Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: 'Burg Gets an Apple Store, Navy Yard Gets a Park

Brooklyn’s First Apple Store Opening Soon and Is Hiring
Apple is gearing up to open its first store in Brooklyn, help-wanted ads reveal. The likely location, at 247 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, which has been in the works since 2014, was tightly under wraps when Brownstoner stopped by.

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Express F Train Tradeoffs: Shorten Commutes in Brownstone Belt or Southern Brooklyn?
Express F train service will begin again starting this summer, Councilman David G. Greenfield announced on Tuesday. The release of a feasibility study on express F train service by the MTA coincided with the announcement. The MTA, however, has not yet approved the recommendation to restore express service, and is only now beginning a process to determine what is best for affected commuters as well as what is best for the agency itself. Where do you stand?

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The Insider: Park Slope Homeowners Serve as Own Contractors, Designers in Row House Expansion
When they first moved in to their 18-foot-wide Park Slope row house, Peter and Lovleen Cavanagh gave their home a quickie renovation. But after living there for nearly a decade, it was time for a full gut makeover, including a new top floor and a two-story extension at the rear.

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Brooklyn Has a New Park and It’s in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Brooklyn has a new park. A neglected former cemetery in the Brooklyn Navy Yard has been transformed into a green oasis. Striking in its simplicity, the Naval Cemetery Landscape consists of a wooden boardwalk that wends through a wildflower meadow and among trees. There is also a small amphitheater.

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Condo in 1 Hanson Place With Double-Height Ceiling, Skyline Views Asks $1.85 Million
This two-bedroom condo sits on the 19th floor of the former Williamsburgh Savings Bank at 1 Hanson Place, whose clock tower has long dominated the now-morphing Brooklyn skyline. It’s got some killer views as a result, with a nice pair of arched windows in the living room that take in New York Harbor and the lower Manhattan skyline.

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