More housing, no gentrification: How rezoning gave East New York a new start
June 3, 2026
The Brooklyn neighborhood has seen a boom in new construction — without the gentrification and displacement.
The Brooklyn neighborhood has seen a boom in new construction — without the gentrification and displacement.
The Adams administration promised Sadé Singh she would be able to build a granny flat, or ADU, on her Queens property under new rules.
BROOKLYN REP. YVETTE CLARKE (D-09) on Tuesday introduced the Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act of 2026.
Other details of the housing plan announced Tuesday include new senior housing and growing opportunities for home ownership.
Assemblymember Emily Gallagher told Gothamist she backed the extension after Two Trees agreed to pay higher wages to workers.
Councilmember Mercedes Narcisse, who represents several southeastern Brooklyn neighborhoods, is the bill’s main sponsor.
In its first vote under a new mayor, the Rent Guidelines Board left the door open for a rent increase despite Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s promise
The Sunset Park Library – the borough’s fifth busiest branch per square feet – may expand, but only if the space above it is sold to a developer and transformed
Hundreds of long-time and low-income Williamsburg residents filled Transfiguration Church on Monday, October 6, to find out how affordable housing would work on the soon-to-begin Domino Sugar development site, and
Hundreds of long-time and low-income Williamsburg residents filled Transfiguration Church on Monday, October 6, to find out how affordable housing would work on the soon-to-begin Domino Sugar development site, and
The fifth annual Massey Knakal Brooklyn Real Estate Summit is just around the corner. The annual event will once again bring together top retail, condo, multifamily and office players for
The fifth annual Massey Knakal Brooklyn Real Estate Summit is just around the corner. The annual event will once again bring together top retail, condo, multifamily and office players for
A temporary restraining order has been issued halting the sale of Long Island College Hospital until September 12, due to buyer Fortis Property Group and NYU Langone Medical Center reportedly
A temporary restraining order has been issued halting the sale of Long Island College Hospital until September 12, due to buyer Fortis Property Group and NYU Langone Medical Center reportedly
One of two developers tapped to bring affordable housing to the former Long Island College Hospital site in Cobble Hill has dropped out, citing concerns about the short time frame for finalizing the sale and relatively short height of the planned apartment buildings.
Ron Moelis of L+M Dev …One of two developers tapped to bring affordable housing to the former Long Island College Hospital site in Cobble Hill has dropped out, citing concerns about the short time frame for finalizing the sale and relatively short height of the planned apartment buildings.
Ron Moelis of L+M Dev …
The Sunset Park Library is again a cool place to be thanks to the arrival of four replacement air conditioning units (AC) for the main reading room. The units arrived on July 31a day earlyto replace the units which broke on July 7.
This is good news for the incredibly busy and popular …The Sunset Park Library is again a cool place to be thanks to the arrival of four replacement air conditioning units (AC) for the main reading room. The units arrived on July 31a day earlyto replace the units which broke on July 7.
This is good news for the incredibly busy and popular …
The Atlantic Yards housing project is over 18 months behind schedule, but developer Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) is optimistic that it can complete the affordable housing portion of the project by May, 2025a full decade ahead of schedule.
The pledge comes as part of a formal agreem …The Atlantic Yards housing project is over 18 months behind schedule, but developer Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC) is optimistic that it can complete the affordable housing portion of the project by May, 2025a full decade ahead of schedule.
The pledge comes as part of a formal agreem …Construction on the first modular housing tower, B2, in the Atlantic Yards project wont be complete until at least late 2015an additional 18 months after its initial estimated completion date. Roughly 13 percentfive out of 32 storieshave been built thus far.
The announcement came as …Construction on the first modular housing tower, B2, in the Atlantic Yards project wont be complete until at least late 2015an additional 18 months after its initial estimated completion date. Roughly 13 percentfive out of 32 storieshave been built thus far.
The announcement came as …
A new 64-unit low-income housing apartment building was officially unveiled Monday morning in the Ocean Hill neighborhood, much to the delight of local community leaders and the Catholic Charities Brooklyn
Lutheran Family Health Centers (LHFC) will be opening a preventive and primary care health site in storm-ravaged Coney Island thanks to federal funding from the U.S. Department of Health and
BY JULIETTE TUGANDER Saint Saviour High School collected 60 buckets filled with various cleaning supplies to donate to the victims of Hurricane Sandy. Fifteen buckets were sent to the Red
After a decade of debates, lawsuits, hearings and more, Brooklyn officially welcomed its new sports arena, Barclays Center. It was a festive atmosphere inside the 675,000-square-foot arena, where business, political
Today, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz released his recommendation to reduce accessory parking requirements in the Special Downtown Brooklyn District (SDBD). The recommendation was delivered to the City Planning Commission