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February 5th, 2026
Daily Links: Brooklyn Pols Ask Governor to Halt Evictions If Deed Theft Suspected
- Heated Standoff Between NYPD, Brooklyn Hospital Police [NYDN]
- Queer-Owned Fitness Studio Home.BodyBK Opens in Park Slope [BP]
- Human Composting Takes Root in Brooklyn [BK Reader]
- Coffee and Flower Shop Soft Opens in ‘Burg [Greenpointers]
- Population Growth Stagnant in New York Last Year [The City]
- Brace for ‘Dangerously Low’ Wind Chills, New Yorkers [Gothamist]
- Deed Theft Victims Facing Eviction Want Governor to Do More [Hell Gate]
- Los Burritos Juárez Brings a Different Kind of Burrito to NYC [Eater]
- Safety-Net One Brooklyn Health Lays Off More Than 50 Workers [Crain’s]
- Radical AI to Build Research Lab at Brooklyn Navy Yard [NYY]
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I think the notion that you have to live on a single floor as you age is a peculiarly American one. Think of those elderly folks you see trudging up impossibly steep steps in European hill towns, a plastic shopping bag in each hand. Maybe that's why many of them live so long! In all seriousness, that's the family's intention. If it doesn't work out as planned, they'll adapt.
The Insider: Greenpoint Townhouse Flexes to Evolve With Growing FamilyJeeze they really skimped on the bathroom finishes. When you’re asking a rent like that can you really cheap out like that?
Fort Greene Italianate With Plasterwork, Marble Mantels Asks $25K a MonthGreat house and one of the best locations in a dynamic and beautiful neighborhood but that rent means a very transient occupancy or tenancy...hhm suspect a near future sale
Fort Greene Italianate With Plasterwork, Marble Mantels Asks $25K a MonthYep I was thinking the same thing. If the future space is for the grandparents then ideally grandpa and grandma need the lower unit so yeah this looks like a functional mistake. You won't want them dealing with all those stairs ( the knees and hips get arthritic :). Great modern house all the same and congrats to the owners
The Insider: Greenpoint Townhouse Flexes to Evolve With Growing Family