During a recent visit to Brownsville, Bishop Robert Brennan briefly traded in his mitre for a hard hat. Bishop Brennan was in Brownsville on Sept. 19 for the groundbreaking of the Gail P. Duke Senior Residence, a 13-story, 141-unit affordable housing building at 350 Livonia Ave. sponsored by Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ).
“Sister Kay” would call it a dream come true. In an event that furthers its mission of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Mercy Home, a local nonprofit, officially broke ground Tuesday, Oct. 3, for a new housing development that will rise in Brooklyn’s steadily gentrifying Gowanus neighborhood.
