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Pols, Locals Want Tenants, Manufacturing Protected in Atlantic Avenue Rezoning
The borough president and community boards approved the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Proposal but with conditions, including deeper affordability.
Crown Heights Affordable Housing Lottery Debuts With $1,161 Two-Bedrooms
The result of a contentious rezoning process, the complex is rising half a block from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
City Council Backs Tweaked Development Near Brooklyn Botanic Garden
The plan will allow a 10-story building to rise on the old Spice Factory site in Crown Heights without harming plants in the Botanic Garden.
New Deal: Proposed Spice Factory Tower Won’t Shadow Botanic Garden After All
The updated proposal includes lowering the sloping plane of the development to protect vulnerable plants and increasing the income limits of the affordable housing.
Nonbinarian Book Bike’s First Store Will Open Next Month in Crown Heights
A year-round expansion of the free Nonbinarian Book Bike, the shop will sell and give away used and new queer books.
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 PlanningHooray 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 HearingThe one in East New York (corner of Miller ave. and Liberty ave.) is just as nice but will probably be torn down since "Landmarkers" don't really push for our side of town and developers get to do whatever they want. The building would make amazing apartments or a community center.
Building of the Day: 645 Grand AvenueNot 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