Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Bakery With Bar Bound for Bed Stuy

Bakery and Cafe With Basement Cocktail Bar to Open in Bed Stuy

A bakery and cafe that will blend Middle Eastern and South American flavors for its signature recipes plans to open its doors on Hancock Street in Bed Stuy soon and, if all goes according to plan, in the weeks following a cocktail bar will open in the basement downstairs.

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A Bed Stuy Brownstone and More to See, Starting at $1.35 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Park Slope, Bed Stuy, and Crown Heights. They range in price from $1.35 million to $5.485 million.

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The Insider: Showstopping Stair Ties Together Heights Carriage House

Naturally, one of the first questions architect Michael Ingui’s clients asked him after they bought a 19th century carriage house on an intact alley of same was, “Can we keep the garage?”

They got to keep some, but not all of it. The existing first floor was all garage going back to the lot line. “We peeled back the rear wall to create a nice backyard, as well as good living space, kitchen, and dining,” said Ingui, founder of the LEED- and Passive House-certified firm Ingui Architecture, based in lower Manhattan.

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Brooklyn Sees Most Housing Development in NYC in Past 13 Years, Data Shows

The majority of the city’s housing development over the past 13 years has been in north and northwest Brooklyn, visualizations released by the city Thursday show. And while development citywide has been substantial during that timeframe, with more than 297,500 new housing units constructed, the data also reflect slowdowns during periods when the city’s 421-a tax abatement program expired.

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Jazz Era Sunset Park Co-op With Parquet, Five Closets Asks $525K

An apartment built in the era of Cubism and Art Deco has a flexible floor plan and original details ripe for a thoughtful restoration. The home appears to be on the ground floor of 755 42nd Street, a Finnish co-op that opened in 1923 as Parkhill Homes, the certificate of occupancy shows.

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