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U.S. Reps. Hakeem Jeffries joined representatives from Brooklyn Legal Services and community advocates on Wednesday to urge the Social Security Administration to keep its disability review office in Downtown Brooklyn. Photo courtesy of Reps. Hakeem Jeffries Office

Officials: Keep Social Security disability review office in Brooklyn

Thousands of disabled Brooklynites will have a hard time getting to hearings on the status of their disability claims if the Social Security Administration moves its disability review office out of Downtown Brooklyn, says U.S. Reps. … Full Article
 
The late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm. AP Photo/Finley

Gillibrand, Clarke urge National Park Service to place Crown Heights North Historic District on National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke on Thursday wrote to the National Park Service urging for Crown Heights North Historic District to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. … Full Article
 
House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (center) visited Brooklyn on Wednesday to tour a pre-K program at P.S. 123 in Bushwick with Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Department of Education officials. Photo courtesy of the office of Nancy Pelosi

De Blasio, Pelosi visit Brooklyn school to tout Universal pre-K

House Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi visited Brooklyn on Wednesday to showcase a pre-K program at P.S. 123 in Bushwick with U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. … Full Article
 
Wyckoff Gardens housing development in Boerum Hill, shown above, is the first NextGen Neighborhood site in Brooklyn. The city is looking for residents who will represent their neighbors and work with developers who are building on unused property at the complex. Image data © Google Maps

NYC wants Wyckoff Gardens residents to offer advice on upcoming NYCHA development

The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on Wednesday said it is seeking residents to join advisory committees at Wyckoff Gardens in Boerum Hill and Holmes Towers in Manhattan, the first two sites to be tapped for Mayor de Blasio’s NextGen Neighborhoods initiative. … Full Article
 
Mark Baker. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy

Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy elects Mark Baker Board Chairman

The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy announced today that Mark Baker has been elected Chair of its Board of Directors. Baker succeeds Nancy Bowe who has chaired the Conservancy's board since 2011. … Full Article
 
This is the developer's vision for the King & Sullivan Red Hook Townhomes. Image courtesy of Patty LaRocco of Douglas Elliman

Construction progress at the King & Sullivan Red Hook Townhomes site

The bulldozers are rumbling at a site near Van Brunt Street in Red Hook that's got enough room for 22 townhouses. The name of the project is the King & Sullivan Red Hook Townhomes. The developer is Sanba Partners. … Full Article
 
This Coffey Street building at the Red Hook Innovation Studios site is so big that we had to stand on Valentino Pier to fit it all into the photo. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

What's next for Est4te Four's Red Hook Innovation Studios project?

And Where Do We Go From Here? (That's a line from a David Essex song, which Def Leppard also sang.) Executives from Est4te Four might be asking themselves that question about their mammoth Red Hook Innovation Studios development site. … Full Article
 
Construction is expected to continue for another year on the condo conversion of 160 Imlay St. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Red Hook gets some love from Chanel

We found it in a glossy magazine the other day — a visual Valentine to Red Hook. It's from the famed French fashion house, Chanel. … Full Article
 
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, left, and, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., argue during the March 6 Democratic presidential primary debate at the University of Michigan-Flint. AP Photo/Carlos Osorio

Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard site chosen for Dems’ Brooklyn debate

Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have agreed to meet for a Democratic presidential primary debate on CNN and NY1 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Thursday, April 14.   … Full Article
 
In this Sept. 22, 2015 photo provided by Joshua Astor, pigeons take off from Christopher Szwaba's rooftop pigeon coops in Brooklyn. Joshua Astor via AP

Bushwick fire latest blow to NYC area's once-thriving pigeon keepers

A Brooklyn fire last week that wiped out a pigeon keeper's flock of 500 birds was the latest blow to a working-class pastime that has dwindled from the days it was a passion of a young Mike Tyson and Marlon Brando's character in "On the Waterfront." … Full Article
 

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