From left: 338 Berry Street and a rendering of the building’s solar paneling

The owner of the former Tung Fa Noodle Factory in Williamsburg, which most recently housed a group of artists who were evicted last year after losing a long legal battle, is aiming to convert the property to apartments, according to BuzzBuzzHome. [more]

Jonathan Butler and the East River State Park

Much to the consternation of area families, the New York State Department of Parks and Preservation has cut free children’s movie programming in Williamsburg’s East River State Park, in the wake of the Brooklyn Flea marketplace, co-founded by Brownstoner blogger Jonathan Butler, moving to the park, DNAinfo reported. [more]

Williamsburg

Out of the 1,345 affordable homes that the city vowed to develop on municipal land in North Brooklyn following the 2005 rezoning, only 19 have been finished, DNAinfo reported. The reason, city officials told the publication, is that the city ran into unexpected roadblocks. But local residents are calling foul.

“Some sites have presented unique challenges that we are committed to working through with the community and local leaders,” a Department of Housing Preservation and Development spokesperson told DNAinfo. [more]

45 India Street

The Greenpoint neighborhood will be getting a new four-story, seven-unit condominium property, with ground slated to break late this month, Brownstoner reported. Lubrano Ciavarra Architects received approval from the Department of Buildings for the project at 45 India Street, which is now a vacant lot.

The ground level will have two 900-square-foot one-bedroom homes. The unit at the rear of the property will have its own 1,230-square-foot private garden and terrace space. [more]

204 Wythe rendering (Source: Curbed)

New details are spilling out of 204 Wythe Avenue, a warehouse-cum-rental conversion being developed by Mack Real Estate Capital and Urban Development Partners, Brownstoner reported. There’s now a new rendering and updated information on what the 248,000-square-foot build in Williamsburg will include.

There will be 229 units inside the seven-story property, as well as 7,500 square feet of ground-level retail space with parking. [more]

From left: Jennifer Johnsen of MNS, Ari Harkov of Halstead and a photo of the Edge and Northside Piers

The wave of Williamsburg’s new development inventory has slowed to a small swell, with many boom-time projects finally selling out after years of fitful sales — and relatively few newly built condominiums coming online. As a result, neighborhood brokers who cut their teeth working at on-site sales offices are struggling to learn the business of resales and to build up a roster of clients, sources said. [more]

Council Member Diana Reyna and Broadway Triangle

City Council member Diana Reyna, joined by a local community group, claimed in a press conference at City Hall today that two new residential buildings at Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg are improperly allocating apartments to Hasidic Jewish residents, to the detriment of African-Americans and Latinos who live in the neighborhood, the New York Daily News reported. [more]

Joseph Chetrit and a rendering of 77 Commercial Street (source: Curbed)

The city has selected Joseph Chetrit and David Bistricer to help create a three-acre park in Greenpoint right on Newtown Creek, in exchange for granting the developers air rights that will be used for a nearby residential development, Crain’s reported. An $8 million agreement between the Bloomberg administration and the developers, as well as their building development plans, was discussed last night at a community board meeting. [more]

The Gretsch condo and Arina Yakobi of Elliman

Three condominium sales at the same 120-unit Williamsburg building have broken neighborhood price-per-square-foot records, Crain’s reported. The sales — two of which closed this week and one of which will close next week — happened at 60 Broadway, also known as the Gretsch Building. [more]

Williamsburg waterfront

Although many brokers and developers see the rapid transformation of the Williamsburg waterfront as a positive, parents who are raising young children in the area may disagree, DNAinfo reported. [more]