Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: An East New York Affordable Housing Lottery Launches

Block Association ‘Deeply Disappointed’ Gowanus Migrant Shelter Has Opened

Neighbors are incensed a shelter for 400 migrant men quietly opened in an old factory at 130 3rd Street — just down the street from Whole Foods — in Gowanus on Saturday without promised safety measures.

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Affordable Housing Lottery With Units Starting at $465 Opens in East New York

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 203 newly constructed units across 30 neighboring buildings that are part of East New York’s Nehemiah Spring Creek development, an enormous, long in the works, truly affordable housing development on the site of a former wetland and later landfill.

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City Releases Detailed Plan for Controversial Housing Zoning Changes

Taller residences, less parking, and more infill buildings will be allowed in New York City if the mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning changes go ahead as planned. The draft text for the proposal was released today by the NYC Department of City Planning, the final installment in the sweeping City of Yes zoning proposals that supporters say will increase climate-friendly infrastructure, small business growth, and housing affordability.

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Charming Brooklyn Heights Carriage House With Roof Deck Asks $5.5 Million

Converted to a residence in the early 20th century, this Brooklyn Heights dwelling has the allure of a former carriage house combined with a stylish interior and modern updates, including central air. At 253 Hicks Street, it sits on the corner of Grace Court Alley, one of the neighborhood’s picturesque cul-de-sacs.

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An early 20th century factory building on 25th Street in Greenwood Heights will be converted from its industrial past into a homeless shelter, if plans filed with the city are approved.

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