Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Woman Battles Investors for East New York House

Woman Who Claimed Abandoned East New York House Fights Investors for Possession

Ten years ago Sybil Green, who goes by the name Tami, was biking down a stretch of Jackie Robinson Parkway’s residential frontage road, which connects Vermont Street in East New York with Highland Park, when she noticed a house that looked in disrepair, with a door ajar and a bright orange notice pasted on the front.

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A Shingle Style Manse in Historic Park Hill, Yonkers’ ‘Suburb Beautiful,’ for $1.095 Million

Pitched as “the suburb beautiful” by its developers, Park Hill in Yonkers offered early 20th century house hunters picturesque views of the Hudson River, access to transit, and graciously sized homes just outside the city limits. Part of the original development, a Shingle Style abode on the market still has plenty of that curb-side appeal as well as an interior with a surfeit of intact woodwork.

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Flatbush Co-op With ‘Colonial Touch,’ Windowed Foyer, Arches Asks $675K

A one-bedroom with a spacious layout has many of the features one might expect of a late 1930s building such as arched doorways as well as five closets and updated wet rooms.

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Brooklyn Heights Townhouse With Wood Burning Fireplaces, Home Theater Asks $16.75 Million

An impressive 30 feet wide, this Brooklyn Heights townhouse is certainly spacious. The renovated interior of 25 Grace Court includes custom built-ins, central air, six working fireplaces, and a home theater.

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Sunset Park Library Preps to Open in New Building With Affordable Housing

The remake of the Sunset Park library is close to opening. A peek through the windows showed workers are busy unpacking boxes and furnishing and decorating the interior. November is the debut month, a banner in the window makes clear.

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