There's action on almost every block.Condo construction. Rental apartments rising up. Historic-home restoration.Bedford-Stuyvesant is busy, busy, busy. … Full Article
How hot is demand for Bedford-Stuyvesant development sites?So hot that there was a bidding war for a fire-damaged property — even though its tenants were living in shelters and the purchaser would have to find them new homes. … Full Article
The Queen of Hancock Street was thisclose to being sold to a Russian couple who traveled with a translator and a bodyguard.But nyet — it was not to be. … Full Article
LIU Brooklyn honored Carmen Fariña, chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, at its Commencement Ceremony on May 12 at Barclays Center. The distinguished philanthropist and entrepreneur T. Denny Sanford presented an honorary degree to Fariña at the ceremony. … Full Article
Personal and poignant stories ruled the day at the annual Delaney Speech Contest on April 20 as students offered three- to four-minute persuasive talks to earn a share of the $1,350 in prize money. … Full Article
In a move that will both boost food and beverage manufacturing and create greater public access to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation announced on Monday that Brooklyn Brewery is expanding its operations and building a new brewery … Full Article
For days, the charred school bus sat in front of a Jewish girls' school in Brooklyn, its ruined hulk posing a troubling question: Has the quarter-century of peace between blacks and Jews in Crown Heights begun to fray? … Full Article