerging from scaffolding and all the windows appear to be in.
Plan to Bring High-Rise Apartments to Empire Boulevard Clears City Planning
Opposed by the local community board, the controversial Crown Heights spot rezoning now heads to City Council.
The Brooklyn infrastructure is not equipped to support more housing. The streets and subways are overcrowded, and the situation is far worse than in Manhattan. If you're seeking housing, the best course of action is to move upstate or to New Jersey, where there’s ample open land ready for development.
Plan to Bring High-Rise Apartments to Empire Boulevard Clears City PlanningI'm a member of Housing Not High-Rises, and I'm quoted in the article. For Council Member Hanif to claim that she invited Housing Not High-Rises to participate in negotiating the Community Benefit Agreement is beyond disingenuous, it's plain untrue. As concerned members of the community, we repeatedly asked Council Member Hanif for a seat at the table negotiating the CBA, and were stonewalled every time. Even after she informed us that the CBA was already signed, we made repeated requests to get a copy of the text, and she only sent us the memorandum that outlines what would be in the agreement. To this day, she has not sent us a copy. We received a copy from a journalist to whom Council Member Hanif's office sent it. Having finally gotten access to what should have been a public document, we have concerns about its content, its enforceability, and the potential conflict of interest of the Fifth Avenue Committee being the only signatory to the agreement. Windsor Terrace and South Slope deserve better than to be stonewalled by our most local representative. The council member has let down the very people who elected her to represent them. She has eliminated "community" from the Community Benefit Agreement that she negotiated behind closed doors, as she has done since Arrow Linen's lobbyists have been meeting with her since early 2022, the very first quarter she took office. Council Member Hanif did not come to the community with this project. We had to find out about it late in 2023 and come to her - only to be rebuffed. Shame on you, Council Member Hanif; you could have earned the respect of your constituents and been a hero, and you chose instead to ignore us, even to the end. Your constituents deserve better.
City Council Approves Revised Arrow Linen Rezoning in Park SlopeHooray for new housing! This is great news for the area. The area dose not need vacant lots or more storage warehouses. This is steps from Prospect Park, the idea that there are not places for kids to play in the sun is not a serious argument.
BP Supports Empire Boulevard Rezoning, While Locals Push Back at HearingNot the Spice building. This is a building where they made OLD SPICE a mens grooming aid.
End Nears for Crown Heights Spice Factory as Developers Seek Demo Permit and New Rezoning