The Insider: It’s All About the Views at New Storm-Proof Family Beach House on Queens Oceanfront
Five years after Hurricane Sandy battered an oceanfront lot in Breezy Point, destroying an existing ...
Tag: Environmental
City Looks to Rezone Gowanus, Add Public Space Along Canal, According to New Planning Study
The long-awaited Draft Planning and Land Use Framework of Gowanus has just been released by the Depa...
City’s Latest Proposal for Public Space in Gowanus Canal Cleanup Meets With Conflicting Responses
At a meeting Thursday night concerning the Combined Sewer Overflow Facility at the head of the Gowan...
Locals Question $1.2 Billion Cost of Gowanus Canal Tank Project, Say Gowanus Station Can Be Saved
The debate over the cleanup of the toxic Gowanus Canal continues. At a community meeting this Th...
Brooklyn Homeowners Go Solar Thanks to New Technology, Tax Breaks
Though mostly hidden from view, solar panels are gracing more and more rooftops in Brooklyn, fueled ...
City Council Greenlights Demolition of Historic Gowanus Station Despite Locals’ Vigil to Save It
A small crowd gathered in front of the Gowanus Station, a Beaux-Arts brick industrial building on Bu...
The Snowpocalypse (aka the Great Blizzard of 1888) Hit Brooklyn 130 Years Ago
Editor’s Note: This post originally ran in 2015 and has been updated. You can read the previous po...
Why Did the EPA’s Gowanus Canal Pilot Dredging Program Damage a Building?
The first steps of the Gowanus cleanup have not gone according to plan. At a meeting for the Gow...
LPC Nixes Plan to Landmark Historic Gowanus Station, Threatened With Demo by Cleanup
The LPC has rejected pleas from Gowanus residents to landmark the Gowanus Station, a Beaux-Arts bric...
What Exactly Is the Black Mayonnaise at the Bottom of the Gowanus Canal?
There are numerous mysteries about the Gowanus Canal. But the most baffling, not to mention terrifyi...
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