Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: East New York Resident Battles Investors for Home

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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Housing Lottery Opens for First-Time Home Buyers for 11 Bed Stuy, Crown Heights Houses

An affordable housing lottery has opened for the sale of 11 two- and three-family houses in Bed Stuy and Crown Heights. The lottery is specifically for first-time home buyers with households of between two and seven people earning between $104,500 and $227,630 a year.

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Former Black-Owned Catskill Guest House in Need of Rescue, Yours for $99K

It requires looking past some caution tape, but for those not daunted by old-house challenges, this Catskill cottage offers the opportunity to bring some life back to a dwelling that spent decades as a Black-owned guest house. In the early 20th century two women made this quirky cottage a welcoming place of respite for Black travelers looking to enjoy the natural beauty of the area.

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Gay Jamaican Immigrant in Brooklyn Navigates a Quest for Asylum

A gay man who experienced rampant homophobia in his home country of Jamaica embarked on an arduous, months-long journey last year to seek asylum in United States, passing through multiple countries along the way before finally landing in New York City.

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Ditmas Park Standalone With Wraparound Porch, Central Air, Garage Asks $2.8 Million

It has a front porch wide enough to welcome an abundance of trick-or-treaters, and on the inside this early 20th century standalone is equally spacious and still filled with original details. There are wood floors, mantels, wainscoting, and stained glass to be found inside 481 East 18th Street. The Ditmas Park single-family also has central air and a garage.

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