Celebrate the Solstice and Kick Off Summer With Music at Myrtle Avenue Plaza
Summer officially starts this weekend and Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is celebrating with a free party in the plaza.
Crown Heights Walkup With Two Bedrooms, Well-Preserved Woodwork Close to Museum Asks $750K
This two-bedroom, one-bath co-op has more than 1,000 square feet of space and overlooks a courtyard and a tree-lined boulevard.
Take a Look Inside the Gut Renovation of an 1890s Bed Stuy Brownstone
The goal of the gut renovation was to transform 6,000 square feet of living space across four floors and create a quadplex and separate garden apartment the owner could rent.
Residents Cheer as Landmarks Commission Designates Four Historic Districts in Sunset Park
Locals have been working for decades to preserve the area's working class row houses and co-ops, most built around the turn of the 20th century.
Curved Tower Will Rise on Former Jehovah’s Witnesses Lot Next to Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo
Designed by the firm Hill West Architects, the building's 26 stories will ascend in a slim, dramatic curve sloping upwards.
A Lush Garden Grows on Top of a Sidewalk Shed in Dumbo
The work is from a Red Hook-based landscape design firm, Future Green, that specializes in creating green spaces in urban environments.
Daily Links: City Moves Forward With Two Planned Park Slope Homeless Shelters
In the News
- Seeking the Best Two-Bedroom Condo in Williamsburg [NYT]
- The Last Residents of the Hotel Bossert [NYMag]
- Drug Cop Worth $400 Million After Bets on Red Hook Real Estate [Bloomberg]
- Hundreds in Sunset Park Sign Petition Against Industry City Rezone [Patch]
- Bushwick’s Getting an Over-the-Top Supper Club [Eater]
- City Will Pay Over $261 Million for Two 4th Avenue Family Shelters [Bklyner]
- Bond Vet Opens in Cobble Hill [Bklyner]
- Amid Fraud Case, Bevy of Brooklyn Properties End Up in Bankruptcy Court [TRD]
- Permits Filed for 550 Prospect Place in Crown Heights [NYY]
From the Forum: Why Is My Electrical Bill So High in My New Apartment?
A reader has moved to a new apartment and the electricity bill for the new unit is more than double the old one.
Ditmas Park West Edwardian With Garage, Porch, Windows All Around Asks $1.795 Million
This circa 1917 standalone wood-frame house looks extremely spacious and has numerous original details, including stained glass, parquet floors and woodwork.
Daily Links: Weeksville Becomes First Black City-Funded Cultural Institution in Brooklyn
In the News
- Montague Street’s Empty Storefront Crisis [NYT]
- A Williamsburg Drag Show Celebrates Arab Queens [NYT]
- Weeksville First Black City-Funded Cultural Institution in Brooklyn [Eagle]
- City Task Force to Take Fresh Look at Feared Foreclosure Program [The City]
- City Pressing Ahead With Willoughby Square Amid Legal Challenge [Crain’s]
- BAM Staffers Vote to Unionize [Bklyner]
- Fort Greene Park Report Shows City Ignored Architect’s Advice [Patch]
- Prospect Heights Getting New Wine Bar From Grill’s Opening Chef [Eater]
- Williamsburg Natural Wine Bar Four Horsemen Is Expanding [Eater]
- A 208-Square-Foot Crown Heights Studio Feels Much Bigger [AT]
- Benchmark Looks to Sell Heights Rental Building for $70 Million [TRD]
From Nourishing the Soul to Feeding the Appetite: The Former Pilgrim Chapel of Carroll Gardens
I love a good architectural mystery, and I hate bad repurposing of a great building, and here we have a case of both.
‘Affordable’ Housing Lottery Opens in Bushwick, Starting at $1,885 a Month for a Studio
Of the income-restricted apartments, there is one studio, four one-bedroom units and five two-bedroom units.
