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Meet the Public Advocate Contenders [NY Times]
It’s Time to Start Thinking About Planting [NY Times]
$300 Makeover for Williamsburg One Bedroom [NY Times]
East New Yorkers Have Longest Commutes [NY Post]
Cali Freak Show Setting Up in Coney [NY Daily News]
Changes at 470 Vanderbilt Avenue [AY Report]
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Thursday Blogwrap

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Fort Greene Park Goes Wi-Fi [FG Patch]
Williamsburg Condo-turned-Rental Jardin Lists Prices [The Real Deal]
Chinese Take-Out Ta... More

By Emily
02/16/2012 4:30 PM

Closing Bell: Push to Support Biking, Walking Funds

Closing Bell: Push to Support Biking,...

Via an email blast from the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative: “As you may know, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez included $14 mi... More

By Gabby
02/16/2012 4:00 PM

Building of the Day: 1314 Albemarle Road

Building of the Day: 1314 Albemarle Road

Brooklyn, one building at a time.

Name: Private House
Address: 1314 Albemarle Road
Cross Streets: Corner of Rugby Road
Neighborho... More

By Montrose Morris
02/16/2012 3:30 PM

New Medians All Around Downtown

New Medians All Around Downtown

The medians that have been built out at various Downtown intersections and include new benches are now etched with the names of the t... More

By Gabby
02/16/2012 2:40 PM

Details on a Forthcoming Italian Joint in Clinton Hill

Details on a Forthcoming Italian Joint in...

Earlier this week Insatiable Critic gave us a sneak peak of the new restaurant slated for 132 Greene Avenue in Clinton Hill, the old S... More

By Emily
02/16/2012 2:00 PM

House of the Day: 91 Cambridge Place

Rental of the Day: 42 4th Place

Checking in on the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Reno

The Insider: Pre-War Gut in Brooklyn Heights

177 Concord Street Hitting the Market Soon

Walkabout: Let’s talk about bathrooms, shall we?

Gap Factory Store Opening on the Fulton Mall Soon

Proposals for W’burg Affordable Build Coming Soon

Is a Shortage of New Condos on the Horizon?

The Insider

The Insider: Pre-War Gut in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Apartment into Loft in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Green Agenda in Carroll Gardens

The Insider: Working with Woodwork in Park Slope

The Insider: Built-Ins for Brownstones

The Insider: 12-Footer in Lower Slope

The Insider: Over-the-Top Mansion in Clinton Hill

The Insider: Kitchen Extension in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: New Row Houses in Red Hook

The Insider: Converted Schoolhouse in Cobble Hill

The Insider: Parlor Floor Upgrade in Boerum Hill

The Insider: ‘No Compromises’ Reno in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Shipshape Kitchen in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: Total Gut Reno in Brooklyn Heights

The Insider: All the Details in Bed-Stuy

Interview

The Insider: Apartment into Loft in Brooklyn Heights

The Hot Seat: Amy Sananman

The Hot Seat: Regina Myer

The Hot Seat: Jennifer Lantzas

The Hot Seat: Shai Lauros

The Hot Seat: Mary Catherine McGarvey & Anna Robinson

The Hot Seat: David Von Spreckelsen

The Hot Seat: Amy Hughes

The Hot Seat: Paul Basile

The Hot Seat: Daniel Friedman

The Hot Seat: Kathleen Laziza

The Hot Seat: Anthony Dellecave

The Hot Seat: Page Travelstead

The Hot Seat: Elizabeth Crowell

The Hot Seat: Donald Brennan

Closing Bell

Closing Bell: North Brooklyn’s “Final Frontier”

Closing Bell: Bring Back Bushwick BK

Closing Bell: Sweetheart’s Flea

Closing Bell: Sh!t Park Slope Parents Say

Closing Bell: Is Park Slope Dead?

