House of the Day: 407 4th Street
Another day, another listing for a fabulous Park Slope townhouse. While the painted exterior is a ...
Cate Corcoran
Cate Corcoran has written for The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, and San Francisco. She is renovating a wood frame house in Brooklyn and is obsessed with real estate, renovation, and places that time forgot.
Building Mystery: What Was This Space?
A reader was walking by 4 Flatbush Avenue just south of Fulton and snapped this very cool shot of ...
Astoria Reno: Three Months Until Move-In
The Astoria Reno faces down more significant challenges -- but the windows are in! And very cute w...
Shocking Flavor Combos From Mayonnaise Mogul
The guy behind Empire Mayonnaise in Prospect Heights seems to be an expert at courting culinary cont...
Bring on the Sludge, Say Some Red Hook Residents
A group of Red Hook residents say they are in favor of a controversial part of the Gowanus Canal cle...
Bedford Avenue: What a Trip
Journalist Henry Alford embedded himself in North Brooklyn hipster culture and wrote about his exp...
Thursday Links
Fiend Gets Five Years for Raping Boy [NY Post] Mermaid Parade in Danger of Being Canceled After S...
French Pizza Place Opens in Bed Stuy
French pizza restaurant Little Beny's debuted Thursday at 352 Malcolm X Boulevard. This is basicall...
House of the Day: 160 Maple Street
This attractive limestone in Lefferts Manor was designed by architect Axel Hedman in 1909, accordi...
Participatory Budgeting Really Is Participatory
A study of the participatory budgeting process that took place in Brooklyn's District 39 this year...
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