DUMBO: A proposal for an 18-story residential building near the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO — a project that includes a coveted public middle school and dozens of units of below-market-rate housing — was dealt its first setback on Saturday morning when a community board committee voted against it on the grounds that it would block some views of the historic span. Comments (5).

DUMBO: A key community panel voted unanimously in favor of a proposed new middle school in DUMBO — if the far-more-controversial building that woud house it also gets approved. Comments (2).

DUMBO: David and Jed Walentas’s proposal for an 18-story building next to the Brooklyn Bridge is so controversial that when all of the angry opponents and passionate supporters were finished speaking at the first public hearing on the project, members of the community board no longer had time to vote. Comments (7).