A Kensington Semi-Detached With a Garage and Three More to See This Weekend
A rainy weekend might be ahead but there are still houses to see, including two with parking as well as a brownstone filled with original details.
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Two Housing Lotteries in Bed Stuy
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
Locals Arrive as Medgar Evers College Vaccination Site Opens
The mass-vaccination hub at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights finally started inoculating some of Brooklyn’s most vulnerable on February 24.
Find Your Inspiration in This Columbia County Cottage, Renovated by Two Brooklyn Stylists
Nestled near the border of Massachusetts, this modest but stylish 19th century Columbia County cottage offers a bucolic setting with a bit of land and separate studio space for a complete retreat.
Daily Links: One Thousand MTA Employees Will Be Vaccinated Weekly in Downtown Brooklyn
In the News
- A Coming-Out Party for KAWS at the Brooklyn Museum [NYT]
- MTA Will Vaccinate 1,000 Transit Workers per Week in Brooklyn [NYP]
- Black-Owned Bed Stuy Home Goods Store Hangs Tough [NYDN]
- State To Solicit Bids for Smorgasburg Park Space in Williamsburg [BP]
- Red Hook Man Killed in Second Hit-and-Run Fatality in 24 Hours [Gothamist]
- Several Arrested in Daniel Prude Protest in Williamsburg [Patch]
- Longtime Nonprofit Needs Help Creating New Home in Brooklyn [Patch]
- Peter Luger Fills Empty Seats With Mannequins From Madame Tussauds [Eater]
Prewar Rental Near Prospect Park With Mantel, Fretwork, Moldings Asks $4,500 a Month
Prospect Park is just a short stroll away from this Park Slope rental that also has some fetching interior details to offer in addition to the proximity to the vast green oasis.
Crown Heights Manse Demolished to Make Way for Passive House Condos
Demolition is complete on a picturesque Queen Anne-slash-Romanesque Revival townhouse in Crown Heights, a recent photo from a Brownstoner reader shows.
Questions Remain Over New 17-Story Tower Proposal at Spice Factory Site in Crown Heights
Roughly 100 people were present for the virtual meeting, which presented updated plans for towers proposed to stand at 960 Franklin Avenue, site of the Consumers Park Brewing Company and more recently a spice factory.
Daily Links: Middle School Students Return to Classrooms for First Time in Three Months
In the News
- Report: City’s Arts and Recreation Employment Down by 66 Percent [NYT]
- Homeless Man Targeting Women at Bushwick Subway Stop Indicted [NYP]
- Boy Fatally Struck by Car in Williamsburg, Cops Say [NYP]
- Crown Heights CB Hires District Manager After Multi-Year Search [BP]
- City Middle Schoolers Poised To Return to Classrooms [Gothamist]
- Eviction Moratorium Pause Ends Friday. Here’s What You Need To Do [The City]
- Fourth Avenue Tower Developers Sign ‘Community Agreement’ [Patch]
- French Restaurant Coming to Vacant Park Slope Fifth Avenue Spot [Patch]
- Park Slope Nurses Rally in Support of Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act [amNY]
- Why Ursula’s Hatch in Crown Heights Is Worth the Wait [Eater]
- How a 30-Year-Old Freelancer DIY-Ed His Bushwick Rental [CNBC]
- Meet the Brooklyn Artist Breathing New Life Into Traditional Textiles [AD]
- Silverstein Offers To Buy Half of All Year’s Bushwick Rental Complex [TRD]
South Midwood Tudor Standalone With Plasterwork, Retro Kitchen, Garage Asks $2 Million
This detached Tudor holds a few surprises on the interior and comes complete with coveted off-street parking.
Bus Service Increase Planned to Bring Brooklynites to Vaccination Site at Medgar Evers College
Beefed-up bus service will help transport eligible Brooklynites to the new vaccine mega-site at Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, state officials announced Monday.
Get a Virtual Look at Restoration Projects Underway at Green-Wood Cemetery
In order for visitors to enjoy the peaceful oasis that is Green-Wood Cemetery, quite a bit of work goes into the upkeep of hundreds of acres of mausoleums and monuments.
