If you have not yet seen "Battle for Brooklyn" by husband-and-wife-team Suki Hawley and Michael Galinsky, here is your chance. Gowanus Institute, Rooftop Films and Issue Project Room present:Battle for Brooklynthe Oscar shortlisted and critically accla... »
- New York pols are sounding an alarm over a plan to stop inspections of “high-risk” cargo entering the country at the Red Hook Container Terminal in Brooklyn. Brooklyn Eagle- Rapes and sexual assaults have tripled in Williamsburg and Greenpoint this y... »
Yesterday state Senator Eric Adams, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Assemblyman Karim Camara held a press conference at which they criticized Atlantic Yards’ failure to produce promised jobs and housing. The three said they would try to get legislation... »
There’s an odd article in the Journal today headlined “Brooklyn Is Set for a Building Boom” arguing that Brooklyn renters and buyers aren’t as interested in modern luxury housing as Manhattanites. The story says “14,000 new residential units” are “in t... »
The Eagle has a lengthy story examining why there’s still no independent compliance monitor at Atlantic Yards. The position was created in the 2005 Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) between eight community groups and Forest City Ratner “and is the onl... »
Atlantic Yards Report notes that the firm Winick Realty is marketing a warehouse on Dean Street near the corner of Carlton, across the street from the Barclays Center’s future surface parking lot, as a possible mini-mall. The asking price for the build... »
One of the eight soldiers charged in connection with the death of Army Private Danny Chen appears for a preliminary hearing in Afghanistan (Post). Inside Basketball City (DNA Info). State Senator Daniel Squadron raises $133,000 for a possible run for b... »
A chauffered Lexus LS sedan pulled up to the corner of Dean Street and Flatbush Avenue and out slid Bruce Ratner from the back seat. He was 15 minutes late. The Lexus he rode in on. In a navy suit with a merino v-neck sweater over a dress shirt with no... »
