NYC ready to transform low-lying area on Brooklyn-Queens border into "Jewel Streets" neighborhood

New York City has plans to transform a low-lying neighborhood at the Brooklyn-Queens border.

New York Moves Forward With a Brooklyn Flood Protection Plan That Falls Short of Other City Projects

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NBC New York

Brooklyn neighborhood next to join mayor's trash revolution

Mayor Eric Adams is inducting a new borough into his "trash revolution," a plan slowly rolled out across New York City to containerize garbage and combat the city's longstanding rat crisis. A new ...
The Root

Barclays and Brooklyn: Jay-Z vs. Neighborhood

(The Root) — Filmmakers Suki Hawley, Michael Galinsky and others delve into the land wars of New York’s quickest changing landscape, Brooklyn, in their latest documentary, Battle for Brooklyn. The ...
New York Post

Unexpected NYC neighborhood sets housing record with 3,700-plus units built in 2025 — and there are thousands more to come

New development in Downtown Brooklyn has reached a fever pitch. The formerly 9-to-5 neighborhood is enjoying its biggest housing year ever. A record-breaking 3,700-plus units were completed there in ...