A Prospect Park South Standalone With a Driveway and Three More to See, Starting at $975K
Our picks for open houses this weekend are all move-in-ready and two include off-street parking.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Excavating a Cellar, Brooklyn Houses on the Market
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Fort Greene Park Redesign Will Include Tree Removal and Replanting
Parks Department lumberjacks will be chopping down trees in Fort Greene Park as part of a recently-relaunched $24 million makeover of the lawn’s Myrtle Avenue side — but they promise they’ll plant at least 200 new ones when it’s finished, according to an agency spokesperson.
Historic Hotel With Artsy Interiors and a Perch Along Catskill Creek Can Be Yours for $569K
Restored back to its original use as a guest house, this circa 1860s Greene County property offers up a rather more design-focused aesthetic than the modest wood frame may have originally sported thanks to the design duo behind its transformation.
Developer Seeks Rezoning to Construct Eight-Story Greenpoint Commercial Building
Bounded by Wythe Avenue, North 15th Street and Banker Street, the building will include a combination of light manufacturing, office and retail.
Daily Links: Curfew Extended to Midnight for Restaurants, Bars Starting Monday
In the News
- Green-Wood Cemetery’s Big Secret: Lots of Weird Mushrooms [NYT]
- New Record Store Brings Hard Wax to Industry City [BP]
- Contentious Crown Heights Hospital Closure Delayed Again [Patch]
- NYC Restaurants and Bars Can Stay Open Until Midnight Starting April 19 [Eater]
- Carroll Gardens Thai Hotspot Ugly Baby Reopens [Eater]
- COVID Hit This Canarsie School Hard. A Tutoring Program Is Helping [Chalkbeat]
- Aldi Supermarket Will Open New Store in Flatbush [CO]
- This Clinton Hill Brownstone Has a Kitchen Floor You’ll Want to Re-create [AD]
- Downtown Brooklyn Private School Sued Over $24 Million in Unpaid Rent [TRD]
Carroll Gardens Floor-Through with Intricate Plasterwork, in-Unit Laundry Asks $3,900 a Month
The grand plaster details and Corinthian columns add more than a bit of grandeur to this floor-through apartment -- and for some, that might make up for a bit of choppiness in the layout.
Parks Department Reveals Coney Island Boardwalk Lacks Year-Round Carpenter for Repairs
There are no carpenters assigned to maintain the Coney Island Boardwalk year-round, despite the frequent damage that the heavily trafficked landmark sustains, a Parks Department official revealed at a Monday hearing.
Long-Awaited Greenpoint Hospital Affordable Redevelopment Gets More Details, New Look
Now called Cooper Park Commons, the project will bring 557 affordable units, senior housing and a new homeless shelter to replace the one already on site.
Daily Links: Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade Will Return Later This Year
In the News
- Mermaid Parade Will Be Held in Person Later This Year [BP]
- Brooklynites Call for Justice After Killing of Duante Wright [BP]
- Bay Ridge’s 5th Avenue Aglow in Ramadan Lights [BP]
- Brooklyn’s Open Streets Expose Tensions in Neighborhoods [Bklyner]
- Why Are Shootings And Murders on the Rise in NYC? [Gothamist]
- Bushwick’s The Rookery Returns After Closure [Bushwick Daily]
- Bouldering Gym With Rooftop Café, Sauna Opening in Williamsburg [TONY]
- Permits Filed for Six-Story Building at Union Avenue in Williamsburg [NYY]