Closing Bell: Pretty in PLG

Closing Bell: Super SmorgasBrewery

Closing Bell: Reading the Brooklyn Nabe Reports

Closing Bell: desigNYC Pairs Projects with Professionals

Closing Bell: Another Flea Weekend

Closing Bell: Scouting NY Goes to Floyd Bennet Field

Closing Bell: Exhibit Opens for Church Ave Mural Contest

Closing Bell: The Winter Flea

Closing Bell: Nominate Your Brooklyn Buildings

Closing Bell: Waterfront Park Planned for Columbia Street

Building of the Day

Building of the Day: 1314 Albemarle Road

Building of the Day: 1700 Fulton Street

Building of the Day: 143 Kane Street

Building of the Day: 53-83 Water Street

Building of the Day: 129-135 Cambridge Place

Building of the Day: 342-352A Vernon Avenue

Building of the Day: 143 Bond Street

Building of the Day: 26 Court Street

Building of the Day: 52 Livingston Street

Building of the Day: 376 Vernon Avenue

Building of the Day: 426 Henry Street

Building of the Day: 54-64 Prospect Place

Building of the Day: 188 Montague Street

Building of the Day: 93 Court Street

Building of the Day: 91-93 Midwood Street

Development Watch

Mixed-Use Build Going Up at Nostrand and Quincy

142 West 9th Street Goes Green

Carlton Avenue Mews Back in Focus

New Building Will Replace Bergen Tile Near Arena

Critics Fight Whole Foods as BSA Decision Looms

Another Tower, ‘The Hub,’ Slated for Downtown Brooklyn

Putnam Court, Rendered

Almost Fully Rented, 111 Kent Up For Sale

Details on North 6th Street Church Purchase, Conversion

Checking in at Voorhees Hall’s Glassy Reno

New Nightspot Coming to Wythe Avenue

Inside the Barclays Center Build-Out

A Shot From Inside BAM Fisher Building

Strong Place Townhouses Construction Blog: Intro

Big Dig at Putnam Avenue Lot

Condos

177 Concord Street Hitting the Market Soon

Is a Shortage of New Condos on the Horizon?

Sales Begin at Mysterious Red Hook Building

467 Keap Street Now Offering Condo Units, Too

20 Henry Street Condos Officially Hit the Market

Bed Stuy Condo The Shelton Hits the Open Market

Fino 122 Getting Ready for Takeoff

Settlement in Lawsuit Over Defects at 50 Bridge Street

Negotiations Underway for Failed Carroll Gardens Condo

Bed-Stuy Condo 111 Monroe All Spoken For

First Few New-Old Listings Trickle in for 20 Bayard

Here’s How the Tweaked Design for 30 Henry Turned Out

Williamsburg’s Jardin, Heights’ 75 Clinton Going Rental

Condo of the Day: 70 Washington Street, #4LC

Marketing Begins for 107 Prospect Park West

Rentals

Rental of the Day: 42 4th Place

Is a Shortage of New Condos on the Horizon?

Rental of the Day: 150 Myrtle Avenue

467 Keap Street Now Offering Condo Units, Too

Rental of the Day: 117 South 3rd Street

Rental of the Day: 226 20th Street

Rental of the Day: 842 Macon Street

Almost Fully Rented, 111 Kent Up For Sale

Rental of the Day: 1311 Pacific Street

Owner Gives Up on Selling Spike’s Firehouse on Dekalb

Rental of the Day: 117 Saint James Place

Rental of the Day: 79 Bridge Street

Apartments in Dumbo’s 220 Water Street Now Up For Rent

Rental of the Day: 44 Devoe Street, #2

Rental of the Day: 28 Prospect Park Southwest

Landmark

Checking in on the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Reno

Carlton Avenue Mews Back in Focus

HDC Pushes Against Coignet Stone Lot Reduction

LPC Approves Reduction of Coignet Stone Lot

Preservationists: Heights Cinema Shouldn’t be Demolished

LPC Designates Bank, OKs 30 Henry Street Design

Lots of Support for More Crown Heights Landmarking

LPC Considering Crown Heights North Phase III Today

LPC: 30 Henry Design Could be Better

30 Henry Application Returns to Landmarks Tomorrow

No Decision From LPC on 30 Henry Build

Preservationists: Don’t Shrink Gowanus Landmark’s Lot

Spotlight On: St. Marks Between New York and Kingston

LPC Hearing on Reduction of Gowanus Building’s Lot

Closing Bell: Petition to Landmark More of Fort Greene

Streetlevel

Details on a Forthcoming Italian Joint in Clinton Hill

Two-Story Bike Shop Opening This Month on Fulton

Open and Shut

Fulton Street Subway is Reopening

Second Stop Cafe Building Up for Sale

Fish Fish Mo Fish for Vanderbilt Avenue

Jamaican Cafe Coming to 4th Avenue and 10th Street

Inside the New One Girl Cookies in Dumbo

Displaced by Shake Shack, Antonio’s Rises from the Ashes

Will the Windsor Place Cafe Ever Open?

