Former Mayor Bloomberg Opens Presidential Campaign Office in Boerum Hill
The candidate opened his first Brooklyn office on Atlantic Avenue, our sister pub Brooklyn paper reports.
Ocean Hill Brownstone With Artist-Designed All-White Mod Interior, Roof Deck Asks $1.79 Million
Renovated by well-known developer Massada, the two-family has been given a modern, all-white, retro-futuristic, space-age mod overhaul that is the signature of artist, designer and author Virginie Sommet.
Daily Links: Troubled Clark Street Station in Brooklyn Heights Will Close for Eight Months
In the News
- How One Couple Transformed Their Park Slope Brownstone to Age in Place [NYT]
- Free Subway Rides for All? Brooklyn Pol Says It’s Time [Eagle]
- ICE Shooting Victim in Gravesend Preparing Lawsuit Against Feds [BP]
- Red Hookers Demand Better Buses Instead of BQX [BP]
- Clark Street Station in Brooklyn Heights to Close for Eight Months [BHB]
- Ippudo Chef to Debut Cozy ‘Ramen Diner’ in Cobble Hill [Eater]
- CB1 Opposes New National Grid Pipeline in North Brooklyn [Bklyner]
- Leviathan Capital Bringing 132-Unit Affordable Project to Bed Stuy [TRD]
- A New Seven-Story Community Facility Coming to Wingate [NYY]
The Battle of Gettysburg in the Round: Brooklyn’s Lost Cyclorama
A precursor to the cinema, a major exhibition depicting the pivotal 1863 Battle of Gettysburg stood near Brooklyn City Hall in Downtown Brooklyn for years, where thousands paid 50 cents each to view it.
Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 10 Units in Ocean Hill, Starting at $783 a Month
The lottery is set at an area median income range of 40 percent for seven of the units and 130 percent for the remaining three.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Petite Cottage, a Modernized Brownstone
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a row house in Bay Ridge, a brownstone in Park Slope and a single family in Crown Heights.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Heating and Cooling a Brownstone, Small Space Living
Popular stories this week include an affordable housing lottery in Brownsville and a Workstead-designed cottage on the market.
From the Forum: The Pros and Cons of Radiant Floor Heating
A homeowner is considering replacing the flooring in a bathroom and wondering whether they should install radiant floor heating at the same time.
Boerum Hill Italianate With Gilded Parlor and Three More to See, Starting at $679K
Our picks for open houses to see this weekend are brick, brownstone, limestone and clapboard-sided numbers in Boerum Hill, Bed Stuy, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Mill Basin
Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Two Sold, Two Off the Market
We're back to look at four of our featured listings from six months ago, focusing on homes in Park Slope, Bay Ridge and Sunset Park.
The Quirky, Federal-Style ‘Old Turtle House’ of Greenport Can Be Yours for $450K
A house has to be fairly amazing to stand out amidst the many distinctive architectural gems near Hudson, N.Y.
Daily Links: Residents Say 115-Year-Old Union Street Overpass Is Unsafe for Children to Cross
In the News
- Two Napoleons at the Brooklyn Museum, One in Timberlands [NYT]
- Comptroller Scott Stringer Floats Tenant Bill of Rights Proposal [NYDN]
- Residents Say This Gowanus Canal Bridge Isn’t Safe [Eagle]
- NYCHA Scores Deal to Privatize Apartments in Brooklyn, Manhattan [Crain’s]
- Back to the Classics in East Williamsburg [NYMag]
- A Hard Seltzer Festival Is Coming to Greenpoint [Eater]
- Brownsville Families Enter Shelters More Than Twice Citywide Rate [BK Reader]
- Bed Stuy Rents Hike After Broker Fee Ban, Study Shows [Patch]
- Developers Pursue Zoning Amendments for Brownsville Affordable Block [NYY]
- Four-Story Residential Building Planned for Lott Street in Flatbush [NYY]
