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February 16th, 2026
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- Woman Crushed by Trash Compactor in Building: Police [NYT]
- Brooklyn Diocese Agrees to Mediation to Settle Abuse Claims [NYT]
- A Bushwick Singles Mixer Where You Can Body-Slam Your Crush [NYT]
- Israel Drone Supplier is Booted From Brooklyn Navy Yard [NYP]
- Horseback Riding in Brooklyn [Eagle]
- Mayor Establishes Coney Island Business Improvement District [BP]
- Terra Brings Polished, Modern European Dining to Brooklyn [amNY]
- Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair Returns to Gowanus [BK Reader]
- What Mamdani Doesn’t Know About Tenants [Atlantic]
- We Tested the Gross Piles of Snow on NYC Sidewalks [Gothamist]
- Charney Aims for Massive Size Increase at Fort Greene Project [Crain’s]
- Permits Filed for 1540 52nd Street in Borough Park [NYY]
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As a longtime parishioner at historic St. Boniface next door, all I can think is, there goes the light for our OTHER stained-glass windows. We already lost the first side to the ugly high-rise on the corner. What a sleazy bait-and-switch those poor little houses turned into. They will be tiny ground-level masks for another monument to greed and ugliness. LPC, for shame.
LPC Might Allow Tower That Doesn’t Gut Duffield Street HousesGood ole downtown Brooklyn meant so much to me as a kid. My maternal grandmother — whom I lived with! — was born in a house on Atlantic Ave. in 1901. Thanks again for sharing.
Suzanne Spellen’s Tales of Brooklyn History and Architecture in 2025This 2019 Brownstoner open houses story has some info about 47 Chauncey. At one point, it was gutted shell with two marble mantels. Then it was renovated and went on the market in 2019. I wonder if any of the houses in the row still have their original moldings and other details. https://www.brownstoner.com/real-estate-market/brooklyn-open-houses-for-sale-crown-heights-greenpoint-bed-stuy-gravesend-historic-district/
Building of the Day: 43-47 Chauncey Street47 Chauncey St. is for sale now (February 2026) for $1.499 million. It has sadly undergone an atrocious and garish renovation. I've had my eye on this property for years and would love to restore it.
Building of the Day: 43-47 Chauncey Street