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Will All 258 “Affordable” Units at Largest Pacific Park Tower Go to the Better-Off?

Empire State Development handoutThe largest building so far in Pacific Park Brooklyn, slated to open later this year, is set to deliver 258 affordable units [https://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2020/07/b12b13-will-have-30-affordable-housing.html] (30%) out of 860 total–but seemingly all for middle-income households, many earning six figures. A studio

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Opinion: The Development We Deserve

After the storm on the waterfront in Red Hook. (Photo: Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office)Right now, the communities of Sunset Park and Red Hook are being presented with two different, yet similar, proposals for new residential and mixed-use developments. These glass and steel projects are being sold to our

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14-Story Apartment Complex on Sunset Park’s Fourth Avenue Will Be Developed

Rendering of the proposed development a 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park—center of the image. (Image: DencityWorks Architecture)Council Member Carlos Menchaca announced his support Tuesday morning for a controversial spot-rezoning that would allow for the creation of a 14-story mixed-use building at 737 Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park.

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OPINION: Gowanus Green Opposition Offers Up NIMBY Misinformation Cloaked in Progressivism

Courtesy of Marvel Architects/SCAPE Landscape ArchitectsBy Michelle de la Uz A recent opinion piece by several Gowanus residents [/opinion-welcome-to-gowanus-green-brooklyns-own-love-canal/] opposed to affordable housing development in their neighborhood, unfortunately, continued a pattern of dangerously misleading rhetoric about the Gowanus Green development. As a 43-year old nonprofit comprehensive community development corporation

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Proposed Tower at McDonald’s Site Faces Pushback, Questions Over Ownership

840 Atlantic, rendering and massing plan via EAS.With the clock finally starting on the city’s land-use review process for 840 Atlantic Ave, Community Board 8 again reacted critically to a developer’s application to build an 18-story, 195-foot mostly residential building at the southeast corner of Vanderbilt and

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OPINION: Welcome to Gowanus Green—Brooklyn’s Own Love Canal

Rendering via Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentBy Linda LaViolette, Miranda Sielaff and Nora Almeida, VOICE of GOWANUS Advocates of the proposed Gowanus Rezoning claim that a plan to privatize and develop affordable housing on Public Place (Gowanus Green), the site of a former manufactured gas plant, justifies a massive

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Editorial: Be Creative, But Build The Housing

Communities across Brooklyn have been organizing, from Bushwick to Industry City to Gowanus, to oppose development projects that will change their neighborhoods. The neighbors complaining are good people, with legitimate concerns, ranging from equity to impact of shadows. Others are worried about “neighborhood character,” which sometimes means just keeping newcomers

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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Shadow-Casting Towers Qualify for Generous Trump Tax Break State Lawmakers Want to Slash

A rendering from a presentation to Community Board 9 on a proposed new development in Crown Heights. | Rendering/Community Board 9 Brooklyn/Facebook This article was originally published [https://www.thecity.nyc/2021/2/25/22302190/brooklyn-botanic-garden-shadow-condos-trump-tax-break] by THE CITY [https://www.thecity.nyc/] A proposed apartment complex that could

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Opinion: Stop Opening New Temporary Shelters, Let The Next Mayor Work On Permanent Solutions To Homelessness

Homeless in Sheepshead Bay. October 2018. Liena Zagare/BklynerThe last seven years, for most New Yorkers, have felt like we are trapped in a series of unfortunate events, starring our mayor. From his mismanagement of NYCHA, to his $1 billion ThriveNYC scam. From his destruction of small businesses, to his

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Fulton Crossing Brings New Heights To Bed-Stuy

Welcome to Fulton Crossing [https://www.fultoncrossingbk.com/], Brooklyn’s latest highrise luxury residential development seeking tenants and residents. 1430 Fulton Street Rendering. Fischer +Makooi Architects, courtesy of The Moinian Group.The large mixed-use residential project at 1430 Fulton Street and 293 Herkimer Street on the southern edge of Bedford-Stuyvesant

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Currently Open: Affordable Housing Lotteries

While we all know that what the city deems “affordable housing” is only rarely truly affordable, it’s worth keeping an eye out and application in (click here to apply [https://housingconnect.nyc.gov/PublicWeb/search-lotteries]). Here are the current housing lotteries open for applications: 1620 Fulton St, via HPDThe

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OPINION: P.S. 90’s Future Belongs To The People Of District 40

PS 90 in 2007. By Nicholas Strini/PropertySharkThe 2020 murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd thrust the Movement For Black Lives firmly into the public consciousness. When centuries of anger, frustration, and despair spilled out into the streets, I hoped that our political and civic leaders would finally take