Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Best Brooklyn Beaches, a Catskills Colony's Second Life

The Insider’s Guide to Brooklyn’s Best Beaches
It’s summertime in the city and there’s no place we’d rather be. With rebuilt boardwalks and beaches, the shores of Brooklyn are better than ever, and offer something for everyone in need of a little solar therapy. Kite surfing, anyone?

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Brooklyn Design Duo Gives Catskills Bungalow Colony a Second Life as Vacation Rentals
Back in the early 20th century, co-operative Catskills bungalows and resort communities were the destination for Brooklyn families looking to pack up and spend the summer upstate, commuting back to the city for work during the week. Brooklyn residents Jeremy Floto and Josh Farley, who are partners in the design firm WRK, became obsessed with the idea of reviving this upstate colony spirit.

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Once Scarce, Three-Bedrooms Are Now Available in Dumbo Thanks to Construction Boom
A Dumbo three-bedroom used to be the real estate equivalent of a total eclipse or Halley’s Comet: Rare. But not any more. There are an unusually high number of three-bedroom listings in Dumbo at the moment. New construction is the likely reason, say veteran real estate agents with expertise in the area — or, possibly, concerns over a recent school rezoning in the area, the economy or the election.

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Two-Bedroom in Turret of Crown Heights “Castle” Renting for $4,500 a Month
This two-bedroom Crown Heights rental has one of the more distinctive master bedrooms you’re gonna find. At the peak of a turret in an 1888 Romanesque Revival building, it’s a circular room with a conical 30-foot ceiling with exposed beams that form a teepee shape.

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Designers Tackle an Unusual Problem in This Carroll Gardens Home: Too Much Space
Of all the interior design challenges faced by Brooklyn homeowners, too much light and space is an unusually good problem to have. And yet, when faced with the expansive windowed living room of their new Carroll Gardens home, owners Lana and Steven Kleimen weren’t sure what to do.

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