Four Modern Yet Historic Townhouses to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.65 Million
All four of our open house picks this week skillfully blend historic features with modern updates, and two are by well known 19th century Brooklyn architects.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Home Buyers Are Still Heading to Brooklyn
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
A Bold and Colorful Artist-Restored Second Empire Manse in Kingston, Yours for $2.3 Million
With a sumptuous melding of High Victorian-era style and modern artistic vision, this 1870s manse in Kingston, N.Y., makes a rather bold statement.
The Bed Stuy House Tour Will Continue for the 42nd Year With a Virtual Event
While those eager to get a peek inside the architectural delights of Bed Stuy won't be able to stroll through the houses in person this year, the annual house tour will go on.
Daily Links: Virus Cases in Classrooms Close Six NYC Schools on Opening Day
In the News
- 100 NYC School Buildings Have Already Reported a Positive Case [NYT]
- How New Yorkers Found Resolve After 6 Months of Pandemic Hardship [NYT]
- New York Will Review Virus Vaccines, Citing Politicization of Process [NYT]
- Beloved Carroll Gardens Diner Closes [BP]
- Gowanus Canal Dredging to Start Mid-November: EPA [BP]
- Business as Usual in Borough Park, as City Warns of COVID Cluster [Gothamist]
- Unemployment Claims Spike as Fallout From Coronavirus Continues [Gothamist]
- Southern Brooklyn Wants Citi Bike! [Streetsblog]
- NYC Restaurateurs Secure Landlord Protections Until April 2021 [Eater]
- German’s Soup Celebrates 60 Years With Crown Heights Location [BK Reader]
- A Foreclosure Crisis Is Looming — But Here’s What’s Different From 2008 [TRD]
Mews House With Fireplaces, Garden on Cobble Hill’s Verandah Place Asks $10,500 a Month
Verandah Place must be one of the most photographed little streets of Cobble Hill, and the 19th century brick homes that line it are a huge part of the charm.
Contrary to Popular Belief, Home Buyers Are Flocking to Brooklyn
All the things that make Brooklyn Brooklyn have been assets in the pandemic, and home buyers are flocking to the borough, the latest reports show.
New Construction Timeline Slips Completion of Gowanus Tank and Head House Project to 2032
City environmental execs are now estimating that construction of a massive tank and filtration facility designed to help keep the noxious Gowanus Canal clean after its federal scrub won’t be completed until the end of 2032, according to government emails and letters obtained by Brooklyn Paper.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 28 Units in Flatbush, Starting at $2,000 a Month
Of the affordable apartments, there are a pair of studios, 17 one-bedroom units and nine two-bedroom units.
Daily Links: City Ramping Up Efforts to Crack Down on New Cluster of COVID-19 Cases in Brooklyn
In the News
- Progressives Defeat Sunset Park Project That Promised 20,000 Jobs [NYT]
- Data: Black New Yorkers Twice as Likely to Be Stopped by the Police [NYT]
- De Blasio Vows to Crack Down on COVID-19 ‘Clusters’ in Brooklyn [NYP]
- Fire Alarm Forces Sunset Park Teachers to Abandon Remote Classes [NYP]
- Teachers Protest for More COVID-19 Testing and Safer Conditions [BP]
- Bill de Blasio’s Plan to Close Rikers Is Crumbling [Curbed]
- FDNY Investigates Cause of Massive Gravesend Brush Fire [NY1]
- Bed Stuy Favorite Bklyn Blend Opens New Location in East New York [BK Reader]
- Inside a Playful and Shape-Filled Carroll Gardens Apartment [AD]
- To Fight the Pandemic, a South Slope Restaurant Turned to Tacos [The Verge]
- Burlington Coat Factory Inks Big Lease at Flatbush Center [TRD]
- Warren Street Condo Development Tops Out in Gowanus [NYY]
Sunset Park’s Industry City Pulls Controversial Rezoning Application
Industry City leaders pulled the rezoning application for the sprawling Sunset Park complex on Tuesday after a host of Brooklyn lawmakers announced their opposition to the plan.
