Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Fort Greene Church Sells for $15 Million

Live in Grand Style in Sally Jessy Raphael’s Dutchess County Mansion, Yours for $6.5 Million

Transformed in the early 20th century from a modest country home to a grand Tudor Revival pile, this Dutchess County estate has been home to former talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael since the 1990s. Packed with intricate woodwork and an abundance of rooms, the house is just one of the architecturally intriguing structures on the 25-acre property known as Elmwood Farm.

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Charming Warren Place Mews House With Large Garden, Parking Asks $2.75 Million

For a sense of Brooklyn charm it is hard to beat the petite mews houses of Warren Place. Commissioned by philanthropist Alfred Tredway White in 1878, the stretch of Gothic Revival workers’ houses are tucked behind a fence with a shared garden and pedestrian-only access in the Cobble Hill Historic District.

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Overflow Crowd Packs Gowanus Church for Rowdy Meeting Over Migrant Shelter

Spaced elbow to elbow in Hoyt Street’s City Life Church Monday night, Gowanus locals aired their concerns at a community meeting on a migrant shelter for 400 men slated to open in a former factory building on 3rd Street.

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A Greenpoint Row House and Three More to See, Starting at $1.099 Million

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Greenpoint, Bed Stuy, Sunset Park, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $1.099 million to $3.4 million.

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Fort Greene Church Inks Deal for $15 Million Sale Next to Stalled Controversial Condo Tower Site

Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, on the corner of Fort Greene’s St. Felix Street and Hanson Place, is in contract to be sold to developer Watermark Capital Group for $15 million, court records show.

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