Jan. 7, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen A lottery for six affordable artist studios in Gowanus— the first of more than 100 such studios slated to come to the neighborhood in the next few years — is now open. The studios, built as part of a Community Benefits Agreement signed ahead of the Gowanus rezoning,…
Jan. 6, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A rare affordable housing lottery has opened for the sale of 46 one- and two-bedroom co-op apartments in four new Bed-Stuy buildings, giving households of one to five people with incomes between $83,126 and $218,010 a year the chance to become first-time homeowners. The lottery for the four-building…
Jan. 3, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith The latest affordable housing lottery to open for a new development made possible by the Gowanus rezoning is for the still under-construction 499 President Street Apartments. The nine-story development, which wraps around the Royal Palms Shuffleboard building between Nevins and Union streets, comprises 350 apartments in total. Included…
Dec. 31, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper New year, same us — and by “us,” we mean fantastic local coverage you can’t find anywhere else. On the heels of a year full of pizza, portraits, parades, and protests, we’ve compiled a list of 10 big stories you can look for in the pages of our papers…
Dec. 26, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith Brooklyn Public Library has unveiled designs for a dramatically reimagined modern library in New Lots that nods to the site’s history as an African burial ground, set to replace the currently standing 1950s concrete library building. Architects MASS Design Group and Marble Fairbanks are behind the designs for the new building, whose…
Dec. 20, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The longtime home of Williamsburg’s iconic Crest Hardware store and nearby associated properties have sold for $22 million, and a new apartment building will take the former hardware store’s place. Brokerage firm TerraCRG announced the sale in late November and the buyer, Green Street, was made public in…
Dec. 19, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 27 apartments in a recently completed nine-story, 89-unit development that runs along Atlantic Avenue overlooking the J subway tracks and a McDonald’s. The project, which replaced a Speedway gas station, is a boxy-looking modern building with intersecting gray and white panels…
Dec. 16, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann A sleek new addition to the Gowanus-Park Slope border, 655 Union Street is nearing completion and set to welcome residents in early 2025, just steps from the Union Street subway station. Brian Ezra, principal and co-founder of Avery Hall, a Brooklyn-based real estate development company, told Brooklyn Paper…
Dec. 12, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A six-story, 43-unit condo development with ground-floor commercial space is set to rise on a vacant site at Kent Avenue and North 6th Street in Williamsburg. Until recently, the corner lot held a number of smaller commercial and residential buildings, including a 19th-century wood-frame house with a gable…
Dec. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith The historic William Ulmer Brewery in Bushwick is set to trade hops for housing. The landmarked 19th-century Rundbogenstil Romanesque revival building at 73-81 Beaver Street and 35-47 Belvidere Street will be converted from an industrial complex into a mixed commercial and residential one with 34 rental apartments as…