Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Kushner's 85 Jay Street Plans, Flatbush Affordable Housing

How These Three 20-Somethings Bought a Home in Brooklyn

Between school debt, the job market, and an expensive housing situation in New York City, purchasing a home in Brooklyn can seem out of reach for many 20-something Brooklynites. However, just because the process can be difficult doesn’t mean it’s impossible. We spoke with three Brooklyn residents who managed to buy a place in their 20s, and they shared their stories and strategies.

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166 Affordable Apartments Coming to Flatbush and Caton Near Prospect Park

An expanded market, community center and 166 units of affordable housing are now planned for the city-owned Flatbush Caton Market site at 794 Flatbush Avenue in Flatbush. The Flatbush Caton Market was established in 2000 as an open-air marketplace for local Caribbean-American vendors selling everything from art to specialty foods to computer services. Early prospects for the market were sunny, and in 2002, construction finished on the permanent building that currently sits on the site — at the corner of Flatbush and Caton avenues just south of Prospect Park.

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Renters and Condo Owners Will Have Separate Pools at Kushner Mega-Project in Dumbo

Presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner’s Kushner Companies has filed a permit application with the city calling for a 21-story, 737-unit building at Dumbo’s 85 Jay Street. Unusually, the building will be part rental, part condo — and have two swimming pools, one set aside for owners and one for renters, filings reveal. No word yet on whether some or all of the rental units will be affordable.

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Patti Smith to Speak at Brooklyn Book Festival in September

Singer, songwriter and artist Patti Smith is set to read from her new book Devotion at the upcoming Brooklyn Book Festival. The festival, which is in its 11th year, kicks off September 11 and begins with Bookend Events, a weeklong series of literary happenings taking place throughout the five boroughs in bookstores, parks, bars, ferries and other venues. The full schedule has yet to be released. (Last year one such event was a panel with authors Edwidge Danticat, Jonathan Lethem and Pete Hamill.)

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Two Flips, One With Details and One Mystery House to See This Weekend, Starting at $1.395 Million

This weekend we’ve got something for everyone in some of the borough’s more desirable neighborhoods. We’ve got two flips–one a high-end, modern flip, the other more utilitarian in a four-family home. Just to keep the spectrum wide, we a have a historic district home rich in woodwork, mantles, original floors and more. Our last house lacks even a single interior photo. The homes are in Park Slope, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Red Hook.

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