Sep. 11, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith It was standing room only, and barely any of that, at a heated two and a half hour public hearing on the Arrow Linen rezoning application in South Slope held by Community Board 7 Monday night, where 29 residents had the chance to speak to the crowd and…
Sep. 10, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened specifically for seniors aged 62 and above in a new building in East Flatbush, with rents listed as free but with residents required to have Section 8 and pay 30% of their income on rent. The lottery for Bethany Senior Terraces at…
Sep. 3, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen A nearly 30-year-old family supportive housing development in Clinton Hill will be completely rebuilt and expanded after a Council Member Crystal Hudson allocated $1.5 million to the project. The Emerson Davis Family Residence opened in 1996 to support adults with mental health illnesses who had lost custody of…
Aug. 19, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has started for 165 truly affordable apartments in an under-construction Brownsville building, with one-bedroom units starting at $484 per month. The lottery is for the third and final building in the 100% affordable Ebenezer Plaza complex, developed in a partnership between Ebenezer Urban Ministries…
Aug. 16, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 86 truly affordable apartments in a new Brownsville development, with one-bedroom units starting at $617 per month. The two-building, seven-story development, which has taken the place of two low-lying brick warehouses, also includes almost 40,000 square feet of light manufacturing space…
Aug. 9, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 56 apartments in a new almost block long nine-story development that stretches from the corner of Lorimer Street to about three-quarters of the way down Grand Street in Williamsburg.
Aug. 8, 2024 By Michelle de la Uz
More than 2.7 million people call Brooklyn home. And between us, we live in a little over 1 million units of housing. Some of us own. Most of us rent. But all of us feel the housing crunch.
Aug. 2, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith A controversial development on the site of a 19th century home for the aged in the Crown Heights North II Historic District appears to be wrapping up construction, and a housing lottery for pricey but income-restricted apartments has opened. Approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, the building at 959…
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Jul. 24, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann
Fifteen-year NBA veteran and Brooklyn native Taj Gibson is giving back to his community.
Jul. 10, 2024 By Jada Camille
A new mixed-income affordable housing development dubbed Concern Pitkin opened its doors in East New York on July 9.