Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Massive Upstate Manse, New Restaurant for Boerum Hill
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Flatbush Standalone, a Brooklyn Heights Row House
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a condo in the Columbia Street Waterfront District, a brownstone in Park Slope and a detached house in Prospect Park South.
Four Brooklyn Houses With Vintage Details to See, Starting at $788K
Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Bed Stuy, Sunset Park and Marine Park. They range in price from $788,000 to $3.895 million.
New York Transit Museum Set to Welcome Visitors Back in August
The beloved New York Transit Museum will reopen on August 14, welcoming back in-person visitors for the first time at its decommissioned Downtown Brooklyn subway station since the pandemic began.
A Poughkeepsie Colonial Revival Complete With Butler’s Pantry, Vintage Kitchen Asks $450K
Not exactly a house for those with a minimalist aesthetic, this Poughkeepsie Colonial Revival is awash in intricately detailed woodwork and still boasts many of the features that were first installed at the turn of the century.
Community Fiercely Rejects Planned Crown Heights Development at City Planning Hearing
Testimony, which lasted for nearly three hours, was overwhelmingly against the proposal—45 people spoke at the hearing, with only one person in favor.
Daily Links: Lineup for City’s ‘Comeback’ Festival at Brooklyn Army Terminal Announced
In the News
- Longtime Renter Finds Opportunity to Buy in Bushwick [NYT]
- Brooklyn Plumber Who Ran for State Senate Charged in Capitol Riot [NYT]
- Lineup Announced for Brooklyn Comeback Concert [BP]
- How a French Neighbor Helped a Williamsburg Pasta Shop [Grub Street]
- South Williamsburg Ferry Stop Reopens After Delayed Repairs [amNY]
- How Some Houses of Worship Weathered the Pandemic [Bushwick Daily]
- This Brooklyn Brownstone Apartment Is Designed to Promote Rest [AT]
- Baba Cool Opens All Day Cafe in Williamsburg [Greenpointers]
Elegant Digs With Terraces, Manhattan Views in Storied Brooklyn Heights Manse Wants $18K
The entire second floor of a storied 1850s Brooklyn Heights manse is available to rent, and it looks like something out of a movie.
Brooklyn Homes Flying Off Shelves, Speed Nears 2016 Boom
The fast-moving market and "surge in demand" is "largely due to near record low mortgage rates and the economy’s reopening," according to the latest market report.
Founders of Ample Hills Launch New Prospect Heights Ice Cream Spot The Social
The founders of beloved ice cream parlor Ample Hills Creamery are looking to start over with a new shop called The Social, where sweet-toothed Brooklynites can get not just ice cream, but donuts as well.
Daily Links: Delta Variant Concerns Parents as City Mulls Over New Indoor Mask Guidelines
In the News
- CDC Urges Some Vaccinated Americans to Wear Masks Again [NYT]
- Delta Variant, Rise in Cases Has Residents ‘Scared All Over Again’ [NYT]
- As Delta Variant Spreads, Parents Worry About Coming School Year [NYT]
- Court Delays Street Conversion Through Brooklyn’s Chinatown [BP]
- Brighton Beach Jubilee Set to Return August 29 [BP]
- In Brooklyn, Extreme Heat Sends Residents to Emergency Rooms [The City]
- City ‘Assessing’ CDC Mask Recommendations for Restaurants [Eater]
- Man Convicted of Stealing Bed Stuy House Claims City True Thief [Patch]
- Prospect Park’s 3rd Street Playground Gets Upgrade [Patch]
- Events Operator A3 Productions Takes Space in Prospect Lefferts Gardens [CO]
- New Toy Store, My Plastic Heart, Opens in Greenpoint [Greenpointers]
Brooklyn Heights Anglo-Italianate With Mantels, Central Air, Waterfall Asks $5.9 Million
Located on picturesque Willow Place, this mid-19th century brick row house offers up four floors of living space along with the comfort of central air conditioning, which is sounding appealing in the midst of a hot summer.
