On a recent sunny Saturday morning, a group of 30- to 40-someting Carroll Gardens locals stood outside Carroll Park at a table manned by local community activists, their discussion rife with words like "developers" and "preservation." Upset that the ne... »
COMMUNITY NOTICEPlease be advised that construction is about to begin on the Atlantic Yards Project on or about Feb. 1, 2010. There will be closures of sections of Fifth Avenue and Pacific Street, directional changes and bus route changes [removal of t... »
**For Immediate Release**January 19, 2010Contacts: Amyre Loomis at (718) 260-9191, and Steve de Sève at (917) 330-6147Midnight Vigil held outside of homeless family-shelter closed prematurely by Eminent Domain for the Barclays Center/Atlantic Yards Pro... »
**For Immediate Release**January 13, 2010Contacts: Amyre Loomis at (718) 260-9191, and Steve de Sève at (917) 330-6147Pop Star Crystal Waters comes to Brooklyn this Saturday to help City Council Member Letitia James convince the City to keep a homeless... »
In September 2004, Toll Brothers went into contract to purchase 365-379 Bond Street, a square block fronting on the Gowanus Canal; the company hoped to develop this and two adjacent sites into a one mega residential project. Since such a plan was predi... »
Here's Gowanus Hotel, 2010 model. This one's on 13th Street and 3rd Avenue. The facade has basically been completed since we last checked in on it, in October. It will have 48 units. Development Watch: 3rd Ave Hotel Trucking Along [Brownstone... »
As first reported here on Thursday, the Gowanus / Park Slope / Carroll Gardens / Boerum Hill Whole Foods site is continuing with it's environmental remediation (as much as capping can be considered remediation), which seemed to bode well for the p... »
Atlantic Terrace Applications Due January 6th!Affordable one, two and three bedroom, eco-friendly Co-op homes are available in Ft Greene, Brooklyn at Atlantic Terrace. Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) is developing an 80-unit, mixed income, affordable coop... »
Everyone knows the Staples on Third Street and Fourth Avenue. Seems like any other Staples ever, no? Shared parking lot (which is VERY tight), rude managers, long lines - it has it all. But, there is something subtle that makes this Staples even worse ... »
News of another legal hurdle cleared by the Atlantic Yards/Ratner Development. Looks like clearing and Eminent Domain will start fairly soon. From the Brooklyn Paper:"The suit, filed by panoply of elected officials and opposition groups, claimed t... »
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