Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Chloe Sevigny Puts Park Slope Co-op on the Market
This week’s top stories included actress Chloe Sevigny selling her Brooklyn home and Jared Kushner landing 85 Jay Street.
Apartment photo via Corcoran, photo of Chloe Sevigny by Arthur Kade via Wikipedia
Chloe Sevigny Puts Classic 7 Park Slope Prewar on the Market for $2.75 Million
Actress Chloe Sevigny is selling the Classic Seven co-op she bought on Prospect Park West just over three years ago — and it’s a pretty smashing pad. At 9 Prospect Park West, it’s one of the most desirable prewar co-ops in Brooklyn — a massive and elegant spread that overlooks the park, classic with some modern touches.
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Kushner Wraps 85 Jay for $345 Million, Big Deal to Bring Thousands of Residents to Dumbo
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of president-elect Donald Trump and owner of a number of Brooklyn developments has done it again. Kushner has landed Dumbo’s biggest fish — 85 Jay Street.
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Could Sleepy Red Hook Really Be Transformed Into a Giant Mass of Skyscrapers?
It’s bold. Bring the subway to Red Hook and build a forest of skyscrapers there. That’s the vision engineering firm AECOM released — seemingly out of the blue — in September and presented at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce-hosted event in Downtown Brooklyn in November.
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See the Amazingly Preserved, Mellowed Grandeur of Gilded Age Chop House Gage & Tollner (Photos)
It doesn’t take much to imagine the sound of lobsters being cracked, oysters being shucked, local politicos hashing out deals and shoppers taking a break inside Gage & Tollner, the storied and iconic restaurant that operated in Downtown Brooklyn from 1892 to 2004.
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Gentrification, High Prices, Beautiful Spaces and Celebs: 2016’s Top Stories on Brownstoner
Brownstoner’s top 10 most-read stories of the year focused on housing prices and beautiful spaces. As prices rose throughout the borough, readers sought guidance on finding affordable housing and the difference in price between “prime” and Central Brooklyn shrunk. Celebrities increasingly call Brooklyn home too, and stories about what they are buying in the borough drew readers
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