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Long-Vacant Watchtower HQ Could Become Apartments Instead of Offices
A cluster of former Watchtower buildings in Brooklyn Heights could be transformed into more than 600 apartments, some of them affordable.
Historic Williamsburg Brewery Will Likely Make Way for New Development
The new owners of the Joseph Fallert Brewery complex, who purchased the site for $19.6 million, applied for a demolition permit.
Plans Unveiled for Affordable Housing in Place of Long-Empty Clinton Hill Building
The three-story Brooklyn Union Gas building would make way for a 16-story build with 125 affordable units, a heath clinic, and community center.
Mixed-Income Mega-Development Could Replace Bed Stuy’s Affordable Fulton Park
Developers are seeking a rezoning to raze the low-lying complex and build up to a dozen new buildings ranging from six to 17 stories.
Renderings, Plans Revealed for Apartment Tower on Crest Hardware Site
Plans are moving ahead to remake the longtime home of Williamsburg’s iconic Crest Hardware into an 11-story apartment building.
It's horrible that this beautiful mansion is going to be demolished. There's already so many new apartment buildings that has been erected in the name of affordable housing. Very few can afford to live in them. Many are empty and most are so shoddy that the tenants are complaining and looking to move out. Why can't they just leave this mansion standing? Ugh!
City Deems Fort Greene Manse Unworthy of Protection as Demo Looks ImminentIt’s a shame that the Historic District was never expanded. I guess it’s too late now.
Mid 19th-Century Fort Greene Manse to Be Demolished for New Apartment Building468 86th was the family store, Goldstyle, from 1933 to 1993 (yeah, I'm one of the descendants who sold the property). Who is doing the demolition? I would love to have some piece of it, no matter how trivial.
Demo Starts at Bay Ridge’s Former Century 21 Site for New Retail ComplexThis article completely leaves out the many folks in PLG that want a responsible revitalization of Empire. This area of Empire is perfect for additional housing to help affordability. This will improve safety and provide additional commercial space. The nabe does not need anymore storage centers or shopping centers with huge parking lots.
Locals Push Back on Crown Heights Spot Rezoning Over Shade, Displacement