Dec. 12, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has launched for 36 apartments in a long-in-the-works tower on the corner of 4th Avenue and Dean Street in Park Slope. Dubbed Signum, the glassy, 143-unit mixed-use building will be one of 4th Avenue’s taller developments at 17 stories.
Nov. 16, 2023 By Adam Daly
After a decade of planning and waiting, bookworms and locals gathered on Wednesday to cut the ribbon on the new Sunset Park Library and dozens of new affordable apartments on the floors above it.
Nov. 14, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 299 apartments in a 100 percent affordable development rising on Coney Island’s Surf Avenue, overlooking the Brooklyn Cyclones’ home ground, Maimonides Park.
Nov. 14, 2023 By Bella Sanchez
Innovative artists have unveiled a 600-foot-long collaboration of murals on construction sheds over an affordable housing project in Brownsville, bringing together a diverse community and bringing color to the dull barriers surrounding the new housing developments until construction is finalized.
Nov. 7, 2023 By Cate Corcoran
The new Sunset Park Library is close to opening.
Nov. 1, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for the sale of 11 two- and three-family houses in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights. The lottery is specifically for first-time home buyers with households of between two and seven people earning between $104,500 and $227,630 a year.
Nov. 1, 2023 By Rob Solano As a lifelong resident of Brooklyn, I’ve personally witnessed the sweeping changes that have transformed our borough and indeed the entirety of New York City. I’ve watched neighborhoods lose their sense of community as rents soar, family-owned restaurants become chain establishments, and neighbors no longer know each other’s names. In this shifting landscape, the cultural heritage and character of our streets and blocks have vanished alongside the longtime tenants who once called these areas home. That’s why housing advocates like myself are elated to see New York City implement Local Law 18, known as…
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Oct. 17, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 45 apartments in an under-construction building at 505 State St. in Boerum Hill. The building is the first of two residential towers in developer Alloy’s controversial development 80 Flatbush, now known as Alloy Block.
Oct. 9, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
For the first time since the 1960s, a borough president has unveiled a comprehensive plan outlining goals and visions for communities across Brooklyn — specifically regarding issues of inequality in housing and public health, and how those issues are addressed through zoning and development.
Oct. 9, 2023 By Melissa Fishman
Construction is set to begin on a new $55 million housing development in Crown Heights after developers received crucial funding from Urban Standard Capital.