City Planning formally kicked off the lengthy rezoning process of 960 Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights on Monday -- but the proposal was quickly met with fierce opposition.
A Brooklyn Supreme Court judge said she's leaning toward allowing certification but wants time to read through hundreds of pages of affidavits filed in the case.
Newly spotted renderings of the planned building, located at 640 Columbia Street, show the full scope of the project along with detailed views of the design of each of its eventual three floors.
Ten of the 16 buildings on the triangular shaped block have been razed, and two more of in the process of being torn down.
The complex would bring apartments, offices, light manufacturing, restaurants and art spaces to the historic waterfront neighborhood.
We are in the middle of a housing crisis, unemployment is at record highs and many are struggling to pay rent.
Opponents of the Gowanus rezoning sued the city Friday, alleging the Department of City Planning’s virtual Zoom hearings don’t allow for enough public review for the neighborhood-wide land use changes.
The city has selected borough artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed to erect a text-based public art installation at Downtown Brooklyn’s Willoughby Square Park.
The South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park will become an enormous new wind turbine assembly plant funded in part by New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday morning.
Opponents of the city’s Gowanus rezoning lawyered up to potentially challenge the neighborhood-wide land use proposal in court, advocates announced Tuesday.
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