by Emma Davey In the mid-2000s, Greenpoint and Williamsburg saw its stock rise, buoyed by an influx of new residents leaving Manhattan searching for a more creative (and cheaper) community. Subsequently, the New York City Council, with the support of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, approved a waterfront rezoning in 2005, designed to repurpose nearly 200 blocks of underutilized space in Greenpoint and Williamsburg and turn it into housing complexes and riverfront parks.
The rezoning forever reshaped our community…
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