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Crime Plagues Brooklyn Seniors
Residents of a city-run senior citizen's housing complex in Crown Heights are fed up with inadequate security after two home invasion robberies this year and three similar incidents in the summer.
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Harlem Block to Make History – Again
A row of buildings on W. 135th Street, once the northernmost properties in Manhattan to be owned by a black landlord, is set to become one of the first affordable-housing blocks in the country to undergo a green overhaul.
via City Limits
Building Outlasts Boom and Bust
The brick apartment building at 1328 Gates Ave. in Bushwick survived the Depression, the 1977 blackout and the 1980s crack epidemic. But it was nearly done in by this decade's housing boom and bust.
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Taking a New Look at NIMBY
Before their potential new neighbors ever arrived, some tenants at the Asto…
Low-Income Housing With High Hopes
Morris Manor, a new Brooklyn housing complex, combines luxury building-style amenities with support services for its formerly homeless tenants.
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Brighton Beach Rezoning On Tap
After years of haphazard building construction that's played havoc with com…
Hungry Get Haircuts, TLC at Pantry
The hungry won't find just food at the Yorkville Common Pantry. The Manhattan pantry also offers free haircuts and shaves, courtesy of volunteers from a Mennonite church in Manitoba, Canada.
via The Villager
Bowery Bum-Out Over Changes
The Bowery, once New York's infamous Skid Row, is becoming home to boutique hotels and other upscale developments. That's rankled some residents, including the members of the new Bowery Association Network (BAN).