Rally for the Promenade, MTA president has some L train questions, & more

By Jennifer White Karp | January 10, 2019 - 11:00AM

City Comptroller Scott Stringer will lead a rally Saturday at 11 a.m. on the Promenade at Pierrepont Street calling for an alternative BQE reconstruction plan (Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Turns out, NYC Transit president Andy Byford has many of his own questions about plans for the L train (Gothamist)

The Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation has a new online tool that tracks historic details about the East Village’s 2,200 buildings (press release)

The government shutdown could mean federal workers have trouble making rent and mortgage payments (The Real Deal)

North Brooklyn renters who signed leases in 2018 saved big because of L train shutdown hype (StreetEasy)

NYC foreclosures dropped 14 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to PropertyShark, with 720 homes heading to the auction block (press release)

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