Bay Ridge

Two-Story Mansion Coming To 7815 Narrows Avenue, Bay Ridge

4:00 pm on May 28, 2015 By Reid Wilson

In January, AAD Construction Corp. acquired the two-story, 2,655 square-foot home at 7815 Narrows Avenue in Bay Ridge for $1.68 million, and filed demolition permits. Now a two-story, single-family residence measuring 4,222 square feet is planned for the property, per Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and Deber Consulting is designing. A block to the north, a similar single-family redevelopment is taking place at 35 78th Street.

Vincent Gentile (left), Jumaane Williams (middle), and Eric Adams (right) announce legislation to crack down on illegal home conversions. Photo by Ernest Skinner, NYC Council.

Asian Immigrant Groups Not Consulted on Anti-Conversion Bill

12:00 am on March 13, 2015 By Stephen Smith

As New York sprawled northward throughout Manhattan, the European immigrants flooding into the city were often housed in old single-family homes, crammed into a few rooms in buildings built for much smaller numbers of far wealthier people. Rows of brick townhouses…

268 Bay Ridge Avenue (vacant lot in center), overhead shot from Bing Maps

Permits Filed: 268 Bay Ridge Avenue

12:34 pm on August 7, 2014 By Stephen Smith

In 2005, old timers in the neighborhood and the Department of City Planning, led by Amanda Burden, tried desperately to stamp out development in Bay Ridge. Virtually the entire neighborhood was downzoned, arresting the natural…

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