Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: A Grand Mansion for Sale, L Train Shutdown Is Confirmed
The MTA confirms the L train shutdown, a grand Prospect Park mansion is on the market, and more.
Distinguished Prospect Park South Mansion With Ballroom Asks $2.988 Million
Brooklyn homes don’t come any grander than this one. If Louis XIV was looking for a property in Brooklyn right now he’d no doubt zero in on this place, one of the most distinguished houses on one of the borough’s most distinguished blocks, at 1305 Albemarle Road in Prospect Park South.
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What $329K (or Less) Buys in New York City: 5 Starter Homes
What does $329,000 buy in NYC? We rounded up five apartments priced for entry-level, first-time homeowners. They range in size from studios to two-bedrooms. Styles include charming prewar units and gut renovated numbers that could pass for new construction. All are co-ops.
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Confirmed: L Train Tunnel to Shut for 18 Months Beginning in January 2019
Rumors regarding the L train’s impending shutdown have been confirmed: The Canarsie tube, which connects the L line from Brooklyn to Manhattan, will be completely shut down for 18 months of repairs beginning in January 2019.
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5 Upstate Charmers in Kingston, N.Y., All Under $200K
These upstate enchanters are all located in the historic Hudson Valley town of Kingston, N.Y. We’ve rounded up five properties that would all make fine upstate vacation homes. They span much of the 19th and 20th centuries, starting with an 1830 Federal-Greek Revival hybrid and wrapping up with a 1980 handmade-style wood-frame house.
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Preservationists Ask City to Save Historic Ocean Hill Church From Wrecking Ball — Again
A beloved Ocean Hill church, already once saved from the wrecking ball, has become entwined once more in a thorny tug-of-war between those attempting to save and those attempting to demolish the structure.
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