Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Prospect Heights Housing Lottery

Affordable Housing Lottery Opens for Atlantic Avenue Build With $962 Units

An affordable housing lottery has launched for a new 19-story development along Atlantic Avenue in Prospect Heights. The building includes a total of 258 apartments, the majority of which are market rate, and has a range of amenities including a cold plunge pool and pickleball court.

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A Prospect Park South Standalone and More to See, Starting at $875K

Our picks for open houses to check out this weekend are found in Prospect Park South, Williamsburg, Kensington, and Bay Ridge. They range in price from $875,000 to $4.25 million.

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Neighbors Organize Against Deed Theft, Call Out Investors Who Target Heirs

This story from 2024 about neighbors organizing against deed theft was popular again with readers after the recent eviction protest at 212 Jefferson Avenue and the arrest of locals and City Council Member Chi Ossé.

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Wood Frame With Evocatively Worn Interior Asks $4.9 Million in Brooklyn Heights

The picturesque exterior of this Brooklyn Heights wood frame yields to an evocative interior with wide planked floorboards, plaster walls stained with remnants of wall colors of the past, and Federal-era mantels. At 25 Cranberry Street, the early 19th century dwelling sits within the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

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The Insider: Crown Heights Reno Burnishes Landmark Townhouse

The four-story townhouse had pedigree, to be sure. It was designed around the turn of the 20th century by prolific Brooklyn architect Axel Hedman, and retained a substantial amount of its original oak woodwork. “The house had been maintained but never updated,” said architect Kimberly Neuhaus, “and there was a large ’70s kitchen at the back of the garden floor that looked like it had been plopped in from a tract house somewhere.”

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