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January 27th, 2026
Daily Links: Development to Rise to 15 Stories on Gowanus Corner
- MTA Bus Driver Helps Deliver Baby Girl On B37 in Gowanus [BP]
- Day Two Brings Icy Streets as Brooklyn Digs Out [BP]
- How Brooklyn Bowl Became ‘Rock and Roll Heaven’ [BP]
- Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing Tied to Public Incentives [BK Reader]
- Egg Shop in Williamsburg Closed This Past Weekend [Greenpointers]
- NYC Aims for Return to School, Roads Cleared Tuesday [Gothamist]
- Resurrecting Bed Stuy’s Forgotten DIY Skate Park [Jenkem Mag]
- The Cuban House of Spirits [Curbed]
- Small Brooklyn Apartment Reimagined With Unexpected Layout [AT]
- Permits Filed for 246 7th Street in Gowanus [NYY]
- Permits Filed for 960 New York Avenue in Flatbush [NYY]
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The Insider: History and Modernity Live Side by Side in South Slope RenoIf this is the house i think it my wife and I lived there from 1970–1972. It was then a very much un-renovated three family. We had the garden apartment. It was our first apartment which my mother described, ungenerously, as “ that filthy basement slum”.
The Insider: History and Modernity Live Side by Side in South Slope RenoThose pesky few rich bicycles are definitely the scourge of the city. Which local business is yours slick?
Judge Nixes Lawsuit Against Court Street Bike LaneLike the DOT's other projects, the Court St redesign hurt local businesses, increased traffic, and prioritized a wealthy few individuals at the expense of the city at large.
Judge Nixes Lawsuit Against Court Street Bike Lane