Residents Tell Hebron Developer They Want Real Affordable Housing in Crown Heights
During Community Board 8’s Land Use Committee meeting Thursday night, dozens of neighborhood resid...
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Crown Heights Church Proposes Controversial Mixed-Income Housing in Landmark District
Leaders at a Crown Heights church are looking for the city’s permission to build a residential dev...
One of Bushwick’s Oldest Congregations Proposes Deal With Developer to Save Its Distinctive Church
Another Brooklyn church rich in land but cash poor is looking to do a deal with a developer. Only th...
Big But Elegant Apartment Building Will Replace Church Parking Lot on Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill
A brick apartment building with a fresh design will replace a church parking lot at 445 Grand Avenue...
Williamsburg’s Historic Church of the Annunciation School May Be Altered for Apartments
A classic Victorian pile that stands on a rare historic corner of Williamsburg may soon lose its his...
Take a Look Inside Park Slope’s Old First Reformed Church, Gleaming After Restoration
More than eight years ago, leaks at the Old First Reformed Church in Park Slope caused a portion of ...
A Walk Through a Synagogue Slated for Demo on Prospect Place in Crown Heights
Editor's note: Lifelong Brooklyn resident and author Ellen Levitt has written four books, including ...
Closing Bell: A Bike Tour of Central Brooklyn’s Forgotten Synagogues
As the demographics of central Brooklyn have changed over the years, synagogues in once heavily Je...
Excavator Tears Into Bed Stuy’s Pre-Civil War Carpenter Gothic Church Thursday
Brownstoner reader brooklynverni snapped these dramatic photos Thursday of an excavator demolish...
Artifacts From Soon-to-Be-Demolished Historic Boerum Hill Church Go up for Sale
The end is nigh for Boerum Hill's mid-19th-century Church of the Redeemer, despite efforts to save...
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