Posted Oct 18, 2025, 2:46 PM
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https://gothamist.com/news/a-proposed-brooklyn-high-rise-is-winning-over-some-neighbors
A proposed Brooklyn high-rise is winning over some neighbors
By Arun Venugopal
Oct 18, 2025
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A planned 72-story high-rise in Downtown Brooklyn is gaining some vocal support from prospective neighbors, including the Fort Greene Park Conservancy.
The conservancy had earlier expressed concern that shadows from the residential skyscraper, eyed for 395 Flatbush Ave. Extension, would affect the park.
But the group’s executive director, Rosamond Fletcher, told a public hearing earlier this week that the focus is now on “mitigating” the impacts of the tower. She referenced the city’s pressing need for housing.
“Housing is great,” Fletcher said in an interview with Gothamist. “We know the city needs it.”
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Area residents who spoke at a public hearing held by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso voiced support for the project,
Tiara Williams, a local resident, said the development would help clean up the area, including the corner of Flatbush and Fulton avenues, near Long Island University.
“My sister went to LIU, so that one corner right there is just horrible – people selling CDs, trying to sell you drugs, people sleeping there,” Williams said. “ Revitalizing that corner can make it safer for the people that are going to LIU.”
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