Mar. 10, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Animal Care Centers of New York is set to open a state-of-the-art new shelter in Brooklyn next fall, and construction has just begun, according to city officials. The $48 million, 23,900-square-foot building is rising on the footprint of the old ACC facility on Linden Boulevard, which was demolished…
Mar. 6, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Two new businesses, a high-end grocery store and a pottery studio, are set to open in Gowanus this summer. Gowanus Marketplace and Hey Clay will both debut on the ground floor of a new mixed-use development, 420 Carroll, developers announced Thursday. The businesses will join hundreds of residential…
Feb. 28, 2025 By Lauren Rapp A seven-story mixed-use building at 1547 60th St. in Borough Park is set to break ground in March, featuring a multilevel community facility and a passive recreational terrace. The future 3,401-square-foot facility will skimp on parking, as plans include a cellar-level lot in addition to a second-floor parking…
Feb. 24, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith An attractive mixed-use complex with commercial space, a Lidl discount grocery store, and apartments is rising at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights. A recent visit showed a simple and modern-looking four-story white-brick veneer building at 1750 Bedford Ave. that will house the…
Feb. 21, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has launched for 251 apartments in a two-building complex in Greenpoint dubbed The Riverie. Located on the banks of the East River, right behind the Greenpoint Ferry Terminal, the development is the latest Greenpoint tower to replace low-slung industrial brick warehouses. Australian-based Lendlease, the…
Feb. 20, 2025 By Adam Daly Coney Island is set to undergo a sweeping transformation under new city plans to bring 1,500 mixed-income homes to the People’s Playground, alongside substantial investments in the iconic Riegelmann Boardwalk, utilities, and other community amenities. The Abe Stark Sports Center will also undergo a $42 million renovation, including…
Feb. 13, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith After more than a year of packed hearings and heated debates, which spotlighted tensions about how to proceed with development in Brooklyn and beyond, a compromise has been reached on the proposed Arrow Linen rezoning in Park Slope. The new deal, announced Wednesday at two City Council committee…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen In the midst of the fight to save a Bushwick early childcare center, life for its kids has continued almost entirely normal. A total of 69 children are enrolled in 3-K, pre-K, and Head Start programs at Grand St. Settlement’s Bushwick Family and Child Center, just shy of…
Feb. 12, 2025 By Cate Corcoran The green construction fence came down and, for a short while, the future Hermès store could be seen in (almost) all its naked glory on the corner of North 6th and Berry Street in Williamsburg. More recently, green netting has gone up on top of molded plastic barriers.…
Feb. 5, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso has given his approval with conditions to the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, a sweeping rezoning proposal aimed at transforming a stretch of Atlantic Avenue and surrounding blocks in central Brooklyn. While endorsing the plan’s goals of expanding housing, job opportunities, and infrastructure improvements,…