Brooklyn Botanic Garden Won Its Shadow Fight With Developers

Long-contested development near Brooklyn Botanic Garden set for Council approval
The New York City Council is expected to greenlight the rezoning required for the project in Crown Heights after a deal protecting the garden.
The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Won Its Shadow Fight With Developers
That proposal, despite considerable sweeteners — half of the 1,500 units were slated to be affordable, and it was to be financed and built by unions — was ultimately defeated because of the shadows it would have cast on the Botanic Garden’s greenhouses and some of its conservatories.
Brooklyn building project rezoned to keep Botanic Garden in the sun
An agreement has been reached on a development project being built next to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Monday that President elect-Trump “and his transition team are already breaking” a law on presidential transition.
‘Lightscape’ returns to Brooklyn Botanic Garden with new installations and holiday treats
As the evenings fall darker, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s extravagant art, music, and light show "Lightscape" arrives to brighten the borough’s sprawling green
Chicago Botanic Garden's popular ‘Lightscape' opens for the 2024 holiday season
One of the Chicago area's most beautiful holiday traditions opens this week. Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden in suburban Glencoe opens for the winter season Friday, according to officials, The illuminated,
Eichner, Council reach deal on star-crossed Crown Heights project
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden Basks in Sunlight After New Development Deal
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Boy left ‘traumatized’ after attempted abduction in Brooklyn
A shocking video shows a masked man grabbing a young boy from his father’s arms in Brooklyn. The man was later arrested, and ...
Masked man attempts to kidnap Orthodox Jewish boy in Crown Heights
The footage shows the masked man attempting to grab the child and carry him away, before the father pulls the child back and ...
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Brooklyn Man Arrested for Alleged Attempted Kidnapping of Child in Crown Heights
A Brooklyn man was arrested for attempting to kidnap a child from his father; a history of arrests and the incident caught on ...
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Man arrested, community on edge after Brooklyn attempted kidnapping
The man is seen yanking the six-year-old boy from his father so hard that his feet come off the ground - but the boy's father never lost his grip.
Man allegedly tries to kidnap child walking with father in Brooklyn: NYPD
A man is facing charges after an apparent attempted child abduction was caught on video in Brooklyn, according to the NYPD.
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Crown Heights get-out-the-vote activists aim to show Chabad’s electoral might
Though deep-blue New York will surely go to Harris, the Jewish Future Alliance wants to dispel Hasidim's impression that ...
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Boy nearly kidnapped; dad fights back l FOX 10 Talks
Video released by police in New York shows a masked man trying to grab a young boy from his father's arms in Brooklyn. In the video, the father holds onto the boy and pushes the man away. The ...