Sunset Park’s Industry City plans to diverge from its status as a manufacturing hub and thrust itself into a place of international appeal with a prominent rezoning plan.
The Department of City Planning wants to rezone Gowanus to create some 8,200 apartments, bringing in an estimated 18,000 new residents and creating over 3,000 jobs.
The Department of City Planning wants to rezone Gowanus to create some 8,200 apartments, bringing in an estimated 18,000 new residents and creating over 3,000 jobs.
The Environmental Protection Agency is casting doubt on a competing plan put forth by the city to keep untreated sewage from entering the toxic Gowanus Canal.
Iranian artist Siah Armajani’s “Bridge Over Tree” is now on view at Brooklyn Bridge Park, marking the first time the installation has been staged since 1970.
In “The City That Never Sleeps,” where businesses and residences are built in close proximity, noise pollution is ubiquitous, particularly on weekends when patrons of bars and clubs spill out onto the street.