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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens to Fill Units in DoBros The Hub, Starting at $833 a Month
An affordable housing lottery has opened for 12 vacant apartments — and a waitlist — in the amenity-packed Downtown Brooklyn skyscraper The Hub, with rents starting at $833 a month for a studio.
The Return of the Sun Brings Literary Crowds to the Brooklyn Book Festival (Photos)
Literary enthusiasts crowded into Columbus Park to chat with publishers, authors, and vendors, snap up some new reading material, and enjoy the sunshine after the intense rain of the week.
A Downtown Brooklyn Greek Revival Row Hits the Market, With Houses Starting at $1.97 Million
They have managed to survive the development push in Downtown Brooklyn, but all four houses in an unprotected Greek Revival row have now hit the market.
Long Awaited Abolitionist Place Park Takes Shape in Downtown Brooklyn
Play equipment is going in and landscaping and hardscaping are under way at Downtown Brooklyn’s Abolitionist Place park, a site with a long and convoluted history of controversy.
Downtown Brooklyn Studio With Parquet, Vintage Kitchen, Checked Tile Asks $299K
This postwar studio has some modern 1950s flair with its white walls, parquet floors, and well-kept vintage kitchen and bath.
I like this building. It is very subdued and unpretentious. I could see this on the Main Street of some mid-western city such as Cedar Rapids or Omaha. Both of which I'm sure, were tempermentally and spiritually closer to Old Brooklyn than the overwrought Pagan city across the harbor.
Building of the Day: 471-479 Fulton StreetThank you for such a clear summary. This building looks very attractive with it's art deco-style spires. I don't see this as the 'Manhattanization" of Brooklyn. It is more like Downtown Brooklyn is finally growing into the true business hub it deserves to be. If these tall developments were popping up all over the borough, that would of course be another matter. But for now they seem to be confined to downtown, which is good. I'm sure there'll be lots of moaning from the usual suspects who are anti-everything. But I feel positive about this development.
Everything You Need to Know About Brooklyn’s Future Tallest Buildingyou forgot district 14 and the proposed school at Greenpoint Landing. It is already sited, but design has not started.
Your Guide to Brooklyn’s In-the-Works Middle and Elementary SchoolsI don't see the appeal of a ginormous "subterranean cafeteria". Maybe if this were a major transit hub, shopping mall or office building (is it?) it makes sense but just as a destination to eat food it sounds depressing.
Behold the Vast DeKalb Market Hall, Turning Downtown Brooklyn Into a Foodie Destination