Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Historic Heights Wood Frame Hits the Market

One of Brooklyn Heights’ Oldest Houses Has Been Gutted

For an old-house lover or preservationist, the recent renovation of one of Brooklyn Heights’ oldest houses, now on the market, is heartbreaking. While the exterior of the circa 1820s wood frame at 24 Middagh Street has been beautifully restored, per the Landmarks Preservation Commission requirements, the rare almost fully intact historic interior has been gutted and reconfigured so that, apart from one or two mantels, it is unrecognizable.

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Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for Fort Greene Tower With $1,782 Units

An affordable housing lottery has opened for 331 apartments in a new 40-story tower on Fulton Street in Fort Greene. Known as the Rocklyn, the 1,102-unit development has taken the place of a low-rise building that housed a dollar store.

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A Prospect Park South Standalone and More to See, Starting at $725K

Our picks for open houses to check out last weekend were found in Prospect Park South, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, West Midwood, and East Flatbush. They range in price from $725,000 to $3.8 million.

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Flatbush Frolic to Celebrate the Richness of Neighborhood’s Cultural Offerings

The annual Flatbush Frolic festival that celebrates the cultural richness of Flatbush through food, music, and art, as well as spotlighting local businesses, will make its return to the neighborhood on September 21.

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East New York Affordable Housing Lottery Has Two-Bedrooms for $1,099

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a recently completed eight-story development on East New York’s Fulton Street, in a section of the neighborhood that was rezoned in 2016 and has seen a wave of new development. The new building, which has a total of 51 apartments, sits on the corner of the major thoroughfare and Van Siclen Avenue on what has long been a vacant grassy lot.

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