UPDATE: The NYC Department of Design and Construction had some good news for Brooklyn drivers on Saturday. Contractors found another way to dismantle a decommissioned water meter under Atlantic Avenue in front of the former Brooklyn House of Detention between Boerum Place and Smith Street, DDC spokesperson Ian Michaels told the Brooklyn Eagle. This means […]
BOERUM HILL — It was a tough crowd at Tuesday night’s virtual community meeting with the city and Tutor Perini, the contractor who will be building the new 15-story borough-based jail at 275 Atlantic Ave. in Boerum Hill. Residents’ nerves were already frazzled by the six-month demolition carried out by NorthStar Contracting Group — […]
ATLANTIC AVENUE — This week, the Department of Transportation installed three mid-block crossings on Atlantic Avenue between Nevins St. and Bond St., Bond St. and Hoyt St., and Hoyt St. and Smith St. Atlantic Avenue has a history of being unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists; there have been 500 crashes in the last five years […]