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#brooklyn-development

Commissioners told the design team to make further adjustments to the revised plans for the Hanson Place Methodist Church addition. Fort Greene's neo-Gothic Hanson Place Methodist Church is on track to become the base of a more than 20-story apartment tower, with the Landmarks Preservation Commission indicating general support for the concept. But at its meeting this week, commissioners again sent the design team back to refine the proposal, saying more changes are needed before it can move forward.

The building, developed by Avery Hall, features 133 units with layouts ranging from one- to four-bedroom homes and soaring 9-foot windows, a rare find in New York City. "We have three bedrooms, even up to four bedroom homes, we look to provide a platform for families that are looking for larger spaces to stay in New York and to thrive in New York," said Jesse Wark, Avery Hall partner and co-founder.

Officially known as Congregation Chaim Albert but known colloquially as the Kingsbrook Synagogue, the synagogue was part of a Jewish hospital founded in 1928 in response to antisemitism in nearby hospitals and to meet the needs of local Jewish patients. For nearly 100 years, the synagogue has served Jewish hospital patrons and residents in the surrounding neighborhood of East Flatbush and Crown Heights.

they still draw our attention, our praise, and sometimes our scorn. Sometimes it's for their wacky design choices, like Extell's torch on Eighth Avenue, or their market failures, like the overpriced, more than half-empty condos of Brooklyn Tower. Occasionally, they become sagas in and of themselves, like 432 Park, with its crumbling façade, a swaying stack of luxury condos haunted by howling winds where billionaires get trapped in the elevators.

Now the specter of those failed promises looms over the proposal to construct new housing on underused land a little more than 2 miles away.

Although the area has been historically occupied by warehouses, some community members are contesting the project, arguing that it will exacerbate an existing housing shortage in the neighbourhood and contribute to increasing rental costs, among other concerns.

Uovo seeks to build a second facility in Brooklyn, comprising 240,000 sq. ft. of art storage and gallery spaces. Local support for the project has been significant.