Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Fort Greene Public Plaza Opens, A Glass House Upstate

Live in a Midcentury House of Glass in Westchester County

If you are looking to maximize the light flowing into your living space, this International Style home might provide the openness you crave. The house at 104 Marlborough Road is located in Briarcliff Manor, a small village located in Westchester County, just about an hour and a half by car from Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Real Estate Listings Six Months Later: Two Sold, One Still Available

This week, we’re taking a look back six months to check in on how four of our featured listings fared, including a Park Slope brownstone and a co-op in Midwood.

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Where to Watch Fourth of July Fireworks in Brooklyn (2017 Edition)

Fourth of July is nearly here, and Brooklyn is preparing for barbecues, parades, and patriotic revelry. But what Fourth of July is complete without fireworks? Here’s a guide to where to view them in Brooklyn this year.

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Long-Awaited Public Plaza Opens at Flatbush and Lafayette in Fort Greene

Music, food and undulating strings of balloons marked the grand opening of the public plaza at 300 Ashland Place in Fort Greene on Wednesday. Located at the corner of Flatbush and Lafayette avenues, the elevated, wedged-shaped plaza gives the public access to open space at the center of the busy cultural district.

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Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Bed Stuy Period Piece and a Narrow Townhouse

This week, the top 10 listings on Brownstoner included a detailed Bed Stuy brownstone, a renovated townhouse in Crown Heights and an Italianate brick house in Gowanus.

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