Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Housing Lottery Opens in Greenpoint

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens in Greenpoint With Units From $1,757

An affordable housing lottery has opened for a recently completed apartment complex with a landscaped rooftop garden and yoga studio on a busy Greenpoint corner. Not a glassy skyscraper, the eight-story pale brick building with arched windows, dubbed The Dome, replaced a gas station.

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Bay Ridge Row House With Central Air, Garage Asks $1.325 Million

A renovation has given this Bay Ridge row house some modern design details and conveniences while retaining some of its original 1920s charm. The single-family at 7013 Ridge Crest Terrace has central air, an updated kitchen, built-in storage, and some pops of color mixed with picture rails and wood floors. There is also the bonus of a garage.

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Cobble Hill Brownstone With Marble Mantels, New Kitchen Asks $12,500 a Month

A Cobble Hill Anglo-Italianate got a design makeover after it sold in 2021, and is now back on the market as a rental, furnishings included. The revamp makes the most of the slightly narrow space, offering a reading nook, built-in bookcases, and space for lounging on the expansive parlor floor.

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Affordable Housing Lottery in Fort Greene Opens With $2,004 Studios

An affordable housing lottery has launched for a recently completed nine-story development in Fort Greene dubbed The Elliot, with units starting at $2,004 a month for a studio.

Rising at 151 South Elliott Place, on the site of a former parking lot, the development comprises a total of 99 apartments and 50 underground parking spaces, according to permits.

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The Insider: Neutral Classics Rule in Newly Furnished Heights Condo

When interior designer Claire Hung got a call to help furnish a couple’s newly purchased condo in a recently built, amenity-laden tower, she ran right over. “I was pleasantly surprised with a lot of the details” the developer had provided, said Hung, whose full-service interior design studio, Claire Hung Design, is based in Brooklyn. Among them were a stone door surround in the space between the entry foyer and living room, and an upscale kitchen and baths that needed nothing but accessorizing.

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