As the economy tanks, the bankruptcy business booms. [City Room] Thirty-room hotel with high-end design courtesy of Lang Architecture coming to Brooklyn… East New York, to be exact. [Curbed] Greenpoint’s CB1 approves Ismael Leyva’s 40-story waterfront tower without a peep of protest from the community. [Curbed] Eve Weinstein, Harvey’s ex-wife, puts her four-bedroom apartment at 1133 Fifth ...

The New York Police Department says a manhole explosion in Brooklyn has left one utility worker dead and another injured. Consolidated Edison spokeswoman Elizabeth Clark says two workers were splicing cable when the explosion occurred in the East New York section on Thursday afternoon. The surviving worker was taken to a hospital; his condition was not immediately known. Clark says ...