Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Affordable Housing in East New York

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for 240 Units in East New York, Starting at $395 a Month

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a whopping 240 newly constructed units in three buildings that are part of the second phase of East New York’s Livonia Commons complex, located at 453 Hinsdale Avenue, 500 Livonia Avenue and 487 Livonia Avenue.

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Brooklyn Heights Italianate Brownstone With Impressive Original Details Asks $3.5 Million

Here’s a five-story, single-family mid-19th century Italianate brownstone in Brooklyn Heights that’s quite a catch for a buyer keen on original notes and a prime location.

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Gilded Age Park Slope Limestone Townhouse Loaded With Original Details Asks $8,810,800

Here’s a sprawling Gilded Age limestone townhouse in the Park Slope Historic District that’s loaded with original detail. Located at 108 8th Avenue, it was built in 1900 along with its neighbor by architect Thomas Bennett.

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Spacious Dumbo Loft With 13-Foot-High Ceilings, Large Mezzanine Asks $1.29 Million

In the Dumbo Historic District, here’s a spacious loft in a prime location. Located at 50 Bridge Street, in a circa 1894-1895 factory building designed by William Tubby, it has 13-foot-high ceilings and a large mezzanine.

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After Outcry, Mayor Appoints Preservationist as New Chair of Landmarks Preservation Commission

The City Council approved Sarah Carroll as the new chair of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, after months of complaints by preservationists the group was not doing its job.

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