After the 125th Street Zoning Proposal was approved by the state five years ago, that an influx of big, national retailers like Old Navy, Starbucks, and Marshalls would come to Harlem and begin to push out the local mom-and-pop stores.
Recent economic development in the outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island have given an impetus to many industries and created jobs. As inter-borough commuting pattern increased, the transportation system couldn’t keep pace with the corresponding development.
While New York enjoys all the benefits of the largest food market in the US at hand, Hunts Point has…
The latest potential addition to this new Williamsburg is a South Side project on a grand scale usually reserved for North Side developments.