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    Support Voiced for Designation of 100-year-old Carnegie Library [UPDATE: LPC Grants Designation]

    Designation Hearing  •  Brownsville, Brooklyn
    Stone Avenue Branch, Brooklyn Public Library. Image Credit: LPC.

    Stone Avenue Branch, Brooklyn Public Library. Image Credit: LPC.

    Library was the first in the nation devoted solely to the needs of children. On April 7, 2015, the Landmarks Preservation Commission held a hearing on the potential individual landmark designation of the Stone Avenue Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, at 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard in the Brownsville neighborhood. The Library completed in 1914, to designs by architect William B. Tubby, is one of 21 public libraries in Brooklyn whose development was funded by industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie in the early 20th century. (read more…)

    Tags : Andrew Carnegie, Barbara Zay, Brooklyn Public Library, Christabel Gough, City Council Member Darlene Mealy, David Woloch, Historic Districts Council, Meenakshi Srinivasan, The Society for the Architecture of the City
    Date:04/09/2015
    Category : Landmarks Preservation Commission
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    City Council Approves Tax Exemption to Preserve Affordable Housing

    Property Tax Exemption  •  Brownsville, Brooklyn
    The property tax exemptions will affect seven buildings in Brooklyn Community Board 16.  Image credit:  Department of City Planning

    The property tax exemptions will affect seven buildings in Brooklyn Community Board 16. Image credit: Department of City Planning

    Dean Atlantic HDFC received property tax exemption for seven buildings.  On August 21, 2014, the City Council voted 47-0 to approve an Article XI property tax exemption on seven buildings owned by the Dean Atlantic Housing Development Finance Corporation.  The Department of Housing Preservation and Development requested the exemption from the City Council on Dean Atlantic’s behalf.  The buildings are all in Brooklyn Community Board 16, covering the Ocean Hill and Brownsville communities.  Six of the buildings are located in an area bounded by Atlantic Avenue to the north, Dean Street to the south, Rockaway Avenue to the west and Eastern Parkway to the east.  The seventh building is located further south at the corner of Park Place and Saratoga Avenue.  The buildings are either  two-or three-stories for a total of twelve residential units, with five of the buildings featuring a commercial space on the ground floor.  The residences are two- and three-bedroom units.

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    Tags : Brooklyn, Brooklyn Community Board 16, Brownsville, City Council, City Council Member Darlene Mealy, Dean Atlantic HDFC, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Ocean Hill
    Date:08/28/2014
    Category : City Council
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