Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Newly Restored Public Bath, Brooklyn’s Changing Streets

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    Peek Inside Park Slope’s Newly Restored Brooklyn Lyceum and Public Bath (Photos)

    The Brooklyn Lyceum will once again pulse with strenuous activity when it begins a new life as a Blink Fitness later this month. Originally built as NYC Public Bath No. 7, the formerly crumbling building at 227 4th Avenue is now gleaming after a major exterior restoration project. A preview of the interior showed a significant transformation.

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    Photo by Mark Wickens

    Photo by Mark Wickens

    The Insider: Family Restores, Reinvigorates Bed Stuy Brownstone — Starting With the Woodwork

    Talk about dark woodwork. The longtime owners of this three-story row house had painted all the moldings and trim black. Most walls were dark red, except for the kitchen, which was lime green.

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    Brooklyn Heights. Photo by Susan De Vries

    Brooklyn Home Prices Now More Expensive Than Ever

    Brooklyn home prices surged to new highs in the second quarter. Bidding wars have returned, and resale inventory is low, so buyers are increasingly looking to new developments, market reports reveal.

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    From Newly Renovated to Needing Work, Four Houses to See This Weekend, Starting at $625K

    Our four open house picks divide up neatly into pairs this weekend: we’ve got two that are newly built or overhauled, and two that need meaningful attention. Take your pick.

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    Downtown Brooklyn. Photo by Evan Daniels

    Downtown Brooklyn. Photo by Evan Daniels

    Project From MIT Visualizes Just How Much Brooklyn’s Streets Are Changing

    If you’ve lived in Brooklyn for a while, chances are you’ve seen the physical streetscape change quite a bit, as new buildings have popped up around the borough. A newly released study documented these changes — and has some ideas as to why some neighborhoods in the borough are evolving.

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