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Real Estate Booms In Brooklyn's Most Flood-Prone Areas: Study

More than 3,500 new apartments have been built in flood-prone parts of Williamsburg and Greenpoint since Hurricane Sandy struck ... are in city flood zones. Localize.city discovered 21,450 new units i... read more

How NYC's decade of rezoning changed the City of Industry

But the massive redevelopment of the Williamsburg and Greenpoint ... according the New York State Department of Labor. In the wake of its research from 2005, the city appeared to change its course; it ... read more

The top 4 firms designing NYC

“It’s a little bit of New York in Stockholm ... Hill.Christian Harder The Williamsburg-based team —long-time friends who decided to work together — has made other moves around Brooklyn; such as 48 Box ... read more

Tracking the Storm

Cuomo of New York on Tuesday raised the possibility of building a levee in New York in the aftermath of major flooding in Lower Manhattan ... The waterfront fringes of Sunset Park, Williamsburg and Gr... read more

Long Island City Boasts Most Flood-Prone Housing In NYC: Study

LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS -- Long Island City is among New York City's most at-risk flood zones, but that hasn't stopped developers from building thousands of apartments where ... Long Island City, Wil... read more

Did two Brooklyn landlords ruin their OWN building just to evict tenants?

GREENPOINT ... the basement it was already flooding. “Like a full-on rain in this building, even though it wasn’t raining that day.” Since, Navarro and his family have been forced to stay in a shelter ... read more

Hospitals Along the East River Evacuate in Advance of Hurricane Irene

The storm, currently a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 100 miles per hour, is on track to hit New York City on Sunday morning. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has issued a mandatory evacuation fo... read more

Four years after Sandy, Staten Island's shoreline is transformed

What is most surprising about this process of strategic retreat is that more waterfront neighborhoods in New York City ... the waterfronts of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Long Island City, and Hallets Po... read more