Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Bushwick Avenue Queen Anne Faces Demolition
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Clinton Hill Carriage House, a Co-op in Prospect Heights
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a petite brick in Gowanus, a semi-detached in Bay Ridge and a standalone in Ditmas Park.
How to Buy a Christmas Tree in 19th Century Brooklyn
It wasn't always so easy to procure a tree in the city.
How Brooklynites Once Celebrated a Day of Thanks
Thanksgiving in America has always been a rather strange combination of festival, food and frolic.
Park Slope Italianate With Marble Mantels, Plasterwork Asks $3.395 Million
There are marble mantels, wood shutters and other original details to be found inside this two-family located in the Park Slope Historic District.
City Reveals Plans for Bigger, 100 Percent Affordable Gowanus Green Development
The city and developers unveiled the income levels for the 950 affordable rentals and co-ops planned for the long-in-the-works development.
Bushwick Locals Renew Push for Historic District After Lindemann House Faces Wrecking Ball
A group of concerned residents and reps for local pols held a virtual meeting Tuesday night to talk about strategies to landmark the neighborhood.
Daily Links: Organizers of Secret Hasidic Wedding in Williamsburg Fined $15,000 by City
In the News
- How de Blasio Backed Himself Into a Corner on Closing Schools [NYT]
- $15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests [NYT]
- A ‘Party Palace’ in Fort Greene Fit for a ‘Radiolab’ Host and a Filmmaker [NYT]
- Brooklyn’s Holiday Markets Pivot to Virtual, Reimagined Showcases [BP]
- Actor Tracy Morgan Joins Turkey Giveaway in Bed Stuy [BP]
- Activists Demand Landlords End ‘Warehousing’ Empty Apartments [BP]
- Eight Months Into Pandemic, Mutual Aid Groups Widen Focus [Bklyner]
- First Tenant Evicted in NYC Since Pandemic Started [The City]
Prospect Heights Prewar With Two Bedrooms, Coffered Ceiling, Walk-in Closets Asks $775K
This prewar apartment close to Prospect Park has original details and a flexible layout that offers either a second bedroom, dining room or home office.
Industry City Gains New Bookstore With Opening of Powerhouse Branch
Brooklyn’s bookworms can now find all the hottest literary titles at Industry City, where the family-owned chain bookstore Powerhouse opened its third outpost on November 20.
Save at ABC Carpet’s Black Friday Sale on Rugs and Decor — Up to 80 Percent Off
Preparing for the holiday season will be less stressful as the biggest sale of the season arrives at ABC Carpet & Home.
Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Two Sold, Two Still Available
Once again, we’re back to look at four of our featured listings from six months ago, focusing on homes in Clinton Hill, Bay Ridge, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Bushwick.
