The Insider: Gut Brings Open Plan, Storage to Narrow Park Slope Wood Frame
A narrow vintage row house gained light, space and function after a gut renovation by Brooklyn's Ben Herzog Architect.
Bay Ridge Prewar With Three Bedrooms, Built-ins, Private Yard Asks $3,600 a Month
This spacious three-bedroom apartment takes up two floors in an early 20th century row house in the Bay Ridge Parkway-Doctors' Row Historic District.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: Playgrounds, Unemployment, Viral Dose (4/2/20)
Cuomo closed NYC playgrounds, unemployment claims exceeded 6.6 million, and health care workers lack equipment to shield against high doses of the virus.
Daily Links: Governor Orders Closure of All City Playgrounds
In the News
- NYC Bodegas, Delis Become Lifelines Amid Coronavirus Crisis [NYDN]
- NYC Map Shows Percent Positive Coronavirus Test by ZIP Code [NYP]
- Coney Island Hospital Workers Given One Face Mask Per Week [BP]
- Governor Orders All City Playgrounds to Close [BP]
- Three Men Charged With 2011 Murder of Ditmas Park Cafe Owner [BP]
- Brooklyn’s Economy Slammed Harder Than Manhattan’s by the Crisis [Eagle]
- The Show Must Go on—Virtually—for NYC Real Estate Brokers [Bloomberg]
- Williamsburg Landlord Waives Rent for Hundreds of Tenants [Greenpointers]
- Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street Is Great [Streetsblog]
- Rainbow Spotting on the Quiet Streets of Brooklyn [The Cut]
- Dark Colors, Patterns, Secondhand Finds Transform Brooklyn Apartment [AT]
Four Brooklyn Playgrounds Shut Down Over Social Distancing Rules
Playgrounds in Fort Greene, Williamsburg and Brighton Beach are among those closed because of overcrowding, our sister pub Brooklyn Paper reports.
Kensington Limestone With Coffered Ceiling, Deep Front Garden Asks $1.895 Million
Here’s an attractive townhouse in Kensington with some original features and more recent updates.
Brownstone Boys: Our Top 5 Ideas for DIY Projects While We #StayHome
We’re using this extra time at home to finish up some DIY projects that have been on our list.
Brooklyn Coronavirus Update and Open Thread: April Fool’s Day, Rents Due (4/1/20)
We know people who were laid off more than two weeks ago and still can't get through to file an unemployment claim.
Daily Links: Brooklyn Navy Yard Pivots to Making Masks, Hand Sanitizer
In the News
- 40 Percent of NYC Tenants May Not Pay Rent This Month [NYT]
- She’s 105 and in a Crown Heights Nursing Home Threatened by the Virus [NYT]
- A ‘Wartime Factory’ at the Brooklyn Navy Yard Is Fighting Coronavirus [NYT]
- Borough Park Man Arrested for Hoarding Masks, Coughing on FBI Agents [NYP]
- Support Park Slope Restaurants Without Leaving Your Couch [BP]
- Dyker Heights Roots of Dr. Fauci, Central Figure in Coronavirus Response [BP]
- Sunset Park Artist’s Furniture Celebrates the Goopier Side of Life [Introspective]
- Advice from a Midwood Resident on Surviving the Unimaginable [NYM]
- A Ceramicist and Author’s Ditmas Park House is Full of Art, Books [AT]
- NYC Will Close 23 Child Care Centers for ‘Essential’ Workers [Chalkbeat]
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.
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.
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.
