Welcome to Brooklyn’s Sailortown, Ye Olde Tars and Salts
The men of Brooklyn's Sailortown helped make Red Hook into New York City’s busiest port, and propelled Brooklyn’s economy and culture into a brighter future.
Boerum Hill Co-op With Two Bedrooms, Private Garden Asks $1.295 Million
This two-bedroom apartment has quirky character, convenient built-ins and a private garden oasis.
Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise Terminal to Be Transformed Into Field Hospital
Governor Cuomo announced Friday that a hospital ship bound for the terminal will add 1,000 beds to the city capacity, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Extra Hospitals, Face Masks, Sanitizer (3/31/20)
A 1,000-bed hospital ship will soon dock at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook and face masks and hand sanitizer are being produced at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
A Note to Our Readers During the Coronavirus Crisis
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Daily Links: Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Arrives in New York Harbor
In the News
- Gravesend Bar Owner Is City’s First Coronavirus Shutdown Arrest [NYP]
- Street Vendors to City: Don’t Forget About Us [Eagle]
- Gowanus Boat Club Launches Raffle to Help Keep Small Businesses Afloat [BP]
- Cuomo’s Proposed Budget Includes $38 Million in Cuts to Brooklyn Hospital [BP]
- Navy’s ‘Floating Hospital’ USNS Comfort Arrives in New York Harbor [amNY]
- Author of ‘The Brooklyn Nobody Knows’ Dies of Coronavirus [JTA]
- Carroll Gardens Nurse Practitioner Asks Neighbors for Mask Donations [PMFA]
- Desperate NYC Tenants Say ‘There’s No Choice’ But to Rent Strike [Gothamist]
- Elderly Woman Dies After COVID Assault in Woodhull Hospital [Gothamist]
- Renderings Unveiled for Six-Story Mixed-Use Building in Williamsburg [NYY]
Bed Stuy Townhouse With Abundant Woodwork, Marble Sinks Asks $2.998 Million
Here's an attractive Romanesque Revival-style sandstone that mixes a wealth of woodwork with some thoughtful modern updates.
Daily Links: Coronavirus Hospital Coming to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal
In the News
- Trump Signs $2 Trillion Bill as U.S. Virus Cases Pass 100,000 [NYT]
- A Brooklyn Fan Who Never Gave Up on Ebbets Field [NYT]
- Williamsburg’s Gertie Turns Into Soup Kitchen for Laid Off Workers [NYP]
- Brooklynites Call to Suspend Metered Parking [BP]
- 1,000-Bed Coronavirus Hospital Coming to Brooklyn Cruise Terminal [Eagle]
- Cuomo Calls Off ‘Non-Essential’ Construction Statewide [The City]
- NYSC Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Membership Fees [Gothamist]
- A Prospect Heights Quarantine Diary [casaCARA]
- National Grid Halts Brooklyn Pipeline Over COVID-19 Pandemic [Bushwick Daily]
- Remembering Rebecca Reich, Who Battled for a Wounded Brooklyn [City Limits]
- Ditmas Park Wheated Selling Whiskey Collection to Benefit Employees [Eater]
- One Boerum Place Tops Out in Downtown Brooklyn [NYY]
Crafting the Ideal: The City Beautiful Movement in Brooklyn
The movement was rather grandiosely designed to combat urban problems through architecture and city planning.
Massive Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 199 Units in East New York, Starting at $328 a Month
Eligible household incomes range between $13,440 and $79,440 a year for studios to three-bedrooms.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: $2 Trillion Aid, Mask Shortage (3/30/20)
Trump signed into law Friday a bipartisan $2 trillion aid package and the lack of protective gear is hitting New York City hospitals hard.
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.
