Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Demolition on the Way for Grand Prospect Hall

Grand Prospect Hall may soon be demolished, as the property’s new owner has filed demolition permits for the iconic Prospect Avenue structure, public records show.

The banquet hall is one of several connected buildings between 253 and 273 Prospect Avenue that are being cleared for the wrecking ball, which comes after a developer purchased the properties in mid July for $30 million.

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Vice Planning Big Move to Brooklyn Navy Yard’s Dock 72, Departing Williamsburg Headquarters

Hipster lifestyle brand Vice is leaving its longtime home of Williamsburg.

The company plans to take “four or five floors” at Dock 72, the glassy, stepped structure at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, according to a story in The Real Deal.

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A Park Slope Brownstone Rich in Woodwork and Two Others to See, Starting at $1.1 Million

Our picks for open houses to see last week were found in Park Slope, Bay Ridge and Homecrest.
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Renovated Cobble Hill Greek Revival With Sleek Finishes, Central Air Asks $7.5 Million

This 1840s row house in the Cobble Hill Historic District was thoroughly redesigned since it was last on the market, transforming the former four-family into a spacious single-family home with an open plan parlor level, aged oak floors and a sleek new kitchen. The exterior of 479 Henry Street got some attention as well, with an LPC-approved reno.

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Flatbush, Crown Heights Blocks Tie for ‘Socially Distant’ Greenest Block in Brooklyn Award

Two previous winners—one in Flatbush, the other in Crown Heights—shared the top prize this year in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s “socially distant” edition of their Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest.

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