Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Lane Bryant to Close in Downtown Brooklyn

After Nearly Seven Decades in Downtown Brooklyn, Lane Bryant Will Close Its Doors

After 69 years, Lane Bryant is shutting up shop in Downtown Brooklyn. The store, located at 380 Fulton Street, announced it is closing December 17. A sign outside the store Friday confirmed their departure.

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A Cozy Lock Tender’s Cottage Along the Delaware and Hudson Canal, Yours for Under $200K

This circa 1860 former lock tender’s cottage, located at 1314 Route 213 in High Falls, is on the market and perhaps ideal for someone looking for a weekend hideout, although it also spent years as a guest house.

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Extravagant Park Slope Limestone With Gilding and Three More to See, Starting at $1.099 Million

These open house picks are four 19th century townhouses, all with notable historical details. The most ornate is also the most highly priced, reflecting its location in Park Slope.

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Salvation Army Shuts to Make Way for Apartments Replacing Francis Kimball’s Clinton Hill Gem

The Salvation Army store at 22 Quincy Street in Clinton Hill has closed, although the warehouse is still accepting donations. The building, although little known, is a “major Brooklyn building,” as a Brownstoner commenter once put it, designed by renowned architect Francis Kimball in 1899 as a distribution center for tony Brooklyn department store Frederick Loeser & Company.

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Glorious Italianate on Boerum Hill Corner With Oriel and Deluxe Makeover Asks $6.195 Million

This handsome brick Italianate corner townhouse has all the things, so to speak, and it did even in 1871. “All the improvements…all in perfect order…fifteen minutes by three lines of cars to all the ferries,” a period listing proclaimed. It’s no less the case today with all the accouterments added in a recent renovation, doubling the price since a 2013 estate sale.

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