A slice of Brooklyn that was home to one of the largest free Black communities in pre-Civil War America sought the promise of steady financial help from the city. By Julia Jacobs Two years ago ...

Weeksville was founded in 1838 and is one of ... and Construction are collaborating on a $3.9 million restoration project for the Hunterfly Road Houses at the Weeksville Heritage Center.

It was like finding buried treasure. But time was of the essence, as the city was preparing to tear down the entire area for new housing. Their preservation efforts led to the Weeksville Project, and ...

Weeksville in Crown Heights ... Department of Design and Construction have begun a $3.9 million restoration project for the historic Hunterfly Road Houses at the center. “Weeksville Heritage ...

You have to see what it means to have a historic community right next to public housing, right next to a contemporary ... You mentioned ‘pushing the boundaries’ at Weeksville. What kind of projects ...

A large public housing project borders the site on one side ... The historic houses each represent a different era in Weeksville’s history: they are intimately scaled and movingly modest.

The site is an Urban Development Action Area Project, which gives the ... according to the listing. The Weeksville Place lottery closes October 28. To apply, visit the listing on New York City’s ...

Co-creators of the project Pratt Weeksville Archive—an oral ... the history of New York City Housing Authority’s presence in the area—public housing that replaced several bulldozed original Weeksville ...

The site is an Urban Development Action Area Project, which gives the ... according to the listing. The Weeksville Place lottery closes October 28. To apply, visit the listing on New York City’s ...

WEEKSVILLE, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The deadly shooting of Akai Gurley in the stairwell of a housing project in Brooklyn and the subsequent trial and conviction of former NYPD Officer Peter Liang has ...