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Co-Op in Crown Heights Faces Major Structural Repairs, Displacing Residents
Written by Emily Myers on May 08, 2024
A 100-unit prewar co-op in Crown Heights is undergoing extensive structural repairs due to deterioration, with a line of apartments needing to be demolished and rebuilt to restore structural integrity, while the board has set aside $25,000 to subsidize the rent for displaced shareholders.
First Co-op Qualifies for Enhanced Green Roof Tax Abatement
Written by Emily Myers on October 04, 2023
The special rate is available to those buildings located in one of 15 city-designated priority community districts.
DOB Goes to Court Over Dilapidated, Decade-Old SIdewalk Shed
August 25, 2023
Shed in in Crown Heights is in disrepair, just like the building behind it.
New Crown Heights Condo Built to Passive House Standards
Written by Bill Morris on January 04, 2023
Strict construction standards eliminate fossil fuels and slash energy bills.
New Bedford Management Has Built a Better Alteration Agreement
Written by Bill Morris on October 05, 2022
Streamlined process has eliminated project delays and approval backlogs.
Condos to Replace Affordable Housing by Brooklyn Botanic Garden
August 23, 2021
Developer calls controversial project's foes "limousine liberal elitists."
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Fights Sunlight-Blocking Towers
March 20, 2019
Petition drive seeks to kill zoning change favored by developers.
Affordable Solar Comes to Affordable Co-ops
Written by Marianne Schaefer on April 04, 2018
Community Share Program cuts bills for common areas and apartments.
Legal Aid Society Suing to Block Brooklyn Armory Development
November 29, 2017
Even without luxury condos, opponents deride project’s gentrification.
Luxury Condos in Brooklyn Are “Gentrification at Its Worst”
November 16, 2017
Crown Heights activists fight city plan for Bedford Union Armory.
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