NYC to close road at Grand Army Plaza — but locals fear grand traffic chaos

NYPost.com (Metro) 4/17 1:00A Estrella McDaniel, Haley Brown

New York City is finally moving ahead with a long‑simmering plan to turn Brooklyn’s most chaotic traffic circle, Grand Army Plaza, into a true front door to Prospect Park.

NYC wants to connect Grand Army Plaza's arch to Prospect Park in major redesign

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 4/13 8:24A NBC New York Staff

Brooklyn’s famed Grand Army Plaza could undergo a redesign in an effort to increase pedestrian and cyclist safety in an area that is described as “dangerous” and “chaotic”, city officials announced Monday. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and...

Once on the black market, this spirit fuels Steven Soderbergh's birthday at Nitehawk

NBCNewYork.com (Local) 4/5 10:54A Brian Price

At the heart of a nine-week film series celebrating the birthday of acclaimed filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is a 500-year-old Bolivian spirit with one wild origin story. “A Man Under the Influence” has been running since Feb. 18 and features films...

Alleged straw donor to former Mayor Adams planning mixed-use Park Slope project

CrainsNewYork.com (Labor Unions) 3/12 12:33A Julian Nazar

Brooklyn developer Tolib Mansurov is adding another project to his portfolio in the borough. Mansurov recently filed plans with the city's Department of Buildings for a new 8-story, roughly 35,400-square-foot mixed-use building at 250 Flatbush...

Eight-building Brooklyn affordable housing portfolio sells for $80M

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/27 7:27A Julianne Cuba

An eight-building assemblage of residential properties near Brooklyn's Prospect Park has traded hands for nearly $80 million, Crain's has learned. Affordable and mixed-income housing developer Camber Property Group recently closed on its sale of...

On Politics: Six revenue strategies Mamdani's city budget overlooked

CrainsNewYork.com (Banking) 2/18 12:33A Ross Barkan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s bid to close a $5 billion budget gap through an income tax hike is understandable enough, if Gov. Kathy Hochul has indicated it probably won’t happen. Now Mamdani, with his $127 billion preliminary budget, is resorting to...

Seller of Astoria pool hall site purchases Park Slope brownstone

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/9 8:44A C. J. Hughes

From pool hall to Park Slope. The executive behind last month’s $18 million sale of the former site of the Astoria Billiards Café in Queens appears to have directed some proceeds into a boutique Brooklyn apartment building. A company linked to...

Park Sloper de Blasio pays less in property taxes than Queens homeowner: ‘Doesn’t make sense’

NYPost.com (Metro) 2/9 12:00A Carl Campanile

"It doesn't make sense. I'm getting ripped off, and de Blasio is getting a break. Comrade de Blasio, pay your fair share!"

Design company ditching Park Slope for Industry City

CrainsNewYork.com (Nonprofits) 2/4 7:19A Julian Nazar

Another company is moving its headquarters to Brooklyn's Industry City. Square Design has inked a 5-year deal for 24,000 square feet at Building 26 of the six-million-square-foot mixed-use complex in Sunset Park. The company, which previously had...

Bronx developer plans new home for historic Harlem market with affordable housing

CrainsNewYork.com (Advertising & Marketing) 1/26 12:33A Julianne Cuba

A Bronx developer will replace the longstanding Malcolm Shabazz Harlem Market on West 116th Street with a new residential building that includes a home for what's now an open-air canopied bazaar. Peter Procida, manager of Procida Development...