Up until the 1960s, before urban decline set in and the 1961 zoning code severely restricted densities throughout all of the city, Ocean Avenue was the center of a great building boom in Brooklyn, as single-family…
Back in August of 2011, the first permits were filed for a new community facility at 2085 Ocean Parkway, technically located in Brooklyn’s Sheepshead Bay neighborhood (but right across the street from Gravesend). There, the…
On Friday, an application was filed to build what will likely be some of Brooklyn’s most affordable new condos, at 1021 Avenue Y. The 10-unit building will be long and squat, just three stories tall but with 131…
Last month, a permit was filed to build a four-story commercial building at 1607 Sheepshead Bay Road, in southern Brooklyn. Now, YIMBY has a rendering of the project, which will hopefully soon rise amidst Sheepshead Bay’s miniature…
In September, YIMBY brought you photos of a recently completed commercial tower in an unlikely location – 902 Quentin Road, just off Kings Highway, near the border between Midwood and Sheepshead Bay in southern Brooklyn….
