With the ascendance of the “industrial chic” aesthetic, the intense gentrification of once-working-class South Brooklyn neighborhoods, and excellent transit access into Manhattan, Gowanus has transitioned from a smelly post-industrial no-man’s-land into an intensely desirable residential neighborhood. Unfortunately…
Last January, the Brooklyn Eagle reported that an LLC led by Juneng Zhao bought the lots at 269-271 Fourth Avenue for $4.4 million, or a bit over $100 per buildable square foot – a steal compared…
At the head of the Gowanus Canal, at the intersection of Butler and Nevins Streets, second-generation developer Sam Boymelgreen is planning a hotel with 162 rooms, according to a permit filed late last week. Last…
In late September, YIMBY brought you word of a new building permit application for 610 Warren Street, a seven-story residential project planned for the border area between Gowanus, Boerum Hill, and Park Slope and a short…
Brooklyn is brimming with demand for new hotel rooms, as the borough and especially the neighborhoods around downtown become more trendy and familiar to tourists. But while downtown Brooklyn is generously zoned for both commercial…
