For nearly half a century starting in 1961, the northernmost block and a half between Columbia Street and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in Cobble Hill were “zoned out,” so to speak, from residential use. Since before World…
Last year, the Brooklyn Eagle reported that Brooklyn Community Services was “in listening mode” for offers on its seven-story downtown Brooklyn headquarters, calling out TF Cornerstone as a possible buyer. The land hasn’t traded hands…
Hemmed in on all sides by urban renewal projects, the few blocks known as Bridge Plaza — between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and Flatbush Avenue Extension — are an island of traditional urbanism in the middle…
The Jamaica Line in Brooklyn is buzzing with construction, as northern Brooklyn’s developers venture outside of the familiar L train territory to start building along the J, from Williamsburg through Bushwick. The most prominent project is…
Two Trees’ BAM South tower is the most prominent building set to rise in downtown Brooklyn’s would-be cultural district, just north of the Pacific Park (née Atlantic Yards) redevelopment. But north of BAM South another tower has floated…
