Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: The Coffin Corner Explained
Catch up on your reading with a look at the most popular stories from the past week.
A faux paint treatment and flowers highlight a stair niche in an 1830s Greek Revival at the 2022 Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse. Photo by Susan De Vries.
The Mythology of the Coffin Corner
It is perhaps understandable that the term coffin corner has persisted as a bit of old house lore. “Stair niche” doesn’t quite have the same zing. A recess found at the turn of a tight staircase in houses of the mid 19th century, the decorative detail has a much less somber use than its nickname implies.
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Bay Ridge One-Bedroom With Foyer, Arched Doorways, Five Closets Asks $429K
An early advertising brochure promised “abundant closet room” in this six-story Bay Ridge building, and this unit does offer numerous closets along with a spacious foyer, wood floors, picture rails, and arched doorways.
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Top 10 Brooklyn Real Estate Listings: A Midwood Standalone, a Park Slope Co-op
The most popular listings on Brownstoner the week before Christmas included a Clinton Hill wood frame, a Midwood row house, and a Bay Ridge standalone.
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Fire at Lipsius-Cook Mansion on Bushwick Avenue Damages Historic House, Leaves Tenants in Limbo
The historic Lipsius-Cook mansion on Bushwick Avenue has been left fire damaged after a blaze broke out in the 130-year-old landmarked house on Saturday, September 23. The fire department said one person was injured in the fire but refused medical treatment.
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Former Gowanus Brewery, Clinton Hill Warehouse Slated to Become Migrant Shelters
Under emergency contracts relating to the migrant crisis, and with little public oversight, warehouses in Gowanus and Clinton Hill are being converted into large homeless shelters that could potentially operate for years.
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