Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Looking at Unique Bay Ridge Homes, Danish Eatery Closes

The Charming “Old English” Hidden Terrace of Bay Ridge

For those who love hunting the nooks and crannies of Brooklyn for architectural surprises, a hidden street is always a treat. Brooklyn boasts a number of tiny streets, including Barwell Terrace, located off 97th Street between 3rd and 4th avenues in Bay Ridge.

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Three Brownstones and a Limestone to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.488 Million

It’s a brownstone kind of weekend here at Brownstoner, with three of our open house picks fitting that description. The outlier is not far off, with a stone face of another stripe: limestone, to be exact. Two are newly renovated, one looks move-in ready, the fourth is indeterminate. They’re found in Bed Stuy, Cobble Hill and Dyker Heights.

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Danish Restaurant Bornholm in Boerum Hill Trumped by Visa Problems?

After a year in business, a popular Danish restaurant on Smith Street’s restaurant row in Boerum Hill has shut up shop. The reason? The owners, Claudi and Lone Kofod, could not get a visa.

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Extra-Wide Carroll Gardens Brownstone With Four Kitchens, Front Garden Asks $5.1 Million

Here’s a big one — a circa-1854 Carroll Gardens brownstone that measures a whopping 34 feet wide, offering almost 6,000 square feet. At 16 2nd Place, it’s one of five such houses that stand in a row on the block, between Henry and Hicks streets.

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The Story Behind Bay Ridge’s Famous Gingerbread House and How It Came to Be

Sometimes it can be hard for a creative person to be defined by only one work, but when that one work makes you a household name, who can argue? For James Sarsfield Kennedy, a gifted architect working in the early 20th century, that one work would be the house he designed for Howard and Jessie Jones, at 8200 Narrows Avenue, in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.

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