May. 29, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A major rezoning plan that will dramatically reshape a swath of central Brooklyn — replacing low-lying industrial buildings with apartment towers containing potentially thousands of new units, including affordable ones — was approved by the City Council on Wednesday. The Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan rezones approximately 21 blocks along…
Oct. 3, 2024 By Cate Corcoran Following a raucous pair of hearings in which locals clashed over a proposal to rezone a Park Slope property to allow 13- to 19-story apartment buildings, Community Board 7 rejected the plan last month. At issue is how to redevelop the site of longtime commercial laundry Arrow Linen…
Mar. 1, 2023 By Adam Daly
The Department of City Planning’s new Brooklyn director is zoning in on parts of the borough in dire need of planning overhauls in the hopes of increasing the current housing stock.