Up until the 1960s, before urban decline set in and the 1961 zoning code severely restricted densities throughout all of the city, Ocean Avenue was the center of a great building boom in Brooklyn, as single-family…
Ocean Avenue was once seen as one of Brooklyn’s most desirable streets, and was catnip to developers. In addition to the ornate garden apartment buildings erected in the 1920s, it attracted one of only two pre-war residential…
At the very bottom of Flatbush, up against the open rail cut that separates the neighborhood from Midwood, a 116-unit residential project is in the works, according to a new building permit application submitted in the…
Permits have been filed for a seven-story residential building at 1214 Ocean Parkway in Midwood, Brooklyn. Located between Avenue L and Avenue M, the interior lot is near the Avenue N subway station, serviced by the F train. Eddie Yair of 1730 Ocean Avenue Development LLC is listed as the owner behind the applications.
Permits have been filed for a four-story residential building at 86 Crooke Avenue in Flatbush, Brooklyn. Located between St. Pauls Place and Ocean Avenue, the lot is two blocks south of the Parkside Avenue subway station, serviced by the Q train. Joel Klepner is listed as the owner behind the applications.