Last month, Community Board 10, representing the southern Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, voted to reject the renewal of a special permit allowing 6208 Eighth Avenue – a large mixed-use project at Eighth Avenue…
Eighth Avenue has long been a main commercial street in Sunset Park, with its storefronts supplying the surrounding residential sidestreets with local retail. But in recent decades, it’s become the main drag for one of New York City’s two…
In March, during the press conference unveiling Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan, Brooklyn’s new borough president Eric Adams made it clear how he felt about new development: “Build, baby, build. Build tall, build high.” Taller…