Jul. 10, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen
A well-known Williamsburg hardware store is closing next month after more than six decades in business.
Williamsburg’s Crest Hardware to close after six decades in business
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Affordable housing lottery opens for 35 units in sleek new East Williamsburg development
Jun. 24, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith An affordable housing lottery has opened for 35 apartments in a curvy development on the corner of Metropolitan and Bushwick avenues in East Williamsburg. The nine-story, 136-unit building at 828 Metropolitan Avenue has risen on the site of one of the many former gas stations in Brooklyn that have…
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Wavy nine-story apartment building ascends in East Williamsburg
Jan. 4, 2024 By Anna Bradley-Smith & Cate Corcoran A nine-story apartment building with a curved and rippled facade like an Art Deco ocean liner is rising at the epicenter of one of the oldest settlements in Brooklyn. Benefiting from a rezoning and replacing the gas station that long held the corner of Bushwick and Metropolitan in East Williamsburg, the development will have 136 rentals, some of which will be affordable housing. The structure had reached six stories and dozens of workers were on site at 828 Metropolitan Avenue when Brooklyn Paper’s sister publication Brownstoner passed by last week. The…
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‘Enough is enough’: Pols say construction at Lorimer Street subway station causing ‘unacceptable’ conditions
Mar. 9, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
North Brooklyn elected officials are seeking relief for constituents dealing with months of construction at the Lorimer Street subway station in Williamsburg.