Another day, another permit filing near the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues L/M station. Today’s new building permit application comes at 1455 Gates Avenue, in the heart of Bushwick. There, between Knickerbocker and Irving Avenues, Shia Lefkowitz with…
Another day, another new building permit filing in East Williamsburg. Today’s permit application comes for 246 Johnson Avenue, at the corner of Bushwick Place, near the Montrose L stop. There, developer Moshe Silberstein (operating under…
As rents, home values and land costs have risen throughout northern Brooklyn, small rental buildings have been pushed eastward. The R6 zoning around the the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues L and M stop, in Bushwick and Ridgewood, is relatively…
During Michael Bloomberg’s last few weeks as mayor, the City Council adopted the Rheingold Brewery rezoning, which opened up half a dozen blocks in the southern part of Bushwick up to residential development. Now, plans…
As rising rents and development pressure reach deep into Bushwick, the normal trajectory is to follow the L train on the neighborhood’s north side, where demand is highest. But as Bushwick becomes increasingly gentrified, tenants…