Eye on Real Estate: This is a story about Brooklyn’s other canal — the pretty one — and the neighborhood where it’s located. If you’re old enough to read, you know all about the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site with poisoned waters that’s nevertheless deeply loved. The 1.8-mile-long Gowanus Canal is often in the news […]
This story was originally published on Sept. 11 by THE CITY. While Staten Island awaits a 4.5-mile seawall and lower Manhattan plans for a $1.3 billion berm, rebuilding is on tap for parts of Brooklyn still vulnerable to rising waters. The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development is stepping in to spend $1.67 million in […]
City Department of Health trucks will be out again Thursday night spraying pesticide mist in parts of Brooklyn and Queens to kill mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus. Spraying will take place between the hours of 8:30 p.m. Thursday night and 6 a.m. Friday morning, weather permitting. This is the sixth time this summer the city […]