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March 17th, 2025
Daily Links: Greenpoint Landing to Bring 1,000 More Units in 40-Story Towers
- How a TikTok Cook Spends Her Sundays [NYT]
- Realtor Goes Viral for Hilarious Bushwick Apartment Tour [NYP]
- Brooklyn Kitten Second NYC Avian Flu Victim [NYP]
- The Brooklyn Bridge Gets a Glow-Up [New Yorker]
- Maison Provence Replaces Pates et Traditions [Greenpointers]
- Protests Outside Schumer’s Park Slope Home [The City]
- The Brooklyn Mirage Has Unveiled Its Bold Redesign [Time Out]
- Steiner NYC Acquires Brooklyn’s Hub Tower in Buyout [CO]
- Permits Filed for 30- and 40-Story Towers in Greenpoint [NYY]
- Permits Filed for 926 Mother Gaston Boulevard in Brownsville [NYY]
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Daily Links: New Proposal to Fix BQE Could Save Time, Money, PromenadeWashington Avenue, Grand Avenue & Park Place, are well within the neighborhood of Prospect Heights. Stop it, get out of town, you continue to put out incorrect information, which is both disheartening & pathetic....
Building of the Day: 645 Grand AvenueI believe the pre-2021 owners hosted at least one Thirsty Thursday gatherings in the house. Sweet place (as is the twin next door which also saw some artistic gatherings in the halcyon days of the early 21st century).
Clinton Hill’s Grand Pfizer Mansion Returns With $10.35 Million AskThank you for your comment. Brookland Capital has been out of business for years, and the site has been sold twice since then, most recently in February. The new owner will restore the exterior as required by LPC and plans luxury apartments of some sort, according to articles in Crain's and The Real Deal. We had this article about it in Daily Links recently: https://therealdeal.com/new-york/2025/02/19/developer-snaps-up-clinton-hill-church-for-9m/ We'll keep an eye on their plans and the LPC hearing.
Brookland Buys Landmarked Clinton Hill Church for $8.8 Million, Plans Condos