Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Beloved 'Burg Comic Store to Close

Beloved Williamsburg Comic Store Desert Island to Close Due to Rent Hike

Another beloved Brooklyn business is biting the dust. Desert Island comic store announced on Instagram yesterday that it would be closing its doors come the end of the year due to the landlord almost doubling the rent.

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Park Slope Limestone With Period Details, Dramatic Stair Asks $10 Million

This Park Slope limestone is awash in fine details on the parlor level and then opens up to a surprise at the rear where a curving modern stair leads down to a new kitchen. At 600 2nd Street, the early 20th century townhouse was recently turned back into a single-family with central air, radiant heat floors, and both gas and wood burning fireplaces.

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The Insider: Sweeping Reno Touches Every Floor of Brooklyn Heights Townhouse

The chief driving factor behind the full-on renovation of this mid-19th century brick townhouse was the inadequate existing kitchen, located in a narrow wood addition across the back of the parlor floor and lacking a proper connection to the rear yard. But there were plenty of other changes the new homeowners, parents of two boys, wanted to make, including the creation of a “kid zone” on the garden level.

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Court Nixes Sale of Dangler Mansion Site, Throwing Its Future Into Question

In a rare case of the state blocking a property sale over questionable dealings, a judge has sided with the attorney general in a long running drama that has pitted locals and preservationists against a developer and a nonprofit in Bed Stuy.

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What Was the Pass-Through?

Among the luxurious appointments of late Victorian and early Edwardian Brooklyn dwellings coveted by many an old-house lover is a feature known as the pass-through. A passageway between bedrooms fitted with paneling, storage, and marble sinks, it allowed for both privacy and intimacy, particularly in the marital suite, as well as comfort and convenience.

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