Take an Evening Stroll Through Changing Gowanus With the Municipal Art Society
Enjoy an atmospheric ramble through the industrial past of Gowanus with a historian this week. Jo...
Susan De Vries
Susan De Vries is the Photo and Research Director for Brownstoner. She has a background in historic preservation, historic site management, and research, and has a passion for photography, documenting 19th century architecture, and ferreting out fact from folklore.
From the Forum: Keeping the Neighbor’s Mess Out of Your Backyard
The yard next door is a mess and the rats and mosquitoes it attracts are starting to wander over to ...
Demolition Planned for Terra-Cotta Survivor and Its Neighbors in Downtown Brooklyn
A whimsical, early 20th century low-scale holdout may soon disappear from the increasingly tower-fil...
Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Corrugated Williamsburg Townhouse, a Park Slope Brownstone
The most popular listings on Brownstoner this week include a limestone in Prospect Lefferts Gardens,...
Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Curved Tower Coming to Dumbo, a Park Slope Reno
Curved Tower Will Rise on Former Jehovah’s Witnesses Lot Next to Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo A til...
From the Forum: What to Do When a New Property Survey Turns Up New Issues
Neighbors tried to settle disagreements about the location of their shared property line by getting ...
Exuberant Hudson Second Empire Confection by Architect G. B. Croff, Yours for $1.45 Million
It may look like just another residential street among the many architecturally scenic stretches in ...
Join in a Literary Celebration of Pride Month at the Center for Fiction
Wrap up Pride month by getting literary with two programs exploring Queer fiction and poetry at Broo...
From the Forum: Should They Let the Neighbors Take Down a Fence?
Neighbors are planning on installing a new cedar fence and have asked if they could remove the homeo...
Celebrate the Solstice and Kick Off Summer With Music at Myrtle Avenue Plaza
Summer officially starts this weekend and Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is celebrating with a f...
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