Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Bowie Exhibit, Affordable Housing Coming to Brooklyn

Massive David Bowie Exhibition Coming to the Brooklyn Museum in 2018

The Brooklyn Museum posted a bright orange square to all of their social media accounts Tuesday, teasing a big announcement they would be making the following day. As many speculated, the cryptic message was a sign that “David Bowie is,” the vast international touring-exhibition about the famed glam-rock singer, who passed away in January 2016, would be coming to the museum in March, 2018.

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From Needing Work to Move-In Ready, Four Houses to See This Weekend, Starting at $789K

To renovate or not to renovate: you can have it either way with this weekend’s open house picks. Two are move-in ready and two require work, and no small amount of it. Made of limestone, brownstone and brick, they’re found in Bed Stuy, Park Slope and Marine Park.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 22 Units in Downtown Brooklyn, Starting at $867 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 22 units at a long-in-the-works 21-story tower in Downtown Brooklyn. Located at 237 Duffield Street, the red-brick building will house 110 apartments and stores not far from City Point. It shares a block with Hotel Indigo and a Civil War-era townhouse.

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Renovated Bed Stuy Brownstone With Details, Marble, Central Air Asks $2.199 Million

Here’s a Bed Stuy brownstone that’s newly and nicely gut renovated, with some original details and a classic feel. It’s on the neighborhood’s northern end, at 635 Willoughby Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop.

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

This week, we’re looking back to the beginning of April and checking in on how four of our featured listings fared on the market.

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