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32-Story ‘BAM South’ wins NYC Council approval
The ‘BAM South’ 32-story mixed use cultural development in Fort Greene won approval at a City Council committee meeting Monday morning. … Full Article

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Bensonhurst corner property sold for $8.4 million

Bensonhurst
A corner property on 18th Avenue – one of Bensonhurst’s most heavily trafficked thoroughfares – has been sold to new owners, according to a report on a real estate website. … Full Article

Rents zoom in Bushwick, says survey

Bushwick
If, even 10 years ago, someone said that Bushwick would be the Brooklyn neighborhood with the greatest increases in rent during a two-month period, that person’s sanity would have been severely questioned, since Bushwick was just beginning to recover from being a burned-out, crime-ridden sl … Full Article

Shipping container ‘post-disaster housing complex’ coming to Cadman Plaza

Brooklyn Heights
This summer, a three- to four-story “post-disaster housing complex” made of shipping containers will be set up across the street from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in Downtown Brooklyn. … Full Article

Controversial Brooklyn Heights library sale to proceed at ‘fast trot’

Brooklyn Heights

Summer hours to be cut in half

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New Domino plan adds parkland, stores, offices; changes send project back to ULURP

Williamsburg
Two Trees Management, which bought the former Domino Sugar Factory site in Williamsburg from Community Preservation Corp. (CPC) last fall, plans to add more green space, recreational facilities and an office building to CPC’s older plans for a residential development on the site.
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EERIE: Manhattan seaport a 'ghost town' months after Sandy

DUMBO
The historic cobblestone streets and 19th-century mercantile buildings near the water's edge in lower Manhattan are eerily deserted, a neighborhood silenced by Superstorm Sandy. … Full Article

Property taxes too high? Gentile says fight fight fight!

Dyker Heights
New York City homeowners might not be aware of this, but they have the right to contest their property taxes. … Full Article

FIRST PUBLIC AIRING: Plans to rebuild Brooklyn Heights library, move Business branch, face a skeptical audience

Brooklyn Heights
Details of the Brooklyn Public Library’s plan to sell the building shared by the Brooklyn Heights branch and the Business & Career Library to a private developer were shared at a contentious meeting of the Friends of the Brooklyn Heights Branch Library on Tuesday night. … Full Article

Historic but rundown Coignet Building in Gowanus for sale

Gowanus
The New York and Long Island Stone Company Coignet Building in Gowanus – which today is quite dilapidated and covered in graffiti – is the earliest known concrete building in New York City and was designated with landmark status in 2006. It’s also for sale. … Full Article

The Zone gets bigger: New FEMA flood map impacts thousands of Brooklynites

Gerritsen Beach
Twice as many homes and businesses in and near the city would be in flood zones under new maps that may force more property-owners in Brooklyn to buy flood insurance, complicate post-Superstorm Sandy rebuilding for some and confront others with the choice of building h … Full Article
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