Every time the National Weather Service forecasts heavy rain for New York City, residents and businesses in Gowanus brace themselves. The neighborhood sits in a flood zone, and torrential rainstorms ...

"Everything that is being done in this neighborhood right now is, in some way, thinking about the flooding and sewage issues," said Andrea Parker, executive director of the Gowanus Canal Conservancy.

Things are moving fast in gritty Gowanus. An enormous Whole Foods — complete with rooftop farm and bar — is scheduled to open at Third Street and Third Avenue on December 17, artisanal shops and ...

In the wake of last month’s storm, Gowanus Open Studios plowed ahead, using the event to fundraise for artists whose work was damaged. Cravens’s studio is at 540 President Street, a former sweater ...

The City Council’s Land Use Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed the oft-debated Gowanus Rezoning Plan, which would add more than 8,000 new apartments in an 82-block section of the Gowanus ...

Changes to the Gowanus Canal, part of a major cleanup project in the notoriously polluted waterway, are resulting in loss of mussel habitat. But community intervention could increase the Atlantic ...

It's been about four years since the contentious process to rezone Gowanus took place, but the Brooklyn neighborhood's transformation in many ways is still just getting started. In the wake of the ...