Afternoon Links: Trying to Land Affordable Housing in NYC? The Odds Are Low
The odds of landing NYC affordable housing are 1,000 to one, homeowners want their Hastings-on-Hudson home to look like Brooklyn and more.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Photo by Mary Hautman
In the News
$1.1 Million Bay Ridge Dock, Built for Public Use, Sits in Storage [NYT]
Renovating a Hastings-on-Hudson Home to Be More Like Brooklyn [NYT]
Odds of Landing Affordable Housing in NYC Are 1,000 to One [NYP]
“Blind” Middle School Rankings Coming to Park Slope and Other Nabes [WNYC]
Don’t Copy the Valley, Copy Brooklyn [TechCrunch]
Ronny the Seltzer Man Still Delivering in Carroll Gardens [PMFA]
Revealed: 369 Berry Street in Williamsburg [NYY]
Comment of the Day
Greenpoint is insane, I got in right after Lehman Brothers tanked in 2008. There was the briefest of blips in terms of price reasonableness. If I had to do it today, zero chance it would happen. Greenpoint/Williamsburg is not for mere mortals financially.
— Rob Licker in Williamsburg and Greenpoint Rank First in Report on Top Gentrifying Neighborhoods
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