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Bushwick Developer Sells Out, Takes Housing Promises With Him | City Limits

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Neil deMause

When Bushwick community groups announced in January 2014 that Read Properties, owners of the long-derelict Rheingold Brewery site along Flushing Avenue, had agreed to build as many as 200 units of affordable housing as part of the city’s rezoning of … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Development, Housing

What Happens to Families Forced Out of Bushwick? (City & State/City Limits)

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Neil deMause

Bushwick has been in the national spotlight of late, the most recent neighborhood to be emblematic of the New Brooklyn of hipster beards and trendy clubs. There’s now an artisanal Bushwick-scented candle you can buy for $81 “scent highlights include … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Development, Gentrification, Housing, Income Inequality

Wary Optimism Greets De Blasio’s Brooklyn Redevelopment Plans (City Limits/Brooklyn Bureau)

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Neil deMause

When the subject of Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhoods comes up, Broadway Junction seldom enters the conversation. Named for the tangle of J and L train tracks that pass overhead, Broadway Junction is less a neighborhood than the absence of one: a … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Development, Housing

Coney Island’s Invisible Towers (City Limits)

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Neil deMause

When crowds throng Coney Island for the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on July 4th, they’ll find a boardwalk amusement strip that is, for the umpteenth year in a row, undergoing a summer of change and transition. There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Coney Island

Downtown Remains Contested Territory (Brooklyn Bureau)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Neil deMause

City Limits launches its new affiliate site The Brooklyn Bureau today, featuring two articles by yours truly at the top. The main feature is a look at downtown Brooklyn redevelopment seven years after a controversial rezoning, which can charitably be … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Brooklyn, Development

Coney Baloney: DiNapoli’s Report Obscures Brooklyn Beachfront’s Rollercoaster Economy (City Limits)

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Neil deMause

A quick fact-check of yesterday’s much-hyped state comptroller’s report declaring Coney Island to be booming: Yesterday state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued a report on economic development in Coney Island and Brighton Beach, and declared the two Brooklyn communities to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coney Island

From Humble Lumber Sellers to Clout-Wielding Developers: An Immigrant Tale (Jewish Daily Forward)

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Neil deMause

If you’ve been wondering where my non-baseball writing has gone to recently, I have a bunch of stuff in the pipeline that’s going to start showing up in print (and in pixels) in coming weeks. And the first of these … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Bad Government, Development, Stadiums and Arenas

Ratner’s Green-Card Fundraising Scheme: Is This a Scandal, or What? (Village Voice/Runnin’ Scared)

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Neil deMause

If you can’t be bothered to read Atlantic Yards Report’s crazy-long FAQ on its even crazier-long series on Bruce Ratner’s still crazier green-cards-for-financing schemes, you can now read my Cliff Notes version instead. (Not nearly so crazy, but with more … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Development, Stadiums and Arenas

Can a Year-Round Coney Island Succeed? (City Limits)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Neil deMause

Earlier this month, the owners of Coney Island’s Luna Park announced they’d be booting out eight boardwalk businesses because they didn’t fit their image of a “year-round” Coney. That’s been the stated dream of city planners for years now — … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Coney Island

Bloomberg Deputy’s Legacy, From Yankee Stadium To Hudson Yards (City Limits)

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Neil deMause

Looking back at the legacy of New York Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff’s development projects, with three years of hindsight: Two seemingly unrelated news items from the last month: The tunnel boring machine digging the extension of the number 7 subway … Continue reading →

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