Residents Tell LPC That Hebron Development Will Destroy the ‘Heart’ of Crown Heights North
Forty-three people provided testimony at the public hearing, with all but one speaking against the proposed development.
East Flatbush Neighbors Hopeful Landmark Status Will Be Won for Proposed Historic District
Residents of a particularly well-manicured block of East 25th Street in East Flatbush are hopeful the city’s landmarking honchos will designate their stretch of Neo-Renaissance style row houses as a historical district.
Residents Tell Hebron Developer They Want Real Affordable Housing in Crown Heights
At a community board meeting Thursday, roughly 30 people spoke -- a combination of concerned residents, congregation members and elected officials.
Congregation Members Join Advocates Against Development at Hebron School in Crown Heights
Plans are to demolish a mid 20th century addition at the back of the property and construct a new building that will replace it and the open space around it, consuming the entire back end of the property along Sterling Place.
Residents Celebrate Diversity of Flatbush’s Proposed East 25th Street Historic District at LPC
During a virtual public hearing for the proposed district, residents and commissioners alike were effusive with their praise of the block.
LPC Will Hold Public Hearing on Proposed East 25th Street Historic District in Flatbush
The proposed district, on East 25th Street between Clarendon Road and Avenue D, contains 56 Renaissance Revival row houses built between 1909 and 1912.
Public Hearing on Landmarking Angel Guardian Home in Dyker Heights Set for Tuesday
The century-old former orphanage at the historic Angel Guardian home in Dyker Heights is being considered for landmark status, and there will be a public hearing about the potential preservation of the embattled site.
LPC Approves Revised Design for Fort Greene Tower With Expanded Brooklyn Music School
The 23-story residential skyscraper will replace a parking lot and rub shoulders with the iconic Williamsburg Savings Bank Tower.
Locals Overwhelmingly Favor Landmarking Downtown Brooklyn Abolitionist Home
More than 40 advocates, neighbors and elected officials testified today in support of the designation of the former home of abolitionists in Downtown Brooklyn.
Public Hearing on Landmarking Downtown Brooklyn Abolitionist Home Set for Tuesday
After years of efforts to save the home of former abolitionists, the Downtown Brooklyn house is now moving unusually swiftly through the designation process.
