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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Nov. 27, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
The owners behind the busy Thai restaurant Klom Klorm on Bushwick’s Wyckoff Avenue are branching out to Bed-Stuy with new restaurant Ler Lers on Tompkins Avenue.
Nov. 23, 2023 By Anna Bradley-Smith
If you’ve wandered around the intersection of Knickerbocker and Myrtle avenues in recent weeks, you may have wondered what has become of the 90s Hollywood-inspired Burger King. A green construction fence has gone up, the space has been gutted, and workers are buzzing around the site.
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 Ten years ago Sybil Green, who goes by the name Tami, was biking down a stretch of Jackie Robinson Parkway’s residential frontage road, which connects Vermont Street in East New York with Highland Park, when she noticed a house that looked in disrepair, with a door ajar and a…
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Nov. 13, 2023 By Jada Camille
Residents of a Flatbush apartment building are suing their landlord and demanding the court force building management to make improvements in their decaying units after raw sewage leaked into their apartments and units became infested with black mold and vermin.
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. 25, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Bushwick and Bedford-Stuyvesant residents have reason to rejoice, as the popular grocery store Food Bazaar Supermarket is reopening at its previous location on Myrtle Avenue after undergoing building renovations.