Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Jehovah's Witnesses HQ Plans, SHoP Architects Townhouse
A Red Hook townhouse by SHoP Architects hits the market, and plans reveal posh offices and stores are planned for the former Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ.
Four Charming Move-In Ready Houses to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.795 Million
In the open house department we’ve got four in move-in shape this weekend. All have charm, all are in prime neighborhoods. As a result, none is cheap – they start at just under $1.8 million and top out over $4 million. You’ll find them in Cobble Hill, Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Bed Stuy.
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Brooklyn Heights Co-op With Two Bedrooms, Parking Space Asks $1.45 Million
This two-bedroom Brooklyn Heights co-op is well laid out, in good shape, and offers a shared roof deck and a deeded parking space. It’s at 157 Hicks Street, between Pierrepont and Clark streets, on the third floor of a four-unit brick townhouse in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.
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SHoP Architects-Designed Red Hook Townhouse With Zinc and Wood Exterior Asks $3.15 Million
Here’s a brand new Red Hook townhouse with a striking modern exterior, designed by the NYC-based firm SHoP Architects, whose resume includes a modest little thing called the Barclays Center and a bunch of other major projects, including the towering building going up at 9 Dekalb Avenue.
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Windsor Terrace Italianate Overlooking Prospect Park, With Rear House Asks $2.995 Million
Here’s an offbeat property, with four units spread over two separate houses: a brick-fronted Italianate at 50 Prospect Park Southwest in Windsor Terrace and a second house set at the rear of the property, with an enclosed courtyard in between.
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Kushner and Partners Set to Transform Former Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ Into Posh Offices, Stores
The iconic former headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses, which dominated the Brooklyn landscape from its highly visible perch in Brooklyn Heights close to the Brooklyn Bridge for decades, will take on a new life as an office and retail campus, its owners, who include Jared Kushner, announced Wednesday.
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