Brownstoner http://www.brownstoner.com Brownstoner Brooklyn Real Estate Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Affordable Housing Planned for Fulton Street Lots http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/affordable-housing-planned-for-fulton-street-lots/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/affordable-housing-planned-for-fulton-street-lots/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 15:00:12 +0000 Emily http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114449
More information has come to light regarding the empty lots on Fulton Street between Grand Avenue and Downing Street, thanks to the Greene Hill Food Co-Op. The Co-0p (lot No. 16, above) backs up to these empty plots, some owned by the city and some owned privately. In March the private owners met with Community Board Two because they were in talks with the city t... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/affordable-housing-planned-for-fulton-street-lots/feed/ 0 818 Dean Street Rentals on the Market http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/818-dean-street-rentals-on-the-market/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/818-dean-street-rentals-on-the-market/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:30:54 +0000 Emily http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114497
Earlier in May Halstead began leasing units at 818 Dean Street, a Scarano-designed building in Crown Heights that has been under construction for many years. (Aguayo Real Estate Group had the listing, and was acquired by Halstead last month.) Seven of the 14 apartments are on the market. Prices range from $3,000 a month for a one-bedroom to $4,500 a month f... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/818-dean-street-rentals-on-the-market/feed/ 0 More Problems on Spencer Street; Condos on Market http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/more-problems-at-spencer-street-condos/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/more-problems-at-spencer-street-condos/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 14:00:28 +0000 Cate http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114469 209-spencer-street-052213
A neighbor contacted us about a new development at the long-troubled Spencer Street condos. The building at 209 Spencer Street has sat empty for years because of fraud on the part of the developers, and a few weeks ago homeless people and kids broke into the building, above, which is now exposed, he said. Neighbors are worried it will burn down, and have called ... More

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A new judge has taken over the Broadway Triangle case after the previous judge retired, and critics of the proposed housing development worry the new one will approve it because he’s Jewish and has ties to its political backers, such as now-resigned State Assemblyman Vito Lopez. An unnamed “community watchdog group” is considering as... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/critics-of-triangle-housing-worry-judge-will-favor-hasids/feed/ 0 Heights Board Said Citi Bike Did Not Follow Process http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/heights-board-said-citi-bike-did-not-follow-process/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/heights-board-said-citi-bike-did-not-follow-process/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 13:00:22 +0000 Cate http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114541 citi-bike-defaced-052213
Citi Bike asked Community Board 2 in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown, Dumbo and Cobble Hill not to take a position on the bike share program, and only 30 people, mostly cyclists and not homeowners, attended its presentation, according to the board’s district manager, Robert Perris, The New York Post reported. By that time, the locations of the racks had a... More

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Bike-Share System Is Built With Ideas From Around the World [NY Times]
Six Injured in Brooklyn School Bus Crash [NY Times]
Save My Ample Hills Nutella Ice Cream — Please! [Daily Forward]
Bed-Stuy Man Found Stabbed to Death Tuesday [DNAinfo]
Grilled Cheese Shop and Stationery Store Headed to Park Slope [DNAinfo]
“Unite the Beards” Campaign ... More

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A Status Update on City Beaches [Brooklyn Based]
Official Citi Bike Mobile App Now Available [Streetsblog]
The Case of the Crumbling Wallabout House [The Wooden House Project]
Lunchapalooza at Brooklyn Public Library Starts Tomorrow [FIPS]
Nominate a Local Library So It Can Win $10,000 [Kensington BK]
Nathan’s Famous Retools as Opening Draws Near [S... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/tuesday-blogwrap-101/feed/ 0 Closing Bell: Fulton Trees Now Barkless http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/closing-bell-fulton-trees-now-barkless/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/closing-bell-fulton-trees-now-barkless/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:00:29 +0000 Emily http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114513 A bizarre thing has happened in front of the Met Foods on Fulton Street, between St. James and Cambridge places. Three newly planted trees have been totally stripped of their bark. A tipster spotted the naked trees and sent the following photo. Why the heck would anybody be taking bark off the trees?... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/closing-bell-fulton-trees-now-barkless/feed/ 0 Building of the Day: 1515 Bedford Avenue http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/building-of-the-day-1515-bedford-avenue/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/building-of-the-day-1515-bedford-avenue/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 19:30:06 +0000 Montrose Morris http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114515 1515 Bedford, Savoy Theater,

Brooklyn, one building at a time.

Name: Originally the Savoy Theater, then Charity Neighborhood Baptist Church
Address: 1515 Bedford Avenue
Cross Streets: Corner of Lincoln Place
Neighborhood: Crow Hill/Crown Heights North
Year Built: 1926
Architectural Style: Neo-Classical
Architect: Thomas Lamb
Other Work by Architect: Many theaters in Manha... More

]]> http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/building-of-the-day-1515-bedford-avenue/feed/ 0 Fort Greene Parking Lot to Become Med Center http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/fort-greene-parking-lot-to-become-med-center/ http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2013/05/fort-greene-parking-lot-to-become-med-center/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 18:40:35 +0000 Cate http://www.brownstoner.com/?p=114460 253-ashland-place-052113
The New York Hotel Trades Council and the Hotel Association of New York City have bought a parking lot in the BAM Cultural District and plan to build a health center for their hotel workers on it, the New York Observer said. The paper speculated that the group may intend to sell its existing facility at 68-80 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn to be ... More

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