1+ week, 5+ day ago   (233+ words) SOMERVILLE, MA — A controversial proposal to build a 26-story apartment tower with more than 500 units in Davis Square is no longer moving forward after the developer walked away from the project, according to a report from Boston.com. Copper Mill…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (510+ words) LONG BEACH, NY — The request for variances to clear the way for a 106-unit apartment complex at the former Hebrew Academy of Long Beach site faced stiff backlash from residents Thursday night, with members of the community spending about 90 minutes…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) LONG BEACH, NY — The Long Beach Zoning Board of Appeals will meet Thursday night, hearing from applicants who want variances from up and down the city’s zoning code to be applied to their properties across the city. Among those applicants…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (172+ words) BROOKLYN, NY — Six affordable apartments are available at 229 Wythe Avenue in North Williamsburg through New York City’s Housing Connect program. The development is offering three one-bedroom apartments at $1,574 per month and three two-bedroom apartments at $1,798 per month. The apartments feature…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (528+ words) NEW YORK CITY— New York City plans to begin a $4 billion reconstruction of the city-owned section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in 2030, nearly three decades after the highway’s design life expired. The project would rehabilitate the deteriorating BQE Central between Atlantic…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (525+ words) By Thomas Breen, New Haven Independent NEW HAVEN, CT — The brothers who own the Wooster Street pizzeria Zeneli’s have purchased a retail-apartment building down the block — next door to a former liquor store where they plan to open a new…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (479+ words) MASTIC, NY — The possibility of an underpass beneath the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road on William Floyd Parkway in Shirley is among the mitigation solutions that the region’s decision-makers have discussed, state Sen. Dean Murray told Patch. “It…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (298+ words) HARLEM, NY — An affordable housing lottery has opened for 29 newly renovated cooperative apartments across three century-old buildings in West Harlem, offering qualifying New Yorkers an opportunity to become homeowners. The apartments are located at 505, 523 and 527 West 134th Street in West Harlem…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (305+ words) NEW YORK, NY— Amtrak has finished rebuilding one of the East River tunnels damaged by Hurricane Sandy, restoring a key route into Penn Station after 15 months of work that reduced peak-hour Long Island Rail Road service. Passenger service returned to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (338+ words) ELMHURST, IL – Don't expect a new Metra train station in Elmhurst anytime soon. The project keeps getting pushed back. A year ago, officials said they hoped to receive bids this past June. That didn't happen. On Monday, the city unveiled…...