Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Brooklyn Heights Tunnel Filled In, Townhouse Prices Rise

A Not-So-Secret Jehovah’s Witnesses Underground Tunnel in Brooklyn Heights Is No More!

At least one branch of Brooklyn Heights’ not-so-secret tunnels is gone. For years, four private underground tunnels have connected numerous Jehovah’s Witnesses buildings in the neighborhood. The one leading to an apartment building at 124 Columbia Heights was filled in with Foamcrete, a low-density mixture of concrete and plastic, on Monday, April 17, longtime Brooklyn Heights resident Andrew Porter told Brownstoner.

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Brooklyn Townhouse Prices Continue to Rise Even as Fewer Change Hands

Brooklyn’s townhouse market is looking strong as sales prices continue to rise, even in the face of a cooling market for overall sales activity, a recent report indicated.

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Crown Heights Brownstone With Pier Mirrors, Fretwork, Stained Glass Asks $1.95 million

This circa 1900, barrel-front Crown Heights Renaissance Revival townhouse needs some polishing and possibly some updating, but it’s packed with period detail. Designed by the prolific architect Axel Hedman, it’s at 982 Sterling Place, in the Crown Heights North Historic District.

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Park Slope Condo With Three Bedrooms, Bay Window, Prospect Park Views Asks $1.895 Million

Here’s a beaut of a three-bedroom prewar condo overlooking Prospect Park, at 163 Prospect Park West, on the corner of 11th Street. It’s got light, views, details, charm, elegantly renovated kitchen and baths and enough space for a family: not a package to sneeze at.

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Tenants of Crown Heights Jewish Hospital Complex Wary as City and Landlord Work Out Deal

When Andrew Cahill moved into the Jewish Hospital complex, off Classon Avenue in Crown Heights, he had a clear understanding with his landlord: His apartment was rent regulated. That didn’t change as he moved from one of the six buildings to another in 2011, as the complex manager informed him and his then-girlfriend the terms of the lease wouldn’t change.

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