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PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS $8.75 million
271 Hawthorne Street GMAP
The 91,596-square-foot, 82-unit, 6-story rental was built in 1927. The deal closed on October 11th. According to city records, Moshe Kestenbaum (of 184 Kent fame) sold the building to Peter Rebenwurzel.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN $11.9 million
300 Schermerhorn Street GMAP
Hotel developer Tyler Hospitality purchased the 187-by-80-foot site in a deal that closed on October 9th. Tyler, which is also currently developing a hotel in Times Square, plans to build a 14-story, 250-room Holiday Inn.

Photo of 271 Hawthorne by Nicholas Strini for Property Shark.


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  1. “Ignoramus” here again. While doing some research to debunk yet another, evidence-free Polemical post, I found more recent census data and now update my response “at November 3, 2007 5:17 PM.”

    “…we have incredibly expensive housing [in] a city that has barely changed since the [1961 zoning] law was enacted, despite the fact the population increased substantially.” Actually, no.

    1. Official 1960 population for New York City: 7,781,984. Official 2006 population for New York City: 8,214,426. That’s
    a 5.56 percent increase.

    2. Of the 3,200,912 housing units in New York City in 2000, 1,051,557 (or about a third) were built since 1960.

    So, the population has not “increase significantly” but one-third of the housing has been built in the same 46 year period.

  2. Gee gosh, 10:30, I’ll call the United States Census and see what we can rustle up. Get some perspective. The most recent deccenial census is good enough for a post on a blog. What? You think the city’s population has increased by a half-million people in the past eight years?

    At least I used statistics. The Polemic One spouts off without any evidence and you, well, you just stamp your feet and call people names like a seven year old.