Open and Shut

New Nightspot Coming to Wythe Avenue

Coffee Shop Now Open on Myrtle Avenue

Mixed Feelings About New Massage Parlor on Remsen

New Carroll Gardens Burger Joint Opens

Quality of Life

In-the-Works McDonald’s Upsets Slopers

Mixed Feelings About New Massage Parlor on Remsen

Should Fowler Square Swallow Up South Elliott Place?

Affordable Nabes The Times Forgot?

Boerum Hillers Not Psyched About House of D Reopening

Brownstone Belt’s Increasing Affluence, by the Numbers

Have the Yuppie-Hasid Wars Come to Crown Heights?

Williamsburg Bar Fight Rages On

Closing Bell: Sound Off on 7th Avenue

Robberies Rose in the Slope and Carroll Gardens Last Year

Inmates Coming Back to the House of D Next Month

Crackdown Coming to Two Local Methadone Clinics

Residents Talk About Possible Fourth Avenue Upgrades

Car Stripped of Wheels in Brooklyn Heights

Hookers Seeing Red Over Strip Club

Food and Drink

Details on a Forthcoming Italian Joint in Clinton Hill

Open and Shut

Open and Shut

New Carroll Gardens Burger Joint Opens

Locavore Restaurant Opening on Classon and Fulton

End of a (Short) Era: Morton’s Closes in Downtown BK

Bringing a New Eatery to Life in Old Abistro Space

Open and Shut

Stone Park Cafe Expanding With Catering Hall

Candy Store Opening on Myrtle Avenue

Al Di La Expansion, Bar Corvo, Opens Tonight

Speedy Romeo Opens Tonight

Franny’s Moving to Bigger Digs on Flatbush

Williamsburg Bar Fight Rages On

Celestino Opens in Bed Stuy to Good Reviews

Commercial

Open and Shut

Second Stop Cafe Building Up for Sale

Thor Equities Buys Boerum Hill Props Over Ask

Open and Shut

Closing Bell: Is Park Slope Dead?

Open and Shut

H&M Marks its Territory on the Fulton Mall

Big Clinton Hill Development Site on the Market

Open and Shut

Downtown Development Site Sells

At-Risk Old Fulton Buildings ISO a New Owner

Commercial Klutch: January Edition

Open and Shut

Open and Shut

Open and Shut

Market

MNS: New Development Prices Up in 2011

Mortgage Rates Hit Record Lows

Is the Housing Bottom Here?

‘Fragile Stability’ Seen in Fourth Quarter Market

Buying a Better Deal Than Renting in Most Cities

New Townhouse Listings Slow to a Crawl

New York Still Faring Better Than Most Cities

Elliman: Prices Up, Sales Down in 4th Quarter

Corcoran’s 4Q Data Sending Mixed Messages

Halstead: Second Half Prices Show Big Uptick

Drowning In Data: Market Report Season

TerraCRG: Commercial Real Estate Stabilizing

Lots of Brooklyn in The Sunday Times

Corco: More Listings, More Absorption

Brooklyn Foreclosures Fell in November

Walkabout

Walkabout: Let’s talk about bathrooms, shall we?

Walkabout: Aiming Cupid’s Bow, A Valentine Story

Walkabout: Green-Wood’s Tragic Guardian

Walkabout: Madame Jones comes to Brooklyn

Walkabout: Death Rides the Rails, part 3

Walkabout: Death Rides the Rails, part 2

Walkabout: Death Rides the Rails, part 1

Walkabout: Architecture-Good Queen Anne, part 2

Walkabout: Architecture – Good Queen Anne

Walkabout: Rev. Talmage’s Tabernacle-Pride Goeth…

Walkabout: Rev. Talmage’s Tabernacle-Cleansing Fire

Walkabout: Rev. Talmage’s Tabernacle – The Trial

Walkabout: Rev. Talmage’s Tabernacle–”Organgate”

Walkabout: Reverend Talmage’s Tabernacle, part 1

Walkabout: Selling Christmas 1883

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