More than two years after it closed, Housing Works is finally returning to Montague Street.
Housing Works Set To Open New Brooklyn Heights Thrift Shop Location
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Top 5 Stories on Brownstoner This Week: Brookyn Heights Designer Showhouse Opens
Popular stories this week include construction in Downtown Brooklyn, installing air conditioning in a brownstone and co-op in Brooklyn Heights gets a refresh.
Daily Links: Comptroller Report Shows Retail Vacancies Highest in Crown Heights, Bed Stuy
In the News
- Flatlands Scrap Yard Goes Up in Flames [BP]
- Don’t Eat the Fish! Man Seen Fishing in Gowanus Canal [PMFA]
- DoBro Subway Surveillance Cameras Turned Toward the Homeless [The City]
- Crown Heights, Bed Stuy Retail Vacancies Among the Highest in City [BK Reader]
- Two Park Slope Spots Named Brooklyn’s Best Dive Bars [Patch]
- Brooklyn Harvest to Open Supermarket in East Williamsburg [CO]
- Stiefelwerk Brings Old-Time Shoemaking to Prospect Heights [Bklyner]
Empty Your Shelves and Then Fill Them Back Up Again at the Big Brooklyn Book Sale
If you've been wanting to clear out some tomes to make way for new reading material, the Brooklyn Public Library's annual book sale offers an opportunity to donate your used reading material for a good cause.
Hungry Ghost Coffee Opening New Locations in Park Slope and Williamsburg
The chain of coffee shops quickly becoming ubiquitous in Brooklyn is opening new shops in Park Slope and Williamsburg.
Daily Links: Clinton Hill Landlord Forced to Pay Rent-Stabilized Tenants Over Harassment
In the News
- James Robinson, 79, Dies; Filled an Ambulance Gap in Brooklyn [NYT]
- One Willoughby Square in Downtown Brooklyn Tops Out [NYP]
- Locals Skeptical About Long-Delayed Sheepshead Bay Park [BP]
- Greenwood Eatery ‘J’eatjet?’ to Close [BP]
- Bed Stuy Tenants Bid to Evict Nonprofit Landlord [The City]
- Clinton Hill Landlord Will Pay Tenants Half a Million for Harassment [Bklyner]
- New York City Public Schools Ban Processed Meats [NYMag]
- 119-Year-Old Bamonte’s in Williamsburg Holds Up [Eater]
- Four-Story Building Coming to Liberty Avenue in East New York [NYY]
Daily Links: NYCHA Needs $3 Billion to Upgrade Its Heat and Hot Water Systems
In the News
- A Brooklyn Burger in Red Hook That Conjures Old New York [NYT]
- Pacific Park Moves to Fast Track [NYP]
- Downtown Bike Lane Constantly Blocked by Illegally Parked Cop Cars [BP]
- Dumbo Residents Frustrated With Flocks of Photographers [CBS]
- Thor Equities Unloads BJ’s Store in Gravesend for $73 Million [CO]
- Bushwick Food Coop Needs $60K to Reopen After Fire [Patch]
- NYCHA Needs $3 Billion to Upgrade Heat, Hot Water Systems [Curbed]
- All the New Food at Hometown Bar-B-Que in Industry City [Eater]
- Great Bar Food and a Cute Backyard at New Gowanus Gardens [Gothamist]
- New Study by Comptroller Stringer Shows Spike in Retail Vacancies [Bklyner]
- EMP Capital Group’s Plans for Crown Heights Lots Revealed [NYY]
Team Up for a History Hunt Through Bay Ridge With Urban Archive
If you think you know the history and lore of Bay Ridge like the back of your hand you can prove your smarts with an upcoming history hunt.
Daily Links: Explosion at Kensington Home Injures Four People
In the News
- A Funeral Procession for the Climate Crashes Atlantic Antic [Eagle]
- Gowanus Storm Sewers Flush Dog Poop Into Canal [BP]
- Coney Island Housing Complex Plagued by Mold: Residents [BP]
- Malin + Goetz to Open Outpost on Smith Street in Winter 2019 [PMFA]
- FDNY: 4 Hurt After House Explodes in Kensington [NBC]
- The Franks’ F&F Pizzeria Opens in Carroll Gardens [NYM]
- In Brooklyn Bridge Park, a Home for 200 Plants and a Family of Four [Curbed]
- Permits Filed for a New Four-Story Residential Building in East New York [NYY]
- Long-in-Works Four-Story Building Tops Out in Bushwick [NYY]
Daily Links: Cuomo Announces L Train Repairs Will Finish Three Months Ahead of Schedule
In the News
- A 19th-Century Home in Bed Stuy Gets 21st-Century Makeover [NYT]
- Heat Issues at Brooklyn Jail Weren’t Caused by Fire or Power Outages [Eagle]
- DOE Unveils Rezoning Proposals for North Brooklyn Schools [BP]
- City Transit Honchos Unveiled ‘Shared Street’ in Downtown Brooklyn [BP]
- New Rent Law Deluges Backlogged Tenant Overcharge Claims [The City]
- City Council Bill Seeks to Rein In Noisy After-Hours Construction [Gothamist]
- L Train Construction to End Months Ahead of Schedule [amNY]
- Park Slope Brunch Favorite Rose Water Is Closing [Eater]
- BRIC Debuts New Community Media Incubator [Bklyner]
- An 8-Story Building Is Coming to McGuinness in Greenpoint [NYY]
- A 7-Story Mixed-Use Building Is Planned in Bed Stuy [NYY]
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