Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner: Domino Square Plaza Opens in Williamsburg

Domino Square Public Plaza Opens on Williamsburg Waterfront

Domino Square, the penultimate piece of Two Trees’ major redevelopment of the Williamsburg waterfront on the site of the old Domino Sugar Refinery, has opened, providing an acre of open public space next to the landmarked Refinery building.

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Grand Park Slope Brownstone With Ceiling Murals, Built-ins, Mantels Asks $5 Million

This rather impressive Park Slope brownstone has a lot of period bells and whistles, including elaborate mantels, built-ins, woodwork, and cherub-adorned ceilings. In the Park Slope Historic District at 787 Carroll Street, it is set up as a two-family with a garden rental and an owner’s triplex above.

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Redevelopment Plans for Bay Ridge’s Iconic Century 21 Store Add Housing to Mix

Plans to redevelop the old Century 21 in Bay Ridge into an “urban retail landscape” have been scrapped, and owners are seeking to sell the site to a developer interested in building housing instead.

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Brooklyn Heights Showhouse Started as a Family Home on Doctors’ Row

Chosen as this year’s showhouse to benefit longstanding local nonprofit Brooklyn Heights Association, an 1840s Greek Revival row house on Clinton Street was home to a doctor’s family for decades and has an intriguing history connecting it to the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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MTA Capital Plan Includes Proposed Interborough Express Light Rail Project

The MTA’s $68 billion capital plan, unveiled last week, proposes starting construction on the Interborough Express, the potentially transformative light rail link between Brooklyn and Queens, within this decade.

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