Rezoning could bring 661 new housing units to former Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Watchtower HQ
March 2, 2026
CIM Group, LivWrk, and Kushner Companies acquired the century-old buildings for $340 million in August 2016.
CIM Group, LivWrk, and Kushner Companies acquired the century-old buildings for $340 million in August 2016.
THE REDEVELOPMENT OF A COMBINED SITE IN VINEGAR HILL is the subject of a presentation being made at CB 2’s next Land Use Committee meeting.
The casino will cover 1.3 million square feet, and the developers promise it will bring in 4,500 union construction jobs.
The highly-contested rezoning of the 962-972 Franklin Ave. site in Crown Heights was passed by the City Council’s Subcommittee.
The city says the plan would create approximately 4,600 new homes — including 1,440 permanently income-restricted, affordable homes.
We need affordable housing now. Such was the refrain emphasized by a range of Crown Heights residents at yesterday’s City Council’s hearing.
The City Planning Commission held its crucial meeting Thursday morning in the latest step in a ULURP process to decide a crucial rezoning issue: whether
A proposal for a new East River waterfront park — with its own beach — has been unveiled by Two Trees Management, the developer of Domino Park. River Ring would
Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 on Tuesday voted to approve a plan to keep ACME Smoked Fish in the borough the manufacturer has called home for more than a century. The
After years of planning, heated meetings and amended proposals, plans for the Industry City rezoning proposal may be scrapped. Politico reported that the owners of the massive waterfront space, Jamestown,
Amy Breedlove will be stepping down as president of the Cobble Hill Association after four years of leading the neighborhood group through some of its most tumultuous moments. She has
The new owner of a 1920s townhouse in Downtown Brooklyn is getting ready to tear it down and construct a hotel that’s likely to be a high-rise. City Councilmember Stephen
Tony Doleh wants to construct an apartment building in Ditmas Park with space for the grocery store he co-owns, which currently occupies part of his development site. He is asking
Michael and Tom Spinard wanted to build a nine-unit apartment building with shops on their corrugated fence-enclosed Vinegar Hill property, which has been a parking lot since the 1950s. Neighborhood
Three thumbs up from Eric Adams. Brooklyn’s Borough President has approved plans for three affordable housing developments for which zoning changes are being sought. Two of the projects focus on
The application now makes its next step.
SUNSET PARK — Sunset Park leaders are up in arms over the mayor’s refusal to meet with them to discuss the city’s neighborhood investments in light of the Industry City rezoning process.
“We do not want to believe that this mayor only cares about upzoning land when he can claim credit for it.”
A coalition of Brooklyn community groups are urging the city to put a freeze on new construction adjacent to the section of the BQE slated for a massive reconstruction project.
SUNSET PARK — Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball made one final push on Monday night to convince Community Board 7 to vote yes on a rezoning application that has divided many in
“This for us is our livelihood. If we get displaced, it’s very difficult to find another home.”
With Community Board 7’s deadline to vote on Industry City’s rezoning approaching, two Sunset Park officials are calling on the mayor to send his top advisers to the board to
SUNSET PARK — Sunset Park’s Community Board 7 called an emergency meeting on Monday, just hours after Industry City’s rezoning application was approved, to discuss the certification and the next steps
The New York City Council approved a sweeping land use measure on Thursday that will allow the city to build four new borough-based jails, overcoming what appears to be the
Councilmember Carlos Menchaca penned an open letter on Thursday clarifying his decision to allow Industry City’s rezoning to proceed with concessions, while also explaining his thought process. He called the
BY LORE CROGHAN, KELLY MENA & SCOTT ENMAN SUNSET PARK — City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca evoked the specter of corporate giant Amazon moving into Industry City and called on Sunset Park residents to unite
Unruly crowd forces abrupt end to meeting SUNSET PARK — Councilmember Carlos Menchaca revealed on Monday at a contentious meeting that he will not approve Industry City’s proposed rezoning until the developers
Two days before the only public hearing on the plan to build four new borough-based jails as part of the effort to close Rikers Island, Councilmember Stephen Levin reminded his
Advocates and opponents of the city’s plan to close Rikers Island and build four new jails will pack City Hall for the City Council’s public hearing on the proposal Sept.
The next stop on the mayor’s effort to close Rikers Island, which requires opening or expanding four jails in each of the city’s largest boroughs, is a relatively obscure panel
A redevelopment process that has been debated for months with broad implications for one of New York City’s most diverse neighborhoods will come down to the decision of a single
The City Council’s approval of the upzoning of 80 Flatbush Ave. last year “was anything but a rubber stamp,” a lawyer for the New York City Educational Construction Fund said
The City Council’s decision to upzone a slice of Boerum Hill for skyscraper development is long past, but a group of neighborhood residents continues to fight the verdict. The 400
A major mixed-use development planned for Downtown Brooklyn — promising a school, event space, commercial space and affordable housing — would rise 240 feet above what is currently the tallest
Community Board 2 unanimously approved a zoning amendment for a proposed 15-story office building on Fleet Place in Downtown Brooklyn on Wednesday night, on the condition that the developer commits
With the official review of Industry City’s rezoning approaching this fall, roughly 85 residents gathered on Monday — the first of several meetings — to learn, ask and begin the