Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Paying Your Rent or Mortgage During the Covid-19 Crisis
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Wood Frame in Greenpoint, an Italianate in Clinton Hill
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a co-op in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, a brownstone in Bed Stuy and a mansion on Long Island.
Apartment Owners Say Rent Help to Prevent ‘Total Economic Collapse’ Is Not Enough
Groups representing owners of apartment buildings praised the federal aid package in the works but said more is urgently needed to stabilize housing and the economy.
Impressive Park Slope Neo-Grec With Ornate Woodwork, Stained Glass Asks $5.25 Million
With some sumptuous original details, this luscious brownstone must have been pretty spectacular in its Gilded Age heyday.
How Was the First Week of Remote Learning for Brooklyn Kids, Teachers, Parents?
Education for the borough's 300,000-plus public school students has shifted into their homes but not without some issues, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Got Time on Your Hands? Fill Out the 2020 U.S. Census Online
It will only take a few minutes, but could make a huge difference for your community.
Brooklyn Real Estate Six Months Later: Two Sold, One in Contract, One off the Market
Another week, another look back at four of our featured listings from six months ago, focusing on homes in Park Slope, Greenpoint, Red Hook and Fiske Terrace.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Unemployment for Freelancers (3/27/20)
Congress is mulling an aid package that would give full pay to the unemployed, including freelancers, as global leaders contract the virus.
Daily Links: Portion of Bushwick Avenue to Temporarily Close to Cars
In the News
- With a Doctor in the Brooklyn Hospital Center E.R. [NYT]
- Brooklyn BP Adams Distributes Masks to Transit Workers [NYP]
- Brooklynites Foster Pets en Masse Amid Covid-19 Outbreak [BP]
- Brooklynites Say Filing for Unemployment Is a Full-Time Job [Eagle]
- ‘Unprecedented’ Coronavirus Rush Daily at Bed Stuy Food Pantry [Patch]
- Amazon Doesn’t Purchase Red Hook Fairway [Gothamist]
- Laid Off Hourly Workers in NYC Are Running Out of Time and Money [Gothamist]
- Carroll Gardens Corona Diary: Social Distancing [PMFA]
- Here Are the Four Streets de Blasio Will Temporarily Close to Cars [Streetsblog]
Carroll Gardens Floor-Through With Wood Floors, Skylight Asks $2,750 a Month
This flexible one-bedroom is perched on the top floor of a Carroll Gardens brownstone.
Online Programs, Concerts and Exhibits to Keep Brooklynites of All Ages Busy
With most public programs cancelled for the spring season, cultural organizations, performance venues and bookstores are stepping up to make as much programming accessible online as possible.
The Insider: How an Architect Couple Maximized a Small Live/Work Space With Built-ins
A pair of architects transformed a small, narrow apartment for their office and family of three with a "landscape of wood."
