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greenwoodgeneral
in Quality of Life 13 years and 11 months ago
Results of CB7 Meeting- 17th street Prospect Expressway entrace?
Anyone attend the CB7 meeting Tues? My understanding was that the dept of parks was presenting a propsal to give over the land on either…
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greenwoodgeneral
in Quality of Life 13 years and 11 months ago
Results of CB7 Meeting- 17th street Prospect Expressway entrace?
Anyone attend the CB7 meeting Tues? My understanding was that the dept of parks was presenting a propsal to give over the land on either…
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Sweet-Action
in Real Estate - Rentals 13 years and 11 months ago
Tips for starting off with our first tenants?
We’ll be posting our garden apartment rental listing this week, and I’d sure love to hear any suggestions other landlords have. I’ve had tenants in…
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brooklynbemused
in Construction 13 years and 11 months ago
Legal contruction hours
Hi I just found out that PS 3 on Jefferson between Franklin and Bedford is going to be renovated and re-pointed this summer. The word…
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sirk98
in Doors 13 years and 11 months ago
Calamine Door Installation
Anyone have a company they recommend to replace a ‘calamine door’? I am in Bay Ridge This is one of those ‘fireproof’ metal doors in…
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burkhop
in Brownstoner 13 years and 11 months ago
Calculating FAR
When looking at top floor apartments I am trying to calculate if a building has any left over square footage to add a penthouse (if…
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vinniebarbarino
in Brownstoner Renovation 13 years and 11 months ago
Where to get replacement window screens made?
We bought a row house in Carroll Gardens and a few of the screens are missing. We have aluminum replacement windows, but don’t know what…
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amyschachter
in Skylight 13 years and 11 months ago
Shout out for Shades of Elegance
Just had the best experience with a service provider and wanted to share it. We had a shade installed over a skylight in the bedroom…
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ProspectWitch
in Cellar 13 years and 11 months ago
Sump Pumpin'
We have water coming in to our basement (cellar? its below ground, not garden level) on heavy rains. We had to companies come to look…
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pigthree
in Quality of Life 13 years and 11 months ago
Any one else have their user name changed?
My user name was “pig three”. I chose it because thats the way I wanted it. Not “pig-three”, or “pigthree” or “pig3”. I want my…
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guikazoid
in Other 13 years and 11 months ago
Accessing new website from work
I might have seen something about this already but my search is not successful. Is there a reason why brownstoner.com wont load from my office?…
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tracyj
in Real Estate - Sales 13 years and 11 months ago
"Contract Out ..." yet again. Is it always this frustrating?!
I’d been pestering a real estate agent for an appointment for a viewing. When I finally tracked him down, I was told he would happily…
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bpeikes
in Doors 13 years and 11 months ago
Where would you get pocket doors?
I’m looking to put up a partition wall with some pocket doors. I’ve purchased Johnson hardware, which looks great, but now I’m looking for pocket…
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bowl-of-dicks
in Brownstoner 13 years and 11 months ago
Mobile Brownstoner Site or App?
I know, I know, one step at a time; but is there also a mobile site or app in the works too? The new website…
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amybnyc
in Other 13 years and 11 months ago
HATE the new site!
Ok, I’m not sure when this happened as I’ve been sick the last two weeks, but THIS SITE SUCKS! AND I just had to re-register…
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anonymous
in Facade and Brownstone Repair 13 years and 11 months ago
Insulating while rebrownstoning?
We’ve just started to rebrownstone our facade. Our contractor has chipped down the surface before applying the slurry coat. I can now see the huge…
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steam_man
in Brownstoner 13 years and 11 months ago
New Brownstoner- What would be cool list: (post your ideas here)
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more4less
in Other 13 years and 11 months ago
Temporary OT
Hang out here while we wait for the crew to post the threads (including OT) for the day
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