The Real Deal New York

BAM cultural district takes off with onslaught of residential construction

March 22, 2013 09:30AM
By Andrew Klappholz

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Brooklyn Academy of Music

From the March issue: For years, the Bloomberg administration has been trying to revitalize the down-at-heel area around Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Academy of Music (widely known as BAM). Now, those efforts finally seem to be gaining traction, with a bevy of new residential buildings underway. The so-called Downtown Brooklyn Cultural District — between DeKalb and Atlantic avenues — is even drawing comparisons to Manhattan’s now-pricey Lincoln Center neighborhood. [more]

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