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February 19th, 2026
Daily Links: Manhole Fire Leads to ‘Burg Evacuation
- Mamdani Fills Out Housing Board in Push to Freeze Rent [NYT]
- How Mamdani Plans to Try to Fix NYCHA [NYT]
- Authorities Confiscate $1.4 Million Worth of Weed in Bust [Eagle]
- ‘Burg Building Evacuated After Manhole Fire, Carbon Monoxide Leak [BP]
- Crescent Lighting Marks Start of Ramadan at Brooklyn Borough Hall [BP]
- Subway Crime Is Up. NYPD Blames Cold Weather [Gothamist]
- CBH Catalogs Thousands of Odd Artifacts [Gothamist]
- Bed Stuy’s Sal & Cookie’s Ultra Fine Does Diner Classics Right [Hell Gate]
- Toxic Rat Poison on Sidewalk Raises Alarms in Greenpoint [News12]
- The Rec Center Goes Deluxe [Curbed]
- 19th Century Bed Stuy College Turned Into Housing With Character [AR]
- Permits Filed for 545 Troy Avenue in Flatbush [NYY]
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I remember this before the renovations. Renovations & improvements are wonderful. Very nice work indeed. Anywho... Believe everything is too pricey IMHO. And the chairs on the grass...??? Believe will be offered under Asking. All the best.
Renovated One-Bedroom in Windsor Terrace With Built-ins Asks $635KThis is really nice. My one quibble is that the Stove being inset in that alcove would make for an awkward and cramped cooking experience. You have to take the pan or pot out and around a wall to pour the contents into a bowl. Also the ability to move pans, do a "wok flip", or any of the other kinetic activities of cooking happens in a constrained space. But if the in-la apartment is really a nice hotel room for visiting grandparents who are going to be eating out or ordering in most meals, it won't matter.
The Insider: Boerum Hill Garden Floor Feels Like an English Country HouseThe tour adds excellent perspective. Chief Historian Dominique Jean-Louis has deep knowledge as well as passion for the material.
Center for Brooklyn History Exhibit Explores Battle of Brooklyn LegacyThese buildings are not the old Penn Station. While the buildings are nice, some things need to go as a city grows. Just build housing and take some of the millions it would cost to preserve these buildings and put it into affordability.
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