Gentrification is happening in Ridgewood. The lot at 176 Woodward Avenue may become the site of another luxury development. Another luxury residential development took a step closer toward approval when Community Board 5 threw its weight behind a plan to build a three-and-four-story, 88-unit apartment complex at 176 Woodward Ave. The new building is to rise on a vacant lot that once housed industry.

For months now, Fatuma Konteh has been making calls to the Department of Sanitation and to 3-1-1, attending hearings, writing letters to several congressmen and women, and even starting a petition to prevent the Department of Sanitation from building a 135-foot tall sanitation garage at East 25. She said, while wringing her hands. Konteh, just like other residents, learned of the proposal in 2012 when the Department of Sanitation released a statement with the.

Seedy Motel Survives Amidst Controversy. Fraudulent Phone Scam Plagues Forest Hills. More Than Just a Job. A Fiasco Underneath Forest Hills. Seedy Motel Survives Amidst Controversy. Fraudulent Phone Scam Plagues Forest Hills. More Than Just a Job. A Fiasco Underneath Forest Hills. Beneath the streets of Forest Hills and within the 71.

From uptown issues to green taxi rides. Covering this side of the tracks. Asphalt Fights to Stay Green. The bold-printed flyers and urgent warnings seemed like exaggerations, so she bought the apartment anyway. On May 3, 10 years later, Fletcher watched as marching residents carryin.

Broadway, The Heart of Elmhurst, is Confronted with Gentrification. For decades, Broadway often referred to as the heart of Elmhurst has been lined with one-story immigrant-owned businesses. Today, its streets are in transition aesthetically and economically, and businesses and residents are finding it difficult to secure their places on the new Broadway that Pi Capital Partners is developing. This is a brand n.

Forest Hills residents seek hopeful Queens Boulevard. With its infamous nickname, The Boulevard of Death, Queens Boulevard is one of the longest and most perilous roads in the borough. Activists and residents of Forest Hills are pushing the Department of Transportation to re-engineer the road for pedestrian safety. Setting up timing traffic sig.