Jan. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The historic St. Lucy-St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, which has dominated a block of Bed-Stuy’s Willoughby Avenue since 1856, was torn down in clouds of dust this week to make way for housing.
Jan. 8, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A 19th century Romanesque Revival-style building on Williamsburg’s South 6th Street, built as as theater and until recently slated to be razed for a 26-story hotel, will keep its striking exterior and be converted to a 29-unit residential building.
Jan. 3, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has launched for 87 apartments in a new development on Fort Greene’s South Portland Avenue. The site formerly belonged to an orphanage and is now among a row of church-owned properties.
Dec. 26, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith and Cate Corcoran
Under emergency contracts relating to the migrant crisis, and with little public oversight, warehouses in Gowanus and Clinton Hill are being converted into large homeless shelters that could potentially operate for years.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
Popular Bay Ridge restaurant Ayat will be opening a third Brooklyn location this month, bringing its Palestinian fare to Ditmas Park’s Cortelyou Road.
Dec. 20, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith Locals fighting a rezoning plan to put up two 13-story residential buildings on Windsor Terrace’s Arrow Linen site aren’t against housing, members of the group told a community meeting on Dec. 13. They said they would be happy to see the site return to residential provided the new development…
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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.
Dec. 11, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The Brooklyn Heights space that housed Happy Days Diner for decades looks set to get a new lease on life, with the owner behind Fort Greene’s Margot applying for a liquor license for the venue.
Dec. 5, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
A new theater will be opening its doors this week in the venue where The Black Lady Theatre formerly operated on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights. The Crown Hill Theater, which will officially open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 5, is the creation of Paul Tulloch, the founder of the Fort Greene Fest.
Nov. 30, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith Broadway Junction’s transformation to a commercial and residential hub is a step closer, with developer Totem Group filing plans to rezone a nearby triangle in Ocean Hill bordered by Van Sinderen, East New York, and Atlantic avenues and Fulton Street to pave the way for four towers ranging from…
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