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Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Downtown led Brooklyn in new housing built in 2023

April 26 | Raanan Geberer

Four Brooklyn community districts are in the 10 citywide that saw as much new housing built in 2023 as the city’s other 49 districts combined, according to a new report from the Department of City Planning. The four districts, which are contiguous with the city’s community boards, are Brooklyn Community District 1 (Greenpoint, Williamsburg), Brooklyn […]

Amber Dobos, Advisor, On Premise Hospitality, Diageo Hospitality Partnership, with an oyster and a cocktail. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Wayne Daren Schneiderman

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The key to a healthy harbor:
Support of Billion Oyster Project,
and their education program, will
restore city’s harbor, vital shoreline

April 17 | Wayne Daren Schneiderman  

WILLIAMSBURG — The average fully-grown oyster can filter 50 gallons of water a day. That’s just one of several reasons illustrating the importance of bivalves to New York Harbor. And, if one oyster can play such a role, imagine what a billion could do. On a recent evening at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg, a […]