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Community Board 5 Meets: Upcoming Events, Committee Updates and New Members

CB5 chairman addresses the audience. Community Board 5, which serves the East New York area held its monthly meeting on May 25.
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Study Shows More People in the Rental Market Cannot Afford Their Rent

A recent study by Harvard University shows that the housing market crash of 2008, foreclosures on bad mortgages and sustained unemployment are sending record numbers of homeowners and would-be buyers straight into the rental market.
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Coney Island Adds Affordable Housing

Coney Island Adds Affordable Housing

BFC Partners, a Brooklyn-based real estate firm, started construction on Coney Phase III, which will add 420 affordable housing units on Surf Avenue.
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New Housing Not Warehousing Act to Tackle NYC's Affordable Housing Crisis with Vacancy Registry

Intro 1039, a bill introduced by Councilmember Williams which is part of the Housing Not Warehousing Act, mandates the city to register vacant buildings and lots that could be developed as affordable housing.
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Polarized Views on Policing Seeks Middle Ground

Polarized Views on Policing Seeks Middle Ground

Mayor De Blasio is caught in between the commander in chief of the NYPD and wanting to be the reform mayor. A war of words between police unions and Rev.
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Brooklyn, Here are the Primary Election Races to Watch

Establishment candidates versus upstart progressives is a common theme running through several races.
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BRIC's New TV Series Spotlights The Iconic Dollar Vans of Flatbush

BRIC's New TV Series Spotlights The Iconic Dollar Vans of Flatbush

Set to debut on Jan. 29, the TV series "Dolla Van" follows siblings navigating the hustle of Brooklyn’s Flatbush van routes, tackling themes of culture, community and change.
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Flatbush Junction Welcomes New Wave of Brands

Victorian homes, brick townhouses, and colorful awnings line the streets of Flatbush, Brooklyn but it wasn't always this way.
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BRIC's 'Brooklyn Photographs' Chronicles Bklyn Life, Tradition and Change

'Brooklyn Photographs' displays the work of eleven artists illuminating Brooklyn's neighborhoods, their tradition, cultural, social diversity and their transformation with new populations emerging Photo credit: George Malave, Fire Hydrant Spray, 1968
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Community Fights to Save Caribbean Eatery Scoops and Plates

Community Fights to Save Caribbean Eatery Scoops and Plates

Community organizers have launched a petition, urging landlords to renew the lease of one of the area's oldest Caribbean-owned businesses
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