Apr. 7, 2025 By Gabriele Holtermann In the midst of New York City’s worst housing crisis in half a century, a coalition of tenant organizations, local residents , and elected officials gathered in Sunset Park on April 6, demanding a rent freeze for the next four years. City Council Member Alexa Avilés, Assembly Member…
Apr. 3, 2025 By Susan De Vries After selling for $12.5 million in 2022, the Brooklyn Heights dwelling perhaps best known as the “Moonstruck” house is back on the market. The most recent buyer of 19 Cranberry St. was an LLC, with the New York Post reporting at the time that comedian Amy Schumer and…
Mar. 14, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A deeply affordable, fully subsidized apartment building has opened on a former Woodhull Hospital parking lot in Bed-Stuy, offering housing for low-income seniors and others, as well as patients of the NYC Health + Hospitals system who are experiencing homelessness. It is the second of a two-building complex…
Mar. 12, 2025 By Kirstyn Brendlen Attorney General Letitia James is suing a woman her office says has fraudulently taken over a low-income housing co-op in Williamsburg for her own financial gain. In a 19-page lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, James said Florida resident Jessica Vargas falsely claimed ownership of the…
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. 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 Lauren Rapp For the second time, a man has been arraigned and charged in connection to a stolen deed of a three-story Fort Greene house valued at over $2 million. Long Island resident Danny Noble, 55, allegedly fraudulently transferred the title of the three-story house at 71 Carlton Ave. in September…
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…
Jan. 22, 2025 By Anna Bradley-Smith A housing lottery has launched for a truly affordable under-construction seven-story development on the corner of East New York’s Shepherd and Glenmore avenues. Studio apartments start at $544 a month and one-bedrooms at $689. The lottery for the development at 365 Shepherd Avenue includes 40 units, all rent…