The Opportunity Zone initiative was designed to re-structure incentives to encourage development in underserved areas. But it could also exacerbate the affordability crisis in Brooklyn by giving huge tax breaks to upscale developments.
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![MTA Announces $5.5 Billion Accessibility Investment MTA Announces $5.5 Billion Accessibility Investment](http://brooklynink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_1382-580x440.jpg)
October 30, 2019November 6, 2019Brooklyn Life, News
MTA Announces $5.5 Billion Accessibility Investment
Disability advocates say they’ll believe it when they see it.
![A Multi-Million Dollar Construction Project Fails to Support Bike Safety in Greenpoint A Multi-Million Dollar Construction Project Fails to Support Bike Safety in Greenpoint](http://brooklynink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_2558-1-580x440.jpg)
October 16, 2019October 23, 2019Brooklyn Life, News
A Multi-Million Dollar Construction Project Fails to Support Bike Safety in Greenpoint
Both a raised bike path and action by police has been ineffective in deterring delivery vehicles from parking in the bike lanes, endangering cyclists, advocates say.
![“I Can Go In As I Am” “I Can Go In As I Am”](http://brooklynink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/01_Ingersoll-Senior-Residences_Marvel-Architects-580x440.jpg)
October 11, 2019October 16, 2019Brooklyn Life, News, The Buildings of Brooklyn
“I Can Go In As I Am”
Fort Greene’s historic LGBTQ senior residence is about to open.
![Park Slope: A Public School Preps for New Homeless Students Park Slope: A Public School Preps for New Homeless Students](http://brooklynink.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_0032-580x440.jpg)
October 09, 2019October 16, 2019Brooklyn Life, News, The Buildings of Brooklyn
Park Slope: A Public School Preps for New Homeless Students
Parents of children at P.S. 124 are both welcoming and worried.
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December 16, 2017October 16, 2019Brooklyn Life, News
Bed-Stuy Smells a Rat
The city has a plan to kill 70% of the rodents there, but some residents will believe it when they see it.