Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Demolition on the Way for Grand Prospect Hall
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Brooklyn Heights Co-op, a Clinton Hill Manse
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a two-family in Bay Ridge, a standalone in Flatbush and a brownstone in Park Slope.
A Crown Heights Limestone and Two Others to See This Weekend, Starting at $999K
Our picks for open houses to see this weekend are found in Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Marine Park, ranging in price from $1,949,999 to $999,000.
What’s the Average Cost of a New Kitchen?
The average cost of a new kitchen has many variables. Here's a guide so you don't get whacked with budget-busting overages during your kitchen renovation.
Local Community Groups Voice Tentative Support for Williamsburg Towers, With Some Caveats
After months of loud community criticism, three local nonprofits have voiced their tentative support for the waterfront development.
Daily Links: Three Weeks Before School Begins, City Outlines Safety Measures Amid Delta Fears
In the News
- New York City Rents Rise, Even as Thousands Struggle to Pay [NYT]
- City Outlines Plan for Public School Safety Amid Delta Concerns [NYT]
- The Dream May Be Over for the Grand Prospect Hall [NYT]
- NYPD Sends Dozens of Officers to Corner Greenpoint Graffiti Artist [Gothamist]
- End of Federal Unemployment Will Affect City’s Most Vulnerable [Gothamist]
- City Data Shows Vaccines Working, Despite Mandate Backlash [The City]
- Wannabe’s Kitchen Pops up in Sup Crab Greenpoint [Greenpointers]
- The Farmer Expanding Her Fish and Veggie Farms Across Brooklyn [BK Reader]
- A Dominican Delight in Greenpoint [BK Mag]
- Caring for Brooklyn’s “Urban Forest,” One Tree at a Time [Bklyner]
Vice Planning Big Move to Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Dock 72, Departing Williamsburg Headquarters
The company plans to take “four or five floors” at Dock 72, the glassy, stepped structure at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Fort Greene Brownstone Duplex With Marble Mantels, In-Unit Laundry Asks $6,500 a Month
A working fireplace may not sound attractive in the midst of all this heat but this Fort Greene rental in an 1860s brownstone has some other attractions as well, including in-unit laundry and a renovated kitchen.
Settlement in Deed Theft Case Means Bed Stuy Family Can Stay in Their Home
A Bedford-Stuyvesant family embroiled in a years-long legal battle with a fraudster who stole their brownstone will be able to stay in their home after settling the case in court.
Look Up for a Downtown Brooklyn Storefront Remnant by Modern Architect Morris Lapidus
It takes glancing up amidst the jumble of signs on Fulton Street to spot it, but bits of a storefront designed by a modern architect best known for his snazzy mid-century hotels can still be glimpsed.
Daily Links: Sanitation Department Uses Cameras to Stop Rise of Illegal Dumping in East New York
In the News
- Houses of Worship Struggle Back in Brooklyn, Elsewhere [NYT]
- Williamsburg Moms Organize via Text to Find Famous Actor [NYP]
- Reckless Driver Charged After Killing 6-Year-Old Girl in Dyker Heights [BP]
- Cameras Capture Illegal Dumping in East New York [The City]
- Bay Ridge Palestinian Restaurant Ayat to Expand [Eater]
- East Bed Stuy Has Most Vacant Apartments, Despite Decline [Patch]
- Local Volunteers Unite to Restore the McGolrick Park Dog Run [Greenpointers]
- Midwood Lumber Yard Owner Charged With Laundering $55 Million [CO]
- School’s Still Out but Construction Authority Buys in Fort Hamilton [TRD]
- Leasing Launches for Plank Road Development in Prospect Heights [NYY]
Music and Dance Return With the Third Annual Festival Minokan at Wyckoff House Museum
Brooklyn's oldest farmhouse is hosting a celebration of Haitian culture, including drumming, dance and food, with their third annual Festival Minokan this month.
