bike lanes
Pedestrian Injuries Rise in Bushwick, Where Safety Features are Few
Rachel Rippetoe |
An upcoming rezoning has some worried that more residents will clog up the roads in cars and bikes, contributing to more crashes and pedestrian deaths.
The Bushwick Project
The Battle of the Boobie Trap: Retail Tensions in Bushwick
Jarrett Murphy |
Bushwick feels like it’s changing by the minute, and storefronts that seem to herald demographic change are a point of increasing friction.
city planning
Court Ruling Rebuffs De Blasio Admin Over Manhattan High-Rises
Sadef Ali Kully |
A state Supreme Court judge’s decision released Thursday could send the developers behind proposed four high-rises in Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood back to square one.
Brooklyn
In Bushwick, the Quietest Superfund Site in the City Awaits a Makeover
Jarrett Murphy |
Unlike the Gowanus Canal or Newtown Creek, two other Superfund sites in the city, there has been little advocacy or controversy around the site on Irving Avenue.
Charter Revision
Pol: Blackouts, Flooding and Subway Woes Show Need for Revamped Planning
Jarrett Murphy |
The Brooklyn Councilmember says this year’s Charter Revision Commission missed a chance to fix deep flaws in the way New York does land-use planning.
Housing Update: Landlords’ Use of ‘Preferential Rents’ Draws New Scrutiny
Harry DiPrinzio |
News about rezonings, third-party transfer, NYCHA and more.
Chinatown Working Group
LES Groups Try to Revive Rezoning that De Blasio Admin. Rejected
Sadef Ali Kully |
Community groups and elected officials hoping to stop four high-rises planned for Two Bridges have taken the city to court. Win or lose there, they are also pursuing elements of the Chinatown Working Group rezoning plan that City Planning dismissed in 2015.
The Bushwick Project
Facing Massive Repair Needs, Public Housing in Bushwick is Undergoing a Huge Shift
Sadef Ali Kully |
The Hope Gardens renovations will be the sixth transaction under NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together public and private partnership program.
Brooklyn
Bushwick Official on Rezoning: ‘It’s a Shame This Didn’t Happen Earlier’
Jarrett Murphy |
Rafael Espinal, one of two Democratic Councilmembers representing the neighborhood, sizes up the potential for saving low- and moderate-income Bushwick.
The Bushwick Project
In Bushwick, (and the City) Families are the Majority of the Homeless
Harry DiPrinzio |
Families and homeless students makeup the majority of homeless people living in Bushwick. 1,039 of the neighborhood’s 1,462 shelter residents (71 percent) lived in family shelters in April.
