A chance to check out the interiors behind the architectural beauty of Bed Stuy is coming up in October with the 48th edition of the Brownstoners of Bedford-Stuyvesant house tour.
Brooklyn’s District Attorney’s Office is expanding its support for victims of violent crime with a new $354,000 federal grant aimed at helping victims and their families in the immediate aftermath of homicides and…
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Construction is famously labor intensive: direct labor makes up close to 50% of the cost of constructing a new single-family home in the US, compared to around 6 to 8% of the cost of manufacturing a car.
The long overdue disclosure of reams of air quality records by the administration of Mayor Zohran Mamdani this week offered advocates and survivors some answers for what they knew for the last quarter-century: that the…
Anita Hack cared for her Queens house for more than three decades, establishing a foothold for her multi-generational family in the city — even as the house repeatedly flooded over the years.
The Landmarks Preservation Commission signed off on the design for a 10-unit condo project that will include a modern new building and the restoration of an historic firehouse.
The 50 most dangerous arterial roads in New York City are collectively within a quarter-mile of over 2,300 schools and child care centers, according to a new report from a pair of street safety advocacy groups.
With its long-planned shift to a zero-emissions bus fleet slowed by underperforming electric technology, the MTA plans to order 650 new coaches that rely on compressed natural gas.
Pre-K and kindergarten classes at P.S. 372 The Children’s School in Gowanus were temporarily moved out of the basement of the school’s annex building, where contaminants are lingering in the air even after a mitigation…
Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents' concerns about new development.
Council approves additional measures celebrating the Feast of San Gennaro, honoring the life and contributions of Alvin Ailey, and creating a new registry of historical African American burial sites Council also voted…
A Crown Heights man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing a Georgia man during a high-end sneaker transaction in Red Hook, then setting his body and rental car on fire and lying to investigators about…
The Interborough Express (IBX) — a new light rail line between Brooklyn and Queens — will take at least five years to complete, MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber said this week.
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani took measures to remember and release records related to September 11, survivor family members at two Downtown rallies asked the mayor not to attend the Ground Zero memorial and protested some of…
Architect Luki Anderson's clients know they can count on her for carefully considered, clean-lined design, sensitivity to historic detail, and shots of bold, fresh color.
A citywide entrepreneurial growth accelerator for established minority- and women-owned businesses has launched applications for its exclusive 12-week initiative, operated by the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation…